Ft Lieutenant Jack Cresswell 199 SQN

North Creake Stirlings

Hi all

I wonder if anyone out there has any info relating to 199 Sqn or indeed any links to anything that could help.

Please help, this will gain me severe brownie points so I can spend more time restoring the cub and get it back in the air, rather than doing the DIY at home

Rgds

FB

Hi FB, small contribution to your “brownie-points” mission, but if it’s any help

199 Sqdn used to operate their Stirlings out of North Creake, in Norfolk

The Airfield is located on the B.1105 Rd, that runs from Wells-next-Sea, thru’ to Fakenham, with numerous WW.II buildings & surrounding pill-boxes surviving…….

The Base is now used by an ‘Aggregates’ Company

Curiously enough, the airfield isn’t exactly close to North Creake village, which is located on the B.1355 Rd, quite some few miles to the West !!!!!!

Their Short Stirlings wore the codes ‘EX’ on the fuselage sides……

(An example of which, is EX*L the subject of the famous ‘Old’ Airfix kit)

Flt Lt Jack Creswell

Fournier Boy

I have sent you a PM, hope it helps

Morning All

Have been looking further into this chap and have managed to copy some excerpts from his logbook. Am trying to locate pictures or info on some of the Aircraft he flew, if anyone can help, please let me know

No 4 EFTS August 1942

Tiger Moths
T6080, T7738, T5542, T4776

? OTU

Anson EG600

Wellington
BJ209, X3820, BJ613, BK187, X3658, X3821, BK664

119 Sqn 5/11/43 – 26/9/44

Stirling III
BF481, EJ111, EF192, T,G,E,D,B,Z,H,X,U,C,J,R,V,K,L,O,P,S,Q,W.

The First 3 Stirlings were at a conversion course, the letter aircraft were operationally. Sorry I don’t know the Sqn codes.

Rgds FB

If you are thinking of going to Hendon, you have to pre-book a space in the Reference Library, unless they have changed the system. You may not find many answers at Hendon. Far better to go to Kew and check through 199 Sqn Operations Record Books, which are on microfilm. You will have to obtain a Reader’s Ticket when you arrive there and produce ID, such as driving licence. If you want info on where to find things at Kew, let me know.
In the meantime, if you give me his full name I could trace his date of commission and subsequent promotions.
Doug Cuthbertson.