Mon Jan 18, 2021 11:47 am
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What condition is the runway in? Last time I visited, a few years ago it was pretty poor.
Birdbrain wrote:What condition is the runway in? Last time I visited, a few years ago it was pretty poor.
Paul_Sengupta wrote:You might want to be careful about mentioning Will Curtis around these parts, especially in relation to Biggin Hill!
Now should I explain....?
Rob P wrote:I think Denny Dobson used to inhabit the watch tower (proper terminology), but my memory is pretty hazy.
It should still be there as it is Grade II listed, but that can't always be relied on.
Rob P
Rob P wrote:I think Denny Dobson used to inhabit the watch tower...
A4 Pacific wrote:You are very welcome TG6.
The bomber crews were the bravest of the brave. Young men in their teens and early twenties flying missions over the most heavily defended targets in Europe. Night after night for a tour of 30 missions. Only one in four crew would survive their first tour. The Lancaster crews were ‘lucky’. They had the finest bomber, possibly the finest aircraft, of the time. Those in other types were less fortunate.
125,000 airmen with 57,200 killed and a further 18,000 wounded or captured. That’s 60%. On a single night more bomber crew were lost than fighter command lost in the entirety of the Battle of Britain. It is a loss rate comparable only to the worst slaughter of the First World War trenches. Only the Nazi U-Boat force suffered a higher casualty rate.
Yet the flow of volunteers never faltered.
It took until 2012 to memorialise the courage and sacrifice of those youngsters.
Sorry for the digression!!