My family are portloe born and bred and i allways thought a german bomber crashed right next to RAF Jacka can anyone tell me if that really happened x thanks
Great pictures! My father, Lt. Sanger B. Steel, an American, commanded this station from January-March 1943 after training at RAF Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk and RAF College, Cranwell, Lincolnshire. In March he returned to States, and then to radar work in Aleutian Islands, Alaska. He told me one night at "Jacka in the Mud" the German planes flew over, and one of his NCOs said, "I do hope they don't shoot, or we'll be fillin' out forms the rest of the bloody night!"
@mudws Awesome. I don't suppose you have any photos of his time in Cornwall. For obvious reasons there don't seem to be too many wartime pictures of the Cornish radar stations around. Thanks for the comments and sharing his memory.
My family are portloe born and bred and i allways thought a german bomber crashed right next to RAF Jacka can anyone tell me if that really happened x thanks
spirrol1 2 months ago
0.57 ops block
1.11 standby set house
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marka214 3 months ago
Great pictures! My father, Lt. Sanger B. Steel, an American, commanded this station from January-March 1943 after training at RAF Stoke Holy Cross, Norfolk and RAF College, Cranwell, Lincolnshire. In March he returned to States, and then to radar work in Aleutian Islands, Alaska. He told me one night at "Jacka in the Mud" the German planes flew over, and one of his NCOs said, "I do hope they don't shoot, or we'll be fillin' out forms the rest of the bloody night!"
mudws 1 year ago
@mudws Awesome. I don't suppose you have any photos of his time in Cornwall. For obvious reasons there don't seem to be too many wartime pictures of the Cornish radar stations around. Thanks for the comments and sharing his memory.
PhilsTeleTime 1 year ago