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The BBMF badge features the silhouettes of a Lancaster, Hurricane and Spitfire, symbolising the Flights three principal types. ( Crown Copyright)
First published in Great Britain in 2007 by
Pen & Sword Aviation
An imprint of
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
47 Church Street
Barnsley
South Yorkshire
S70 2AS
Copyright Jarrod Cotter, 2007
9781783408993
The right of Jarrod Cotter to be identified as Author of this work has been asserted by
him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988.
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Dedicated to Group Captain Peter Thompson DFC AE MBIM RAF, founding father of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight, and to all the many RAF airmen who have lost their lives in the service of our country from World War One to the present day.
When you go home,
Tell them of us, and say,
For your tomorrow,
We gave our today.
John Maxwell Edmonds
A poppy collected from in front of Buckingham
Palace after being dropped by Lancaster I
PA474 on National Commemoration Day in
July 2005. (Author)
Group Captain Bob Judson graces
an atmospheric skyscape over
Coningsby in Hurricane PZ865
during his last sortie with the
BBMF. (Author)
As is always the case with a project of this kind, to name everyone who helped in the preparation of this book just isnt possible. But I would like to pay particular thanks to the following who were instrumental in making it possible in so many ways.
OC BBMF Squadron Leader Al Pinner MBE, former OCs BBMF Squadron Leader Paul Day OBE AFC and Squadron Leader Clive Rowley MBE. Clive has contributed greatly to the content of this book with superbly researched histories of the paint schemes of both Hurricanes and the history of Spitfire Vb AB910, as well as with first-hand accounts of flying BBMF fighters.
Flight Lieutenant Ed Straw, who was the inspiration behind this book!
Coningsbys Station Commander Group Captain Stuart Atha DSO ADC MA BSc former Coningsby Station Commanders Group Captain Bob Judson and Wing Commander Paul Willis, BBMF Bomber Leader Squadron Leader Stuart Reid, Squadron Leader Jeff Hesketh, Flight Lieutenant Garry Simm, Flight Lieutenant Jack Hawkins, Flight Lieutenant Scott Greig, Flight Lieutenant Dave Chadderton, Warrant Officer Dick Harman, Chief Technician Keith Brenchley, Chief Technician Paul Blackah, Sergeant Steve Duncan, Corporal Andy Bale, Corporal Norman Pringle and Junior Technician Chris Elcock. Id also like to give a special mention to Public Relations Officer Jeanette OConnell, Jim Stewart and Di Holland at the BBMF HQ for all their hospitality and help during my visits. Thanks for all the coffees Jim, and thanks Di for continually calling me to say Jarrod, Ive found some more pictures you might be interested in.
The inspiration behind this book was Flight Lieutenant Ed Straw, seen after a sortie in the aircraft he had always wanted to fly - Lancaster I PA474. (Author)
Outside the BBMF I had much co-operation from Mrs Mimi Thompson and her son David, who generously allowed me access to Group Captain Peter Thompsons logbook and archive material.
Also Ann Ringrose, the daughter of the Flights first Engineering Officer, Squadron Leader E H Sowden, who again generously provided archive material.
Similarly to Mrs Nancy Griffiths, for access to view Air Vice-Marshal Arthur Griffiths logbooks and for photographs of PA474s first air test at Waddington.
Others who have contributed include John Dibbs, former OC BBMF Squadron Leader Scott Anderson, Ken Ellis at FlyPast ( www.flypast.co.uk ), Pete West, Martyn Chorlton, Peter Green, Michael Turner of Studio 88 ( www.studio88.com ), Sean Whyte ( www.swafineart.com ), Nicola James at the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund and PR and Marketing Manager at the Imperial War Museum Duxford Tracey Woods. Battle of Britain historical information and the procedure used in the 11 Group Operations Room at Uxbridge was compiled using information kindly supplied by Chris Wren, former Curator for twenty years, and Hazel Crozier.
Finally my wife Clare for putting up with my many nights sat at the computer and prompting me to get to it on the nights when I wasnt! My sons Jamie and Matthew for their constant interest, which acted as a source of inspiration to me. And to my mum and dad, Margaret and George Cotter for their constant encouragement.
I simply could not have produced this book without all their various contributions of both material and support.
Squadron Leader Al Pinner heading home for Coningsby in Hurricane IIc LF363 - one of the for Flights founding aircraft. (Author)
The year 2007 is not a particularly auspicious year when it comes to RAF anniversaries. In 2005 we celebrated the sixtieth anniversary of VE/VJ Day, when the BBMF led the flypast over London, but in 2007 we are not commemorating any specific national events. However, we are celebrating our own golden anniversary. But what makes this special? As you read on through this deeply researched and well-written book you will learn how the Flight came about, why it was formed and what it was intended to commemorate. You will follow the changes of name, the fortunes of the aircraft we have flown and the various moves that the Flight has been subjected to, but you will see that the core values and the underlying purpose of the Flight have remained the same.
Having taken over as OC BBMF in January 2006, one of my hopes was that a book on the history of the Flight would be written and I was delighted when Jarrod proposed to do just that. Having already published a tremendous book called Living Lancasters , Jarrods credentials were impeccable and we were confident that he was the man to chart our history. Since its formation the BBMF has been run on a shoestring, manned at minimal levels and flown by volunteers. While the archives are voluminous, they are also completely disorganised and Jarrod has had a monumental task to sift through all that information. But it is not only from our archives that Jarrod has crafted this book, he has unearthed a myriad of information from many sources that would have been lost for ever.
As I prepared to write this Foreword, I read those in previous BBMF annual brochures and I realised what a privilege and an honour it was to be invited to pen a few words, yet how unqualified I was to undertake the task. The Foreword to the 1999 brochure by the founder of the Flight, Peter Thompson, is included later in this book and to my mind typifies the intelligence, the humour and the self-effacing modesty of The Few. As you read his words you will appreciate that when he wrote them, the Bottom of the Barrel was nowhere in sight, yet, as I write, it has finally been reached.
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