The 'Icarus' Memorial at Wickenby Roll of Honour 1942-1945
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The 'Icarus' Memorial at Wickenby Roll of Honour 1942-1945
Description
Roll of Honour 1942 - 1945 of the Bomber Command of the RAF 12 and 626 Squadrons. Features the names of 1080 men. Features a foreword by Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Arthur T. Harris Bt. GCB. OBE. AFC. LLD, Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Bomber Command, RAF, 1942-1945.
The pamphlet also features a brief history of the 12 and 626 Squadrons:
September 25th, 1942, the No. 12 Squadron left RAF Binbrook for the new airbase at RAF Wickenby. Their first operation took place on September 26th, 1942. Six Wellington aircraft laid mines in the Baltic, and one aircraft was lost.
Lancasters replaced the Wellingtons in November 1942 and first operated in January 1943. A third flight "C" was formed in April 1943, which raised the establishment to 27 aircraft.
On November 7th, 1943, No.626 Squadron was formed at Wickenby by "C" Flight of No.12 Squadron becoming "A" Flight of the new squadron. No. 626 Squadron's first operation was on November 10th, 1943, when 7 aircraft attacked Modane without loss.
The last offensive operation by Lancasters of No.12 and 626 Squadrons took place on April 25th, 1945, when 30 aircraft attacked Berchtesgaden in daylight without loss.
The pamphlet features the names of 763 members of No.12 Squadron and 317 members of No.626 Squadron who lost their lives on air operations from RAF Wickenby.
It also includes the poems:
Fear No More the Heat of the Sun, Cymbeline. Act IV, Scene 2
The Dead by Rupert Brooke
No Known Grave, Ecclesiasticus 44
The pamphlet also features a brief history of the 12 and 626 Squadrons:
September 25th, 1942, the No. 12 Squadron left RAF Binbrook for the new airbase at RAF Wickenby. Their first operation took place on September 26th, 1942. Six Wellington aircraft laid mines in the Baltic, and one aircraft was lost.
Lancasters replaced the Wellingtons in November 1942 and first operated in January 1943. A third flight "C" was formed in April 1943, which raised the establishment to 27 aircraft.
On November 7th, 1943, No.626 Squadron was formed at Wickenby by "C" Flight of No.12 Squadron becoming "A" Flight of the new squadron. No. 626 Squadron's first operation was on November 10th, 1943, when 7 aircraft attacked Modane without loss.
The last offensive operation by Lancasters of No.12 and 626 Squadrons took place on April 25th, 1945, when 30 aircraft attacked Berchtesgaden in daylight without loss.
The pamphlet features the names of 763 members of No.12 Squadron and 317 members of No.626 Squadron who lost their lives on air operations from RAF Wickenby.
It also includes the poems:
Fear No More the Heat of the Sun, Cymbeline. Act IV, Scene 2
The Dead by Rupert Brooke
No Known Grave, Ecclesiasticus 44
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025.038.006