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Welcome on the website of the Friends of 115 Squadron, Belgium
Our aim as a small group of local amateur historians:
History – We wish to search and pass historical information, to try to link up to the future in a digital area, that way preserving and applying new found data in an effort to complied history’s unspoken answers.
Respect – We cannot pay more tribute to them who have fallen, than to pay respect for them. In our research, we always respect the family's wishes and also the privacy of those who are left behind.
Remembrance - We wish to ensure that the people who fell, military and civilian are never forgotten. There for, each year, we lay a wreath at the monument of a crashed Lancaster.
Education – We support initiatives as; school projects and private quests, enabling us to understand the reasons for the freedom we have today and look to the future in a positive manner.
Future generations must be reminded of what happened in WWII so that they never forget that their freedom was gained by acts and sacrifices of these men and women in history.
Members, Geert Bourguignon, Jan Bourguignon, Bram Dermout, Filip Doms, Dan Jonckers, Erwin Sollie (+), Danny Van Den Broeck, Dirk Vermeulen.| Roll of Honour and Aircraft losses. 1940 - 1941 - 1942 - 1943 1944/45/46 |
| Cope Jack Edward, evade from Belgium to Gibraltar |
| Old newsletters. The Tiller |
| The story of "The Y's 'Owells" 
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| TV reportage & slideshows. |
| Bookshelf (13) |
| Interviews, audio recordings. |
| In memorian. |
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The Lincolnshire Lancaster Ass.
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| LOGBOOK P/O Cagienard Robert Roland Pilot. serv. no. 174879 °1920 - +1944 via Fam. Jean & Alan Duke. |
| LOGBOOK Sgt. Eldrett F. Fl. Eng. serv. no. 1397252 via Mellissa Shepherd. |
| LOGBOOK W/O 2. Davison Ray Rear Gunner serv. no. 2200204 via Davison Lian. |
| LOGBOOK P/O. Mills James - DFC. Pilot serv. no. 43016 via Woods Ashley. |
| LOGBOOK F/O. Snyder John L. Pilot serv. no. J-36626 RCAF. via Hofeldt Tiffany. |
| LOGBOOK Sgt. Base Raymond V. Fl. Eng. serv. no. 3010920. via Base Roxy. |
| LOGBOOK (large file) Sgt. Leatherdale Frank. Navigator serv. no. 151162. via Family Leatherdale. |
All info and photos relating 115 Sqn are welcome, mail them to
friends115squadron@gmail.com,
the team thanks you for your effort. on the left our photobook. 115 SQUADRON - R.A.F. Operations Record Book - 1939-1945. These pages including the Summary of Events (the daily notes),
and Details of sortie or flight (the mission's details, and the crewmembers).
This is a major task and will take months of work.
The plan in the future is to connect a search module.
18 May 2025. Weekend posts from Tony Hibberd,
Adjacent to the entrance of the village cemetery, a memorial stone remembers the crew of 115 Sqn Lancaster DS663 KO-C,
killed when their aircraft crashed near here on 26/06/43. The aircraft had departed East Wretham at 2250 on 25/06/43 for Ops Gardening. It was intercepted at 3200M above Grez-Neuville by a Nightfighter captained by Oblt Erich Gollasch (11/NJG5) and shot down at 0211 on 26/06/43 for his 6th Abschuss. It is believed the aircraft crashed into the Sea with the loss of all seven crew. RAF loss info source; Chorley’s BCL Vol 4 – Nachtjagd claim info source; Boiten’s NCA 1943 Part 2 Images taken by and reproduced with the kind permission of Andy Smith.
killed when their aircraft crashed near here on 26/06/43. The aircraft had departed East Wretham at 2250 on 25/06/43 for Ops Gardening. It was intercepted at 3200M above Grez-Neuville by a Nightfighter captained by Oblt Erich Gollasch (11/NJG5) and shot down at 0211 on 26/06/43 for his 6th Abschuss. It is believed the aircraft crashed into the Sea with the loss of all seven crew. RAF loss info source; Chorley’s BCL Vol 4 – Nachtjagd claim info source; Boiten’s NCA 1943 Part 2 Images taken by and reproduced with the kind permission of Andy Smith.
14 April 2025. Another photo ! 115 Squadron, my Dad, Ken Denly DFC, looks very young in this !
Louise Smith
10 April 2025. Norman Wells send a photo of Flight Lieutenant F. Norman Plum DFC* who survived the war.The crew photo is via Tony Trott, but who is who? The First entree in the ORB was,
1385324 Sgt. Pilot PLUM F. Posted from No.12 O.T.U. w.e.f. 6/11/42.
His first operation was on 18 Nov. as 2nd Pilot with S/L. P. L. Chilton, target Turin.
7 Dec. as Captain on Wellington Q.BJ. 756. Gardening Operations.
2 May, 143136 P/O. F. N. PLUM. GD. awarded the DFC.Last entree, 16 July, 143236 P/O. F. N. Plum GD. Posted to No. 1678 Conversion Flight. His last mission with 115 Sqn.
target : WUPPERTAL, Lancaster MkII, B.DS.653. P/O. F. .N. PLUM DFC. Captain
P/O. R. NEWTON Navigator
Sgt. MACKAY F. Air Bomber
Sgt. EAGLESTONE F. W/T. Oprtr.
Sgt. BENTLEY G. Rear Gunner
Sgt. BEAN H. Mid Upper
Sgt. TROTT. C. Flt. Engineer Thanks Norman and Tony.
30-3-2025. A post from Louise Smith with a great photo attached, many thanks,
Hi, I have found this photo of my father at his 115 Squadron reunion in Ely Cathedral 2006 .
Ken Denly DFC. Could you post it please. Louise Smith
Ken Denly DFC. Could you post it please. Louise Smith
7 Feb. 2025,
An update from Trevor Harking,
Information from my book, coming out soon - Coventry's Bomber Boys. Waterstones Books The book as also info on six other 115 crew.
Information from my book, coming out soon - Coventry's Bomber Boys. Waterstones Books The book as also info on six other 115 crew.