Given in memory Of Air Commodore E W Bertie Wooten
To one side of the entrance hall to the church is a modern stained glass window, commemorating the roll of 234 Fighter Squadron.
E W Wootten fought with this unit during the battle of Britain
www.the-battle-of-britain.co.uk/squadrons/234sqn.htm
On 30 October 1939, No 234 was reformed at Leconfield as a fighter squadron. Originally intended for shipping protection duties, it flew a mixture of Blenheims, Battles and Gauntlets until March 1940, when it began to receive Spitfires, becoming operational on 11 May. Throughout the Battle of Britain, it was based in southern England and in April 1941 began sweeps over northern France. These continued between defensive patrols until January 1943, when it moved to the Orkney Islands, returning south in June. After covering the invasion beaches in Normandy, No.234 converted to Mustangs and began long range escort missions from East Anglia. A few days before the end of the war, the squadron moved to northern Scotland to escort strike Wings operating along the Norwegian coast, but returned to East Anglia in July to convert to Spitfires.
www.raf.mod.uk/history_old/h234.html
Biography
www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Wootten.htm
Squadron Leader Wootten appears in at least two of the pictures from 1941 & 1942 here,
www.rafjever.org/118squadhistory2.htm
See Simon K's description of the church here
www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/blakeney/blakeney.htm
Given in memory Of Air Commodore E W Bertie Wooten
To one side of the entrance hall to the church is a modern stained glass window, commemorating the roll of 234 Fighter Squadron.
E W Wootten fought with this unit during the battle of Britain
www.the-battle-of-britain.co.uk/squadrons/234sqn.htm
On 30 October 1939, No 234 was reformed at Leconfield as a fighter squadron. Originally intended for shipping protection duties, it flew a mixture of Blenheims, Battles and Gauntlets until March 1940, when it began to receive Spitfires, becoming operational on 11 May. Throughout the Battle of Britain, it was based in southern England and in April 1941 began sweeps over northern France. These continued between defensive patrols until January 1943, when it moved to the Orkney Islands, returning south in June. After covering the invasion beaches in Normandy, No.234 converted to Mustangs and began long range escort missions from East Anglia. A few days before the end of the war, the squadron moved to northern Scotland to escort strike Wings operating along the Norwegian coast, but returned to East Anglia in July to convert to Spitfires.
www.raf.mod.uk/history_old/h234.html
Biography
www.rafweb.org/Biographies/Wootten.htm
Squadron Leader Wootten appears in at least two of the pictures from 1941 & 1942 here,
www.rafjever.org/118squadhistory2.htm
See Simon K's description of the church here
www.norfolkchurches.co.uk/blakeney/blakeney.htm