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No. 252 Squadron Royal Air Force 7th May 1941 Aircraft lost 15th June 1941 New Coastal Command Squadron formed 24th July 1941 Supply Convoy reaches Malta 25th July 1941 Strike Force created 28th July 1941 Attack on Sardinia 17th August 1942 Merchant ship sunk 26th Oct 1942 Battle of El Alamein 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. 252 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Clark Kenneth William. WO1 (d.9th May 1943) Houlding Hubert Ronald. LAC. Landin William Francis. Power Edwin Stanley. Flt.Sgt. Power Edwin Stanley. F/Sgt. 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There are:2005 items tagged No. 252 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 Francis Landin 220 Squadron William Landin was my late father, he enlisted in the RAF Sept 1938 signing up for 6 years. Did he know was going to happen twelve months later I wonder? After his initial training he was eventually posted to 220 Squadron at RAF Thornaby where he was stationed for about 18 months. He was then posted to 254 Squadron before going to the middle east with 252 Squadron where I believe he served for the remainder of WW2 until he was discharged January 1946. Douglas Landin Add to this record. LAC. Hubert Ronald "George" Houlding 252 Squadron My Dad, Hubert Houlding met my Mum when posted to RAF St Athan, they corresponded during the War and married in 1946. Dad enjoyed his war I think, although anecdotes about it mainly related to bully beef, brew ups and the lack or shortage of toilet paper. I believe he was involved in the construction and maintenance of an air sea rescue hydroplane, a craft powered by an aircraft engine, with other aircraft components, ie rudder and floats. I believe he also got involved with the Bar None Motor Cycle Club, formed towards the end of the war to keep the restless and perhaps under employed men amused while waiting to go home. Mike Houlding Add to this record. WO1 Kenneth William Clark 252 Squadron (d.9th May 1943) On 26th October 1942, F/Sgt. Kenneth Clark and observer Sgt. Fraser were flying Beaufighter T5209 on a sortie from Gianiclis escorting Beauforts on a convoy strike at Tobruk when they were attacked and hit by a ME109. Sgt. Fraser was injured in a hand as well as his left knee. On 9th May 1943, F/Sgt. Clark and his Observer, F/Sgt. J. Talbot (964697) left the base at Magrun or Gambut at 1755 hrs in a patrol of four aircraft to carry out a convoy patrol in the Gulf Of Sidra. Shortly after the patrol of four aircraft left the base, F/Sgt. Clark's aircraft was observed to orbit the base and then set course unaccompanied, at a height of 1000 ft. While over the base no message was received either on R.T. or V.H.F. (Radio Messages Morse and Voice) and no indication was given to the ground of any difficulty he may have experienced in deciding him to leave the patrol just after the take off and return and circle the base. This was the last occasion in which the aircraft was seen. It failed to join up with the patrol at any time. An extensive search was carried out over the sea with no result and it was presumed that the aircraft had dived into the sea leaving no survivors. Doug Atkinson Add to this record. F/Sgt. Edwin Stanley Power 106 Squadron My Father Flight Sgt Edwin Stanley Francis Power 755045 joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Air Crew Section in June 1939. He trained at Cranwell, Evanton in Scotland and Pembrey in Wales. He was posted to 106 Sqdn in 1940 to March 1942. Based at Cottesmore & Finningley as an Air Gunner wireless op. He flew in Hampdens over Germany dropping leaflets. He took part in bombing of the invasion barges at Antwerp, mine laying and bombing of Mannheim and other cities. In March 1942 he was posted to Idku in Egypt with 227 and 252 Sqdn and flew in Halifaxes and Beaufighters. He was posted to 272 Beaufighter Sqdn based at Takali Airfield, Malta. During this time he was involved in various missions including shipping strikes, ground attacks in North Africa and attacking troop carrying planes. He was posted to Sicily and then returned to England. From Jan 1945 to November 1945 he was posted to 577 Sqdn Bomber Command Naval cooperation. Brian Power Add to this record. Flt.Sgt. Edwin Stanley Power 227 Sqd. Edwin Power served as a wireless operation, air gunner with 227, 252 & 272 Squadrons in Egypt at Idku, Malta at Takali and in Italy. Brian Power Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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