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Re: 70 Wing RAF France 1939-40
Hello Peter,
No.70 Wing was mobilised at Upper Heyford on September 1, 1939, under G/C W.A.C. Morgan and moved to France as part of the RAF Component on September 24 establishing its HQ at the Château Tilloloy near Amiens. It comprised two squadrons of Blenheims, No.18 and No.57 Squadrons. When ‘the balloon went up’ on May 10, 1940, it was based at Rosières but moved HQ to Château de Courcelles at Poix on May 17 and to Crecy two days later en-route to Boulogne under orders to evacuate back to England. You will find the Operations Record Book in the NA(PRO) at Kew under AIR26/90.
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