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No. 342 (Lorraine) Squadron Royal Air Force    No 342 Squadron (Groupe Lorraine) was formed at West Raynham on the 7th April 1943 from members of the Free French air unit, Groupe de Bombardement No 1, Escadrilles Metz (Flight A) and Nancy (Flight B), transferred from Palestine. Equipped with Bostons, it flew daylight raids on northern France from the 12th of June 1943. It flew low-level missions in the Pas-de-Calais in early 1944, and was part of an interdiction campaign that isolated the Normandy area from the rest of France in advance of the Normandy landings. Both day and night missions were flown against communications targets until the Squadron moved to France in October 1944. Moving to the Netherlands in early April 1945 with Mitchells, No 342 was engaged in tactical bombing from 9th April until 2nd May. On December 1945, No 342 was transferred back to the Armée de l'Air. Airfields No. 342 Squadron flew from: RAF West Raynham, Norfolk from formation on the 7th April 1943 (Boston III, Boston IIIa) RAF Sculthorpe, Norfold from the 15th May 1943 to 2TAF June 1943 RAF Hartford Bridge, Essex from June 1943 (Boston IIIa, Boston IV) France from October 1944   19th August 1943  Moved for new role 6th June 1944 Smokescreen 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. 342 (Lorraine) Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. Gill CdG. Kenneth. F/Lt. Gramont Gabriel Armand. (d.10th April 1943) Jjunguené Roger. Sgt. 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There are:2001 items tagged No. 342 (Lorraine) 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. F/Lt. Kenneth Gill CdG. 342 (Lorraine) Squadron Having taken his civilian pilot's licence as a young man in the late 1930's, my father, Kenneth Gill was welcomed into the RAF as a Trainee Pilot Officer at the outbreak of war. He ended his service in the rank of Flight Lieutenant. On more than one occasion, he piloted Field Marshall Montgomery and, at the end of the war, literally on V.E. Day the 8th of May 1945, he flew the high ranking war criminal (and former Austrian Head of State), Arthur Seyss-Inquart, to his trial at Nuremberg and subsequent execution, courtesy of Mr Albert Pierrepoint, in October 1946. It's all in his Logbook. Much of Dad's war was spent ferrying aeroplanes and high ranking staff to various locations all around Britain, so he had experience of many different aircraft, including those iconic Spitfire and Hurricane fighter planes. His combat training, however, was for twin-engine light bombers and, in the Spring of 1944, he carried out an incredible 31 bombing missions in his fast and very powerful (2x1000hp) American-built Boston IIIA seconded to the famous French Groupe Lorraine (342 Squadron) which was based at Hartford Bridge during the war. These missions were mainly carried out over Northern France as part of the softening up process during the build-up to the D- Day landings. The payload was usually 4 x 500-pound bombs and his log-book typically lists targets such as marshalling yards, ammunition dumps and enemy troop concentrations. Terry Gill Add to this record. Sgt. Roger Jjunguené 342 Squadron Roger Junguene est né le 4 février 1920 au Havre. Chaudronnier en cuivre venant de la marine Marchande, il s'engage comme 2e classe dans les FAFL le 28 août 1941. Enregistré à la Cie de L'air au Moyen-Orient avec le matricule 40.200, il sera immatriculé par Londres sous le n° 35.294. Roger JUNGUENE s’engage dans les Forces Aériennes Françaises Libres à Beyrouth (Liban) le 27 août 1941. Il est affecté le 1er Octobre 1941 à la base aérienne de Rayack, où stationne le Groupe de Bombardement Lorraine (GB1). Il rejoint la Grande-Bretagne le 1er janvier 1943 avec cette unité , qui devient le groupe de bombardement Lorraine – 342 squadron de la RAF et auquel il est affecté. Il est muté au 137 Wing de la RAF du 6 Décembre 1943 au 16 Mai 1944, date à laquelle il revient au Groupe Lorraine. Il est nommé sergent le 1er décembre 1944. Roger Junguene was born on February 4, 1920 in Le Havre. A Copper Boilermaker from the Merchant Navy, he joined as 2nd class in the FAFL on August 28, 1941. He was registered at the Air Company in the Middle East with the number 40.200, it will be registered by London under the number 35.294. Roger engages in the French Air Forces Free in Beirut (Lebanon) on 27th of August 1941. He was posted on 1st of October 1941 at Rayack Air Base, where the Lorraine Bombardment Group (GB1) is stationed. He joinedin Britain on 1st of January 1943 with this unit, which became the group bombing Lorraine, 342 Squadron of the RAF and to which he is assigned. He was transferred to the 137 Wing of the RAF from 6th December 1943 to 16th of May 1944, when he returned to the Lorraine Group. He was appointed sergeant on 1st of December 1944. Christian Junguené Add to this record. Gabriel Armand Gramont 342 Squadron (d.10th April 1943) Gabriel Garmont died in a Flying Training accident, after 342 Squadron formed up at West Raynham. His plane spun whilst trying to land at RAF Great Massingham. He is buried in Queens Road Cemetery, Fakenham. He was a member of one of Frances oldest and most noble families, the Dukes of Gramont, that has links to Charles I. Jonathon Brackenbury Add to this record. Recomended Reading. Available at discounted prices.

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