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Churchill's Most Secret Airfield - Ian Griffith
Wed 05 Nov
|Colston Hall, GXCA
RAF Tempsford and the pilots that delivered SOE agents into occupied Europe.
Time & Location
05 Nov 2025, 10:00 – 12:00
Colston Hall, GXCA, 8 East Common, Gerrards Cross SL9 7AD, UK
About the Event
This is the story of the role that the Tempsford Special Duty RAF Squadrons played in flying agents into occupied territory.
The presentation will cover the history and role of RAF Tempsford, the role of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and Bletchley Park.
The talk will cover what happened in Operation Bludgeon which was carried out on the 8th/9th Feb 1944 over France. In this operation, the speakers father-in-law was the pilot of a 161 Squadron Hudson. For his bravery and exceptional flying skills in this operation he was awarded the D.S.O.
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