RAF North Witham Campaign

Discussion in 'WW2 Museums. Events, & places to see.' started by Swiper, Dec 6, 2013.

  1. Swiper

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  2. Harry Ree

    Harry Ree Very Senior Member

    North Witham can be hardly recognised as an airfield these days as viewed from the A1....just an enormous plantation

    The last photograph I saw showed one runway completely masked by the plantation that the Forestry Commission has planted on the site.However I do remember when the airfield was clearly visible from the AI as were places like Woolfox Lodge which was in a good state of repair.
     
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    Merged new thread with an exisitng one.
     
  6. Quarterfinal

    Quarterfinal Well-Known Member

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  7. Harry Ree

    Harry Ree Very Senior Member

    This would be 1Lt David Blair Hamilton who on 22 August 1944 was forced down on an Exmoor farm with his C47 due to extreme hostile weather being forced off course en route from Italy to North Witham.

    The account is written in the farm dairy as follows. "American plane came down, 28-acre field, nine men but none hurt".

    The crew were well looked after by the farmer and his family. I believe the C47 was later flown out successfully. David Hamilton wrote a letter to the farmer and his family thanking them for their hospitality. The letter was signed by him. his 1Lt co-pilot and a staff sergeant.

    I researched this in the past and somewhere on a decommissioned computer is the notes of the event and serial number of the C47
     

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