A short history of 640 Squadron (George Keeling)

A short history of 640 Squadron (George Keeling)

A number of stories, recollections and events remembered by George, who was part of the ground crew on the squadron. It includes press coverage and a programme from an amateur dramatics production that George appeared in post-war. There is also a copy of the Operational Order for Operation Chastise by 617 Squadron, as well as crew lists, and a copy of the squadron 540 for the operation. There are also pages from Flight Sergeant Stalley's Log book for the period July to October 1944. He was the rear gunner on Flight Lieutenant Melrose's crew on No 9 Squadron at Bardney. During this period the squadron attacked the Tirpitz twice, once from Archangel. Included are the Memories and Reflections of the German civil engineer who was in charge of the rebuilding of the dams which had been damaged in the Dams Operation. There are two newspaper cuttings from 2005 regarding the military burial of a 640 Squadron crew who had been shot down on the 24 March 1944, one was from The Daily Telegraph from 2 September 2005. There is also a letter George wrote to the Times giving some background to the story.

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