• Back to updating after some years of technical problems! Progress may be slow as I relearn how to edit and update a website. The links page has been purged and all dead links removed. New link added to www.kenfentonswar.com a website by Nick Fenton.

• New link to Halifax Heroes website by JJ's girl added to Links page.

• Photograph of Pilot, S/Ldr Fred Webster, added to W1043 ZA-F page thanks to recent contact made with his nieces.

• Archie - A Pilot in RAF Bomber Command website moved to own domain name www.archieraf.co.uk - further updates and changes will be added in the following weeks/months. My other website WWII Aviation Crash Sites in Scotland is also hosted on the same domain. Please be sure to change your bookmarks/favourites to the new addresses.

• New page added detailing my recent trip to Hemnefjord, Norway with the relatives of two 10 Squadron airmen lost during the March 1942 attacks on Tirpitz.

• I will be visiting Stavne Cemetery in Trondheim during late May 2005. If anyone wishes me to place a small wooden remembrance cross with poppy on any of the graves I would be happy to do this. Please contact me at archieraf@yahoo.co.uk

• Updated 'Other Memorials' page with the inclusion of Runnymede Memorial
• New Page added with photographs and information about the Runnymede Memorial.

• New page added, 'Fishing' for a Halifax, with information about the discovery and recovery of Halifax W1048 TL-S now in display in the RAF Museum, Hendon, London.

• New page added. A profile of F/Sgt George Steinhauer RCAF, Pilot of 35 Squadron Halifax W1015 TL-P who died on 30/31st March operation against Tirpitz.

• I have made some alterations to the colours used on the website which hopefully will make it easier to view on flat screen monitors.

• Photograph of F/Sgt Joseph Bushby, 35 Sqdn Pilot of Halifax R9438 added.

• Christmas 1941 menu from RAF Topcliffe added (may take a mo to download).
• Wishing you all a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year, thanks for your visits to this site. Haste ye back - Linzee.

• Photograph of Halifax W1053 TL-G from 35 Squadron taken in the days after it crash landed in 1942.
• Underwater photograph of an engine from Halifax W1015 TL-P from 35 Squadron added and a photograph of a silk escape map which was recovered from the crash site in the days immediately after the crash.
• Several new links added to list on 'Links' page - access from menu at top of page.
• Added a new page with items recovered from the crashsite of Halifax R9496 TL-L including an Irvine jacket which was presented to me by a Norwegian family in 2002.

• The Diary of P/O Neil R. Blunden RNZAF. The daily diary entries of a young NZ Airman starting from the day he sailed from his homeland to the UK via Canada. Read how he heard about the sinking of HMS Hood and the German Battleship, Bismarck while at sea between Canada and the UK. His first impressions of the UK, meeting the King and Queen, a full account of life at OTU, joining his 1st Squadron, 10 Sqdn, flying his first ops. The entries stop the day before he was killed on March 30th 1942 on an operation to bomb Tirpitz in Norway. The highs and lows and the day to day life of one young airman as he saw it at the time.
• Several new links added to list on 'Links' page - access from menu at top of page.

• Photo of F/Sgt Colgan and Sgt Walmsley from Halifax W1041 ZA-B of 10 Squadron shortly after they escaped into Sweden from Norway.
• Photo of Sgt Palmer, Flight Engineer on 35 Squadron Halifax R9496 TL-L lost on 30/31 March op against Tirpitz.
• Photo of P/O James Murray RNZAF from Halifax W1040 ZA-P of 10 Squadron.

• Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund to close Alastrean House, their only Scottish Care Home. Please read this and lend your support if you can.
• Several new links added to list on 'Links' page - access from menu at top of page.

• Page added with background story to how my recent trip to Norway with John Morrison came about.
• Journal with photographs documenting trip to Norway with John Morrison, ex 35 Sqdn W/Op from Halifax W1053 TL-G
• Visit this BBC web page to view video footage of John Morrisons trip to Norway http://www.bbc.co.uk/tees/features/norway/index.shtml
• New websites added on 'Links' page, one about WWII Airfields of Oxfordshire and one about the incredible 'Shetland Bus' a sea route operated by amazingly brave men between Shetland and Norway in WWII . Visit the 'Links' page from the menu at top of this page.

