He survived a raid on Berlin when Bomber Command lost nearly 12 per cent of the force. After the war he returned to Berlin for the Airlift
He survived a raid on Berlin when Bomber Command lost nearly 12 per cent of the force. After the war he returned to Berlin for the Airlift
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As a Buccaneer navigator he marked targets in Iraq during the First Gulf War and was awarded the DFC as ‘a magnificent leader…
In 1944 he was detached to Surrey to help man an anti-aircraft gun and one night, with an Australian pilot, he shot down a…
William Willshaw’s medals from Second World War sold at auctioneers for £5,000
As part of a unit known as the Bloody 100th, he flew 25 harrowing missions in his B-17 bomber over German-held territory during…
It was perilous work, and a bomb disposal officer’s reassurance – “If it blows up, you won’t feel a thing!” – did little to ease…
As captain of a Catalina flying-boat he destroyed a German U-boat and returned his aircraft to safety despite receiving 72…
