F/O Bryan Helme, 2nd right with white scarf

Captain Gray, 5th from left

 

I served on 192 Squadron at Foulsham. I flew on the Wellington Flight 1st October – 16th February 1945. We flew day Special Ops off the Dutch coast to monitor any V1 Rocket launches and also Night Patrols to intercept the German Bomber Flights who had radio beams which we hoped to interfere with and cause disruption to any raids to the UK. I flew 24 Wellington Ops and then 8 Halifax to complete a Bomber Command Tour.

 

 

10/11 April 1945 t/o 1855-805 Plauen, Germany BC Support

Halifax PN448 ‘G’ – Captain: F/L Grey, Navigator: F/O Helme

 

 

13/14 April 1945, t/o 2109, BC Support, Schlezwig, Denmark

Halifax PN448 ‘G’, Captain: F/L Gray; Navigator: F/O Helme

 

 

25/26 April 1945, Bomber Command Support, 2040-5.55

PN448 ‘G’ Captain: F/Lt Gray, Navigator: F/O Helme

 

 

8 April 1945, t/o 1910-8.00 – Bay Biscay Patrol

Halifax PN434 ‘B’

Captain: F/L Stephens, Navigator: F/O Helme

 

 

17/18 April 1945, Bomber Command Support

Windows CHAF 6000, 7.35

 

Bryan Helme

 

 

This article is from the Autumn 2013 issue of Confound and Destroy