I was on Coastal Command Communications Flight at Bovingdon in 1961/2.
CCCF was the smallest unit with four Ansons (3 Mk19 and a 21) plus the AOC Coastal Command's VIP Valetta (VX504).
Fighter Comm Sqn was larger with about ten Ansons, 1 Varsity, 1 Devon, 2 Meteor T7's and a Meteor NF14 equipped for air to air photography. The French Embassy's Fouga Magister lived in our hangar and rarely flew.
The Engineers from Short Brothers, who maintained the RAF aircraft, kept them all in pristine condition.
The USAF operated half a dozen C47's, but we didn't have much contact.
You are right, Bovingdon was a very happy station and a close knit community.
Columbia Pictures filmed The War Lover at Bovingdon in 1962 using 3 B17's, with Robert Wagner, Steve McQueen and Shirley Ann Fields to add interest for the film buffs.
BTW. The north side of the airfield was a great place to pick mushrooms.
This photo of a CCCF Anson was taken during an open day after I left.
