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…and later with Bobby Gibbes in the Desert Air Force, where he flew 22 sorties in KITTYHAWKS with No.450 RAAF SQUADRON before the battle of EL ALAMEIN. When the Spitfires arrived in Cairo, Ted joined No.92 (East India) Squadron and became a flying partner with Neville Duke operating together from…
Cpl Kenneth RUMBOLD as an AIRCRAFT FITTER ENGINES for ROYAL AIR FORCE GROUNDCREW here emphasises all the “RATS of TOBRUK”, many from Australia (where in the early 1990s nearly 5,000 were still members), who endured the 200 DAY SIEGE before striking out and joining up with NEW ZEALANDERS of EIGHTH…
…Medal of Honor USMC Reserve for VMF-221 F-4U CORSAIR FIGHTER SQN of 1st Marine Air Wg Air Group 12 over GUADALCANAL. As a 22 year old, on one sortie, shot down 8 JUDY a/c. #179 George TREADWELL Chief Petty Officer George TREADWELL 33 ROYAL NAVY years from 1927, 15 WARSHIPS,…
…sea trials. In battle obedience had to be immediate and instinctive – the naval system worked. “We were all allocated and my battle station was five decks down and I was actually in the cordite room – there were 40 Ib wads of cordite which you had to pick up…
…for the ANZIO LANDING, where he had much shelling, air attack and plenty of Nebelwerfers, Spandaus and “Anzio Annie”, the German 28cm GUN, with continual heavy noise of artillery and mortars. being eventually pulled back in the “SEMINOLE”, their being the only English soldiers with AMERICANS; back with the lst…
…biggest German battleship, Tirpitz – was characterised by Burn’s commanding officer as “the sauciest job since Drake”. St Nazaire: HMS Campbelltown resting on the wall it would soon destroy The mission – to deny its use to the biggest German battleship, Tirpitz – was characterised by Burn’s commanding officer as…
…fleet had succeeded, they would have controlled the Indian Ocean. The British lost over 400 men and the County class cruisers, HMS Cornwall and Dorsetshire, to air attack. During 1942 until after the turning point Battle of El Alamein the fear of Hitler’s overrunning Egypt had also been an added…
…landing!) & 3232SCU was at 13MU, 3502 SU & 170TU WELLINGTONS; there were surprisingly low battle casualties for the RAF SERVICING COMMANDOS, fewer than two dozen being killed, perhaps reflecting the change in air superiority, which thankfully made forward SCUs less important, as our own aircraft strength and range increased…
…FRE 12918 UNITED STATES EIGHTH AIR FORCE IN BRITAIN, 1942-1945: “A B-26 Marauder of the 387th Bomb Group explodes in mid air over Dunkirk. A veteran has written in an enclosed letter to Freeman: ‘The “A” picture enclosed was taken over Dunkirk and the aircraft is, I believe, piloted…
…enemy aircraft on Fulmar and Mosquito aircraft. By the time the war ended, he was a lieutenant-commander. After the war, Peter joined Fairey Aviation as a test pilot, where he would fly many new Fairey aircraft including the Primer, Gannet, Firefly and the Rotodyne compound-helicopter. In 1954, he started his…
…buoys which marked the boom, and, waiting outside, managed to follow a small, unwary trawler through. As XE3 worked her way steadily up the Straits at 40ft, Magennis began to dress in his rubber frogman’s suit, assisted by Fraser. Inside the submarine, the temperature was 85 degrees and the air…
…course for home. Semi-conscious at times, freezing cold because of his broken windscreen, and half blinded by blood from a head wound which kept streaming into his eyes, Reid, assisted by flight engineer Norris, somehow kept the plane in the air despite heavy anti-aircraft fire over the Dutch coast and…
…(bottom of the page) and we’ll let you know when we’ve done more justice in writing up our extraordinary signatories. One of the few bomber pilots to survive the BATTLE of BERLIN, 50, 57 & 35 Sqns later 82 Recce & CO Valiant 214 Squadron & Chief of Air Staff….
…of the page) and we’ll let you know when we’ve done more justice in writing up our extraordinary signatories. USAAC Crew Chief Engines B-17 F/E FLYING FORTRESS 92nd BOMBARDMENT GROUP GROUNDCREW Bovingdon, Alconbury, Podington inc. SCHWEINFURT-REGENSBURG MISSION & in memory of ARTILLERY brother Sam, KIA, BATTLE of LUZON air drop….
…ROYAL AIR FORCE’s MARINE CRAFT and AIR SEA RESCUE SERVICE which saved many Allied lives during its wartime service including D-Day, the morale effect of SAVING DITCHED AIRCREW returning from raids was considerable; to quote two of Geoffrey’s many sea rescues:- he saved Co-Pilot, 2nd Lt T H DAVIS &…
…the page) and we’ll let you know when we’ve done more justice in writing up our extraordinary signatories. Served Western Desert, Middle East and Balkans, founder member ROYAL AIR FORCE REGIMENT (formed 8 Jan and 12 Feb 1942). Representing ROYAL AIR FORCE REGIMENT / Tactical GROUND DEFENCE of RAF AIRFIELDS…
…NZ Division in the Pacific, in New Zealand-based army units and in the Home Guard. Others served with the Air Force, Navy and Merchant Navy. Some Māori women served in the Army Nursing Service and the women’s army, air force and navy auxiliaries. Between 1939 and 1945 almost 16,000 Māori…
…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. BOSTONS & MITCHELLS Representing Royal NETHERLANDS AIR FORCE and OUR EUROPEAN ALLIES in AIR, LAND, NAVAL and RESISTANCE OPERATIONS….
…Battle of the River SOMME. ‘Edie’ lived to 103 in what would become in the 1980’s England’s largest village and revealed that her mother never was the same after hearing this family’s tragic news. If the Great War was one of the two most tragic aspects of the 20th Century,…
…Military Cross) signs not only for the POLISH ARMY’S fighting prowess at the Battle of CASSINO and in so many other theatres of war but for his father, Stanislaw Ludwik ZURAKOWSKI, Mayor of OSTROG in 1938, and all those 4,000 POLISH military officers and leaders executed in the KATYN MASSACRE…
…3rd CARABINIERS would have 101 Officers, NCOs & Troopers dead and have found out how Japs would not surrender & just had to be destroyed; C SQN’s main battles and frequent intermittent skirmishes progressed via IMPHAL, TIDDIM ROAD, ADVANCE to CENTRAL BURMA, ARAKAN YOMAS and PROME, with vital air supply…
Squadron Leader AH ‘Peter’ PIPER DFC 236 Squadron BLENHEIMS. Peter re-trained as a pilot and flew transport supply. Representing all other aircrew, and non-fighter aircraft types, in and beyond the BATTLE OF BRITAIN….
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. Edward MASLEN-JONES MC DFC for ARMY AIR…
…Ian G NEILSON DFC Légion d’Honneur RA SWORD BEACH late on D-DAY, for 651, 652 and 666 (Scottish) AOP flying ART’Y CORRECTION & AIRBORNE FORWARD AIR CONTROL for 1 BF CORPS AIR SUPPORT #37 Sidney E PAGE Corporal Sidney E ‘Peter’ PAGE named after two uncles killed in the same…