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…courtesy of The Daily Telegraph) THE VISIT OF HM KING GEORGE VI TO NO 617 SQUADRON (THE DAMBUSTERS), ROYAL AIR FORCE, SCAMPTON, LINCOLNSHIRE, 27 MAY 1943 (TR 1000) The King inspects ground crewmen lined up beneath the nose of Avro Lancaster B Mark I, ED989, DX-F, ‘Frederick III’, which bears…
…and was commissioned in the Royal Air Force in 1937. Bird-Wilson was still only 18 when he joined No 17 Squadron in August 1938. At first he learned his fighter skills in the squadron’s biplane, the Gloster Gauntlet. In June 1939, the squadron was re-equipped with Hawker Hurricanes, a change…
…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…
…Council from 1991 until 1995. Crew was appointed CB in 1973 and elected a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society in 1972. In 1945 he married Virginia Crew (nee Martin), the widow of a cousin, George Crew, who had been killed while an RAF pilot early in the war. They…
…SIGNALS speciality, becoming Flag Lt 4th CRUISER SON and here is primarily to represent the Royal Navy’s participation in the PACIFIC WAR, the vital development of interoperable CODES and SIGNALS procedures and his close appreciation of the top US and British naval commanders in the Pacific War and, through his…
…aerodynamics of aircraft like the SPITFIRE, LANCASTER & MOSQUITO. Aberdare & University of Wales physicist, 55 yrs in AVIATION, Audax to Concorde /Tornado. “To see Handel engaged in debate with the French during joint projects was a joy. It brought out all his Welsh characteristics.” (Guardian). MAP & ROYAL AERONAUTICAL…
…in his GUNNERY & MINESWEEPING service the EAST INDIES FLEET ESCORT FORCE inc.37th MS FLOTILLA for CONVOYS & DEFENCE then BURMA OFFENSIVE. Operations in ARAKAN, the RAMREE ASSAULT 21Jan45, AKYAB, LETPAN & 2nd & 5th WEST AFRICAN Brigades, later RANGOON; 50 warships in EAST INDIES and PACIFIC FLEETS from ROYAL…
…2Jan44 & disbanded 31Jan44 in Blackpool. Represents ALL 2.400 Officers & Men of the 15 ROYAL AIR FORCE SERVICING COMMANDO UNITS, the VOLUNTEERS of 3201-3210, 3225/6 & 3230-3232 SCUs, formed Mar42-Apr43 trained INVERARAY & MIDDLE EAST, also for TORCH, HUSKY, AVALANCHE, OVERLORD & DRAGOON INVASIONS, plus Nos 1 & 3…
…to a firm of animal feed manufacturers. Reid took a deep interest in ex-servicemen’s associations; he was a member of the GC and VC Association and honorary vice-president of the Aircrew Association. He was president of the ACA’s Tay branch and its Scottish Saltire branch, and president of the Royal…
…anti-aircraft fire from Royal Navy warships in English Channel. Recollections of operations as pilot with 616 Sqdn, No 12 Group, Fighter Command, RAF during Battle of Britain, 8/1940-9/1940: posting to RAF Kenley, 8/1940; reasons for squadron casualties; handling inexperienced pilots; performance between Supermarine Spitfire Mk II and Messerschmitt Me 109;…
…of the RAF’s most highly decorated pilots; after an audacious escape from occupied France and an outstanding record flying clandestine operations in Europe and the Far East he went on to have a distinguished peacetime career. ROYAL AIR FORCE FIGHTER COMMAND, 1939-1945. (CH 2249) Squadron Leader James Wheeler, a Flight…
…four times when they were children. Atkinson read Engineering at London University and joined the Royal Naval Reserve. As a lieutenant, he commanded the corvettes Anemone, Pink and Tintagel Castle, mainly protecting Atlantic convoys. He won his first DSC in 1941, bars to it in 1943 and 1945, and in…
…used to every aspect of the 24hr 7day a week final assembly line production, was there to be thanked and encouraged by visiting Royalty and President Roosevelt, Barnes Wallis, Guy Gibson and others for the revolving drum spun Dam bombs – fittingly in 1995 he still cared for the Avro…
…in GB, 4/1942-8/1942 REEL 1 Aspects of training with as pilot with RAF in GB, 1939-1940: call-up as part of Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 8/1939; characteristics of Supermarine Spitfire. Recollections of operations as pilot with 72 Sqdn, No 11 Group, Fighter Command, RAF in GB during Battle of Britain,…
…before then as an accomplished fighter pilot and writer. Townsend joined the Royal Air Force in 1933 and after graduating from RAF Cranwell was commissioned a pilot officer in 1935. His first posting was No. 1 Squadron at Tangmere where he flew a Hawker Fury and in 1936 was transferred…
…1 Owner/operator: 43 (China-British) Squadron Royal Air Force (43 (China-British) Sqn RAF) Registration: P3464 C/n / msn: FT-A Fatalities: Fatalities: / Occupants: 1 Other fatalities: Aircraft damage: Written off (damaged beyond repair) Location: 3 miles from RAF Tangmere, Chichester, West Sussex – United Kingdom Phase: Landing Nature: Military Departure airport:…
…effort. It was important work; as Marshal of the Royal Air Force William Sholto Douglas [See Harold Balfour, Signatory #13 who flew with Douglas on the Western Front in the First World War] said: “I think we can say that the Battle of Britain might never have been won if…
…Leslie A LENEY+ Representing ROYAL OBSERVER CORPS & seaborne elements, NAAFI and elder brother Samuel & 10 Sqn HALIFAX CREWS 30Mar42 crashed in bad weather, seeking TIRPITZ. #45 Margaret LINTON Mrs Margaret LINTON+ née PORTER (b. Dec 1944) In memory of her father ROYAL MARINE PLY/X 10283002 Alexander Porter, KIA…
…aerodynamics of aircraft like the SPITFIRE, LANCASTER & MOSQUITO. Aberdare & University of Wales physicist, 55 yrs in AVIATION, Audax to Concorde /Tornado. “To see Handel engaged in debate with the French during joint projects was a joy. It brought out all his Welsh characteristics.” (Guardian). MAP & ROYAL AERONAUTICAL…
…The George “Tommy” Atkins (#3) The Harold Bird-Wilson (#32) The Harry Broadhurst (#22) The John “Cat’s Eyes” Cunningham (#50) The Lettice Curtis (#77) [SOLD] Miss Lettice Curtis boarding a Spitfire in a colourised photograph released to mark the 100th Anniversary of the Royal Air Force. Sold to buyers who live…