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#RAF #Metheringham #Airfield #Museum #WW2 home of #106Sqn 'Engaging all in the #education & #memory of those who served at RAF Metheringham’ #Volunteer #Charity
May 28, 2020 13 tweets 6 min read
Squadron Leader John de Lacy "Dim" Wooldridge DSO DFC DFM - 106 Squadron B Flight Commander May - October 1942
May 26, 2020 15 tweets 9 min read
Flight Lieutenant Otto #Altmann (later Wing Commander DSO, DFC)

A comparitive rarity - a German flying operationally for #BomberCommand!
(See photo - second right with, apparently, his Hampden aircrew.)
The story of Otto Altmann is interesting and yet frustrating. He served as a pilot with #106Squadron when they flew Hampdens from @RAFConingsby and flew with distinction for the #RAF, rising to the rank of Wing Commander, but little detail is known of this extraordinary man.
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