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World War 2 Two II WW2 WWII 1939 1945

No. 269 Squadron Royal Air Force



18th May 1943 Convoy escapes U-Boat attack unscathed

14th June 1943 Airmen rescued from Atlantic

5th October 1943 U-Boat sunk

2nd February 1944 Operations to Corfu


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Those known to have served with

No. 269 Squadron Royal Air Force

during the Second World War 1939-1945.

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Want to know more about No. 269 Squadron Royal Air Force?


There are:2002 items tagged No. 269 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.


Sgt. John Edward Redmond Sharvin No. 269 Squadron (d.24th Oct 1940)

I recently discovered that an ancestor had served and died during the Second World War. I want to make sure that he is remembered. John Sharvin was from my ancestral home in County Down, Northern Ireland. He died overseas on 24th of October 1940, aged 22, a year older than I am now. I was unaware of his story, and wanted to share it.

Aobh Sharvin



LAC. Norman McReynolds 269 Squadron (d.8th Apr 1940)

My dads brother, Norman McReynolds joined the RAF and loved to fly. Very sad I never got to meet him as he was shot down west of the Shetlands. Others crew members that were on board, PD Aldous, GH Scott, GA Verlaque. Their names are inscribed on the Runnymede Memorial at Egham, Surrey. I am posting some pictures in hope that others may see a family member.

Susan Walker



Sqd.Ldr. William Frederick Chape 269 Squadron

Bill and Beatrice 1945

Bill during WW2

Bill with Biplane pre WW2

Bill with Squadron

My father Bill Chape served with 269 Squadron. The Squadron captured the only German U Boat during WW2. It was guarded from the air by various aircraft whilst it was brought into port with the crew on deck. My parents migrated to Perth, Western Australia in 1955.

Stephen Chape



Cpl. Robert Mack MID. 269 Squadron

Dad , Robert Mack was serving with 269 Squadron on Hudsons when S for Sugar bombed a U Boat to the surface and subsequently surrendered. As he was a member of the Squadron ground crew, personnel had to maintain and keep a continuous flow of aircraft flying from Iceland to the U Boat location in the Atlantic for some days before the Royal Navy arrived and towed it into Barrow in Furness. As a result, Dad was MID for his effort on the ground crews heavy demands.

Later on, and as the years slipped by, I met a Scots girl whose father, Frank McFedries (wireless operator), also served with 269 Squadron at the same time as Dad. Frank even strongly suggested that they must have played in the same football team in Iceland. Both never having met since the war, were looking forward to meeting and swapping yarns at my wedding, but unfortunately Dad passed away a couple of months before the event. Frank was devastated to have missed the chance to meet up with an old comrade.

Dad really never spoke of his time during the War but he did show some poor reflection on the Americans in Iceland, who seemed to have perfectly good adequate winter clothing, whilst the Brits had to make do with much sub standard kit. He used to add that at least they were good for obtaining nylons for wives and girlfriends back in Blighty. From Iceland he then moved on posting to North Africa.

Douglas Mack



Keith Fraser 269 Sqdn.

I served (RCAF Radar) with RAF Squadron 269 Coastal Command at Reykjavik, Davidstow Moor, Azores from 1943 to 1945.

Keith Fraser



W/O Frank Wyche 269 Squadron

My Father, Frank Wyche was in the RAF and based in Wick and Reykjavik during 1941 to 1944. He was an Air Observer and Navigator. He developed TB in Iceland and was sent back to England. He died in 1946, when I was less than 2 years old. There are no family left to tell me anything about his time in the war, so I am hoping that someone will read this and be able to tell me what the RAF were doing there at this time.

B Margetson







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