Yet again, my past returns and weaves in and out of my present, even into a future. It's Richard again, who keeps popping up unexpectedly. Little did I know then how this would echo on, within our private conversations over Guinness in pubs around Bexhill where he'd come to retire and ultimately to die in.… Continue reading One of our Aircraft – Robin Holmes book
Category: Richard Kellett
Heligoland 59
After the first email from Doug Aylwood, attaching a complete service biography of Richard Kellett, and the first extraordinary ceremony in Eye Cathedral, exactly this time last year, finally we are gathered. This was the creative initiative of Jack Waterfall, who's Cambridge News_11-05-2019_Jack Waterfall 3(1) Uncle died 1940 in a Wellington Bomber over Wilhelmshaven. “John… Continue reading Heligoland 59
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Mildenhall with Jack, Richard, Bernie, and Tim – prequel to Heligoland
'It was in the email', said and exasperated Richard! as Jack Tim Bernie and I checked in to Mildenhall entrance, photographs taken, ID processed. Jordie (UK MOD) was our man on site and very clear. Richard padded out and did interpretation. The 1930 military barracks buildings were classic functional brick, no frills. At first they… Continue reading Mildenhall with Jack, Richard, Bernie, and Tim – prequel to Heligoland
Photo of RK at Stalag Luft from Ben von Drogenbroek (Aug 2019)
August 2019 – Richard keeps re-appearing in my life. This time, a project inspired and led by Jack Waterfall to celebrate the Heligoland project, 80 years on, I met Richard James, who put me in contact with the Stalagluft Facebook page, and so I met Ben van Drogenbroek, who posted up this image of RIchard.… Continue reading Photo of RK at Stalag Luft from Ben von Drogenbroek (Aug 2019)
75th Aniversary of Great Escape at Aldeburgh
Sitting in Aldeburgh plush velvet chairs watching The Great Escape, I realised through a question from Michael sitting next to me, that this is the first time I've watched this film realising that this was Richard's camp, where he lived for 3 years as a POW. It was a fund raiser for the RAF… Continue reading 75th Aniversary of Great Escape at Aldeburgh
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