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By: - 16th June 2012 at 18:24 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Bumping this one up in the hope someone can help.
By: - 16th June 2012 at 19:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I've only come across brief mentions of 'Press On' Fresson in various books. Jennie Gray's 'Fire By Night' has a little info on p.95 - apparently he wasn't well liked on 97 Squadron. His name crops up again in the 'Salute Bomber Command' magazine which has just been published - but again, a fleeting mention ( this time with 51 Squadron at Snaith ) and again, no photograph.....
By: - 16th June 2012 at 19:40 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I am sure you have seen this RAF history.
By: - 16th June 2012 at 19:43 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks guys. I am really looking for a photograph of him when he was with 97 Squadron to add to Jennie Gray's site.
By: - 16th June 2012 at 20:55 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
http://www.flightglobal.com/pdfarchive/view/1947/1947%20-%200551.html?search=fresson
There's this photo of him from a 1947 issue in the Flight Global Archive but it's not what you want. There's several mentions of him in Flight.
Regards,
kev35
By: - 16th June 2012 at 21:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks Kev
By: - 18th June 2012 at 09:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Air Commodore Noel Fresson was the younger brother of Captain Ernest Edmund 'Ted' Fresson OBE the Scottish airline pioneer who features in a number of our Airfield Focus series from Peter V Clegg, inlcuding the latest on Kirkwall and the Orkney mainland airfields. In his latter years Air Commodore Fresson lived in The Cresent, Bath and had a number of children, including one who became a Captain for British Airways.
I'm digging through the material we have here, but if you wish I am happy to put you in touch with Richard Fresson, Tred Fresson's son who is the family archivist. Just drop me an IM!
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By: David Layne - 26th January 2008 at 20:58
I am interested in learning more about Noel H. Fresson. G/C Fresson was my father's C.O. at 97 Squadron and I am interested in learning more of his career and possibly finding pictures of him for inclusion on a 97 Squadron site.
Thanks in advance. David.