Memories of Ian Gawn (360 Squadron)

I arrived at Watton in October 1966 after being bounced early off my Gnat course and my Canberra course. I joined the nascent 360 (RN/RAF) Sqn, and was shortly and…

Dick’s War

My name is Richard Marshall-Hardy, son of Squadron Leader R F Marshall-Hardy. My father was based and we lived in married quarters at RAF Watton (according to his log books)…

Harris Barnett Levin(e)

Harris Levin’s son David has passed these images of paperwork his father kept relating to his time on National Service from 1954 to 1956, including the 1955 Christmas Dinner Menu…

Gordon Hedgecox of 192 Squadron

David Hedgecox, whose late father was Gordon, left a comment on this post about life in CSE  in 2021 on how much his father would have enjoyed them. “His name…

Memories from Geoff Wanley

Memories from Geoff Wanley I was posted to Watton in April 1965 after joining the RAF at the tender age of 15 in 1963, as a Boy Entrant Apprentice. It…

David Fossey Cpl Tech – my time here

I was posted from RAF Yatesbury to CSE Watton in September 1954 and worked there as a Cpl Tech Air Wireless Fitter until September 1957. During my term there we…

SQN LDR R.E. HUNTER DFM (WOp/AG IN WEBSTER CREW)

This biography was authored by Rusty Russell and has been extracted from Mast High Over Rotterdam – Please respect Rusty’s Copyright to the work as detailed in the first section of the book. Wartime crews…