|
|
|
No. 227 Squadron Royal Air Force
No 227 Squadron was formed in April 1918 at Pizzone from part of No 67 Wing, based on three flights of the Caproni Squadron of the RNAS. It was never operational however, and disbanded in December 1918.
No 277 reappears as the number of a detachment of Beaufighters in the Middle East in June of 1942 which was amalgamated by September 1942 with Nos 76 and 462 Squadrons. Another detachment of Beaufighters of No 235 Squadron based at Luqa was designated No 227 Squadron in August 1942. It escorted Beauforts and attacked enemy shipping from Malta, then moved to Egypt and Libya for sweeps over the eastern Mediterranean in March 1943. It moved to Italy in August 1944, but was renumbered No 19 Squadron, South African Air Force in August 1944.
In October 1944 No 227 was re-formed at Bardney with Lancasters, taking part in bombing raids on Germany for the rest of the war. In May 1945 it helped to repatriate British ex-POWs. It disbanded in September 1945.
Airfields
No. 227 Squadron
flew from:
- Luqa, Malta from 20th August 1942
- RAF Bardney, Lincolnshire from 7th October 1944 (re-formed. Lancaster I, Lancaster III)
- RAF Balderton, Nottinghamshire from 21st October 1944
- RAF Strubby, Lincolnshire from 5th April 1945
- RAF Graveley, Huntingdonshire from 8th June 1945
20th August 1942 Aircraft shot down
24th Aug 1942 Aircraft shot down
27th August 1942 Ship sunk
29th August 1942 Tanker destroyed
6th Sept 1942 Convoy attacked
7th September 1942 New Squadron formed
22nd Sept 1942 Mid-air collision
23rd Sept 1942 Aircraft Lost
6th November 1942 Bomber force for Malta
23rd June 1943 Operation Thetis
18th October 1944 Arrangements made for new Bomber Squadron
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. 227 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Blanche J. J.. W/O.
- Davies Colin Lewis. Sgt. (d.6th January 1943)
- Geytenbeck Richard. P/O.
- Hampson Geoffrey Samuel. F/Sgt.
- Hawkes-Reed John. Flt.Sgt. (d.1st July 1943)
- Marquis William. (d.1945/11/08)
- Marwood Douglas.
- Mather DFC AFC Roy. F/Lt
- McGinn Maurice Frederick. F/Lt.
- Monks Harry. Sgt. (d.6th Dec 1944)
- Newton Esdile Ian. Flt.Sgt.
- Over Dennis.
- Power Edwin Stanley. Flt.Sgt.
- Power Edwin Stanley. F/Sgt.
- Smith Norman Campbell. Flt/Sgt.
- Stedman Frank. F/Sgt.
- Whitechurch Edward Kimpton. F/O. (d.22nd Mar 1945)
- Williams Leslie Arthur. W/O2.
- Yorke Harold Edward.
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. 227 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. 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. |
|
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. If you have any unwanted
photographs, documents or items from the First or Second World War, please do not destroy them.
The Wartime Memories Project will give them a good home and ensure that they are used for educational purposes. Please get in touch for the postal address, do not sent them to our PO Box as packages are not accepted.
World War 1 One ww1 wwII second 1939 1945 battalion
Did you know? We also have a section on The Great War. and a
Timecapsule to preserve stories from other conflicts for future generations.
|
|
Want to know more about No. 227 Squadron Royal Air Force? There are:2010 items tagged No. 227 Squadron Royal Air Force 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. |
|
William Marquis 227 Squadron / 102 Squadron (d.1945/11/08) I have been researching my family history and have obtained the personnel records for my half-brother William Marquis. The record shows that he was assigned to 227 Squadron on 12th April 1945 after discharge and appointment to RAF VR. There is a further entry for 227 Squadron dated 18th June 1945 which is some 10 days after 227 Squadron either moved from RAF Strubby or was disbanded. The next entry is at RAF Snaith dated 17th September 1945 followed by what seems to be an entry for 102 Squadron dated 20th or possibly 26th September 1945. He was with 102 Squadron based at RAF Bassingbourn when he was killed on active service at Abington Piggotts on 08/11/1945 when his plane crashed shortly after take off. I know it is a long shot but any information anyone may have on William would be appreciated.
|
F/Sgt. Geoffrey Samuel Hampson 227 Squadron Geoff Hampson was a flight engineer on Lancasters. I have one of my father's flying log books which shows his flying time while based at Balderton, he had previously been based in Quetta, Ceylon, Kandy and Egypt. I think he must have trained in Cardiff because that's where he met my mother. They were married in July 1944. I don't really have much more information but would be interested to find out more.
|
Harold Edward Yorke 227 Squadron Harold Yorke was shot down over Greece 20th of July 1944. I have a letter to mother 22nd July saying he was missing. He was flying in Bristol Beafort from Malta. He ended up as prisoner of war.
|
F/Lt. Maurice Frederick "Mac" McGinn 227 Squadron Maurice McGinn served with 227 Squadron.
|
W/O2. Leslie Arthur "Wills" Williams 227 Squadron My father, Wills Williams, served in 227 Squadron, RAF from 1944 to 1945. He qualified in Canada as a bomb aimer and spent the war in the cold perspex of the nose cone of a Lancaster Bomber. For the rest of his life, he remembered his crew and their days, and nights together.
He returned to Canada and settled in Toronto. He married and raised one adopted son. He passed in Kitchener, Ontario in 1996.
|
Flt.Sgt. Esdile Ian "Blonde" Newton 227 Squadron Esdile Newton flew as a Rear Gunner with 227 Squadron.
|
F/O. Edward Kimpton Whitechurch 227 Squadron (d.22nd Mar 1945) Flying Officer (Pilot) Edward Whitechurch was the son of Edward Robert and Lucy Jane Whitechurch, husband of Myra Whitechurch of Mission Bay, Auckland, New Zealand. He was 28 years old when he died and is buried in the Mosevraa Churchyard in Denmark.
|
Dennis Over 106 Sqdn. I served in the wartime RAF as aircrew with bomber command, No. 5 group, 106 and 227 squadrons. We were based at Andreas IOM, Market Harborough, Wigsley, Swinderby, Metheringham, Balderton, Strubby and Gravelly.
|
Sgt. Harry Monks 227 Sqd (d.6th Dec 1944) Harry Monks was a flight engineer with 227 Squadron. He was killed in action with all his crew on a raid to Giessen, and is buried in Hanover War Cemetery.
|
W/O. J. J. "Paddy" Blanche 227 Squadron Lancaster mid-upper gunner Paddy Blanche was from Northern Ireland. Having completed a tour of operations in N Africa, he joined 83 Pathfinder Squadron in 1944 before transferring in June 1944 to 617 (Dambusters) Squadron. Subsequently Paddy served in 227 squadron and was discharged on 12th December 1945. He died in London in the 1970s.
Part of his service is recorded by Clayton Moore in his book Lancaster Valour
|
Recomended Reading.Available at discounted prices.
|
|
|
Site Home
Add Stories
