Coffee & tee-shirt
It’s such a privilege and such a pleasure to live in the same town as Dougie Williamson, the last of the JN-Dog Boys, and to be able to get together with him and his lovely wife Janet, pretty much any …
The Crew
A new photo – with Wi and Johnny
Recently a comment popped up on Simon Sommerville’s fantastic 75(NZ) Sqdn website, the poster identifying himself as the son of Lancaster pilot Wi Rangiuaia. Wi was one of the pilots in C Flight, the same Flight and at the same …
Joyce Hooper – a tribute
Emily Hooper, grand-daughter of Jim and Joyce Hooper has emailed us with the very sad news that her grandmother passed away last month. Joyce had fallen in her garden and broken her hip – a few weeks later she died …
Johnny and Betty’s wedding
Skipper Johnny Wood’s daughter Debbie has just sent through a beautiful photo of her parents’ wedding. Plans for the wedding were already under way on the 10th of January 1945 when Johnny asked Gerry to be his Best Man, …
Morning tea at Ron’s place
Last Saturday I was lucky enough to attend a special morning tea at the Edmund Hillary Retirement Village at Remuera for a few of the remaining Bomber Command veterans in the Auckland-Hamilton area. It was organised by the New Zealand Bomber Command Association. I picked …
Air Gunners, Mepal 1945
In the last post there was a letter written to Mr & Mrs Williamson by Wing Commander C. H. “Mac” Baigent, DFC and Bar (later DSO and AFC), Officer Commanding 75 (NZ) Squadron, sending condolences for their missing son, Sgt …
Failed To Return …
Yesterday morning I called in to have coffee, cheese & crackers with Dougie and Janet, and to wish Doug a belated Happy Birthday! While we were catching up, Janet produced a folder marked “RAF”, in which she had kept …
Happy Birthday Dougie!
The JN-Dog boys’ Flight Engineer and last surviving Johnny Wood crew member Doug Williamson turns 94 today. Dougie was born on the 8th of August 1925 at Seafield House in Roslin, near Edinburgh in Scotland, the son of a bookmaker …
Doug & Janet – 60th wedding anniversary!
Congratulations to Doug and Janet Wiliamson, who celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary today, 31st of May. They will be partying tomorrow afternoon with family and friends to mark the significant occasion and reflect on sixty happy and productive years together. …
New photos of Ralph
Ralph Sparrow’s grandson David has sent through some more wonderful photos from the family, these from Ralph’s daughter Susan’s collection. She has also sent a set of documents from Ralph’s RCAF files, including his service record, discharge papers, etc. These …