Hugh H. Grant-Dalton

Name : Hugh H. Grant-Dalton

Rank : T.B.C.

Ser. No. : T.B.C.

Dates at Cranage : Nov 1940 - Jan 1941

Navigation course

Taken from a letter to Hugh Budgen.

Letter

25 - 11 - 2010

With reference to your appeal in AIR MAIL, I was stationed at R.A.F. CRANAGE from 9th November 1940 to 3rd January 1941 for a short navigation course prior to being posted to a Hampden O.T.U. I remember very little about the station and any information is in my Log Book. I do remember seeing the glow of Manchester burning after an Air Raid.

Here are the details from my log book:-

No info on the routes taken.

All flights with P/O SPIERS as a fellow pupil. I don’t know if he survived the war.

I was one of the very fortunate pilots to survive 2 Tours of Operations in Bomber Command on Hampdens & Lancs & was on a 3rd Tour in 38 Group on Stirlings when the war ended. I carried on Civil Flying after the war with B.S.A.A. & B.O.A.C.

I hope this information is of use in your research.

Yours sincerely

Hugh H. Grant-Dalton

19/11/40

20/11/40

22/11/40

23/11/40

27/11/40

28/11/40

04/12/40

1-15

1-20

1-25

1-10

2-00

2-10

1-40

Anson P1

Anson G1

Anson P1

Anson P4

Anson F1

Anson L1

Anson K4

Anson S2

Anson G1

Anson L1

Anson G1

Anson D4

F/O Wakeford

Sgt. Dobson

Sgt. Saul

F/LT Tennant

F/O Jones

F.O Finch

F/O Dunne

F/O Wakeford

Sgt. Dobson

F/O Wakeford

Sgt. Sleigh

P/O Dempsey

P1

P2

P3

Dead Reckoning Exercise