An article about Harris and Bennett at Pembroke Dock in the early 1930s …
RAF BOMBER COMMAND
Bomber Command controlled the RAF’s bomber forces during the Second World War
Medicine in Bomber Command
A quick overview of medical services on the bomber stations …
The PFF’s Controversial Beginnings
The beginnings of the Path Finder Force were fraught with controversy …
Bomber Command’s Image
During the war, the exploits of Bomber Command were celebrated in all the mass media, including newspapers, newsreel, and radio. Although there were other equally dramatic operations, perhaps none captured the public’s imagination so much as the Dams Raid of… Read More ›
Bomber Harris – Interview 1943
In 1943, E Colston Shepherd, the editor of The Aeroplane, interviewed Harris both at his office and at home, the latter being Springfields at Great Kingshill, close to High Wycombe’s Bomber Command HQ. In the subsequent article in the Picture… Read More ›
Bomber Harris and the London Blitz
Here is a priceless story told by Harris about the London Blitz in 1940. The sentry whom he describes surely has a direct lineage from Shakespeare’s clowns. During the Blitz, Harris used to go up on the roof of the… Read More ›