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Updated: 10 Jan 08

ROYAL AIR FORCE - DIGBY

A HISTORY - 1918 - 1978

BY

SQUADRON LEADER J I GILSON RAF

CONTENTS

FOREWORD

CHAPTER 1 IN THE BEGINNING.

CHAPTER 2 BETWEEN THE WARS.

CHAPTER 3 THE WAR YEARS.

CHAPTER 4 TRAINING DAYS - AGAIN

CHAPTER 5 THE SIGNALS ERA

EPILOGUE

location of RAF Digbyin relation to Lincolnshire - click here for full-size map showing all station locations

Digby Ops Room Museum

"A history 1917 - 1978"
Foreword
Introduction
1917 - Aug1919
Inter-War Years
1919-1926
1927-1937
1937-1939
World War II
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

1955 - the Signals Era

A brief history on Airops website

RAF Digby Party in the Park

Narrative: Diary of an Ops Room WAAF

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