A true hero , may he rest in peace.

As quickly & sadly as we are losing those great men from World War Two , we must be approaching the time when there will be no one left of those who recognised the evil of Fascism before most Governments did and went to fight the good fight with only a wish to do the right thing .

Bit more news here;

http://icdumfries.icnetwork.co.uk/tm_headline=castle-douglas-flier-8217-s-mystery-death-clue%26method=full%26objectid=26479541%26siteid=77296-name_page.html

the fact that he turned his back on Bomber command after the war did it for me, after being a champion of the force from the beginning, the war cabinet and WC did them(BC) up like a kipper! 😡

It was only recently that i came across reference to the fact that he ordered, despite the objections of some in Bomber command, the attacks in the last months of the war that resulted in Bomber command getting a lot of bad press, Then not that long afterwards implying that the decision was made by others and was a bad mistake. 😡

Thanks for that , never thought of looking at the Runnymeade listing. It is truly a sobering thing to think of so many with no known grave.

I have visited a lot of CWGC graves over the years and it can be a very humbling experience.I always find the sight of so many “known only to god” headstones terribly sad.

What brought this back to my head is the fact that the grave of an American B-17 crewman has recently been discovered and his remains will hopefully be going home soon. He had been incarcerated in Stalag luft III and died as a result of a fall.He was buried close to a hospital and missed at the end of the war as the records were incomplete.

Made me wonder if there were many more servicemen who were known to have been captured and subsequently declared as MIA?

Well done to all those involved.

bet that took a lot of throttle/flaps/airbrake jockeying…nice photo !