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Takoradi in 1942
written by Len Sothcott
 After basic training in North Wales near Tenby spent some time in Scotland then posted to Takoradi.Takoradi, in Ghana (then known as the "Gold Coast") was mainly used as a staging post for aircraft being ferried from the United States via Brazil, up to Egypt - i.e, avoiding a long North Atlantic crossing and then the Luftwaffe over the Med. The seaport was used for anti-submarine patrols.
Was posted back to UK around 1944 to Lincolnshire. Demobed in 1946 and went back to Portsmouth. |
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