Some good news at last! Jack Toombs has very kindly agreed to join us at short notice on sunday.

Geoff.

I’m very sorry to report that Pete Brothers has today called to say that he wont be able to attend on Sunday.

Geoff.

The entrance to the underground Operations Block, now disused, and three shots from inside Lord Dowdings office. In the view of the back of the house, this office is where the two windows with the closed white shutters can be seen. Captions are invited for the last image 😮

Geoff.

A couple of changes to the line-up for the signing on Sunday 21st May.

Firstly, Peter Ayerst will not be there, as he has switched to the second signing on Sunday 23rd July.

Secondly, a former WW2 Luftwaffe pilot, Feldwebel Heinz Radlauer, has decided to attend the signing on the 21st May on his own initiative, and at his own expense. Now I call that a very nice gesture from one pilot to the others that we will remembering with these memorials.

Heinz learnt to fly gliders in 1940, aged 17, and joined the Luftwaffe in August 1941. After Fighter School, in June 1944 he was posted to join JG51 Molders then fighting on the Eastern Front near Minsk, scoring his first victory in October of that year. Heinz flew the Bf109G, the Fw190A, and at the end of the war the Fw190D, by which time he had notched up over 100 combat missions. Credited with 15 air victories, all on the Eastern Front, he was awarded the Iron Cross 1st and 2nd Class.

At the time of posting all the other pilots are still attending. Any further changes will be posted here.

Geoff.