The Wartime Memories Project - RAF Linton on Ouse

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Information. RAF Linton on Ouse is situated 8 miles North West of York in Yorkshire. The airfield opened in 1937 and was home to No 4 Group Headquarters until June 1940 when the HQ was transfered to Heslington Hall. When the airfield transfered to Coastal Command for two months being home to No 4 Squadron who flew Lysanders. Bomber Command then returned. For a short time at the end of 1942 Linton on Ouse was home to No 6 Group Headquarters (RCAF) before it transfered to Allerton Park Castle. In June 1945 the base transfered to No 4 Group Transport Command The station is still in RAF use today. Squadrons stationed at Linton on Ouse No: 4 Squadron. Army Co-operation Command. June to Aug 1941 No: 2 BAT Flight from Feb to April 1941 No:35 Squadron. from Dec 1940 to Aug 1942 No:35 Squadron Conversion Flight from Jan to Sept 1942 No:58 Squadron. from Feb 1940 to April 1942. No:76 Squadron. from May to June 1941 and 77 Squadron from Aug to Oct 1940 and Sept 1942 to June 1943 No:78 Squadron. from Dec 1939 to July 1940 102 Squadron from Oct to Nov 1940 No:426 (Thunderbird) Squadron. RCAF from April 1944 to May 1945 No:408 (Goose) Squadron. RCAF from Oct 1942 to Oct 1943 and Sept 1944 to June 1945 No:405 Squadron. (RCAF) from May to June 1945 The Wartime Memories Project would like to hear from anyone who was stationed at Linton-on-Ouse during the war years, or anyone who lived nearby. We would love to hear your recollections of life on the base and the surrounding area. Please contact us: Click to send an email. or Click here to complete the online form. I am searching for a photograph of 35 Squadron taken at Linton-on-Ouse in 1941 in front of a Halifax Bomber. I have a copy (above) but I am looking for a better reproduction. My father, Flt/Sgt W T. Palmer is in the pic, 2nd row, 5th from the right. He was killed in action in a raid over Aachen on 5th October 1942, flying in a Halifax. No: W1047. Martha Jensen was stationed in Linton-on-Ouse as a wireless operator, around 1942, She was from Western Canada I believe, do you have any info on her? My grandfather, was working in the Belgian underground as a member of the escape line Comete. He moved Clayton Maclachlan and Tommy Reynolds who belonged to the 408 squadron, in Brussels, from one safe place to another. I learned that they had to jump out of their Lancaster in fire and that they fell in Deurne-Tessenderloo on 20th December 1943. They were both hidden in the neighborhood of my grandfather where I am still living. I should be very glad if I could come in touch with one of them or with a member of their family. The crew were: Les Morrison. pilot RAAF Allan Wright. nav. Clayton MacLachlan. bomb aimer Alexander Dumbbell. W/op Thomas Reynolds flt eng. William Heaton. mid upper gunner Edward Salmon. Rear gunner Their Lancaster II, DS-704 code EQ-W was shot down December 20, 1943 on Ops to Frankfurt. Heaton and Wright were killed, Salmon was taken POW after spending time with the resistance. The rest of the crew evaded capture. Clayton MacLachlan & Tommy Reynolds