Strawberries for the King....

Fuengi

...and Mr Churchill. Entry in my Grandfather's flight log in May 1945. 

Was looking through it yesterday, he trained on small fixed wing army aircraft in 1941 and saw service during WW2 and flew helicopters at Suez in 1956. Amazing record of his flying life. 

Grandfather's flight log https://imgur.com/gallery/gfoRW

jellyroll

Big Wow!

PC_Dave

That’s awesome Watched the 100 Years of the RAF programme on the Beeb last night - those chaps like your Grandfather were amazing to get in those planes and fly the way they did. Heroes, the lot of them! 

boogieman

Brilliant. Lovely handwriting too. 

LuttiS

He flew with Captain Warburton, who as we all know went on to make bread!

Also, that's awesome

Fuengi

PC_Dave said:

That’s awesome Watched the 100 Years of the RAF programme on the Beeb last night - those chaps like your Grandfather were amazing to get in those planes and fly the way they did. Heroes, the lot of them! 

Oh! Didn't see that, thanks for the tip.

My Grandad was Army, so more spying, moving and shifting troops and gear than air combat but I think he would have been a target nonetheless!

It's amazing reading his log book of his training in 1941. Knowing you were training during war time is something I struggle to get my head around. 

PC_Dave

Fuengi said:

PC_Dave said:

That’s awesome Watched the 100 Years of the RAF programme on the Beeb last night - those chaps like your Grandfather were amazing to get in those planes and fly the way they did. Heroes, the lot of them! 

Oh! Didn't see that, thanks for the tip.

My Grandad was Army, so more spying, moving and shifting troops and gear than air combat but I think he would have been a target nonetheless!

It's amazing reading his log book of his training in 1941. Knowing you were training during war time is something I struggle to get my head around. 

I just think they were all incredible - you wouldn’t get that kind of heroism from “normal” people these days if it ever came to it. 

Thanks for sharing the story

lasermonkey

Fuengi said:

My Grandad was Army, so more spying, moving and shifting troops and gear than air combat but I think he would have been a target nonetheless!
 

I remember reading somewhere, probably the JG26 War Diaries, that Army Austers were considered a high priority target, as they directed allied artillery and reported German troop movements. Apparently they were incredibly difficult to shoot down, due to their slow speed and high manoeuvrability.
Must have been a nerve-wracking task to say the least!

Moominpapa

That's a great piece of family history to possess.