Jerryh99 (#9945) - page 498
Jerry,
Thank you for the 110 Squadron photo taken at Kalyan 15/9/1944. Crews on the Takoradi detachment left Kalyan on July 8 and August 8. This detachment took "all the new Vengeances [Mark IV] and the rest of the Squadron made do with the old aircraft and a brace of Airspeed Oxfords." [Source: Bell, Flight Lieutenant Elwyn D. "The Story of No. 110 (Hyderabad) Squadron Royal Air Force".] My father, F/Lt Kenneth Mosher, was one of the July 8 group, led by S/Ldr L.F. Penny.
F/Lt Wardrop was Australian.
Do you have anything on William "Bill" Cook, 110 (H) Squadron, Navigator, may have been at Yelahanka?
RE: The album also has a photo taken during a mountain climb - survival training? Looks like it was pretty arduous, some of the men look distinctly "browned off."
From the ORB
21/9/1944 - 1 flight only to-day Oxford MK I - 2 1/2 hours. A good form of exercise was organized for all aircrews (Officers and N.C.O.s) after 10 days of lectures and flying under the concentrated training programme. The mountain near KALYAN was scaled and the MUSLIM MOSQUE two-thirds of the way up was visited. Cooks went with the party providing picnic lunch and tea.
Sara
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