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USE FOLLOWING FOR WHAT WALTER BAKER DID:- Walter Baker used close-contact phenol-formaldehyde adhesives cured at elevated temperature and pressure

Harris, Sir Arthur T. et al ''Despatch on War Operations - 23rd. February 1942 to 8th. May 1945''. Frank Cass, England, 1993. ISBN 0-7146-4692-X.

No.544 Squadron was formed at Benson on 19 October 1942 with a miscellany of aircraft. In March 1943, Mosquitos were received and became the squadron's sole type. Flew reconnaissance missions over Europe, and in February 1945 it operated a courier service for the Yalta conference, flying the first leg from the UK to Italy.

A better RAF history - Benson - as follows (two paras): - 1942 Spitfire & Mosquito Aircraft Until the end of the war the special Spitfire and Mosquito aircraft of these squadrons ranged far and wide, from northern Norway to southern Italy and as far east as Vienna. Outstanding events during that period were: the photography of the Mohne, Eder and Sorpe Dams shortly after the attack by the Dambusters; a flight over Berlin in 1943 when the pilot remained over the target for three quarters of an hour and obtained an almost complete mosaic of the city and the photography of the Tirpitz which was to lead to its destruction. A PRU Mosquito from Benson was the first aircraft to encounter a Me 262, the German jet propelled aeroplane. Although the encounter lasted for 20 minutes, the Mosquito was able to escape into the clouds and return home undamaged.

Pathfinder Force, based firstly at RAF Oakington. ... the AOC-in-C ...

RE MINING OPS: - No. 8 Group PFF Mosquitos mined the Kiel Canal on a number of occasions. One of the first raids was on the night of 12/13 May, during a period before Operation Overlord, when there was increased bombing and mining activity against German naval forces in the Southern Baltic. Add cite to appropriate page of Despatch. The following covers the Oct. 44 Kiel Canal mining op. mentioned in Despatch. Compose some text or it from hand-written notes: -

No. 627 Squadron RAF was formed from C Flight of 139 Squadron, on 12 November 1943, as part of the planned expansion of No. 8 Group's Mosquito force. On 14 April 1944 it was transferred "on permanent loan" to No. 5 Group, for low-level marking operations. At the same date, it moved to [[RAF Woodhall Spa, where its first CO was Wing Commander R. P. Elliot. title=5 Group Bomber Command: An Operational Record chapter = The Squadrons Author	Chris Ward Publisher	Pen and Sword, 2007 ISBN	1844687368, 9781844687367 https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=n0cRBQAAQBAJ&dq=W/Cdr.+G.W.+Curry,+DSO,+DFC*&source=gbs_navlinks_s

FROM WIKI COMMONS : - Wing Commander R W Reynolds (right), pilot and Officer Commanding No. 139 Squadron RAF, and his navigator, Flight Lieutenant E B Sismore, standing in front of a De Havilland Mosquito B Mark IV at Marham, Norfolk, 1943. USE THIS IN Mos Op Hist Bomber section.

RE N. SCOTLAND STRIKE WINGS (Under F.B. ops.)

Construction of RAF Banff, also known as Boyndie, began in 1942 and the airfield was operational by April 1943. With the Allies advancing into occupied Europe, much German shipping was transferred to Scandinavian waters and elements of RAF Coastal Command were moved north to counter this threat. The Strike Wing at Banff stood up in September 1944 and comprised Mosquito aircraft of No’s 143, 144, 235 and 248 Squadrons Royal Air Force and No.333 Squadron Royal Norwegian Air Force. Until May 1945, these units carried out patrols and attacks on ships, submarines, lighthouses and cargo transported by road and rail.

NCAP- Historic Environment of Scotland- National Collection of Arial Photography- Home » Features » Strike Wings http://ncap.org.uk/feature/strike-wings Accessed 22 Dec 2017

See No. 248 Squadron RAF for useful referenced info. about Tsetse Mossies. Why they had to carry on: - The German Navy fought on after the invasion of France but was unable to deter the Allied war effort. Forced into Norway and the Northern German repair yards, the U-boats caused concern right up to the end of the European war. The U-boat fleet was not entirely captured and many were still at sea, operational and willing to fight - near the end, Doenitz still had 336 U-boats. Close to VE Day, 215 submarine skippers scuttled their boats rather than surrender them. Had the war continued, they could again have dominated the sea lanes with snorkel boats and newer weapons.

