Comments for WW2 Airfield Control Towers & Aviation History https://controltowers.co.uk/ Inspiring stories of bravery and courage Thu, 29 Oct 2026 21:22:58 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 Comment on The Humbie Heinkel: The First German Aircraft Shot Down Over Britain in WW2 by Eric https://controltowers.co.uk/humbie-heinkel-first-german-aircraft-shot-down/#comment-70 Thu, 29 Oct 2026 21:22:58 +0000 https://controltowers.co.uk/?p=3177#comment-70 it wasn’t the first plane shot down over Britain.
maybe the first to crash on British soil.

junkers 88s were shot down over Britain, as in the forth of forth.
16 October 1939

]]> Comment on Brian ‘Sandy’ Lane: The Story Behind an Iconic RAF Spitfire Pilot by Paul Moore https://controltowers.co.uk/brian-sandy-lane-dfc/#comment-43 Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:07:14 +0000 https://controltowers.co.uk/?p=3150#comment-43 Where do we find such men …

]]> Comment on The Crash of Bristol Beaufighter (R20996): Nightingale & Leslie by Peter Yates https://controltowers.co.uk/bristol-beaufighter-r20996-nightingale-leslie/#comment-40 Tue, 18 Aug 2026 20:10:39 +0000 https://controltowers.co.uk/?p=6400#comment-40 He was my maternal grandfather.

]]> Comment on RAF Molesworth: History (Pre-War, WW2, to Modern Usage) by Peter C McQuaid https://controltowers.co.uk/raf-molesworth-history/#comment-36 Mon, 22 Jun 2026 06:16:31 +0000 https://controltowers.co.uk/?p=3220#comment-36 My father, Major Charles Daniel McQuaid, was an intelligence officer with the U S Army Aircorps during WWII and was stationed at Molesworth UK for several years. I am interested in learning more about the operation there.

]]> Comment on Ian Gleed (DSO, DFC) – The Life & Times of a RAF Fighter Pilot by Malcolm Sutherland https://controltowers.co.uk/ian-gleed-raf-fighter-pilot/#comment-25 Tue, 12 May 2026 15:41:00 +0000 https://controltowers.co.uk/?p=6501#comment-25 RIP Sir. A very brave man the likes of whom we shall rarely see again. God bless you.

]]> Comment on RAF Molesworth: History (Pre-War, WW2, to Modern Usage) by Edward Dunn https://controltowers.co.uk/raf-molesworth-history/#comment-10 Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:24:07 +0000 https://controltowers.co.uk/?p=3220#comment-10 I was stationed at R.A.F Molesworth from June 1953 to December 1955 with the 7582 MATRON SQUADRON as the Supply Sargent, lived off base in Woodford on the Green near Kettering with my English wife Mavis from Nottingham, England (we married there in March 1955). I have wonderful fond memories of the Base & the Village. My wife & I returned there in the 80’s, they would not let me on Base as it was a Missile Base at that time, very disappointing, but understandable. The village we lived in was typical English, one small grocery store but 5 “PUB’S-filled with the locals at night. A Special Time in my Life with Great Typical English Farmers & Towns People. Very Special.

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