A Short War

[smudgersmith218]

Gents,

The book will be going off to the printers in the next few weeks, so this is my last chance to ask for help with any information, photographs, anecdotes on the crews or aircraft. To be honest I have struggled with this project, not only because so little is known about its exploits, it was only operational a matter of 4 months, this brief existence meant very few photographs were taken. Sadly, and tragically, most of those who did survive their time on the squadron were destine to die over Berlin during the winter of 1943/44. Only eight of the 35 crews who were posted to 623 Squadron survived, a terrible loss rate and one which reflects the cost of the Berlin campaign.

I have manage to collect 50 assorted photographs, which the vast majority will be published for the first time.

The new cover is shown below.

Any help very welcome.

Steve

[PAFG]

Love the cover, Steve! Good luck finishing off.

[smudgersmith218]

Thanks mate.


Steve

[K4KittyCrew]

Steve, I thought the title was aptly named, nice work!
Cheers,
John

[smudgersmith218]

Cheers John,

I am indebted to Simon Hepworth, author of the two excellent books on 514 Squadron for his considerable help getting this project off the ground.

The title is very apt, given the type of aircraft and the squadrons brief existence.

Regards

Steve