RAF BOMBER COMMAND SIGNING EVENT – 30th APRIL
As a tribute to the brave men who served with RAF Bomber Command during WWII, we are delighted to be hosting some amazing aircrew at the UK Gallery to meet enthusiasts and sign items for collectors.
Our guests include:
Warrant Officer FRANK TOLLEY - as a Bomb Aimer on Lancasters with 625 Sqn he completed a full tour of Ops’ throughout 1944/1945. These included raids on Dresden and Operation Manna which saw food relief dropped into un-liberated western parts of the Netherlands.
Warrant Officer HARRY IRONS DFC - joining the RAF in 1940 at the age of just 16, he flew as a Rear Gunner on Lancasters with 9 Sqn, taking part in many special missions including the raids against the Tirpitz. He was then posted to 158 Sqn on Halifaxes and finished the war having completed 75 Ops’.
Flight Lieutenant JOHN ‘DUFF’ COOPER AFM - having qualified as a Pilot he flew Wellingtons and Lancasters with 101 Sqn. During his service, he was moved to train on the Avro Lincoln which was introduced towards the end of the War.
Warrant Officer CHARLIE DARBY - served with both 462 and 466 Sqns from RAF Driffield in Yorkshire as a Rear Gunner on Halifaxes. He completed 30 Ops’ over Holland and Germany and also on bombing missions on the Falaise Gap and the Ardennes in support of the Allied advance through France and Belgium.
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