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RAF Wittering 28th Oct 1939 Posting 16th Aug 1940 Respite 21st August 1940 Relocation October 1940 Night fighter role 1st November 1940 Night Fighter Ops 28th November 1940 Move 22nd December 1940 Move again 15th January 1941 Successful night operations 4th February 1941 Night fighter success 23rd February 1941 Air Gunner killed 4th March 1941 Killed in training 8th April 1941 German raid intercepted 9th April 1941 Four German bombers shot down 10th April 1941 Two bomber shot down over Birmingham 19th April 1941 Bomber shot down over London 22nd April 1941 Detachment to defend airbase 7th May 1941 Raid on Hull intercepted 8th May 1941 Airfield bombed 10th May 1941 Bombing Raids 16th May 1941 Heinkel bombers damaged 13th June 1941 Damaged by mid-air explosion 22nd June 1941 Bombers destroyed July 1941 Night Fighter experiments 16th October 1941 Air combat not recorded 22nd October 1941 Night combat 12th November 1941 Crash on approach 17th November 1941 Pilot missing December 1941 New night fighter technique tried 25th January 1942 Detachment withdrawn 19th February 1942 Raiders attack convoy at sea 9th March 1942  Missing on Patrol 6th April 1942 Mosquitos delivered 10th April 1942 Training on Mosquitos 23rd April 1942 Mosquitos Operational 8th May 1942 Radio Observers deployed 25th May 1942 Hurricanes removed from night fighter role 29th May 1942 Mosquitos successful in action 25th June 1942 Five enemy aircraft destroyed 27th June 1942 Night Fighter success 29th June 1942 Defiant in action 1st July 1942 Training and exercises 28th July 1942 Night combat 29th July 1942 Night patrols with Spitfires ineffective 30th July 1942 German bombers intercepted 9th August 1942 Mosquito and crew lost 9th September 1942 German bomber attacked 17th September 1942 Bomber shot down over Kings Lynn 30th September 1942 Preparations of overseas service 5th October 1942 Paperwork 6th October 1942 Training 8th October 1942 Navigation 9th October 1942 Lost on navigation exercise 10th October 1942 Firing practice 11th October 1942 Practice 12th October 1942 Kit packed 13th October 1942 New Engineering officer posted 14th October 1942 How to be intelligent in 3 easy lessons 15th October 1942 Unarmed combat training 16th October 1942 Training 17th October 1942 Conference 18th October 1942  Ready to move 19th October 1942 Route March October 1942 Reliability praised 20th October 1942 Another Route March 21st October 1942 Squadron fit 22nd October 1942 Equipment packed 23rd October 1942 Embarkation leave 24th October 1942 Mascot leaves Squadron 25th October 1942 Easy Day 26th October 1942 Embarkation leave 27th October 1942 Route March 28th October 1942 Dismal weather 29th October 1942 P.T. 30th October 1942 Leave 31st October 1942 Parade 1st November 1942 No typewriter 2nd November 1942 Instructions received 3rd November 1942 P.T. 4th November 1942 Parade 5th November 1942 PT and Games 6th November 1942 Movement date announced 7th November 1942 Ready 7th November 1942 Divine Service 8th November 1942 Departure November 1942 Frustration December 1942 Beam approach system installed 9th January 1943 Turbinlight Mosquito delivered and abandoned 15th January 1943 Bombers intercepted over Lincoln 17th January 1943 Bomber raid on London 28th January 1943 New aircrew; new role 8th February 1943 Training for 'Ranger' missions 16th February 1943 First Ranger mission to Germany 11th March 1943 Ranger sortie aborted 14th March 1943 Night Ranger to Germany 23rd March 1943 Mosquito crashed on landing 24th March 1943 Postings 19th April 1943 Mosquito shot down over the Frisian Islands 30th April 1943 New duties: new base 30th April 1943 Squadron relocated 11th May 1943 Unexplained crash 12th May 1943 New device under test 21st May 1943 On the move 14th June 1943 Enemy aircraft detection system operational 17th June 1943 Shot down into the North Sea 6th September 1943 Lost over the Channel 7th September 1943. Serrate system trials completed 16th September 1943 Abandoned over the North Sea 1st October 1943 Bomber protection 13th November 1943 Aircraft Lost 15th November 1943 Crash on take-off 18th November 1943 Crash 4th December 1943 Transfer to Bomber Command 15th February 1944 Operations and additional aircrew 16th May 1944 Mosquito lost on exercise 27th May 1944 Halifax shoots down fighter 8th February 1945 Flooded If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Those known to have served at RAF Wittering during the Second World War 1939-1945. Wakeford R. E.. F/Sgt. Webb Ernest Thomas. Sgt. (d.31st May 1942) 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. 22nd 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:115 items tagged RAF Wittering 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. F/Sgt. R. E. Wakeford 23 Squadron My godfather, Flt Sgt R.E. Wakeford, he was shot down and taken to Lamsdorf in 1943, his war No. 27667 his service No 655346 with 23 squadron based at Wittering. I am trying to trace him, can anyone help? David Thompson Add to this record. Sgt. Ernest Thomas Webb 78 Squadron (d.31st May 1942) Sgt. Ernest Webb died on the 31st of May 1942 at Spalding, Lincolnshire, He was a 21 year old W.Op./Air Gnr. On the night of the first 1000 bomber raid he flew in Halifax V.9991 to Cologne. On route back the Halifax began to ice up and over the UK at 1600 feet the crew were ordered to bail out. The Halifax did a belly landing at Wittering Airbase. Earnest was the only casualty and died on route to the hospital after bailing out. My father remembers him dressed in his RAF blue uniform, "he was a lovely cousin" were his comments. Mark Webb Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links

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