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No. 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit, Royal Air Force
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Want to know more about No. 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit, Royal Air Force? There are:-1 items tagged No. 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit, Royal Air Force available in our Library
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Wing Cdr. Charles Darwen "Lofty" Stenner DSO, DFC. No. 50 Squadron Charles Stenner flew 61 missions, 1 in a Lancaster 5844 (as part of the first 1,000 bomber raid on Cologne); 4 in Manchesters; and 56 in Hampdens. He flew 33 different types of aircraft whilst in the RAF, and was an instructor for many years at Advanced Flying Units.
After his RAF service, he flew for Airwork, Ghana, Caledonian and Donaldsons. During this time, he flew 23,500 hours, 9,000 of them on Britannias. He retired in 1972.
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Flt.Sgt. Ronald Albert Low No. 83 Squadron (d.17th Sep 1942) Ronald Low's aircraft, Lancaster bomber, Serial No. W4138 took off 16th of September 1942 at RAF Wigsley, part of a force of 369 aircraft tasked to attack Essen. The aircraft was shot down by a night fighter and crashed near Willich, approximately 8km SSE of Krefeld. The crew of 7 were killed.
All the crew were initially buried at Krefeld-Bochum cemetery but have since been relocated to the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. At the time of the loss, the aircraft had accumulated a total of 41.40 hours on its airframe.
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George Francis "Chico" Robertson DFC. 9 Squadron George Robertson was born in 1918 in Lisbon to a Scottish father and Spanish mother. Schooled in Britain, he enlisted in July 1940 aged 22. He went through training then posted to 9 Squadron from 1660 HCU on 2nd February and completed 33 missions in 11 Lancasters although mainly ED499 X. He only encountered German fighter on one occasion (seen off) on 6 missions the aircraft returned with techinjcal faults (engines, oxygen, compass etc)
George was posted to 12 OTU at Chipping Warden as an Instructor on 19th of August 1943, where he was seriously injured in a motorcycle accident.
He continued his career after the war as a Port Wine Shipper with Croft & Co.
DFC gazetted 15th October 1943 - 22nd 1940 Initial Reception Centre Uxbridge
- 18th August 1940 No. 3 Initial Training Wing
- 14th November 1940 No. 15 FTS
- 13th April 1941 No. 2 CFS
- 22nd June 1942 No. 3 AFU
- 1st September 1942 No. 16 OTU
- 8th December 1942 Nos. 1654 and 1660 HCU
- 2nd February 1943 F/Lt 9 Squadron Waddington
- 19th August 1943 posted to No. 12 OTU Chipping Warden as Instructor after completing 33 mission tour
- 5th April 1944 Dangerously injured in motorcycle crash at the airfield. 30% disability.
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Sgt. Thomas Edwards flt. eng. 619 Squadron My Father's Crew were:
- F/lt Holmes F.
- Sgt Edwards T (my Dad)
- F/Sgt Kennedy A. O.
- F/O Stringer A.
- F/O Cunningham J.
- F/O Cunningham L.
- P/O James or Jones S.
They joined 619 squadron 18th Apr 1945 from 1654 HCU. I can find no records of them from that time to end of war. Does anyone have any more information?
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