If I win the lottery between now and Nov 30th, I can guarantee you that I will own one of those lightnings and move to a country that will allow it to be flown 😉

If the A330 had entered service when it shoud have they woud not have had to disband 10 SQN in the first place:diablo::D:D

PMSL!

Thanks for all the info. I hope its future is secure and it won’t be broken to pay for any debts (assuming Mayfair has gone under, and has debts to pay!) I may have to pay a visit to Bournemouth whilst it is still around!

I saw their site before, but the pdf only shows displays during April! 🙁

I’ll get back to you on who is who on the photo……I can’t remember off the top of my head. I’ll have to check with Dad!

The ‘normal’ m/u was ill on the night of the raid and went AWOL after because he was so distraught and I am led to believe (although nobody knows for sure) that he committed suicide some time later.

As far as I am aware, the crew never met up in their entirety after the war. Sadly my Dad and I never asked my Grandfather any of the questions we wanted to before he died in 2004. He suffered a massive stroke in 1997 and was left mute as a result, so we have many unanswered questions about a lot of things like when he got shot down.

I have the book ‘Target Leipzig’ about the raid and in the back it says who shot him down. I also believe that he met up with Oblt Brinkhaus some years later!

The last time any members of the crew met was when Bob McArthur and Jack Thorpe came to visit my Grandfather after he had had his stroke in Oxford where he lived. All three of them (the last survivors) died very close together, my Grandfather the last of the three.

We have at home a picture of some of the crew together by the 10 Squadron memorial at Melbourne where they were stationed.

I’ll get some more info from Dad and share it all with you!