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Updated: 26 Jan 12
List of the famous names who have served at RAF Digby in some capacity or other.
Major J H D’Albiac, DSO FRC RNAS - later Air Marshal Sir John Henry D'Albiac KCVO, KBE, CB, DSO (28 January 1894 – 20 August 1963)
D'Albiac attended the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst, commissioned into the Royal Marine Artillery in 1914 but
seconded to the Royal Naval
Air Service in 1915, distinguishing himself in France as an aeroplane
observer. On 28 March 1918, a group of officers and men under his command
left Portholm Meadows aerodrome
in Huntingdonshire and moved to Scopwick - RAF Digby - where he served
as the Station Commander. He then transferred served on the Staff
at Headquarters RAF Trans-Jordania from
1922 and
as a Flight
Commander in 99 Sqn from 1926. At the outbreak of World War II
he was AOC RAF Palestine and Transjordan from August, then AOC British
Forces in Greece from November 1940 before returning RAF Palestine and
Transjordan. War service followed as AOC British Forces
in Iraq, AOC No 222 Gp, AOC 2 Gp, notably AOC Second
Tactical Air Force and Deputy Commander of the Mediterranean
Tactical
Air Force. Finally he served as Director-General of Personnel in November
1944 before retiring from the RAF in 1947. He was later employed as Aerodrome
Commandant at London Heathrow, dying in 20 Aug 1963. See also Wikipedia.
Wg Cdr "Sticks" Gregory of 29 Sqn.
An AI Operator during the war, his nick-name 'Sticks' was because he was a professional drummer prior to joining 29 Sqn. He was mainly responsible for the daily routine of 29 Sqn not leaving the Sgts Mess without Glenn Millers' In the Mood being on the turntable as the transport arrived to take them night flying.
Guy Gibson. During the early part of the war he was a regular visitor to the Sector Ops Room when 29 Sqn operated from Digby.
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
brief history on Airops website
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