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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

RAF Great Dunmow



14th October 1944 Stirling Squadron relocated

25-26th October 1944 SOE and SAS Operations

31st October 1944 Operations summary

4th November 1944 Air-sea rescue search

6th November 1944 Stirling lost on SOE mission

21st November 1944 Shot down during training

23rd November 1944 Operations delayed

30th November 1944  Operations summary

28th December 1944 Successful op to Norway

30th December 1944  Gales disrupt SOE Ops

31st December 1944  Successful ops to Norway

1st January 1945 Bombing practice

14th January 1945 SAS Operations

21st January 1945 Airborne Forces Squadron on bombing op

31st January 1945 Weather stops flying

1st February 1945  

2nd February 1945 Enemy aircraft shadow bombers

7th February 1945 Rocket planes sighted

10th February 1945 Bad luck dogs practice flights

14th February 1945 Ops interrupt bombing practice

20th February 1945 SOE and SAS Operations

22nd February 1945 Stirling lost over Norway

23rd February 1945  SOE ops to Norway

26th February 1945 SOE Operations

2nd March 1945 Uneventful SOE ops

6th March 1945 Intensive training

7th March 1945 Exercise Riff-raff

21st March 1945 Stand down

24th March 1945 Gliders to the Rhine

25th March 1945 On stand-by

30th March 1945 Strange events observed over Norway

1st April 1945 Air-Sea Rescue

2nd April 1945 SOE Ops to Denmark

7th April 1945 Operation Amherst

10th April 1945 SOE Ops with mixed results

12th April 1945 SOE and SAS supply operations

13th April 1945 SEO ops to Denmark

14th April 1945 Stirling lost on SOE Operation to Norway

18th April 1945 Fuel delivered; PoW's repatriated

19th April 1945  Transport role

20th April 1945 C.O. killed in aircraft fire

21st April 1945 More ex-PoW's returned

22nd April 1945 Passenger flights

23rd April 1945 More ex-PoW's uplifted

24th April 1945 SAS troops dropped in Germany

3rd May 1945 Conversion form Stirling to Halifax begins

10th May 1945 Operation Doomsday


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Those known to have served at

RAF Great Dunmow

during the Second World War 1939-1945.

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