Hurribomber books

Sixty Sqn have detailed records of 60 Sqn Hurribomber ops in Burma from, I think, 1943 – not published.

Having thought about this again.

There is one

Hurricane Pilot: The Wartime Letters of W.O. Harry L. Gill, D.F.M., 1940-1943 (New Brunswick Military Heritage) [Paperback]
which was published in Canada.

Gill flew wth 607 Squadron from Manston on Hurribombers

So sadly no books/memoars written? Logbooks and ORBs are interesting too, don’t get me wrong.
Just thinking of my next novel project and thought Hurribombers could be fascinating.

I also had extracts from the logbook of Sqn Ldr Dudley Craig & Flt Lt Ireson who also flew Hurribombers with 607 Squadron and photographs from Flt Lt P J T Stephenson

All of these have now been passed to the North East Aircraft Museum which now holds the Squadron display room and official Archives

In my humble opinion these were some of the most dangerous missions flown in WW2.

Single engine single seat fighters at low level against heavily defended targets.

607 Squadron and 402 Squadron were the first into battle with 607 being the trials squadron at Martlesham Heath.

Regards

No dedicated books, although you can find partial accounts in other works, such as those dealing with the Dieppe operation. R.W Brooks gave an account of some of his operations with 607 Sq in (I think) the Ian Allan Hurricane At War. Excerpts from his logbook are available in the hands of the 607 Sq official historian, David Charles, together with some computerised photographs from the collection of his daughter. The associated Canadian squadron was treated to a photo-opportunity, but writings of their operations don’t seem to be available on this side of the Atlantic at least. 174 Sq was formed from part of 607 Sq (and all their aircraft) when 607 moved to the Far East.

I suspect more can be found in the Fighter Command operations and losses books, which I don’t unfortunately possess.