Dedicated to all who flew during the Second World War

and those who supported them

Introduction

A few of the heroes

Douglas Bader	Leonard Cheshire
Guy Gibson	'Hoppy' Hodgkinson
Roy Ralston	Clive Beadon
Paul Couturier	Bob Hodgson
Crowley-Milling	Leonard Trent

William Dixon

By the way

'Daddy' Dow	Noel Coward
99 Squadron	27 OTU
Squadron Song	Two AOCs
Eighth Passenger	Life on Cocos

Mercy Mission from Cocos to Kuala Lumpur

Things that didn't go so well

RAF Mutiny

"Y" Service

When it was all over (well, almost!)

Malayan ATC

Pelham Groom

Acknowlegements to the Daily Telegraph for valuable informsation

and extracts from obits. The award winning Electronic Telegraph

can be found on http://www.telegraph.co.uk/

 

 

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