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Visit to Electro-Flight Gloucestershire

April 5, 2022 By CI B Gamlin

Air Cadets within Bristol & Gloucestershire Wing recently had a STEM opportunity to visit Gloucester based company, Electro-Flight. Electro-Flight are collaborators of the ‘Spirit of Innovation’ … Continue Reading

Armed Forces Day Bristol 2019

June 24, 2019 By DEPOC

This morning, the Lord Lieutenant of Bristol, Mrs Peaches Golding OBE, joined members of the City of Bristol and the Armed Forces in a flag-raising ceremony at Bristol City Hall. The event marks … Continue Reading

Excellent Duke of Edinburgh Expeditions

June 13, 2019 By Wing DofE Officer

Twenty eight RAF Air Cadets from nine different Bristol and Gloucestershire Wing units completed their Bronze and Silver Duke of Edinburgh Award expeditions in beautiful countryside in the Bath and … Continue Reading

Normandy Trip 2019

June 11, 2019 By 2152 (North Bristol) Squadron

Over the past week, cadets and staff from across Bristol and Gloucestershire Wing of the Air Training Corps have been in Normandy, France to commemorate the 75th Anniversary of D-Day and Operation … Continue Reading

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Operation Fortitude 2016

June 14, 2016 by Wing IT Officer

The expedition, code named Operation Fortitude, saw the cadets walking in four groups, codenamed Gold, Juno, Utah and Sword after the D-Day landing beaches assaulted by the allies on 6th June 1944.

The cadets carried all their equipment, slept under canvas at different sites and covered a distance of over 60 kilometres. During their time in Normandy, the groups visited a variety of D-Day sites and paid their respects to the fallen by laying wreaths at military cemeteries.

After completing the expedition, the cadets visited Pegasus Bridge, where they met Madam Arlette Gondrée, the proprietor of the world famous Café Gondrée. The Café was one of the first buildings to be liberated on the night of D-Day by British Forces. Madam Gondrée, who was a young girl when the allies launched Operation Overlord, she took the time to speak to the cadets about her experience..

This is the fourth Expedition led by Sgt E Smart and his team to the area, and to date the wing have deployed 99 cadets from twenty different squadrons from around the Wing.

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