Been a while since I started this thread..
Today I went to visit Pilot Officer Kenneth Higson! The brave pilot who remained at the controls of Whitley N1497 so his friends could escape!
Inscribed on his stone is: ‘Greater love hath no man Than This. That a man lay down his life for his...
Hi all,
I've bought a display cabinet for the purpose of displaying these parts of history and make sure they are never forgotten.
I also found out a couple of things on one of the crew Henry Davis:
Henry Davis was flying Ops to Milan in mid August 1940 when the aircraft failed to...
I recieved a reply today:
This is the information on the Bomber
Thanks to research through the RAF museum in Hendon I have been able to identify the plane and the fate of the crew.
Whitley V - N1497 ZAB Op: Milano
Sgt Green - POW
F/O KH Higson - KIA
Sgt HJ Davis - POW
Sgt A...
Hi all,
Thanks for the replies :)
I'll post another pic of of the leaflet as some seem to have difficulties viewing:
Regarding Bomber Command Losses; does anyone in this forum have access to this? Or point me in the right direction to identify this bomber that went down in Ceresole...
Hi all,
Here goes with my first thread :)
I was recently given a small box with some small pieces of wreckage passed down from a friend's father in Italy.
There is a hand written note (from the father) stating that the pieces are from a British bomber that came down in the Italian town...