evaded arrest with the help of the resistance until Brussels’ liberation. Ted Salmon joined the resistance at Diest, East of Brussels. He was taken to Brussels four days later and stayed at various houses. At the last house the people were engaged in sabotage. One was captured and the house was surrounded in the middle of February. He was taken to St. Giles prison till May 12th. then was moved to an interrogation camp, Dulag Luft. Later Ted was sent to Stalag Luft 6, Heydekrug. Moved to Thorn, in Poland and eventually to 357 at Folling Bostel. He was released while on the march, in May 1945. Regards, Photographs If you have any Photographs you would like to share please get in touch. List of those who served. Sgt Leonard F P Adlam RAFVR pilot. 58 Sqd. (d. 20 Oct 1940) Read his story D Alexander. 35 Sqd. F/O Leslie Alexander Allan. 76 Squadron. (d 3/4 Mar 1943) F/O Charles Robert Cecil Austin Allberry. nav. 78 Sqd. (d. 3/4 Apr 1943) Sgt. Jack Norman Angus. 78 Sqd. Flying Officer J E Austin. 408 Sqd. Edna Baker. WAAF Read her story Sgt David Baxter. air gnr. 78 Sqd (d. 13 May 1943) Sgt Malcolm Baxter. 78 Sqd. P/O Richard A Biggerstaff RCAF. rear gnr 426 Sqd. (d. 5 Mar 1945) Read his story F/Sgt Joseph O E J Boily RCAF. air gnr 408 Sqd. Read his story P/O George Alfred Bozier W/Op. 76 Sqd. (d.11 May 1943) F/O Allan Bernard Boyd RCAF. 408 Sqd. (d.25 Apr 1945) P/O Richard Edward Bragg. pilot 78 Sqd (d. 13 May 1943) W/O James Edwin E Brambleby. RCAF 408 Sqd. (d.25 Apr 1945) Sgt H J Branton RCAF eng. 408 Sqd. Read his story P/O Ernest H Brown. pilot. 58 Sqd. (d. 20 Oct 1940) Read his story Sgt Stephen Hugh Colin Brown. air gnr 76 sqd (d.17 Apr 1943) P/O G R Butchart RCAF W/op 408 Sqd. Read his story Sgt S E Campbell RCAF air gnr 408 Sqd. Read his story Sgt Marcel C Caryll-Tilkin RAFVR. W/op air gnr. 58 Sqd.(d. 20 Oct 1940)Read his story R Casey. pilot. 35 Sqd (d. 13 Jul 1942) Sgt Charles F Clark RAFVR air gnr. 78 sqd. (d. 6 Nov 1942) Read his story F/O Russell S Clark RCAF, pilot 408 Sqd. Read his story Sgt Brodie John Clinging. nav. 76 sqd (d.17 Apr 1943) Sgt Raymond Leonard Colverson. 76 Sqd. (d 3/4 Mar 1943) P/O Maxwell W Coones RCAF. air gnr 426 Sqd. (d. 5 Mar 1945) Read his story Sgt Crisp 58 Sqd. Read his story Sgt Dennis Rupert Humphrey Curzon RCAF 426 Sqd. G Darling. bomb aimer 35 Sqd. P/O John Arthur Ayliffe Morgans David. air gnr. 76 Sqd. Sgt Maurice Alfred Torwerth Davies. bonb aimer. 76 Sqd. Sgt K L Davison RCAF air gnr 408 Sqd. Read his story Sgt Timothy I'Anson Dee RAFVR nav. 408 Sqd. Read his story F/O S W Dempsey RCAF bomb aimer 408 Sqd. Read his story P/O Alexander Dumbbell. W/op Read his story Sgt Robert Obsourne Mitchell Dunlop. 78 Sqd. (d. 3/4 Apr 1943) George Hadley Templeton Eades. 58 Sqd. (d. 26th March, 1943) Read his story Sgt C M Edgehill RAF W/op 78 Sqd. Read his story W Elliott. bomb aimer 35 Sqd. Flt Lt Arthur Blevyn Ely. RCAF 408 Sqd. (d.25 Apr 1945) W/O Reginald Gordon Evans RCAF 426 Sqd. W/O John Miller Farrell. nav. 78 Sqd (d. 13 May 1943) Sgt Francis Christopher Fidgeon W/Op air gnr 76 sqd (d.17 Apr 1943) Sgt James H Fletcher RAFVR air gnr 4 Sqd. (d.16 July 1940) Read his story F/O M. Fraser RCAF 426 Sqd. F/Off J. E. Freeman. nav. 408 sqd. (d. 2 Dec 1944) F/O Turner Fredrickson. pilot 426 Sqd. (d.30 Sep 1944) F/O Irl "Lou or White" Garries. bomb aimer. RCAF 426 Sqd. W/O H E Gell 78 Sqd. F/O William Ronald Golding 76 Squadron (d 3/4 Mar 1943) Sgt Cyril S G Green RAFVR. obs. 58 Sqd.