Tribute to Heroic Airman
In November, 2020, Wing Commander Stuart Talton, Deputy Inspector RAuxAF, read in his local Lincolnshire paper that Spalding Council intended to dedicate a Memorial to Plt Off George Furniss who, whilst manoeuvring his stricken Meteor away from the built-up area of Spalding, ejected at too low a level to save his own life.
Grandsons of Battle of Britain fighter ace visit his old Squadron
Giles and Tim Carbury never knew their grandfather, Brian Carbury DFC*, who died in 1961.
610 Sqn Plaque Dedication
At a moving service held in Chester Cathedral on Friday, 6 August, a beautiful bronze plaque was dedicated in memory of the 79 pilots and ground crew of 610 (County of Chester) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force who gave their lives during World War Two.
Womersley Patrick 609 *
Sqn Ldr Patrick A Womersley DFC* AE – 609 Squadron Patrick Womersley joined 609 (West Riding) Squadron AAF on 29 […]
Stanley Winyard Hartill: 609 (West Riding) Squadron
952429 Sgt Stanley Winyard Hartill Stan Hartill, a Wolverhampton lad, was a newly trained Airframe Fitter, aged 19, when he […]
Welford Harry 607 *
Pilot Officer George H E ‘Harry’ Welford – 607 Squadron George Henry Ettrick ‘Harry’ Welford was born in London on […]
Webster William *
FS William Frank Webster BEM Born: 15 May 1925, Angus, Scotland. Died: 19 July 2005, Edinburgh, aged 80. FS William […]
Vick James 607 *
Flying Officer James A Vick – 607 Squadron James Anderson Vick, of Kings Norton, was born in 1908. He joined […]
Trotter William 609 *
William Trotter Billy was born on 13 Nov 66 in Uganda where his father was working for East Africa Railways. […]