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Re: The "John Bomber Fund"

Posted by Ray Sturtivant on Thu May 22, 2003 02:40:30 PM

In reply top The "John Bomber Fund" posted by andy saunders on Wed May 21, 2003 02:38:14 AM

: Amongst my purchases at Shoreham a small black plate, appa
: rently once attached to a wartime RAF bomber, type unknown
: .
: It is engraved: "In gratitude and admiration from the John
: Bomber Fund. This aircraft is to be the representative of
: Wing Co John Woodburn Gillan, "Gillo", DSO AFC, who led h
: is wing across the Channel on 29 August 1941 and after com
: bat with the enemy did not return. Also, a few of the othe
: r gallant members of the services beloved by the contribut
: ors to the fund, who can themselves no longer carry on the
: fight but whose spirit lives on"
: Can anyone throw any light on what the John Bomber Fund wa
: s or what aircraft this may have been on?? I do know all
: about Gillan, who had led 111 Squadron on Hurricanes pre-w
: ar with some distinction. What I'd like to find out more a
: bout is the story behind this plaque.
: Andy Saunders.

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