mozart Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 (edited) This extract from the Operation Record Book (ORB) of 175 Squadron relates to this young man: Pilot Officer Derek Leyland Stevenson flying this aeroplane: on 19th August 1942. The Adjutant's summary reads as follows: and an extract that I've copied: What these excited young men didn't realise was that what was taking place beneath them was one of the biggest tragedies of the war in Europe, for this was Operation Jubilee, or the Dieppe Raid, when so many things went wrong and large numbers of soldiers were killed or captured: The only "positive" it seems that came out of this dismal event was knowledge of how NOT to do it for future events, ie D-Day. Much more to come, including cutting plastic shortly! Edited January 6 by mozart scvrobeson, Derek B, Out2gtcha and 15 others 17 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furie Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 17 minutes ago, mozart said: Pilot Officer Derek Leyland Stevenson flying this aeroplane: I must have written this in another place on this forum, but I met and talked at length with D.L Stevenson during an airshow in France in the 2000s or 90s, I don't know. He was signing his book and I remember him as a very charming man, and I stayed a long time listening to him... Souvenirs... The story of a tragedy (in French, but with one click you can translate it easily) : Rescapé de la tragédie du « Cap Arcona » (sudouest.fr) geedubelyer, MikeC, Kagemusha and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 This book no doubt Denis: which I have arriving next week: An extract: Shoggz, Furie, Derek B and 4 others 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles87 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Interesting back story, I’ll be following if I may. John mozart 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 4 minutes ago, Biggles87 said: Interesting back story, I’ll be following if I may. John Please do John. The "halt", a small "station" where the train stops for passengers, would have been Moreton where I used to live, though the halt was actually a good mile or so out of the village. Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furie Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Yes, that's the book Max But mine's autographed! I'll try to find it, but it might be at my father's place. Note that the illustrator was careful not to draw the spinner or its color... Coincidence? Conspiracy? I don't think so! mozart and geedubelyer 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 Mine will be sky.....or white! geedubelyer 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 Always like a Hurri, and this one's got a great story too. Cheers, Michael Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 F/O Peters’ combat report for that day: Unfortunately I can’t find a single clear photo of a 175 Squadron plane, but this is a fairly typical scene: Paul in Napier, chaos07, MikeC and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furie Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 3 videos, there may be interesting things for you: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060021074 https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/998 https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/2009 Out2gtcha, geedubelyer, MikeMaben and 2 others 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek B Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 3 hours ago, mozart said: Please do John. The "halt", a small "station" where the train stops for passengers, would have been Moreton where I used to live, though the halt was actually a good mile or so out of the village. Good choice Max Hurricanes have great appeal. I once rode down to Christchurch on one of my then first BMW motorcycle (R80RT) back in the late 80's and took a detour on the way back home to Moreton on probably the heaviest rain I had encountered ever in order to see and pay my respects at the grave of T.E Lawrence. Derek Kagemusha and mozart 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 13 minutes ago, Derek B said: Good choice Max Hurricanes have great appeal. I once rode down to Christchurch on one of my then first BMW motorcycle (R80RT) back in the late 80's and took a detour on the way back home to Moreton on probably the heaviest rain I had encountered ever in order to see and pay my respects at the grave of T.E Lawrence. Derek Indeed Derek, T E Lawrence (aka Lawrence of Arabia aka AC Shaw) is buried in the tiny churchyard at Moreton. I lived in Okerswood House which is just down the road from Lawrence’s home of Clouds Hill. Derek B 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 (edited) 2 hours ago, Furie said: 3 videos, there may be interesting things for you: https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060021074 https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/998 https://film.iwmcollections.org.uk/record/2009 Thanks Denis! I’d seen the first one but not the other two, some really interesting stuff there, especially that some of the fighters had the white ID stripes on the nose but none in the first film did, and at least one of those was a 175 Squadron Hurricane. Edited January 6 by mozart Kagemusha, MikeC, Derek B and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Furie Posted January 6 Share Posted January 6 You're welcome, Max! I don't know if you've been paying attention, but at one point there's a close-up of the Hurricane with mechanics at work, and we see chalk outlines of the white stripes for Operation "Jubilee". Of course, just before the stripes were painted. I think that's pretty rare! chaos07, Martinnfb, mozart and 6 others 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozart Posted January 6 Author Share Posted January 6 I pay attention so well Denis to note that the Hurricane in the background has a squadron code of XP, which was 174 Squadron based at Manston in Kent. There are several shots of one called “Mauritius” which is BE505: Derek B, Furie, MikeC and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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