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| RAF Wythall |
Dates: 1939 - 1949 RAF Wythall was opened in 1939 as the HQ of No. 6 Balloon Barrage Centre, responsible for the balloon defence of the southern part of Birmingham and Coventry. Later the Centre assumed responsibility for balloon defence of the whole of Birmingham and part of the Black Country. Six hundred miles of territory were covered and many WAAF personnel, as well as RAF men, were engaged at the Centre and on the balloon sites. After the war, the Station became the WAAF Demobilisation Centre, handling the release of all air service women engaged in every theatre of war. When the Demobilisation Centre was closed, having completed its purpose, the station became the HQ of No. 1 School of Administrative Trades. The School was transferred to Hereford in 1949 and the station was closed:
Forces Reunited Forum Posts involving RAF Wythall
" I’ve just found some documentation, and am wondering how many of you still have similar types of bits and pieces of your service days? Papers instructing me to attend a medical, dated 3rd Sept 1958. Draft Certificate, dated 10th Sept 1958. Copy of Attestation, made at RAF Cardington on 28th ..."
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" Quoting: Mike Pass Yeah! Good point......what have you got in the way of ’gizzits’ Byron???!!!!! I’ve nothing to give, Mike! We’re guided by two unwritten laws in this house: 1. Things needed by Byron, are not needed by Lynne – out they go. 2. Things to do with Byron’s ..."
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" Quoting: Byron Smith 1. Call up papers, issued by the Military Recruitment Section, Employment Exchange, Westgate St, Cardiff, dated 3/9/1958. The papers instructed me to attend a medical at the Medical Board Centre, Cathays Park, Cardiff (Since demolished and replaced with the Hilton ..."
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