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March 5, 2011
The corrected record of RAF Digby 1947-1953
Following the article written in the Winter Issue on the History of RAF Digby and the RCAF (also featured on the village website) a correction to the latter years has been posted on our website. We therefore apologise for the incorrect information originally published.
From 1947 RAF, Digby was the home of the Equipment & Secretarial Wing of RAF College Cranwell. The Station Commander (Group Captain) was also an Assistant Commandant of the College. The Cadets and Flight Cadets at Digby formed "D" Squadron of the College.
Between about July 1951 and March 1953 Digby had a 'lodger' unit..... an I.T.S. which was attached to a civilian grading unit, run by Airwork, to assess national service and short service entrants for aircrew. Thus Digby was in Flying Training Command during this period. Later it became a signals unit. There surely must be local folk who will remember the cadets. Many were employed at Digby and others would enjoy the camp cinema on Friday evenings.
Wilf
Interested to see your notes and glad to see the incorporation of an important period of Digby history, My father (then Group Captain Seymour CBE) was the first Assistant Commandant of the E&S Wing and I lived as a small boy in the COs house as he was also the Stn Cdr. Many years later I retired as a group captain and ex-Cranwell cadet. My Entry at Cranwell celebrates 50 years in July and I shall try to visit Digby.Peter S