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North East at War

Author: J Corbett

RAF Northstead
18 April 201919 April 2019 J Corbett

RAF Northstead

Radar Sites, RAF Airfields/Bases, World War 2

RAF Northstead, located halfway between Red Row and Widdrington opened as a Mobile Ground Controlled Interception (GCI) station in May 1941, with Sqd Ldr Keighly

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RAF Woolsington
16 February 201917 February 2019 J Corbett

RAF Woolsington

RAF Airfields/Bases, World War 2

An RAF airfield close to the city of Newcastle had been proposed as early as 1929 with a site on the Town Moor having been

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National Archives
11 February 201917 February 2019 J Corbett

National Archives

News

On 26th & 27th February 2019 we are making our annual pilgrimage to the National Archives in London. Our primary interest on this trip are

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11 February 201911 February 2019 J Corbett

Air Raid – a Home Lost

Air Raids/Bombings, Personal Stories, World War 2

by Sheila Johnson My parents, Elizabeth and James Bruce lived with their three children at 49 City Road, Newcastle. The houses, which still stand today,

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Grainger Market Air Raid Shelter – Newcastle
2 February 201910 February 2019 J Corbett

Grainger Market Air Raid Shelter – Newcastle

Bunkers/Shelters, World War 2

Beneath the Grainger Market in Newcastle and sealed from public access can be found an air raid shelter, one of many scattered around the city.

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2 February 201910 February 2019 J Corbett

Home Guard killed by Grenade – Bellingham

Personal Stories, World War 2

A verdict of accidental death was returned at an inquest in Hexham on George William Glendinning, a 31 year old Forestry worker of Bewshaugh near

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Heinkel HE111 3520 – Whorlton
2 February 201911 February 2019 J Corbett

Heinkel HE111 3520 – Whorlton

Aircraft Accidents, World War 2

On 6th May 1941 Heinkel He111H-5, 3520 (5J+1H), 1st Staffel I/KG4 based at Soesterborg, Netherlands was shot down and crashed at Whorlton, Westerhope, Newcastle upon

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Halifax HR903 – Hartburn
2 February 201910 February 2019 J Corbett

Halifax HR903 – Hartburn

Aircraft Accidents, World War 2

Halifax HR910 of 405 Squadron took off from RAF Gransden Lodge at 14:10 hours for a cross country navigation exercise, estimated to last around 3

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Spitfire P8193 – Bellingham
2 February 201910 February 2019 J Corbett

Spitfire P8193 – Bellingham

Aircraft Accidents, World War 2

On the morning of 26th April 1944 pupil pilots Sgt Cyril Jewell and F/O Vito Porich were briefed to carry out a low flying cross

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Whitley P4952 – Bellingham
2 February 201910 February 2019 J Corbett

Whitley P4952 – Bellingham

Aircraft Accidents, Personal Stories, World War 2

Whitley P4952 took off from RAF Leeming late in the evening of 14th October 1940. One of 7 aircraft, its mission was to bomb the

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