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RAF Predannack 20th November 1942 Wireless investigations from Cornwall 9th December 1942 New territory 2nd January 1943 Return to Essex 18th February 1943 Move to Cornwall 7th March 1943 Investigation Flights from Cornwall and Scotland 15th March 1943 Cross country flight 26th March 1943 Low morale reported 10th April 1943 Shot down by flak 13th April 1943 Air-Sea Rescue 18th April 1943 Spitfire pilot rescued 20th April 1943 Sorties begun 26th April 1943 Killed in low flying incident 30th April 1943 New duties: new base 7th June 1943  Detachment to Cornwall 13th June 1943 Fw200 shot down over the Bay of Biscay 26th June 1943 Raid on Brest 5th August 1943 Wellington ditched in Bay of Biscay 11th August 1943 Mosquito missing over Bay of Biscay 16th August 1943 Relocation 19th September 1943 No ships seen 22nd September 1943 Sweep over Brest 13th October 1943 New base 14th October 1943 Ships attacked 17th October 1943 Ships damaged off Brest 23rd October 1943 Attack on St Malo 24th October 1943 3 Typhoon pilots lost 28th October 1943 Cherbourg docks bombed 29th October 1943 Bombing show 30th October 1943 Another attack on Cherbourg 2nd November 1943 Typhoon pilot lost 7th November 1943 Long range sortie 9th November 1943 New area of operation 10th November 1943 Ships bombed in harbour 11th November 1943 Pilot killed on first op 11th November 1943 Crash on landing 15th November 1943 Typhoon lost at sea 16th November 1943 Aerodrome attacked 18th November 1943 Halifax crashed on landing 19th November 1943 USAAF crew with 157 Squadron missing 22nd November 1943 Unsuccessful first use of rockets 23rd November 1943 Unsuccessful rocket attack again 26th November 1943 Bombs fail to explode 29th November 1943 Rocket training ordered 1st December 1943 Mosquito shot down in combat 1st December 1943 Intense training 1st December 1943 Mosquito lost in ship attack 7th December 1943 New Typhoon pilots arrive 18th December 1943 Return to operations 20th December 1943 Paratroops drop in on aerodrome 24th December 1943 Two ops and a recce 25th December 1943 German airfield attacked 28th December 1943 Accident in low cloud 1st January 1944 Unexplained Typhoon crash 4th January 1944 V1 rocket sites bombed 6th January 1944 No-ball tragets bombed 7th January 1944 Airmen spend 6 days at sea 7th January 1944 Typhoon makes crash landing 12th January 1944 Visit to Ops Room 14th January 1944 Flight commander killed 14th January 1944 V1 sites bombed 16th January 1944 Enemy destroyers located 20th January 1944  Polish airman killed 21st January 1944 Typhoon crashed into the sea 28th January 1944 Pilot lost at sea 29th January 1944 Two Typhoon pilots killed 31st January 1944 Pilot killed by flak 1st February 1944 Move back to Tangmere 26th February 1944 Ground staff save navigator 24th March 1944 Move back to Cornwall 26th March 1944 Detachment to Anglesey April 1944 Return to England 2nd April 1944 Move to Cornwall 6th April 1944 Lost at sea 11th April 1944 Three Mosquito crews lost in combat 20th April 1944 Day Ranger 29th April 1944 Beached ship bombed 4th May 1944 Four Bombers destroyed by one Mosquito 7th May 1944 Relocated for new bomber protection role 9th May 1944 A.I. used to rescue missing aircraft 6th June 1944  Two Spitfires lost on D-Day 7th June 1944 Shot down over Brittany 12th June 1944 Two Spitfire pilots killed 20th June 1944 Ranger sorties over Western France 20th June 1944 Defence against V-1 flying bombs 3rd July 1944 Fighter Bombers delivered 5th July 1944 New A.I. Equipment 7th July 1944 First bombing sortie 9th July 1944 Flak 10th July 1944 Railway tunnel blocked 18th July 1944 Night Fighter role ended 19th July 1944 Train attacked 22nd July 1944  Hair-raising flight 23rd July 1944 Aircraft damaged 24th July 1944 Aircraft damaged 26th July 1944 Targets 28th July 1944 Railway targets 30th July 1944 Out of ammo 30th July 1944 Friendly fire 1st August 1944 Full Establishment 2nd August 1944 Damaged by flak 6th August 1944 Crashed into a tree 8th August 1944 Mosquito shot down by flak 9th August 1944 Press report of bomber sortie 11th August 1944 Tank factory targetted 12th August 1944 Ranger over France to Algieria 13th August 1944 Brought down by bomb blast 13th August 1944 U-Boat crew spared 15th August 1944 Flight to Algiers 16th August 1944 Shot down 16th August 1944 Serviceable Aircraft shortage 20th August 1944 Flight to Algeria September 1944 Move 20th September 1944 Mosquitos grounded 7th October 1944 Move and back on Ops If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Those known to have served at RAF Predannack during the Second World War 1939-1945. Fenton William. LAC 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. If you have already submitted a story to the site and your UID reference number is higher than 263973 your information is still in the queue, please do not resubmit, we are working through them as quickly as possible. Looking for help with Family History Research?   Please read our Family History FAQ's The free to access section of The Wartime Memories Project website is run by volunteers and funded by donations from our visitors. If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. If you enjoy this site please consider making a donation. Want to find out more about your relative's service? Want to know what life was like during the War? Our Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. 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There are:113 items tagged RAF Predannack 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. LAC William Fenton My father, William Fenton was at RAF Predannack in Cornwall. He was an LAC and worked on Lancasters. He was also a great sportsman and played football. My father was also at RAF Padgate and RAF Blackpool. I have many photos of him and his team and also taken with his CO. Does anyone remember him? Shirley Mason Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices. Links

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