Friday, June 06, 2008

More RAF connections

Looks like there's a Boiling connection up the road at RAF Winthorpe (now Newark showground and Air Museum):

http://www.worldwar2exraf.co.uk/Aircrew%20Notice%20Board/aircrew%20notice%20board%2077.htm

Sergeant S C Boiling was based there in 1945 and survived a crash of the Lancaster in which he was a crewman, for the 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit (HCU). The details on the post are wrong, it crashed at Hall Farm, Oxton (near Southwell, a few miles from Winthorpe).

An S C Boiling of Derby reportedly died in November 2007 - maybe the same one?