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Originally Posted by gurkharifles
I assume he was stationed at RAF Colerne?
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Possibly stationed at RAF Charmy Down :
"RAF Charmy Down is a former Royal Air Force (RAF) station in Somerset, England,
approximately 3 miles (4.8 km) north-northeast of Bath and 96 miles (154 km) west of London.
Opened in 1941, it was used initially by the RAF and from 1943 by the United States Army Air Forces, primarily as a night fighter interceptor airfield. It was closed in 1946. Today the remains of the airfield are on private property and are used as agricultural fields"
"The first occupant of Charmy Down was
No. 87 Squadron RAF, with night-fighting Hawker Hurricanes. In the summer of 1941 Boulton Paul Defiants appeared, and Westland Whirlwinds and Turbinlite Havocs of 125 and 263 squadrons respectively were to be seen the following year. 137 Squadron replaced No 263 Squadron in September 1941.
In November 1941, 417 Squadron of the Royal Canadian Air Force was formed here."
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