The Forgotten Squadron – The Last Days of RAF Spilsby | WW2 Documentary

April 1945 — The war is ending, but at RAF Spilsby, the bombers still fly.
In the misty fields of Lincolnshire, the men of No. 207 Squadron RAF prepare for one last mission over Germany.
They are young, exhausted, and haunted — yet the orders keep coming.
This is the untold story of the final days of Bomber Command’s forgotten airfield, where duty outlasted victory and silence became the only sound left behind.

Through real letters, logbooks, and eyewitness accounts, “The Forgotten Squadron – The Last Days of RAF Spilsby” reveals the final chapter of those who flew into the night long after peace was already on its way.

🎧 Narrated documentary by WW2: Underwire Stories
📜 All stories based on verified wartime records – no fiction.

🪪 HISTORICAL SOURCES:

The National Archives (UK) – RAF Operational Record Books, No. 207 Squadron (AIR 27/1271, April 1945)

IBCC Digital Archive – “Voices of 207 Squadron” oral histories and letters

RAF Museum London – Personal logbook of F/L Robert Blythe

Commonwealth War Graves Commission (CWGC) – Service records and casualty lists, April 1945

W.R. Chorley – Bomber Command Losses, Vol. 7 (1945)

BBC People’s War Archive – “Memories from RAF Spilsby Airfield” (Lincolnshire Collection)

Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre – RAF Spilsby operations material and veteran interviews

IMAGE CREDITS:

By Emoscopes 20:59, 7 April 2008 (UTC) - Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=3975133

🔗 RAF Spilsby Memorial (front view)

📜 Credit: Photo by Richard Croft, “RAF Spilsby Memorial (front)”. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

📜 Credit: Royal Air Force official photographer, IWM (CH 17458). Armourers checking the bomb load of a No. 207 Squadron RAF Lancaster at RAF Syerston, 13 Sept 1942. Public Domain.

🔗 Avro Lancaster B.I in flight (1942)

📜 Credit: Royal Air Force official photo. Avro Lancaster B.I R5852 in flight (served with No. 207 Squadron in 1942). Public Domain.

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