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RAF Digri    RAF Digri was in India. There was a single runway and the buildings were built from bamboo poles with thatched roofs on concrete bases. Squadrons stationed at RAF Digri 159 Squadron 214 squadron 357 Squadron   23rd October 1943 Relocated in India December 1943 Army support role 19th December 1943 Attack on Bankok 23rd December 1943 Second attack on Bangkok 31st December 1943 Cigarettes dropped for PoWs 10th January 1944 Minelaying off Moulmein 17th January 1944 Attack on Meitkila 1st February 1944 Attack on Mingaldon 1st February 1944 Explosion destroys bomber 5th February 1944 Attack on Japanese aerodrome 11th February 1944 Bombing attacks 21st February 1944 Attack on Sagaing port 23rd February 1944 Moulmein bombed 29th February 1944 Two Liberators shot down over Rangoon 3rd March 1944 Attack on Japanese airfields 6th March 1944 Move to Dhubalia 17th April 1944 Move back to Digri 5th May 1944 Special Flight moves to Digri July 1944 Bomb payload increased 9th August 1944 Special Flight transferred to 159 Squadron 28th August 1944 Liberator bomber lost in Burma October 1944 Conditions at RAF Digri in 1944 6th October 1944 Two Liberators lost in Thailand 10th November 1944. Special duties aircraft missing 12th November 1944 Liberator lost minelaying 29th December 1944 Liberator lost during minelaying 31st January 1945 Special Flight crew tortured and murdered 9th February 1945  Crashed in Burma 27th February 1945 Aircraft maintenance crew on detachment to China April 1945 Special Duties Flight back in action May 1945 Special Duties Flight ready for Ops. 14th May 1945 Victory Parade 3rd August 1945 Bomber lost on syupply dropping sortie If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Those known to have served at RAF Digri during the Second World War 1939-1945. Cutlan E. R.. Flt.Lt The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, please Add a Name to this List The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. If you would like to support us, a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting and admin or this site will vanish from the web. 18th April 2024 - Please note we currently have a huge backlog of submitted material, our volunteers are working through this as quickly as possible and all names, stories and photos will be added to the site. 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There are:33 items tagged RAF Digri available in our Library   These include information on officers, regimental histories, letters, diary entries, personal accounts and information about actions during the Second World War. Flt.Lt E. R. Cutlan 159 Sqdn Flt. Lt E.R. Catlan trained on Liberators at 5 OTU Boundary Bay, BC. He was later attached to 159 Squadron of SEAC [South East Asia Command] at RAF Digri, East Bengal. He served as an air navigator primarily on A/C KH359 Librator VI `R' Roger and flew 25 operational sorties. He passed away in 1987, after a career with Western Canadian Oil and Gas and Imperial Oil Ltd. E.M. & C.S. Cutlan Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links

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