STS 51 Dunham House (RAF Ringway -No 1 Parachute Training School)

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STS 51a Dunham House: "The first step towards the establishment of a Parachute Ground Training School was taken by SOE in February 1941 when they acquired Dunham House and numbered it STS51. The house could accommodate 25 students who received their training from the nearby Parachute Training School based at RAF Ringway.51-52 On 1 Janurary 1943, STS51a’s Commandant was Major CJ Edwards, MBE. 53

STS 51 RAF Ringway: To train agents in the art of parachuting, SOE arranged that their students could be taught by the RAF’s Parachute Training Squadron based at RAF Ringway, Manchester.97 Between January and April 1941, the airfield welcomed ‘with open arms the men that SOE sent them’.98 Training at Ringway ‘scarcely deviated from the original scheme evolved during the whole of its duration. Each course lasted from five to seven days according to weather. After receiving this ground training students carried out five decents ... Facilities also existed for students requiring additional refresher training to return to school before departure to the Field’. 99 Until the summer of 1944, Reception Committee training was also provided at this airfield. Following this date, this instruction was provided at Howbury Hall. 100"

Som du ser på kartet, er Ringway dagens Manchester Airport.

Les mere om STS'ene i "Built to Resist An Assessment of the Special Operations Executive’s Infrastructure in the United Kingdom during the Second World War, 1940-1946" se under.

Bruk Ctrl/F og søk i filen på "STS 31" - det er store filer. Det er garantert mye annet spennende stoff der også, verdt en hel studie for de ivrigste.

Disse to PDF filer er en Doktorgradsoppgave i 2 deler av Derwin Gregory, University of East Anglia. om SOE infrastructure i UK 1940 til 1946.

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