I'd love to see more photographs of RAF Santa Cruz, and as relates to it, if anyone has any to share.
Well done RAF S C - your searching seems to be paying off LAC David Johnson Royal Air Force 84 Squadron The Wartime Memories Project - maybe there are War Diaries with photos?? Have you contacted - Members of RAF Santa Cruz | Forces Reunited ?? Have a look through the TNA files - Search results: santa cruz | The National Archives Examples: Reference: AIR 28/679 Description: SANTA CRUZ Note: With appendices Date: 1943 Dec.- 1946 Sept. Held by: The National Archives, Kew Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description Reference: AIR 29/895/3 Description: Ferry Flight, Santa Cruz (India) Note: Open in 1972 Date: 1944 May-1945 June Held by: The National Archives, Kew Former reference in its original department: IIM/GF1/1 Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description Reference: AIR 29/778/11 Description: Aircraft Erection Unit, Santa Cruz, India (AEU). Note: Open in 1972 Date: 1943 Oct-1944 Mar Held by: The National Archives, Kew Former reference in its original department: IIM/FV26/1 Legal status: Public Record(s) Closure status: Open Document, Open Description TD
Nice , where are these from? I may have a few photos of Santa Cruz, taken from the air.. let me dig them up
Might following this 1947 crash reveal photos: ASN Aircraft accident Avro 685 York C.1 MW293 Bombay-Santa Cruz Airport (BOM) Same with another crash in 1944: Sergeant T DUNN (1824300), Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve) [Royal Air Force WW2 Casualty ] As the field appears to have become Bombay / Mumbai's civil airport is there any pictorial history of the civil airport that incude its previous RAF / RIAF use?