The RAF at Omaha Beach
Introduction
Mission
Introduction
Mission Summary
Timeline for the RAF at Omaha Beach
Planning with the USAAF
The Landing Area Map
Where they should have landed
Where they landed
Les Moulins Draw
Uniforms
60 Group Camera
Men and their experiences
Muir Adair – index
Muir Adair – notes from a conversation (February 2007)
Muir Adair – notes from another conversation (September 2007)
Muir Adair’s story – Preface
Muir Adair’s story – Chapter 4 – D-Day
Muir Adair’s story – Chapter 5 – D-Day +1
Muir Adair – Photo – Chrissie Adair
Muir Adair – Photo – Muir and his wife Chrissie, 2007
Muir Adair – Photo – 1944
Bill Adderley – index
Bill Adderley – Dates and notes, 1944
Bill Adderley – Photo – Weston, 1942
Bill Adderley – Photo – The Corporals 15082 Unit (with names), November 1944
Norman Best – index
Norman Best – Transcript of his handwritten personal diary from 25th May to 1st July 1944
Norman Best – excerpt from the July 1945 RADAR Group Bulletin
Norman Best – Transcript of notes at the back of his personal diary, handwritten at Camp D2 between 27th May and 1st June 1944
Norman Best’s D-Day + n Places, day by day
Norman Best’s D-Day + n Days, place by place
Norman Best – excerpt from the June 1945 RADAR Group Bulletin
John Cubitt – index
Memories of D-Day written in 1984 for the Fortieth Anniversary
A birthday cake for two absentees
Les Dobinson – Index
The D-Day Story that never made the headlines
Bill Firby – index
Bill Firby – notes from a conversation (2007)
Bill Firby – Photo – 1943 (in the centre)
Bill Firby – Photo – February 2007
Arthur Greenleaf – index
Arthur Greenleaf – from WW2 People’s War website (BBC)
Padre Geoffrey Harding – index
Padre Geoffrey Harding – Photo – Citation
Padre Harding’s reminiscences
Reg Hague – index
Reg Hague – Photo – Taken during a training exercise early in 1944
Eric Heathcote – index
Eric Heathcote – a handwritten account of D-Day
Eric Heathcote – Eric’s wife remembers (2007)
Eric Heathcote – Photo – Return to Normandy (1987)
Eric Heathcote – Photo – Return to Normandy diary (1987)
Eric Heathcote – Photo – WW2 Medals
Ned Hitchcock – index
Ned Hitchcock – Photo – 2000
Ned Hitchcock – Photo – taken during an interview in NZ in 2004
Ned Hitchcock – Photo – June 2004
Ned Hitchcock – Photo – Ned and his wife Joan
Ned Hitchcock’s account of RAF Radar on Omaha Beach
Ned Hitchcock’s interview with a NZ reporter in 2004
Jim Horsley – index
Jim Horsley – What did you do in the War, Daddy?
Johnnie Humble / Hamble – index
Johnnie Humble – Photo – 1944
Chris Kelly – index
Chris Kelly – Photo – 1943
Chris Kelly – Photo – Chris with his wife (date unknown)
Stan Mallett – index
Stan Mallett – Photo – Entering Paris
Alexander McLeod – index
Alexander McLeod – from “Canadians on Radar: RCAF 1940-1945”
Arnold Palin – index
Arnold Palin – Information provided by his friend, Mr P Kirkland, Haslington
Arnold Palin – Photos from www.rafbeachunits.info
Richard Parr – index
Richard Parr – Photo
Richard Parr – Photo – (possible identification) Early 1944
Richard Parr – Photo – Richard’s first grave
Archie Ratcliffe – index
Archie Ratcliffe’s account of D-Day (facsimile)
Archie Ratcliffe’s account of D-Day (transcribed)
Archie Ratcliffe’s further thoughts
Archie Ratcliffe – The RAF and the 29th, article published November 1992
Archie Ratcliffe – letter sent on 29th November 2006
John / Jock Reid – index
Jock Reid – Photo – 1944
Jock Reid – Photo – With others
Jock Reid – Photo – With others 2
Jock Reid – Photo – With others 3 (Jock is 2nd from the right)
Jock Reid – Photo – With others 4, in Holland 1945 (He is 2nd from left)
Jock Reid – Photo – With others 5 (Jock is in the middle)
Richard Rycroft, MO – index
Richard Rycoft, MO – Medical Report
Richard Rycroft, MO – Medical History of War
Richard Rycroft, MO – Mrs Rycroft’s story
Richard Rycroft, MO – His diary
John Stevens – index
John Stevens – from “Canadians on Radar: RCAF 1940-1945”
Harry Warren – Index
Harry Warren – Photo – WAAF Sgt Mrs Warren and Cpl Harry Warren (2010)
Harry Warren – “Landed with the Yanks at Omaha Beach”
William (Bill) Wiseman – index
Bill Wiseman – Photos from the family album 1944
Bill Wiseman – His photo in uniform
Bill Wiseman – A facsimile copy of a letter to his wife, 1944
Bill Wiseman – Service Record 1
Bill Wiseman – Service Record 2
Bill Wiseman – Particulars of Qualifying Service
Bill Wiseman – Claim for Campaign Stars and/or Defence Medal
Bill Wiseman – A handwritten list of dates, headed “15082 GCI Mobile”
Bill Wiseman – Two handwritten lists, headed “15082” (dates) and “Kills”
Bill Wiseman – Permit to Travel and Paris Pass
Full listing of all known men involved with the RAF at Omaha Beach.
