Talk:RAF Usworth

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This information is available in the public domain at www.neam.co.uk/usworth

This is an article written by myself David Charles many years ago. Permission was given to Brian Daugherty the web master for www.neam.co.uk to use the article as at the time I was the chairman for the museum. The article was also supplied to the skylighters web site.

Regards

Dave Charles

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Lots of good material here, but needs trimming. Much could move to appropriate Squadron articles. Not sure about some of the anecdotes recounted, interesting as they are - do they belong in an encyclopedia? Sc147 20:07, 2 January 2007 (UTC)

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Life on the station was always hectic and 103 Sqn had a set programme for the year, which included Bombing, Air Gunnery, Reconnaissance, Photography, Formation Flying, Night Flying and Instrument-Navigation Exercises. During this time the squadron went to a practice camp for 3 weeks for concentrated bombing and Air Firing at Catfoss and Bridlington. It was involved in the "Centurion" bombing trials with No. 15, 40 & 101 squadrons, 101 had Overstrands, the first turreted aircraft in the RAF, for these trials we were at Tangmere for 3 weeks where 103 was employed to photograph the bombing results on the radio controlled World War One battleship HMS Centurion.

Sc147 22:58, 3 January 2007 (UTC)