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Appreciate the links, many thanks, these will obviously help me, so that's great.

Mikeyp72 (talk) 16:24, 15 December 2022 (UTC)

Hello,

Your latest edit to the Coastal Command Anti U-Boat Devices School RAF article link here, you added a link to List of communications units and formations of the Royal Air Force for No. 12 Radio School, in future could you please either redirect it to the correct section within the list using #Radio Schools or by use the No. 12 Radio School RAF redirect. Thanks Gavbadger (talk) 19:41, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Good spot and thanks, will change and remember for future similar links. Thanks Mikeyp72 (talk) 20:08, 2 September 2023 (UTC)

Thanks for the new article - patrolling new articles, a nicely researched, well put together contribution is a surprisingly rare thing and it was a joy to find! Best Alexandermcnabb (talk) 06:39, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

@Alexandermcnabb Thanks for the feedback, and for taking the time to do this note to me, its nice to see a positive comment, much appreciated. Kind regards, Mikeyp72 (talk) 08:04, 15 September 2023 (UTC)

You seem to be an authority on these. Is it possible that you have information about the Pwllheli Target, a large tripod structure in the sea between Pwllheli and Abersoch. It was huge, and no documentation exists that I have found so far. It was removed in the late 1960s and no obvious trace remains, certainly above the waves. It is said to have been a bombing target. 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 15:17, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

@Timtrent: That's a new one one me, I haven't heard of the Pwllheli Target. I have been reading about the ranges and airfields situated on the Lŷn peninsular, particularly Hell's Mouth, Penrhos and Llandwrog and haven't come across that. When I read your note I immediately wondered if it was something relating to Penrhos, but can't find anything! Mikeyp72 (talk) 15:32, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

There are also large cement arrows, pointing "to it" flat on the ground in the coastline adjoining Pwllheli and/or Abersoch that have been reported to me. A friend found them using Google Earth

The target was enormous. It was used as a racing mark by Pwllheli Sailing Club and South Carnarvon Yacht Club. I've sailed round it often. It was of substantial height made of large diameter steel tubes (at least .75m diameter). 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 15:44, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

It was at 52.846024°N 4.429071°W / 52.846024; -4.429071 or thereabouts. This is a guess from the late 1960s! An old Admiralty chart will show it, but I don't have any 🇺🇦 Fiddle^Timtrent Faddle^Talk to me 🇺🇦 16:03, 27 September 2023 (UTC)

Excellent work, uploading all these Wing Leader details. However, there appears to be an error in your source material concerning No. 52 TBR Wing, as Lt Comm Fox served BEFORE Lt Comm Rance, who remained Wing Leader until it was disbanded. I believe the correct order should be: (1) Shrubsole (26 Nov 43); (2) Britton (5 Jan 44); (3) Fox (24 Jan 44); (4) Rance (15 Feb 44). My sources are below. I would be happy to upload these amendments, or you might prefer to do so yourself? Best, Mike. 1. Lt Comm Fox’s entry in the list of FAA Commanding Officers 1939-45 states “Wing Leader 52nd Wing briefly in spring 1944, prior to the attacks on the battleship Tirpitz”(see http://fleetairarmarchive.net/RollofHonour/COs/CommandingOfficers-f.htm ); 2. Fox left his former role as CO of 830 NAS for a Wing Leader role in the second half of January 44 ( see “Wings Over the Waves - Fleet Air Arm Strike Leader Against Tirpitz”, Graham Drucker’s biography of Lt Cdr Roy Baker-Falkner : page 290 (“15 January. I have just heard that Richard Kingdon is coming up here to take over command of one of the squadrons [830 NAS] in my wing”) and page 291 (“Saturday [29/1/44]. I told you that Fox has left us and got his own party [ie Wing] like me”. 3. Britton became Wing Leader of No. 2 and No. 12 TBR Wings on 24 Jan 44, so this would be the logical date for Fox to commence his brief command of No. 52 TBR Wing. (Clearly Britton’s tenure at No. 52 TBR Wing was even more temporary). 4. Rance’s previous role as CO of 831 NAS ended on 12 Feb 44 so the start date given by your source (15 Feb 44) looks right. There are multiple sources for Rance’s pivotal leadership of No. 52 TBR Wing from late February (when preparations for the attack on Tirpitz, Operation Tungsten, were under way, through April (Op. Tunsten, Op. Ridge Able) and into June 44 (Operation Lombard: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205155869). Turnbullmike (talk) 18:27, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Hi Mike, thanks, yes enjoyed looking into the FAA Wings as didn't realise they had wings beforehand. Thanks for your detailed information. I have double checked my reference source to ensure I had copied correctly versus it. Happy for you to change based on your findings, and reading through I agree, it follows logically. Looking closer at my source, it had Fox down as commencing on 24.3.44, so it could easily be a typo and they could've meant 24.1.44. Kind regards, Mike. Mikeyp72 (talk) 19:03, 7 January 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. Change made. Turnbullmike (talk) 14:51, 8 January 2024 (UTC)

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Hi,

While looking over Caversham Airfield, located within Western Australia, it mentions use by the Fleet Air Arm. I can't access the OzatWar Website reference to double check. I've had a quick look through my copy of "The Squadrons of The Fleet Air Arm" by Sturtivant & Ballance but can't find any information about the site. Do you have access to any information about the site?

Gavbadger (talk) 20:16, 22 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi,

I'll take a look and see if I can find anything about it and let you know. I've not come across this airfield yet regarding the Fleet Air Arm, even when looking at the MONABs and the proposed sites, an interesting one. Mikeyp72 (talk) 21:12, 22 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi @Gavbadger, I've looked through my copy of "The Squadrons and Units of the Fleet Air Arm" from 2016 by Ballance, Howard & Sturtivant and there is no reference to Caversham Airfield. I've also checked in my copy of "Fleet Air Arm Handbook 1939-1945" by David Wragg and there is no mention of it in there either, nor is there any reference to it on the Royal Navy Research Archive website. I also can't find reference to it in "Moving Bases" by David Hobbs, which covers MONABs in Australia during World War II. I did manage to access this link Middle Swan Airfield, Caversham, Western Australia, during WW2 and it suggests that the airfield was built for the Royal Navy and the United States Navy, but there is no mention of actual Royal Navy usage. Mikeyp72 (talk) 13:47, 23 November 2025 (UTC)

Hi, I have a note that Eddyfirth was traditionally the first command of an RFA captain but can't find a reference for it. Anything in your collection? Murgatroyd49 (talk) 08:45, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

Hi, that's an interesting point. I found a Daily Telegraph obituary for a Captain Green, DSC, RFA, which states "his first command was the coastal tanker RFA Eddyfirth in 1979". Also come accross a [] ShipsNostalgia caption/comment which says "I believe she was used as the first command for new RFA masters?", however, looking through my books I have no "print reference" for this, which is a shame as would be good to be able to add to the Eddy class article. Mikeyp72 (talk) 10:03, 15 December 2025 (UTC)

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Hi, i've split RNAS Ford from the HM Prison Ford article as the airfield is notable enough on it's own.

Gavbadger (talk) 20:22, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

Thanks for letting me know and that will work much better. Mikeyp72 (talk) 20:30, 21 March 2026 (UTC)

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