About 151 Squadron RAF
 

Bonjour,

I am searching for 151 Squardron (RAF) contacts (enthousiaste, researchers, historians). Is there any association ?

Thank you

Regards

Philippe

Re: About 151 Squadron RAF
 

Hello,

Here is a start:

http://151squadron.org.uk

Col.

Re: About 151 Squadron RAF
 

If there was an Association, as far as I am aware it is no longer active like many of the Sqns. Not enough wartime members left (if at all)

Re: About 151 Squadron RAF
 

I am looking for the mission report of 2 Mosquito of 151 Squadron RAF on June 20, 1944 on the west coast of France.
S / Ldr Harrison R.H & F / O Horrex E.P
F / L Handley D.S & W / O Phillips R
Thanking you
Bernard

Re: About 151 Squadron RAF
 

The F540 is available online from the National Archives & should give an account of the mission

Re: About 151 Squadron RAF
 

The combat report is in Air 50/63-62. Dated June 21, 1944 at 0030 hours. Crew was F/Lt L C Gregory and F/O R W Usher, in MM437. Does anyone have their full names and service numbers?

On June 22, 1944 at 1630 hours they shared a FW 200 damaged.

Enjoy!

Frank.

Re: About 151 Squadron RAF
 

Frank,

Using a combination of the January 1944 Air Force List and the London Gazette;

60336 Leonard Charles Gregory DFC
DFC in 1941 while a 149 Squadron bomber pilot. He was the only 'L. C. Gregory' on the January 1944 Air Force List.

153476 Reginald William Harold Usher
A Pilot Officer Navigator on the same A. F. List. There are two 'R.W. Usher' on this list, but the other was a Flying officer in the Administrative Section.

Regards,

Martin Gleeson.

Re: About 151 Squadron RAF
 

Martin,
Many thanks for the full names and serials. Two more holes filled in my database. I don't suppose you have any information on Capt. J W Bray, USAAF, also in 151 Squadron. I think he is the Jack W Bray I have found in a post-war USAF Officers Register, but I can't be certain.

Ballanger,
Sorry for the confusion on my part. The combat report I noted is not for your two crews. I do not have any entries in my database of combat claims for these two crews for June 20, 1944. The database is limited to air-to-air claims, so if they made ground claims I wouldn't have listed them. However, the NA/PRO catalog does not show an AIR 50 entry for Harrison on June 20, 1944.

Enjoy!

Frank.

Re: About 151 Squadron RAF
 

That is the same Gregory. His combat is in my Condor book & he told me all about his award for the DFC. I also have photos of him & his Wellington. No longer with us of course

Re: About 151 Squadron RAF
 

I did, and found some interessting data for me:
https://www.wlb-stuttgart.de/seekrieg/44-04.htm:

Looking in my archive I found in the KTB Marinegruppenkommando West:
[sorry, but the following page in the KTB is missing].

Additional data from KTB des Befehlshabers der Sicherung West:
The 4 M-Boote were: M 495, M 404, M 263, M 366. All escorts claim together 4 Mosquitos shot down. Of the 10 Ju 88 were 3 shot down. U 255 was not damaged.
M 366 and the Vp-Boote V 627 and V 628 (which left the harbour at 1215) are looking for survivors. Also at 1250 12 Ju 88 are sent to look for survivors. X. Fliegerkorps reports later, 8 Ju 88 got back, 4 are lost. The Vp-Boote return at 1900 without success.


Regards


Darius