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Digby Ops Room Museum
The "L" Sector Operations Room at RAF Digby has been restored to its Oct 1939 WWII state as the Sector Airfield Ops Room within 12 Group Fighter Command.
Website: Digby Ops Room Museum
Open: Sundays from May - Sep, 1100
Admission: Free
Tel.: 01526 327504/327592 / 01528 414294
History of the Reconstruction Project
The unofficial opening, with 17 of the wartime operations room crew members, took place on Thursday 29 May 1997 and was an emotional evening, sparking many memories among the wartime crew including former RAF plotters, signallers, teleprinter ops, wireles ops, RDF tellers and fighter controllers. These included Peggy Balfour, the first WAAF Plotter, and Charles Mayhew.
One of those wartime signallers, a 19 year old Charles Mayhew was on duty on 3 Sep 1939 and booked in the signal at 1115 hrs which sent Royal Air Force Digby to war. The war declaration signal was given, by Charles, to the Fighter Controller, who read it out to those on duty and then returned the signal to the Traffic room and kept it. He returned this unique, original signal to the Sector Ops Room Museum on 29 May 1997, where it is on display.
The formal opening was conducted the following evening, on 30 May, with principal guests Air Chief Marshall Sir John Allison AOC-in-C Logistics Command, 2 further Air Vice Marshalls, 4 Group Captains, 4 Wing Commanders, 2 Mayors and several wartime fighter/bomber airmen and local civic dignitaries. The evening was sealed with a magnificent aerial display by a BBMF Spitfire IXX which ended its thunderous sortie with a victory roll through clear blue skies.
Digby Oral Histories:
- Geraldine Poulton, Ops Room WAAF
- Peggy Balfour, Ops Room WAAF
- Marjorie Turner, Ops & ATC WAAF
- Edith Kup, WAAF
- Richard James, 29 Sqn
- L Oliver, Ops Rm Radio Mech
- Les Armstrong, 73 Sqn
- Charles Durrett, airfield construction LO
- Jack Lucas, LAC fitter, 154 Sqn
- Fitter Atkins, 611 and RCAF Sqns
- LAC Charles Mayhew, Ops Room
- Laurie Seymour, 410 Sqn
- Sgt Charles Carmichael, RAF Regt
Digby
- A History
" A
history 1917 - 1978"
Foreword
Introduction
1917
1918
Inter-War Years
1919
1920
1922-23
1924
1925
1926
1927-1929
1930-1932
1933
1934-1936
1937
1938
World War II
1939
1939-1940
1941
Jan - Aug 1942
Sep 1942 - 1944
1945
Return to Training
1945 - Jan 1948
Feb - Mar 1948
Mar 1948 - 1953
A cadet remembers
The Signals Era
Jan 1955 - Dec 1961
Dec 1963 - 1978
Curent Day
1955 - the Signals Era
Digby
Ops Room Museum
A
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