Sunday 6th October 1940 – The fallen
64 squadron, Leconfield.
Spitfire R6683, Sgt F.F. Vinyard missing , crashed into sea during routine section patrol, cause unknown, 14.20 hrs.
303 squadron, Northolt.
Hurricane P3120, Sgt A Siudak killed as a result of bombing attack on base by lone raider, 12.07 hrs.
For more information about the events of this day, click here http://www.raf.mod.uk/bob1940/october6.html
By: von Perthes - 6th October 2004 at 22:14
Cheers MMitch.
By: mmitch - 6th October 2004 at 18:36
Boy in the Blitz by Colin Perry. First published in 1972 by Leo Cooper.
In Large print edition by Isis Publishing in 2001.
ISBN 0-7531-9684-0. I got it from a Kent Library.
mmitch.
By: von Perthes - 6th October 2004 at 17:54
Sounds interesting. Any more info on the book?
By: mmitch - 6th October 2004 at 16:19
Picked up (and couldn’t put down) ‘Boy in the Blitz’ by Colin Perry. He was 18 and working in an office in the City of London in 1940. He kept a journal of what he saw and felt of that traumatic time. From the roof of his home flat in Tooting he watched Croydon airport being bombed and sat on Reigate hill during the Eagle day battle. The journey to/from work by any means because the underground was stopped during raids. the lack of sleep. Excellant read.
mmitch.
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