THROUGH THE LOGBOOKS AND RECOLLECTIONS OF CANADIAN ALBEMARLE AND STIRLING PILOT RAE CHURCHILL, KEN WRIGHTREVEALS THE RISKY NATURE OF SPECIAL DUTIES OPERATIONS
SPECIAL DELIVERY 100 YEARS OF THE ROYAL AIR FORCE
In Shakespeare’s play, Julius Caesar, Mark Anthony said: “Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war”. This statement could very well describe 295 Squadron during World War Two. The unit’s ‘Special Delivery Service’ involved towing gliders full of troops or supplies, parachuting agents into enemyoccupied Europe or dropping men of the Special Air Service.