My uncle, Roy Robinson, who I never met, was shot down over Holland on 1st June 1944. He was in 138 Squadron. His younger brother, Dennis, has also now passed away. Rest in peace. I

Watched BBC Antiques Road Trip in Feb when it visited the Isle Of Wight garlic farm.
The owner, Colin Boswell, told a lovely story about how the business owes its existence to the SD Squadrons in particular F/O Bridger and an operation he completed on 26 Oct 1942 (poss Achilles).

I read the book \"We landed by MOONLIGHT\". I am impressed.

Just watched bbc antiques roadshow. It had a collection of medals for 138 sqn member. One medal was a Polish VC. Such bravery.

My dad served in 138 squadron at Tempsford. He has recently passed away 12 days before his 100th birthday. I have his RAF service and record book and inside we have found out they called him Donald Fletcher as there were too many David’s !! We also have a few photos of groups of RAF crew.

My uncle was James Woods, Flight Sgt/Engineer with 138 Squadron. He died over France on 14th May 1943, aged only 23.

Over the year, a family \"myth\" devloped, saying he was one of The Dambusters. I think what he did was far more remarkable. I note in Robert Body\'s book that members of 617 Squadron were seconded to Sqns 138/161 at the time and this is probably where the story started. However, knowing how secret the work was, it might be quite likely that Uncle Jimmy told people that, as he was not permitted to tell the truth!

Thanks to Robert we now know a lot more about what he did and we have found out, from the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, where he is laid to rest.

We are still filling in the pieces and it will be a fascinating journey to getting a bigger picture.

My uncle by marriage was Sergeant Horace Bedford, Ser no 1543670, who served with 138 Squadron, flying as a wireless operator / air gunner. On the 9/8/1944, his aircraft, a Halifax LL303, NF-Q, was dropping supplies to resistance units when it was shot down by a night fighter. Six of the crew died being Horace Bedford, A.W. Atterton, S.R. Curtis, C.C. Dowse, G.W. Paterson, (Pilot) and E.P. Searell. The final crew member survived and was assisted by the local resistance groups. He actually attended the funeral of his crew even though German\'s had visited it a short time earlier.

I am doing research on 43 airmen of WWII that lie burried near my hometown, Harderwijk the Netherlands. Every year we hold a small ceremony in November to honour these brave men. My goal is to be able to put a picture at every headstone. I did find the picture of Sgt Charles Hartin on your website and I want to thank you that I may use it.
Lest We Forget.

My Grandfather; Dave Fletcher served at Tempsford as an armoured during WW2. He is still with us at 99!