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Snaith Knights Volume 1 1941 - 1945
Stories from Bomber Command 51 and 150 Squadron's as related to the author by veterans describing their time at R.A.F. Snaith in WW2.
Some articles describe their tales of being shot down and time being spent as P.O.W's.
161 pages.
34 black and white photographs
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Price £10.00 plus postage and packing
Snaith Knights Volume 2 1941 - 1945
More true stories as told by the veterans themselves.
269 pages.
54 black and white photographs
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Price £10.00 plus postage and packing
Snaith Knights Volume 3 1941 - 1945
Stories from the veterans at first hand including the finding of a watch after 60 years belonging to a man
killed in action as he tried to land when returning from a mission.
206 pages.
69 black and white photographs
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Price £10.00 plus postage and packing
The True Story of John Pohe
A booklet describing the story of a Maori Pilot from R.A.F. Snaith who, along with 50 others were executed
for their part in the "Great Escape".
34 pages.
15 black and white photographs of John Pohe and a further 50 individual pictures of the other vicitms.
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Price £5.00 plus postage and packing
Two Friends, Two different Hells A.E. Eaton
B.W.Clayton DSO, DFC, CGM of 51 sqn and 617 sqn flew Wellingtons, Halifaxes and Lancasters.
He flew 94 operations in the Berlin Airlift, 82 operations and lost his life in Transport Command in 1951.
Second half of the book is devoted to I.J.Robinson, his best friend.
Ian was a navigator in 59 sqn and in 1942 went out to the Far East keeping ahead of the Japs. Next served on Dakotas in 62 sqn and back to UK in 48 sqn.
Dropped paratroops on D Day and at Arnhem. Total of 110 ops and no gongs. He now lives in Canada.
132 pages.
77 black and white photographs
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Price £10.00 plus postage and packing
ISBN no: 0-9536331-1-2-8.
Just to get a bed Edwin Wheeler D.F.C.
From a poor home in London – did not have a bed but slept in the neighbour’s kitchen in a fold up bed.
When he was old enough, he joined the RAF to get a bed – hence the title of his book.
Edwin did 69 ops and was awarded the DFC.
174 Pages
9 Black and white photographs
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Price £6.00 plus postage and packing - all proceeds to the Gurkha Trust.
ISBN no: 1 872017-20-7.
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