Max Aitken That month Wing Commander Aitken was posted to command No.68 Squadron at Catterick, north Yorks, that was working up in the night-fighter role with radar-equipped Blenheim Ifs. No.68 then received its first AI Mk.IV equipped Beaufighter Mk.Ifs during May, which by the month’s end had completely replaced the old Blenheims. On the 17th June, Aitken claimed a Bf 109 in a Spitfire borrowed from No.610 Squadron. During March 1942 the Squadron moved to Coltishall, Norfolk, from where the CO claimed his first night victory, a Do 217 on the night of 30th April/1st May, followed by another on the 29th/30th May and damage to a Ju 88 the same night. On the night of 23rd/24th July a second Ju 88 and another Do 217 fell to Aitken’s guns, which brought the award of the Czech Military Cross on the 11th August, the DSO on the 14th August and the Air Efficiency (AE) award on the 1st January 1943. With his tour coming to an end Wing Commander Aitken was posted away from 68 Squadron during January 1943 to join the Fighter Tactics Branch of HQ RAF Middle East. Whilst there he borrowed a Beaufighter from No.46 Squadron and claimed two Ju 52 transport aircraft destroyed, another probably destroyed and forth damaged, on the night of the 5th March 1944. These were his last air-to-air victories for on leaving HQ Middle East Wing, Group Captain Aitken was posted back the UK and then north to Scotland to take command of the Banff Strike Wing comprising Nos.143, 235, 248 & 333 (Norwegian) Squadrons. The Bannf Wing undertook anti-shipping and antisubmarine operations in Norwegian waters with rocket projectile (RP) armed Mosquito FB Mk.VI fighter-bombers. Group Captain Aitken remained in command of the Wing to the War’s end and was released from the RAF early in 1946.

Profile - G/Capt The Hon Max Aitken, DSO, DFC, - 601 Squadron - by Ian White. http://600squadronassociation.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/11/Profile_-_Max_Aitken_-_601.pdf accessed 22 Dec 17

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Atlantic Ferry Command - Delivery Operations
The first ferry deliveries of North American-built aircraft ordered by the RAF began on 10 November 1940 when, taking off from Gander with RAF Aldergrove as his destination,  Don Bennett led and navigated a formation of seven Lockheed Hudson Mk.III's.   All seven aircraft arrived safely in the UK after what Bennett described as "a number of scares"- among other things, mid-November was considered almost too late in the year to fly across the North Atlantic with any degree of safety. By August 1943, some two and three-quarter years after Bennett had left the ferrying operations, much-needed Canadian-built Mosquito B.Mk.XX aircraft were ready for delivery to strengthen allied operations in Europe. The Mosquito ferrying was undertaken by No. 45 (Atlantic Transport) Group, which was at that stage commanded by the RAF, but still staffed by a mix of chiefly RAF, RAAF, RCAF and civilian flight crews. The oceanic ferrying started from Goose Bay, Labrador (after preparatory stages from Downsview, London, Ontario and Dorval or Gander), and ended up at the de Havilland factory at Hatfield, where final preparation and servicing for operations, together with further testing, was undertaken. By the time the Mosquito ferry flights started, fairly standard transatlantic ferry routes had been established and the first Mosquito flights, and indeed most that followed, took the Northern Route. After leaving Goose Bay, landings were made at a station in Greenland, usually "Bluie West 1," then at Reykjavic, Iceland, next RAF Prestwick, Scotland, and finally arrival in England. The first two Mosquito B.Mk.XX's arrived at Hatfield by this route on 12 August 1943. These were KB161 "New Glasgow," and KB328 "Acton." The crossings of late summer and autumn 1943 gave no hint of future problems.

As deliveries progressed, unofficial transatlantic speed records fell. For example, in May 1944, Wing Cdr. John de L. Wooldridge volunteered a delivery as a means of returning to the UK from a mission in North America. This he accomplished in 6h. 46m. from Goose Bay to Prestwick. . Although from May to December 1944 the Mosquito losses were taken seriously by the RAF, RCAF, and by de Havilland Canada, overall, the fatalities were lower than those of most of the other aircraft that were ferried. .

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