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No. 30 Squadron Royal Air Force 25th Aug 1939  June 1940 War against Italian forces 10th September 1940 Bombers intercepted 15th September 1940 Sidi Barrani lost 3rd Nov 1940 Move to Greece 20th January 1941 Gladiator destroyed 20th February 1941 Escort duties 6th April 1941  15th April 1941 Evacuation from Greece 16th April 1941 Battle of Athens 17th April 1941 Withdrawal to Crete 19th April 1941 Evacuation 1st May 1941 Withdrawal 14th May 1941 Assault 19th May 1941 Defence of Crete 14th June 1941 Re-equipped in Egypt December 1941 Operation Crusader 25th Feb 1942 Embarked for the Far East 5th April 1942 Japanese air raid 7th December 1942 Move back to Malta 12th Feb 1944 Move to India 25th April 1944 Moved and re-equipped August 1945  If you can provide any additional information, please add it here. Logbooks Do you have a WW2 Flying Log Book in your possession? If so it would be a huge help if you could add logbook entries to our new database. Thank you. View Logbook entries Those known to have served with No. 30 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Childs Eric Borlase. Sgt. (d.15th November 1940) Stewart John George. Sgt. (d.15th Nov 1940) Stott Donald. Cpl. (d.15th Nov 1940) Tubberdy William. Sgt. (d.18th Dec 1940) 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 Records of No. 30 Squadron Royal Air Force from other sources. The Wartime Memories Project is the original WW1 and WW2 commemoration website. Announcements The Wartime Memories Project has been running for 24 years. 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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. We are now on Facebook. Like this page to receive our updates. If you have a general question please post it on our Facebook page. Wanted: Digital copies of Group photographs, Scrapbooks, Autograph books, photo albums, newspaper clippings, letters, postcards and ephemera relating to WW2. We would like to obtain digital copies of any documents or photographs relating to WW2 you may have at home. 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He was 21 when he died and is buried in the Tirana Park Memorial Cemetery, Albania. He is remembered on the Special Memorial "E" his grave having since been lost. s flynn Add to this record. Cpl. Donald Stott 30 Sqdn. (d.15th Nov 1940) Donald Stott was the son of Arthur C. Stott and Sarah A. Stott; nephew of Beatrice Dennis, of Normanton, Yorkshire. He was 23 when he died and is buried in the Tirana Park Memorial Cemetery, Albania. He is remembered on the Special Memorial "E" as his grave has since been lost. s flynn Add to this record. Sgt. John George Stewart 30 Squadron. (d.15th Nov 1940) John Stewart was the son of John William and Susan Stewart, of Amble, Northumberland. He was 24 when he died and is buried in the Tirana Park Memorial Cemetery, Albania. He is remembered on the Special Memorial E his grave having been lost. s flynn Add to this record. Sgt. Eric Borlase Childs 30th Sqd. (d.15th November 1940) Pilot Eric Borlase Childs was the son of Wing Cdr. H. B. T. Childs, R.A.F., and Enid Mary Childs, of Looe, Cornwall. He was 22 when he died and is buried in the Tirana Park Memorial Cemetery in Albania s flynn Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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