Two mates
In April 2014, Gerry’s son Phil sent through another batch of photos that he had found in his Dad’s stash. Amongst them was a happy portrait of Gerry and two of his W/Op mates, with signatures and two very sad …
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Dog and Dougie’s birthday
In July 2015 we received a very special invitation to attend Dougie’s 9oth birthday celebrations – a real ceilidh, with pipes and haggis, to be held at the Cox’s Bay Sea Scouts Hall on Saturday the 1st of August (Doug’s …
The Captain’s Fancy
On the 1st of March 1945 Gerry’s logbook records a 20 minute “air test” in Lancaster JN-F (NG322), piloted by their Flight Commander, Sqd/Ldr Jack Bailey. John Mathers Bailey DFC* RNZAF was CO of “C” Flight, an Irishman who had …
The little girl in the photo
During June and July 1944, Dennis Jones and his ground crew team looked after Lancaster HK558, JN-D, also known as “Dog” and the immediate predecessor to HK601. The aircraft’s regular crew at the time was that of F/Sgt Colin George …
Getting Doug to London
After almost 70 years of shameful neglect, the RAF Bomber Command servicemen and women of WW2 were finally officially commemorated with the construction in 2012 of the Royal Air Force Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park, London. Controversy over the tactics …