197 Squadron RAF, 8 December 1942 – 14 February 1943, KIFA After the German invasion and defeat of France in June 1940, the young Roger Bokobza made his way to England via Algeria. Born in Marseilles in August 1921, he…

197 Squadron RAF, 31 January – 9 September 1943 F/Lt ‘Tim’ Elkington RAF (Svc. No. 44184) joined 197 Squadron RAF, then forming at RAF Drem, East Lothian, in early February 1943, and remained with the Squadron until September 1943. Already…

197 Squadron, February 1943 – June 1944 Sgt Kenneth Chambers served with 197 Squadron RAF from early 1943 to the summer of 1944. A member of 197 Squadron’s all-important ground crew, Sgt Kenneth Chambers ran the Squadron’s First-Line servicing, responsible…