temporarily airstrip RAF 658 Sqd Geel - Belgium

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I have the ORB from RAF AOP 658 Sqn.

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The "A-fligt" was in Geel:
from the ORB (operation Record Book) RAF 658 AOP Squadron A-Flight 1944:
8 sept
8 sorties flown. Rain and high wind making flying difficult. Aircraft moved forward to A.L.G. near COUTAI.( waarschijnlijk Kortrijk)

9 sept
Flight less two sections move to A.L.G. CRUYSHANTEM (Kruishoutem?). Four sorties flown (three movement) during the day.

10 sept
Flight move to BRUSSELS Airport and then to A.L.G. North of the city. Recce sorties carried out during the course of the afternoon.

11 sept.
Maintenance and Baths. Flight commander visits S.H.Q.

12 sept.
Move up to ALBERT CANAL (ALG VEHRLE) VEERLE.
9 Movement sorties.

13 sept.
No flying and nothing unusual to report.

14 sept.
Flight move up to GHELE(moeilijk te lezen in de scans)
Recce and mortar shoots. Also reporting on bridges and flooding along the ALBERT CANAL.

15 sept.
Various recces including observation of flooding in Canal areas.

16 sept.
Flight moved to A.L.G. near 15 Div. HQ. Many sorties flown in Canal Area.

17 sept.
During the change of 15 Div. plan-bridgehead was not continued. Flight moved again with this Division.

18 sept.
Recce sorties without anything unusual te report. Visibility bad.

19 sept.
Weather tests only. Visibility still very bad. Visit from commanding Officer. (Possible Montgommery, he was there at a certain moment)

20 sept.
Various sorties. 17 pdr. AFK (?) calibration shoot – rounds could not be observed. Weather fair / Visibility poor.

21 sept.
Order to move to Holland. Complete Flight over the border at 1830.