(d. 23rd Oct 1940)Read his story Sgt Robert Grey RAF. eng. 78 Sqd. Read his story Sgt Peter Harry Barrowclough P Green W/Op 76 Sqd (d.17 Jan 1943) Sgt Gosling. pilot 58 Sqd. Read his story Flt Lt Robert Grey. eng. 78 Sqd (d. 13 May 1943) P/O Richard W Harris RAF. pilot. 4 Sqd. (d. 7 Oct 1940) Read his story F/Sgt J D Harvey RCAF pilot 408 Sqd. Read his story Sgt Marcus R Harvey RAF. air gnr 4 Sqd. (d. 7 Oct 1940) Read his story P/O William Heaton. mid upper gunner (d. 20 Dec 1943) Read his story Flt Sgt Earl William Hicks RCAF 426 Sqd. Sgt Keneth Hitchen. 76 Squadron (d 3/4 Mar 1943) Sgt Vernon Earl Hovey RCAF 408 Sqd. (d.25 Apr 1945) Flt Lt. Arthur Horace Hull pilot. 76 Sqd. (d.11 May 1943) Sgt James Hughes RCAF 408 Sqd. (d.25 Apr 1945) F/O Harry L Humphries RCAF. nav. 78 sqd. (d. 6 Nov 1942) Read his story Sgt E J Hurd RCAF nav. 408 Sqd. Read his story Lt. Bjarne Indseth nav. RNAF 76 Sqd (d.17 Jan 1943) P/O D. Irwin RCAF 426 Sqd. Robert T Isaac DFM nav. 76 Sqd Peter Jackson nav. 35 Sqd. J Janes W/Op 35 Sqd. Guy Jefferson. 4 Sqd. WAAF Martha Jensen. 408 Sqd.Read her story Sgt Leonard Norman Jonasson. air gunr 76 sqd (d.17 Apr 1943) Read his story P/O R. Jones RCAF 426 Sqd. Sgt Wilbur Haldayne Jordan. 78 Sqd. Sgt Reginald John Kerrick. nav/bomb aimer. 78 Sqd. (d. 3/4 Apr 1943) P/O Kerry 58 Sqd. Read his story F/O John Kershaw pilot 4 Sqd. (d.16 July 1940) Read his story Flt Sgr Allan Alfred Kew. air gnr. 78 Sqd (d. 13 May 1943) Sgt Kirby 58 Sqd. Read his story F/O P. Labelle RCAF 426 Sqd. Sgt Leslie Lamb. bomb aimer 76 Sqd (d.17 Jan 1943) T Lane. pilot. 35 Sqd. Sgt Robert E Langfield. RAF. rear gnr. 58 Sqd. Read his story Robert Henry Larson. 408 sqd. Read his Story Plt/Off Andrew. A. Laws. pilot. 58 Sqd. Read his story F/O T. Layman RCAF 426 Sqd. P/O Benedict J McCarthy RCAF, W/op air gnr 426 Sqd. (d. 5 Mar 1945) Read his story Sgt John McCormick. air gnr. 78 Sqd. (d. 3/4 Apr 1943) Sgt Alexander McDonald. 78 Sqd. W/O Roy Macdonald. air gnr. 35 Sqd. P/O A. McKay RCAF 426 Sqd. F./Sgt Clayton D MacLachlan. bomb aimer Read his story P/O Verne Alexander McPhee. air gnr. RCAF 426 Sqd. (d.30 Sep 1944) F/O Michael E Marynowski RCAF. nav. 408 Sqd. Read his story Sgt L G Masterton RAF bomb aimer 78 Sqd. Read his story Sgt Rodger David Matches. ait gnr. 78 Sqd (d. 13 May 1943) Sgt Philip Edwin Mathews. air gnr. 76 Sqd. (d.11 May 1943) Sgt J G Mills RAF. pilot 78 Sqd. Read his story Sgt Malcolm Charles Moody. eng. 76 Sqd (d.17 Jan 1943) Sgt L A Morgan RAF air gnr. 408 Sqd. Read his story P/O Les Morrison. pilot RAAF 408 Sqd. Read his story F/O Frank MacGregor Myers RCAF nav. 426 Sqd. (d. 5 Mar 1945) Read his story Capt. Bjoern Naess. pilot RNAF 76 Sqd (d.17 Jan 1943) F/O A N Nicholson. RCAF 426 Sqd. Joseph Thomas Pack pilot. 35 Sqd Read his story P/O Walter John Painter. nav. 76 Sqd. (d.11 May 1943) Flt/Sgt W T. Palmer. 