Notes about recent changes and additions to the information on this site

July 2011

The No. 1 R.A.F. Beach Squadron, No. 101 Beach Flight and No. 102 Beach Flight pages have  been amended to add more information about the passage to Normandy and landing of the various parties (serials), of these units.

In the Personal Stories section, the page about Ted Inge has been revised and links have been added within Glen McBride’s page.

June 2011

The RAF Beach Squadron Commemorative Plaque has now been successfully installed at Arromanches and was unveiled in a ceremony on 6th June 2011. See the updated Commemorative Plaque page.

April 2011

New pages about: David Teacher’s beach unit experiences and about Clary Adams of No. 101 RAF Beach Flight’s MT Section.

The Personal Stories page has been changed so that, in addition to listing individuals for whom we have something in their own words, it also lists individuals for whom we have some information elsewhere on the site.

Full details have now been added for No. 1 Beach Squadron, No. 101 Beach Flight and No. 102 Beach Flight in Normandy.

February 2011

New pages about:No. 7 Beach Squadron

Nos. 1 & 2 (later Nos. 81 & 82) Auxiliary Embarkation Units

No. 3 Auxiliary Embarkation Unit (later No. 83 Embarkation Unit)

No. 70 Beach Unit / No. 101 Beach Section/ No. 101 Beach Flight

No. 71 Beach Unit / No. 102 Beach Section / No. 102 Beach Flight

Exercise “JANTZEN”

Further information about No. 1 Beach Unit / No. 1 Beach Squadron

A revision and expansion of Ron Plater’s story with pictures added.

Other minor revisions and extra linking mostly relating to the above.

December 2010

It has been a busy time in the second half of 2010 - too busy to update the website! The personal story of Ron Plater has now been added. The personal stories of two other surviving beach unit veterans, Dennis Cliff and David Teacher, are still in preparation. However, important news about David Teacher’s RAF Beach Squadron Commemorative Plaque has been added. Also the page section about No. 4 Beach Squadron in Normandy has been revised.

May 2010

Revision of the Confusion, Confusion! When is a beach unit not a “Beach Unit?” page.

April 2010

New page about the North African beach units and changes to the Operation HUSKY page in the light of the new information obtained about the North African beach units.

March 2010

New page about F/Lt John Alcock added to Personal Stories with the kind permission of his daughters who supplied the extracts from his letters and the photograph.

New page about 108 Beach Flight.

More content added about No. 2 RAF Beach Squadron and it’s two flights, 103 Beach Flight and 104 Beach Flight.

February 2010

New pages added about 107 Beach Flight and L.A.C. James Maxfield. The 107 Beach Flight page includes information about L.A.C. Len Sexton added with the kind permission of his son Ken. Minor amendments made to the 4 Beach Squadron page.

November  2009

Content added to the Operation DRAGOON page.

Changes to 35 Beach Brick page which now has a picture of Trevor Barlow kindly suppled by his daughter.

Additions to the Books page.

August 2009

Revisions to Links page.

 Replaced link for Ron Plater (No. 4 R.A.F. Beach Squadron) as this has changed.

 Removed ‘World War 2 Ex RAF’ link as this is not currently accessible.

Changes to the “OVERLORD” page

Minor revisions to the RAF Beach Units 1943-44 and The Beach Squadrons pages.

July 2009

Revised information about 35 Beach Brick and 36 Beach Brick.

Additional content about No. 2 RAF Beach Squadron and it’s two flights, 103 Beach Flight and 104 Beach Flight.

A link to the website of the RAF Servicing Commando and Tactical Supply Wing Association (added on the Links page)

A new page has been added about Operation “DRAGOON” (with only brief details at present).

March 2009

The R.A.F. Beach Units website is re-published with a new structure and additional content. Originally, the website focussed on the R.A.F. Beach Squadrons that took part in the Normandy Invasion in 1944. From this starting point I began to research more widely into the history of R.A.F. beach units and this has now caused me to redesign the site in order to begin presenting a more complete history of R.A.F. beach units. The changes are too numerous to detail, but as an aid to navigating through the new structure, a site map facility can be selected on the Home page.

These changes have been a long time coming because I have limited time available to work on this project. The job is not complete. I will be adding more but can’t promise when.

Since I launched this site early in 2007 I have been contacted by a number of people who have found the information to be of interest and value. This has been very encouraging. Also, some of my correspondents have been kind enough to share information with me and, in a few cases, give their consent to personal material being published on this site. Many thanks to them for helping to make this website more interesting and complete.

Mike Fenton

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