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ABOVE: The station badge which was approved by King George VI in 1945 and features the Polish White Eagle holding two torches of learning as the central image. BELOW: This is our preferred design option.
ABOVE: Jozef Warchal, then aged 93 reunited with his beloved Spitfire Vb with the BBMF at RAF Coningsby in 2009. PHOTO COPYRIGHT: Kathy Easter BELOW: A 103 Sqn crew astride their Wellington bomber at RAF Newton before the squadron departed Newton in July 1941. PHOTO COPYRIGHT: Sgt Blair's estate.
BELOW: 150 Squadron at RAF Newton, 1940.
ABOVE: No 9 School of Technical Training. RIGHT FROM TOP: Chipmunks of 7 AEF - Bulldogs of EMUAS - The control tower. BELOW: An Air Dog of the RAF Police jumps over air cadets of 1936 Newton Squadron.
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 Win a flight in this Tiger Moth biplane. Buy a ticket in our raffle for a chance to win over £800 worth of prizes - see our raffle page for more details. "WHY HELP US!" - Read on... In May 2011, the RAF Newton Memorial Fund was set up by local residents and veterans to construct a memorial at the former RAF Newton site before it disappears forever under housing developments. It will be dedicated to everyone who served there from the day it opened in 1940 to the day it closed in 2001. One pilot who served at Newton was Warrant Officer Jozef Warchal, like many Polish airmen, travelled a long and winding road to reach England and ultimately – RAF Newton. When Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, the 23 year old Jozef and his three-man crew were ordered to fly south into Romania, but they ran out of fuel near the border and made a forced landing. They walked 12km to the Danube and waded across before being interned. Jozef managed to escape along with four others. Aided by British secret agents they travelled by train before jumping off at Bucharest and via Hungary and Yugoslavia he reached France where he was helped on his way to England to fly with the Royal Air Force. Jozef was posted to 303 and 308 Squadrons where he loved flying Hurricanes and Spitfires to take the fight back to the enemy as he had lost his homeland. But that was to abruptly end in April 1942 while flying a Spitfire Vb during a ‘Rodeo’ over the channel. He suffered a glycol leak; the result of flak. With a wind-milling prop, he glided back home in a steep descent to crash land in Kent. Due to a serious head injury, he was stood down from frontline duties and was posted to RAF Newton as an instructor, where he remained for the rest of the war teaching others how to fly for freedom. After the war he married a local girl, Georgina and they are still happily married and living in Nottingham. Jozef's story is typical of the many Polish airmen and women who served at Newton during the Second World War. It is servicemen like Jozef that the RAF Newton Memorial wants to remember. However we must not forget other personnel from wartime bomber units such as 103 & 150 Sqns who flew Wellington bombers from Newton and post-war units such as 12 Group HQ, 9 SoTT, ATC, School of Ed, RAF Police, 7 AEF, EMUAS etc who also contributed to Newton's rich sixty-year history.
DOCEMUS ET DISCIMUS We Teach and We Learn
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