Following their departure from Kenley on 21 April 1941, 615 Squadron continued to operate the Hawker Hurricane as their mount on travels to Wales, Kent and finally India. Stationed at Alipore, near Calcutta (Kolkata), it was not until 30 September 1943 that they began swapping their Hurricane IIs for Spitfire Vs.
10 August 1944 would be the blackest day for 615 Squadron and not due to enemy action...
The story of how a startling entry in RAF Kenley's station diary led us to the tragic death of an Indian Air Force pilot.
From British aces Douglas Bader and Johnnie Johnson, to the great South African Sailor Malan and American Art Donahue, Kenley ...
Walter James "Bill" Tyrrell was born in Brockley on 7th March, 1922. He was nicknamed Bill after Billy Buster, a carton character of that time, I’m told. His mother Annie Tyrrell, Nee’ Hayward was from Brockley and his Father Frederick Tyrrell was born in Carlshalton, in 1891.
