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…Lt Gick joined his first squadron, No 822, flying Swordfish aircraft from the carrier Furious. The following year he transferred to 810 Squadron in Courageous, and on the outbreak of war his squadron moved to the new carrier Ark Royal, engaged in anti-submarine operations with the Home Fleet. Ark Royal…
…battalion HQ, among which new duties under his commander and S-3 leader, Captain John Kiley from New York, would be the sand table modelling for operations. His next major operation with the 101st would begin on September 17th, 1944. Operation MARKET GARDEN, it would be the largest airborne invasion of…
…(as some of his contemporaries knew him) returned to this country in 1943 and took command of a succession of bases, including the fighter station at Northolt, where he formed a great admiration for his Polish aircrews. He ended the war back on the Continent as Group Captain (Operations) of…
A wonderful colourisation of this iconic shot by (and copyright of) Marina Amaral. [A Work in Progress] 15 September, 2020 This is a work in progress — and the fuller biographies will emerge in due course: please sign up to the Newsletter (bottom of the page) and we’ll let you…
…Neville DUKE, SPITFIRES EL ALAMEIN-ITALY, 457 SQN Darwin NEW GUINEA , BORNEO,USAAF Clark Field #109 Irving S SMITH Group Captain Irving S ‘Black’ SMITH CBE DFC* RNZAF 151& 487 Sqns, HURRICANE & DEFIANT (8+ e/a) led 487 Sqn MOSQUITO raid on AMIENS Gestapo Prison 18Feb44 (OPERATION JERICHO) and on Vincey…
Alan Pollock’s Rough Notes: A work in progress – the fuller biographies will emerge in due course: please sign up to the Newsletter (bottom of the page) and we’ll let you know when we’ve done more justice in writing up our extraordinary signatories. COASTWATCHER”, by special request from SURVIVING BRITISH…
…As Jack lay recovering, those remaining in the camp began digging a new tunnel through which to escape. Once the tunnel was completed Jack was one of the last to get out before the tunnel was discovered, but this time he did manage to meet with the partisans and joined…
…airmanship and tenacious fighting spirit which enabled First Lieutenant Swett to destroy eight enemy bombers in a single flight were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.” He was shot down once again near the island of New Georgia. Fortunately, he was spotted and rescued…
…“The men did not allow women to fly some new types right away,” wrote another ATA flyer, Diana Barnato Walker. “There was a lot of humming and hawing before Lettice Curtis, a tall, blue-eyed blond girl, an excellent pilot … was allowed to ferry a Typhoon on 24 June 1942.”…
…peace (The Guardian) “Glimpse” (2014) from the Atomic Landscapes Series by Susanna Stromborg. “These are hand made collages made from an image of Hiroshima in the public domain printed on newsprint. They are very beautiful and delicate, being on newsprint: the intention was to make them on a material that…
Alan Pollock’s Rough Notes: A work in progress – the fuller biographies will emerge in due course: please sign up to the Newsletter (bottom of the page) and we’ll let you know when we’ve done more justice in writing up our extraordinary signatories. Reverend Gp Capt W Eric MANTLE MA…
…an Instructor at CFS, Upavon. Lewis decided against a career in the new RAF and was demobilised in 1919. He was 21. He was never to fly a plane again. Lewis’s qualities as both a pilot and a leader are possibly best exemplified by the fact that he never lost…
…Newhaven after returning from the raid. Further training took place on the Isle of Arran. Bryan was an experienced rock climber and, when his unit was paired with No 11 (Scottish) Commando, he transferred to that unit and passed on his skills. One of his companions in the house in…
…taught him the value of calm and a cool head, and that lesson helped him to be selected as one of the first batch of pilots to be trained in flying a new fighter – the Spitfire – later that year. By the time war broke out Bob was a…
…with 421 Flight, RAF, 10/1940-2/1941: role of flight to shadow German formations; reasons for being summoned to see Air Vice Marshal Keith Park; requesting Supermarine Spitfires; estimating numbers of German formations; opinion of Keith Park and his tactics; introduction of new tactics. REEL 5 Continues: tactics employed by flight; relations…
…the United States where, as a yacht surveyor, he specialised in fibreglass manufacture and forensic work for courts. He also wrote for Nautical Quarterly, and travelled worldwide to review new boats. In 1985 Fraser-Harris moved to England where he took up drawing, painting and relief carving. When he died on…
…Twiss had moved to Australia, led eventually to the shipment of the new interferometer to New South Wales, where it was erected in a suitably remote spot at Narrabri. Hanbury Brown had been appointed Professor of Radio-Astronomy at Manchester University in 1960. After taking several years leave in Australia to…
Alan Pollock’s Rough Notes: A work in progress – the fuller biographies will emerge in due course: please sign up to the Newsletter (bottom of the page) and we’ll let you know when we’ve done more justice in writing up our extraordinary signatories. Captain (earlier Lt Cdr) Konstantyn ZUBKOWSKI POLISH…
…promise of a posting to a Lancaster unit. The posting did not materialise until July 1943, when he was sent to 1654 Conversion Unit, Wigsley, near Newark, where he flew his first operational mission as second pilot, in a Lancaster of 9 Squadron, in a raid on Munchen-Gladbach. In September…
…after the Dams raid, a low-level attack by eight Lancasters on the Dortmund-Ems Canal. The new CO was shot down and several aircraft were badly damaged. Low cloud thwarted those who got through, and Martin and his crew made 13 attempted attacks before releasing their bomb; the canal, however, remained…
…Cdr FRIGATES Representing RN RESERVE & CONVOY PROTECTION #280 David C BAGLEY Cdr David C BAGLEY DFC USNR Took park in key RAIDS on RABAUL JAP NEW GUINEA base near JAPANESE NAVY’s TRUK until 17Feb44, on to Guam, Saipan, Palau, Iwo Jima to bomb Japan. Representing PACIFIC US NAVAL WAR…
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Alan Pollock’s Rough Notes: A work in progress – the fuller biographies will emerge in due course: please sign up to the Newsletter (bottom of the page) and we’ll let you know when we’ve done more justice in writing up our extraordinary signatories. Warrant Officer Pilot Don JONES covers the…
Alan Pollock’s Rough Notes: A work in progress – the fuller biographies will emerge in due course: please sign up to the Newsletter (bottom of the page) and we’ll let you know when we’ve done more justice in writing up our extraordinary signatories. In memory of her brother, one of…