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 …

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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, …

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“Buzz” – a mystery solved?

In November 2013, Gerry’s eldest son Phil found his Dad’s 1945 Diary in his suitcase of Gerry’s photos and memorabilia. This was a very exciting addition to the ‘story’ that we were starting to put together, and Phil very generously …

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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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