Part One – Intelligence Failings In May 1943 No 430 Squadron’s A-Flight received at their base at RAF Leuchars, an Air Tasking Order (ATO) to conduct photographic reconnaissance (PR) mission to a small fishing village [more…]
On 1st June 1943 the BOAC flight from Lisbon to Whitchurch was assigned to the DC3 Ibis and given the flight number 777-A. It was due to take off at 07:30 GMT but was delayed [more…]
Prior to the German invasion of the Netherlands in 1940, The Dutch Airline KLM operated a direct, over-water, twice-weekly DC-3 service from Amsterdam to Portugal, avoiding French, British and Spanish airspace to connect with the [more…]
The British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) was created in 1940 by the merger of Imperial Airways and British Airways Ltd. BOAC was state-owned and continued to operate overseas air services throughout World War 2. In [more…]
In the final part of this series before I move onto etchings, I’m doing a piece on painting with acrylic paint onto a stretched frame canvas. The principles apply just as well for oil painting, [more…]
He was a man, take him for all in all, I shall not look upon his like again. Inevitably the country burst into flames. It started in the unpoliced cities that had largely become a [more…]
“War is too important to be left to the Generals.” Why should that be so? Is flying an aeroplane too important to be left to the pilot? Is neurosurgery too important to be left to [more…]
Former Detective Inspector Charles Hope became a very successful novelist. He wrote scathingly satirical, comedy novels about the police service, which won him few friends among serving officers and the Police Federation, but a huge [more…]
The General (April 1917) ‘Good-morning, good-morning!’ the General said When we met him last week on our way to the line. Now the soldiers he smiled at are most of ‘em dead, And we’re cursing [more…]
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