Page 18 - Alan John Leslie Ridge
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Extract from 604 Squadron Records
The Sunday morning of the final weekend of November broke clear and
Warm, but by 1100 hours the airfield was completely shrouded in low cloud.
The Adjutant and the Assistant Adjutant made successful landings with the
Cloud-base down to 150 feet (45 metres), whilst the Spitfires of Pilot Officer
Hicks and Flying Officer Dore were diverted to Hendon, but Sergeant Ridge,
flying another Spitfire without an radio transmitter set, was forced to make a
Precautionary wheels-up landing in a field in the vicinity of Grange Hill
Station near Chigwell, Essex.
