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Les Hunt's book is now on sale.
Born in October 1932 Les Hunt lived in North London, apart
from the times he was evacuated during World War II. He joined the Scouting
Movement and achieved the honour of King Scout. The mojority of his working
years were with Wimpey Construction where he progressed and attained the position
of Marketing Manager with Wimpey Waste. His great hobby was photography. Since
retirement Les became interested in RAF Upwood where he served and became
a staunch follower of the Web site produced by Sean Edwards, this prompted
Les to write his National Service Memoirs for the Web site. Sadly, Les passed
away on the 28th of August 2006 and in memory of Les his family, with Sean's
help and guidance, decided to publish his memoirs in book form with all proceeds
donated to the RAF Benevolent Fund.
The book is priced at £4.99
For more information please contact me at:
rafupwood@hotmail.com
64 page A5 Perfect bound book
I have started researching some Aircraft crashes at Upwood. I will
be adding a new page once I have finished researching them.
Halifax II W7823
Take off Upwood 25/1/44 at 21.15 tasked for a target indicator dropping exercise,
but failed to gain height. Seconds later crashed having smashed through some
trees and ended up in a mass of flames in Upwood Village. 8 people aboard,
7 died in the crash. the 8th died a day later in hospital.
Hampden AE266 from 61 Squadron
Returing from a boming raid from Cologne on the night of 30/31 of July 1941.
Attempted to land at Upwood and crashed sort of the runway
Glider Crash 1935 at Upwood
Researching Eric Collins crash in which he died in a Grunau Baby
Sailplane Glider at Upwood on July 30th 1935
Sean Edwards