I've been reading "Wings Over Meir" by William Cooke and found a reference to an event I'm sure was the one I attended in Stoke as a youngster. I remember some of those details as if they were only yesterday and have posted in AXE about them. Page 154 of that book lists a Wings Over Victory Week event in Feb 1943 "(when over GBP 10,000 was subscribed)". I remember my father buying a high priced postage stamp and getting me to lick it and stick in on a huge bomb marked for Hitler! Somewhere else in the book that bomb was described as a 4000 pounder.
Interestingly there seems to be a variety of dates for this Week, maybe that had to do with availability of resources, eg RAF personnel.
Exscouse.
Hi,
My name is Greg and I an reseacher of the history of Polish bomber squadrons formed in Great Britain during WWII.
At the moment I am about to finish writiting a story of a certain Polish Sgt Air Gunner, who quite unusually flew exclusively in British Squadrons nos. 100 & 156 thus becoming the only Pole - the member of a Pathfiner squadron (no.156). He was in 100 Sqn from very beginning and he flew 17 operations in Lancaster JA-U ED583 which bore an emblem of "Wings for Victory" on its fuselage. I have a photograph of this Lancaster and the whole crew of F/Lt Athol Larry McGrath who flew this aircraft. But I`d be pleased to have a photograph of such plague as an illustration of my article. I saw several nice pictures of "Wings for Victory" plaques posted in this thread, so I would appreciate to have a copy one of those pictures and use it in my article. Of course anyone who kindly agrees to share me with a copy will be credited as the author of his photograph.
I believe that it would be very interesting suppplement to my story.
Thanks in advance for your assistance.
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