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Those known to have served with No. 547 Squadron Royal Air Force during the Second World War 1939-1945. - Baker Bill . F/O
- Bartholomew J. E..
- Bartram Terence Malcolm. WO.
- Bouwman. Henry .
- Boux Jerry . P/O
- Chambers John. WO.
- Dale Arthur John. WO. (d.5th May 1945)
- Havelock-Sutton Nigel Henry Vizard. Flt.Sgt. (d.12th April 1944)
- Hughes Bertam John.
- Hughes Glen . F/S
- Lalliberte Gerry . F/O
- Maier. Walt .
- McKern Ralph Noel. Grp Capt.
- Smith William Thomas.
- Springer Noel William. FO (d.18th August 1943)
- Steed Jack William. WO (d.28th October 1944)
- Terry DFC. Kenneth Thomas Peart. Sqdn.Ldr. (d.26th Apr 1944)
- Tuddenham Frederick Charles.
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Want to know more about No. 547 Squadron Royal Air Force? There are:2002 items tagged No. 547 Squadron Royal Air Force available in our Library
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Sqdn.Ldr. Kenneth Thomas Peart Terry DFC. No. 42 Squadron (d.26th Apr 1944) Kenneth Terry was a member of the famous chocolate family of York and there is a memorial to him in York Minster. He won a DFC while serving at RAF Leuchars with No. 42 Squadron, flying Beauforts. It was awarded as the result of a successful attack on a ship off the coast of Norway in November 1941. He was awarded his DFC while serving at RAF Leuchars with No. 42 Squadron flying Beauforts. At the time of his death, he was the Squadron Leader of No. 547 Squadron. His niece is one of my wife’s clients
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Frederick Charles "Gerry" Tuddenham 547 SQuadron Frederick Tuddenham served with the Royal Air Force in WW2. served in 547 Squadron. He was stationed in Leuchars in Scotland at some stage. He met my mum in Benson, Oxfordshire, where she owned the Castle Inn hotel, and most airmen (British and American), drank there, during and after the war. They married in 1948. Benson Aerodrome also had the King's flight stationed there, as well.
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WO. Terence Malcolm Bartram 547 Squadron My father Terence Bartram served with 547 Squadron Coastal Command, he left me a large suitcase filled mainly with memorabilia of his time in WW2, about which he spoke very little so I don't really have any stories as such. There is an album with lots of photographs, mainly about his time training to be a pilot in the USA.
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Grp Capt. Ralph Noel McKern 547 Squadron Wing Commander Ralph Noel McKern was OC 547 Squadron at RAF Station Davidstow Moor, Camelford, Cornwall from May 1943 to April 1944. Prior to this he completed refresher flying and staff duties with HQ 18 Group Coastal Command (July 1942 to April 1943) after spending several weeks in a transit camp at Karachi, India.
He needed the time spent here for he had been OC 62 Squadron RAF in Malaya for a short period following time spent as OC 100 Squadron RAF at Seletar. McKern was posted to Australia with other 36 and 100 Squadron pilots and aircrew in November 1941 to ferry Australian-built Beauforts to Singapore. He flew one of these aircraft to Seletar, arriving on 6/12/41, and he ferried another Beaufort back to Australia shortly afterwards as these aircraft could not be used operationally due to numerous defects.
From 547 Squadron he undertook liaison duties on the staff of the Commander-in-Chief Portsmouth, Admiral Little, for the invasion of France. From September 1944 to April 1945 he was: - OC RAF Milltown,
- OC 295 Wing in West Africa during May-July 1945,
- August 1945 to August 1946 he was Staff Officer with 228 (Administrative) Group, Calcutta;
- Staff Officer i/c Administration with 64 Group at York from October 1946 to August 1948,
- RAF Staff College at Bracknell from August 1948 to February 1949,
- Far East Air Force Singapore, Personnel Administration from April 1949 to August 1951,
- OC RAF Changi Singapore from August 1951 to February 1952 (rank of Group Captain),
- OC Western Zoyland to May 1954,
- 25 Group RAF Manby Staff Officer i/c Administration.
He died at Scone in 1959.
The interesting thing about Ralph is that he completed a 12 month apprenticeship with the Bank of Scotland, West End Branch in Edinburgh before starting on his Air Force career. On 26 June 1931 he was appointed to a short service commission for flying duties with the rank of Pilot Officer, July 1931 to June 1932 he was at 2 FTS Digby, Lincs, for pilot training, 1 Squadron at Tangmere for flying duties up to August 1935, Central Flying School, Upavon for flying instructor's course September to December 1935,7 FTS Peterborough for instructional duties January-September 1936, 36 (TB) Squadron at Seletar, Malaya as a pilot, Air HQ Air Staff Singapore, January 1939 to December 1941 OC 100 (TB) Squadron.
And the rest they say is history.
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WO. John Chambers 608 Squadron John Chambers served with 608, 547 and 323 Squadrons, Royal Air Force
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WO. Arthur John Dale 547 Squadron (d.5th May 1945) Arthur Dale was the Son of Arthur Thomas Dale and Florence Mary Dale of South Shields, Co. Durham.
He was aged 30 when he died and is buried in the Aalborg New Cemetery in Denmark.
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Flt.Sgt. Nigel Henry Vizard Havelock-Sutton 547 Squadron (d.12th April 1944) Nigel Havelock-Sutton was born on 6th of January 1921, the son of Captain George Havelock-Sutton MC and Ethel Havelock Sutton. He attended Connaught House Preparatory School in Weymouth, Dorset. From January to December 1933 he attended Sherborne School, Dorset, and then Bruton School, Somerset.
During WW2 he served as a Flight-Sergeant, Royal Air Force (Volunteer Reserve) in 547 Squadron. His service number was 1267276. He was killed in action over the Bay of Biscay on 12th of April 1944. He is commemorated on the Runnymead Memorial, at Sherborne School on the War Memorial Staircase and in the Book of Remembrance and at Castleton Church Burial Ground in Sherborne, Dorset.
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William Thomas Smith 547 Sqdn. My father, William Thomas Smith, was part of 547 Coastal Command Squadron in Wales and Scotland. Does anyone remember him?
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Bertam John Hughes 547 Squadron I am trying to find any information I can about by father Bertram John Hughes who has passed away. He was in 547 squadron between 1943 and 1947.
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J. E. "Bart" Bartholomew 281 Sqd This photograph of my late father Flt. Lt. J E "Bart" Bartholomew and company taken on New Years Eve 1943. Dad is second from the left, back row in full uniform Dad served in Coastal Command in 547 Sqdn. 281 Sqdrn. and 279 Sqdrn. He was an Australian and a navigator in RAF Coastal Command based in England, Scotland, Iceland and the Shetlands during WW2. He twice crashed in the sea and received the Air Force Cross for service and gallantry.
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