Casualties of 21 Base Defence Sector: e-mail from CWGC
Appendix Ronald Muggleton
Supporting Research
D-Day: Its organisation
Fighter Direction Tenders
The Beaches used on D-Day
OPERATIONS RECORD BOOK 1944
Operations Record Book (21 BDS) – Index
01 – Cover Sheet
02 – 1st January 1944
03 – 27th January 1944
04 – 1st February 1944
05 – 7th February 1944
06 – 22nd February 1944
07 – 1st March 1944
08 – 14th March 1944
09 – 25th March 1944
10 – 1st April 1944
11 – 14th April 1944
12 – 25th April 1944
13 – 1st May 1944
14 – 15th May 1944
15 – 29th May 1944
16 – 1st June 1944
17 – 9th June 1944
18 – 12th June 1944
19 – 15th June 1944
20 – 18th June 1944
21 – 23rd June 1944
22 – 27th June 1944
23 – Report on D-Day 6th June 1944 p.1
24 – Report on D-Day 6th June 1944 p.2
Operations Record Book (21 BDS) – Index
25 – Report on D-Day 6th June 1944 p.3
26 – 1st July 1944
27 – 5th July 1944
28 – 13th July 1944
29 – 19th July 1944
30 – 25th July 1944
31 – 29th July 1944
32 – 1st August 1944
33 – 3rd August 1944
34 – 6th August 1944
35 – 11th August 1944
36 – 18th August 1944
37 – 25th August 1944
38 – 31st August 1944
39 – 1st September 1944
40 – 9th September 1944
41 – 17th September 1944
43 – 2nd October 1944
42 – 25th September 1944
44 – 1st November 1944
Operations Record Book (22 BDS) – Index
01
02
03
04
05
06
07
08
09
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
Operations Record Book (Sousse) – Index
01
02
03
04
05
Operations Record Book (24 BDS) – Index
BDS 21 Unit Structure
The Reason for Ground Control Intercept Units
Base Defence Sectors
15083 GCI Training and Action
The RAF Units which landed during the Assault Phase
The Late Additions
List of Base Defence Sectors
Operation Record Book
Public Record Office records for GCI 15082
RAF Radar Units under AEAF, June 1944
Sector Location 264
Sector Location 265
Sector Location 266
Sector Location 267
Sector Location 268
Transport to the Beaches
Introduction
The Landing Craft used by 21 BDS on D-Day
Two photographs of 21 BDS on their way to Omaha Beach
Radar Equipment
A.M.E.S. Type 15 Mk 1
Convoy Vehicles
Type 15 Aerial Lorry. ( Austin Type 458a)
Type 11
Type 13
Type 14
Type 14 Transmitter Truck
Onwards into France
Introduction – towards Paris and beyond
Reinforcments and replacement vehicles
Mine Clearing the RAF way!
Cosqueville, France, July 1944 – Unit Soccer XI versus French XI
St Laurent Airfield
GCI 15082, late 1944, just before the unit was disbanded
Further research
Introduction
Bibliography and references
Photographs
References
Appendix A: Equipment references
Appendix A: Equipment references (b)
Appendix B: Technical Reference
Appendix B: Technical Reference (b)
Appendix C: Place Names UK
Appendix C: Place Names France
Appendix C: Place Names France (b)
Bibiliography
26 – 1st July 1944
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