Without the Bombers, What?
by Bill Gunston On December 18, 1939, a formation of 24 Wellingtons was intercepted by fighters off the German coast; ten were quickly shot down, and only three returned unscathed.…
Historical accounts of pilots and members of Bomber Command in World War II.
Howard Witwer’s Story – Surviving a Mid-Air Collision
Following his wartime career, Howard Witwer was posted to No. 407 Squadron during the mid-1950's and flew a number of times aboard the museum's Lancaster FM-159. In 2001 he was…
Women in the Air Force
Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) In 1918, the British Royal Airforce formed a Women's Auxiliary Division. Although 32,000 women served in the WRAF, this group disbanded after the First World…
Were The Dambusters Successful – A Dambuster’s Grand-daughter’s study
by Shandel M. Brown Shandel Brown is the grand-daughter of F/Sgt. Ken Brown CGM. Ms. Brown presented this paper at a high school International Baccaloriate colloquium that was open to…
Dieppe – The Canadian Battle
by Duke Warren The anniversary of that famous Canadian battle of World War II takes place on the 19th of this month (August 2007). First it is well known others…
F/O Douglas Feir in a Link Trainer at #19 SFTS.
Douglas Feir – Officer in Charge of #19 SFTS Photo Section
Doug Feir spent most of his time with the BCATP as a navigation instructor. With some extra time on his hands and an interest in photography he became the officer…
FM159 Visits Bermuda
by Bernie "Shorty" Hazelton CWO (Ret'd) In January, 1955 during my tour with No. 404 (MR) Squadron at Greenwood, Nova Scotia as a flight engineer, our crew was tasked to…
From the Log of FM159
Mr. Clark was a pilot with 407 Squadron based at Comox, British Columbia. During the 1950's the Squadron flew Lancasters and the following is Bert's description of one of his…
How We Almost Lost Lanc FM159
by Norm Sharratt I was first Radio Operator on Lanc 159 of 407(MR) Squadron RCAF Station Comox on July 18th, 1955 flying out of Resolute Bay on Ice Reconnaissance for…
Looking for a Lost York from FM159
The writer of this account was an F/O Navigator on his first squadron ops tour between January, 1954 and December, 1955 during which time he accumulated over 1100 hours on…
Baz's grave.
Following Baz
by Dave Birrell Downham Market is a small market town adjacent to "The Fens" in Norfolk, England. The Great Ouse river, together with a large "relief channel" that parallels it,…
Gordon Jones – Living Aviation History
by Anne Gafiuk Anne Gafiuk operates "What's in a Story?" a freelance writing service. Our museum is fortunate that Anne has documented the story of our good friend, Gordon Jones.…