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…had been hanged in 1953 after allegedly encouraging Christopher Craig to shoot PC Sydney Miles with the words “Let him have it, Chris” during an attempted burglary. Watkins retired from the bench, aged 75, in 1993; and that year he was voted in as the new president of the Welsh…
…Khrushchev. Later in 1959 he was in command of the first ever jet service between London and New York. Eventually the Comet was withdrawn from service and, appropriately, Alabaster operated the final flight, which touched down at Heathrow in November 1965 ending 13 years of aviation history. He then converted…
…converting and enlarging the family’s new home at Churt in Surrey. He took lessons in carpentry, plumbing and electricity and drew the plans himself. He also created a garden, developing its natural pond for trout, and later carp. Holder was elected to the Farnham ward of the district council. More…
…in the summer of 1940 he became the 40th victim of the Luftwaffe ace Adolf Galland. Raked by the guns of Galland’s Me 109, Bird-Wilson’s Hurricane fell blazing into the Thames. “I knew I’d been hit,” he recalled. “Flames came into the cockpit, the hood perspex was all gone. I…
…to the de Havilland Board until 1958 when BOAC put Comet IV on to the London-New York route. When, during this period, de Havilland became a division of Hawker Siddeley, Cunningham, always ready to get on with the job in hand, was not fazed. Sir Geoffrey de Havilland noted that…
…Bomber Command Lancasters, striking from Russian airfields on the Kola Peninsula, was devised. Tait, who had recently taken over No 617 Squadron from Leonard Cheshire VC, was appointed to lead the force. By mid-June 1944 No 617 had demonstrated the devastating effect of the new weapon designed by Barnes Wallis,…
…Verity’s wife Audrey was expecting their second child, but he assured her that his new job would mean “very few operations and a lot of home life, which would be great fun”. However, on the night of his first Lysander flight, November 6 1942, he was called to the telephone…
…with the organisation and direction of RAF bomb disposal. During this period he dealt with several hundred weapons of different kinds. His duties included dismantling and making safe new types of enemy weapons, and dealing with Allied weapons in crashed aircraft. Rowlands also attended meetings of the Unexploded Bomb Committee….
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…At 23, he became a wing commander. In the New Year of 1943, following a brief spell commanding No 89 Squadron in the Western Desert, flying Beaufighters, he was posted to Ceylon. He was then promoted group captain and went to the Arakan front in Burma as air adviser to…
…came to an end, his squadron was one of the first to arrive in newly liberated Copenhagen. On July 1 he took part in the victory air show in front of the Danish Royal Family and a crowd of 300,000 people. He also participated in a demonstration of a rocket…
…Air Arm for two years, operating from aircraft carriers flying Swordfish and Sharks. He became an instructor at the Torpedo Training School at Gosport before joining No 22 Squadron in 1940 as a flight commander flying the new Beaufort torpedo bomber. For the next year he undertook many daylight attacks…
…was born on October 13 1918 at Dunsfold, Surrey. He was an automobile engineer when he volunteered for the RAF in February 1940. Initially he trained as an aircraft engineer, but in August 1942 he volunteered for the new aircrew trade of flight engineer. With a few hours’ flying time,…
…Kenneally, a labourer who had returned to Ireland. The new Kenneally, having fabricated a childhood in Tipperary, then enlisted with the Irish Guards at Manchester; he had already been favourably impressed by the regiment when he had spent a week at their detention centre in Wellington Barracks after overstaying a…
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…a skeleton crew on board. The Japanese Navy had written her off. Nevertheless, he and Magennis were both awarded the Victoria Cross. Pathe Newsreel: “the last and most audacious underwater attack of the Second World War, an attack for which her Captain and Seaman Diver each received the Victoria Cross”…
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…the new Gloster Meteor jets. He continued to rise through the ranks, serving as Group Captain Operations RAF Germany and Air Attache to France before retiring in 1968. After the war he described his experience as “We were all very young, and it was a bit of a sport… We…
…Club, helping more than 4,000 flyers attain a private pilot’s licence. Peter Spencer, club secretary, said: “His style was unorthodox but very accomplished on account of his experience flying RAF fighter aircraft in the war. “In 2016, we dedicated our new training facility at Beverley Airfield in his memory.” Peter…
…from a distance of up to 100 miles. Building Mosquitos by John Armstrong 1943 © IWM Art.IWM ART LD 3359 This was an ideal aid in Gregory’s new night-intruding role, and after he and Braham had exchanged their Beaufighter for a de Havilland Mosquito equipped with Serrate, the two men…
…Duxford had certainly changed since Grandy had piloted a British Movietone News cameraman in a Hart biplane during the 1935 review of the RAF by King George V. Grandy found himself responsible for the introduction of the Typhoon, which had already resulted in the loss of several pilots; but he…
…to return to flying, and was appointed to No 43. “He had an awesome charisma; some sort of special aura seemed to surround him. He was the epitome of leadership, he was a born leader.” After the Battle of Britain, Dalton-Morgan’s primary task was to train new pilots for service…
…in Nga Puhi A Company, captured in Greece and spent four years as a POW in Germany. Released 1945. Sent late to GREEK CAMPAIGN. NEW ZEALAND MAORI BN in 10:1 Luftwaffe: RAF defeat but DELAYED BARBAROSSA, SAVING USSR POWs #245 John C WOOLLETT Maj Gen John C WOOLLETT CBE MC…