39 – Captain Stanley Keith Muir MC
Stanley Keith Muir was the youngest son of parents John Franklin Muir, a Scot by birth who emigrated to Australia in the 1870s & his wife Josephine Muir (nee Holmes).…
30 – Melton Airmen killed in Mediterranean bomber crash.
For those who are not familiar with the role of RAF Melton Mowbray during World War Two, it was a base within Transport Command and was used for ferrying aircraft…
31 – A Last Goodbye at Melton
In my last blog 30 – Melton Airmen killed in Mediterranean bomber crash we looked at the story of a New Zealand airman who was tragically killed when his Wellington…
32 – The Death of a Royal Navy WW2 Chaplain
Christ Church in Wesham Lancashire is the Church where my parents married back in 1956 and also where there is a memorial to my Uncle, Frank Coulburn who was killed…
35 – Meltons ‘Barnstormer’ and Pioneer Aviator.
Samuel Summerfield was born in Osmaston in South Derbyshire in 1894. Records show by his sixth birthday his parents Samuel and Alice Summerfield had arrived and were living in the…
33 – George Medal Award for Cottesmore Blazing Bomber Rescue
During my RAF career, I had the pleasure of being posted to RAF Cottesmore twice, once in the 90’s on the Tri-National Tornado Training Establishment, and 10 years later as…
34 – Burton Lazars Mid Air Collison
During the spring of 1943, the airfield at Melton Mowbray was still in the process of being built, but the sight of Royal Air Force aircraft over the skies of…
36 – “The balloon’s going up!”
No doubt you’ve all heard of the phrase “The balloon’s going up!”, but did you know it was an expression for an impending battle? The phrase is derived from the…
37 – Melton & District Spitfire Fund
The donation of specially marked weapons of war to the actual combatants has been carried out for centuries, and in the First World War (FWW) the tank and the aeroplane…