35 Sqd. (d. 5 Oct 1942) Read his Story Sgt Cecil William Payne. 78 Sqd. P/O Ignatius Thomas Pelechaty. W/Op air gnr RCAF 426 Sqd. (d.30 Sep 1944) Sgt Pilot Edwin Pritchard 78 Sqd (d. 13 May 1943) Sgt Thomas Reynolds. flt eng. Read his story James W Richardson. rear gnr. 426 Sqd. Flt Lt. Thomas Herbert Ottewill Richardson. pilot . 78 Sqd. (d. 3/4 Apr 1943) Sgt Ronald Roberts RCAF 426 Sqd. J Rogers. eng. 35 Sqd. Flt Sgt Francis Owen Ross. bomb aimer. RCAF 76 sqd (d.17 Apr 1943) F/O John Douglas Carlisle Ross RCAF 426 Sqd. F/O Albert Leroy Rutter RCAF 408 Sqd. (d.25 Apr 1945) P/O Gerald Ernest Ryan. air gnr RCAF 426 Sqd. (d.30 Sep 1944) F/Sgt Edward Salmon. Rear gunner Read his story Sgt Alan Richard Saunders W/Op air gnr. 76 Sqd. (d.17 Jan 1943) Sgt George Charles Daniel Sayer. 76 Sqd. (d. 4 Mar 1943) F/O Lancelot Rodney Cayley Shadwell. W/Op air/gnr. 78 Sqd. (d. 3/4 Apr 1943) Joseph F Slater W/Op air gnr. 426 Sqd. Read his Story George Smith Read his story Sgt Malcolm Block Strange. eng. 76 Sqd. Sgt John Strachan. eng. 76 Sqd. (d. 17 Apr 1943) F/O James Kent Stanley. RCAF 408 Sqd. (d. 25 Apr 1945) Sgt George Steinhauer. RCAF 35 Sqd. Sgt Alan Victory David Stinton. W/Op air gnr. 76 Sqd. (d.17 Jan 1943) Sgt John Sullivan. eng. 426 Sqd. (d.30 Sep 1944) Flt Lt Larry Taylor DFC. W/Op air gnr. 78 Sqd. Flt Sgt Stanley James Teskey RCAF 426 Sqd. Sgt. John Jocelyn Thompson. 76 Squadron (d 3/4 Mar 1943) P/O William A Togwell RAFVR. eng. 426 Sqd. (d. 5 Mar 1945) Read his story W/O James Chester Tuplin RCAF 426 Sqd. F/L George T Turner RAFVR. air gnr 78 sqd. (d. 6 Nov 1942) Read his story Flt Sgt D E Turnguist RCAF 426 Sqd. Sgt Uff 58 Sqd. Read his story LAC James Leslie "Les" Warnock. electrician 76 Sqd F/O Humphrey S Watts RCAF. pilot 426 Sqd. (d. 5 Mar 1945) Read his story F Sgt William A Way RCAF. bomb aimer 426 Sqd. (d. 5 Mar 1945) Read his story Sgt. Thomas Henry Webb. air gnr. 78 Sqd. (d. 3/4 Apr 1943) Sgt Royston Robert Issac Webber. 76 Squadron (d 3/4 Mar 1943) Sgt Brian Walter Edward Wedderburn. pilot 76 sqd (d.17 Apr 1943) Sgt Edward George Westall. 78 Sqd. Group Capt. John René Whittley. 76 Sqd. R Williams eng. 35 Sqd. Sgt Kenneth R Wood RAFVR eng. 408 Sqd. Read his story P/O Allan Wright. nav. 408 Sqd. (d. 20 Dec 1943) Read his story Sgt Eric Wright 78 Sqd. F/Sgt Lloyd J Yeo RCAF W/op air gnr 408 Sqd. Read his story Sgt Alexander McDonald Young. 78 Sqd If you have any names to add to this list, or any recollections or photos of those listed, please get in touch. If you have a story which you would like to share, or a website dedicated to an airfield or aircrew, please get in touch. Send an E-mail to The Wartime Memories Project Links Hangers at Linton on Ouse Airfields Index The Wartime Memories Project is a non profit organisation. This website is run out of our own pockets and from donations made by visitors. The popularity of the site means that it is far exceeding available resources. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small to help with the costs of keeping the site running. Or by cheque to: PO Box 325, Stockton on Tees, TS20 1XL. Website and ALL Material © Copyright MMII - All Rights Reserved