The twin Bristol Pegasus engines of the Wellington howled as Captain Arthur ‘Archie’ Turnbull threw the aircraft into a series of high banked turns. He didn’t like daylight raids, even short sorties like this one. Bomber Command had assured all of the squadrons that there were no enemy aircraft operational in their target area. “No [...]
The steel tipped heels of Wing Commander Judson’s black shoes beat a rhythmic tap, tap, tap on the hard tiled floor. The sound echoing off of the stark green painted walls of the long corridor as he strode along with the purpose of a man determined to carry out a duty. The nurse sitting at [...]
4th January 1967
Standing in the cockpit of the boat as she’s pushed back from the jetty, I can see them all looking at me. I catch the eye of Frank from the Daily Mail, he smiles guiltily at me. Christ that man’s been giving me hell this time.
“Only doing my job, Don old boy.” He pointed [...]
Lucy regretted that she had lied to Andy so much, she sometimes wondered if she would ever forgive herself. Silly stories that she thought he wanted to hear. There was no denying that they had both had tough times when they were growing up, but when he had poured his heart out to her, instead [...]
