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RAF Sopley & RAF Wartling in 1952
written by Ron James ( TAFF )
 Travelled to working site at RAF Sopley , from domestic site at RAF Ibsley , & within a few minutes we were all hurried away to a field nearby to guard one of the first of the `V BOMBERS` ( A Valiant ) which had crashed . I was armed with a broken piece of tree branch. What exactly happened I still have no idea .Rumour was that they cut their engine (s) and could not restart. Another was that in restarting the engine (s) exploded. When stationed at RAF Wartling , I & others were sent to BRADWELL on SEA, ESSEX, which was badly affected by flooding. We spent weeks filling sandbags with mud to try to hold back sea. We were surprised by two Meteors flying low and `Buzzing `us. Of course no sound preceded them so I, and quite a few others , ended up on our `butts ` in the mud . No means of cleaning ourselves until back at camp a week later. Whilst there we slept on the floor of church hall with one blanket each. |
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