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11th Survey Regiment, Royal Artillery
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Gnr. Douglas Curl 11th Survey Regiment Royal Artillery My father Douglas Curl who served as a Gunner in the 11th Survey Regiment told me of his days posted on the cliffs of Dover during the Operation to stop the V1 and V2. He believes he was one of the first soldiers to sight the dooglebug or buzz bomb whilst on duty. He stated he could see across the channel what he first thought was RAF returning on fire. He called on the wind up phone to check if RAF was in fact airborne. After about half an hour passed his unit got a call saying what ever those things are shoot them down as they are falling as bombs on our towns. My dad said they were too fast "all we could do was spray at them with AK AK anti air gun".
He later told of being involved as part of Operation Crossbow sent over to Belgium and Holland to identify the factories and posts where the missiles were being fired.
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Larkhill's Wartime Locators: Royal Artillery Survey in the Second World WarMassimo Mangilli-Climpson
Artillery survey suffered during the pacifist inter-war period but the war in North Africa highlighted its importance. By the end of 1942 ten major survey units had been formed. Nine were conventional serving in all the main theatres, including the Far East. They played a key part in victories such as El Alamein, Anzio, Caen and Imphal, with their flash-spotting, sound-ranging and surveying of gun lines. A tenth regiment was secretly involved tracing the flight of Hitler's V1 and V2 rockets in order to locate their launch bases. These 'soldier-scientists' were all trained at the School of Survey, Larkhill, on Salisbury Plain. Their work took them to the front line and a considerable number were casualties or became POWs. This is the story of the contribution of these 4,000 men who made up the Survey Regiments. It tells of the heroes, such as Robert (Tug) Wilson of the SBS and the skilful men whose actions under the most difficult and dangerous conditions have received little acknowledg
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