• Photographs added to W1053 TL-G page of the hut at Tomtvatnet where John Morrison and Reg Williams stayed during their attempt to escape to Sweden and also of the Vikvangs at Vikvang Farm, Inndalen where they received help.

• I have now updated the account of events relating to the crash of Halifax W1053 TL-G on the night of April 28th/29th 1942. I hope to add further photographs in the following days.

• I have recently spent a week in Norway with John 'Jock' Morrison W/Op from Halifax W1053 TL-G which was shot down on April 28/29 1942 during an operation against Tirpitz. In the following days/weeks I will be updating the website with information and pictures from our visit. Meanwhile you can read some of the articles which were published in the local Norwegian newspapers during our visit by following the links listed below:
• http://www.t-a.no/ (in the box that says 'På våre nettsider' type 'morrison' to search for the relevant news items)
• http://www.adressa.no/trondheim/article.jhtml?articleID=426600

• Another airman, Sgt Joe Bradley, from the crew of W1039 ZA-C of 10 Squadron has been identified in this photograph by his relatives who contacted me recently. Thanks Paul!

• On the 61st Anniversary of the March 30/31 attack against Tirpitz by the RAF, I have added a new memorial to the 'Memorials' page, and also a new page with further information about the Aircrew Association Memorial Bandstand in Inverness which commemorates the loss of all those who flew from bases in the North of Scotland and who did not return.
• Another airman, Sergeant James 'Hamish' Dunlop, from the crew of Halifax W1015 TL-P lost during Tirpitz op on 30/31 March 1942 has been identified in a crew photograph on this site.

• Added photographs of 10 Squadron Halifax W1041 ZA-B wreckage taken at the crash site in 1942.

• Another airman, P/O Brown, from the crew of Halifax W1015 TL-P lost during Tirpitz ops has been identified in a crew photograph on this site.
• Photographs of three of the crew, F/Sgt Steinhauer, P/O Brown and F/Sgt Goodrum, from W1015 TL-P have been added to the page about this aicraft and crew.
• Two new links added to 'Links' page. Visit this page from the main menu above.

• Map showing location of Halifaxes shot down in Norway during March 30/31st operation against Tirptiz added to the following pages: 30/31st March 1942 Raid, R9496 TL-L from 35 Squadron, W1015 TL-P from 35 Squadron, W1043 ZA-F from 10 Squadron, W1044 ZA-D from 10 Squadron. note: it is the same map which appears on all pages listed.
• 35 Squadron aircrew photograph taken in early 1942 added to the 35 Squadron page. note: be patient, this image may take a moment to download.

• Added new photographs of two crew members from 10 Sqdn Halifax W1043 ZA-F, Sgt Hall & P/O Leney.
• New links added to 'Links' page for Tracey Holroyd Smiths web site - Sunny's Story, and Stephen Matthews tribute web site about his uncle Pilot Officer E F C Matthews.
• Dead links removed from site, please let me know if you encounter difficulties with any of the links and I will investigate.

• Added new photograph and updated text on W1039 ZA-C from 10 Squadron page.
• Updated text on W1052 ZA-K from 10 Squadron page.
• New link added to 'Links' page for David Earls new web site 'High Wrecks in the UK and Northern Ireland'.

• Added new photographs to W1041 ZA-B page of crash site in 1942 and present day.
• Added new link on Links Page to Alastrean House web site.
• Updated information on W1039 ZA-C page for 28/29 April 1942 Tirpitz op after talking to some of the surviving crew members.

New site added to Links page. 97 Squadron by Heather Birch.

New site added to Links page. World War II Aviation Crash Sites in Scotland

Added an image of Skellfield House to the 102 Squadron page.

New site added to the Links page. Czechoslovak Airmen in the RAF 1940-45.

Flight Sergeant Lewis Goodrum has been identified as one of the men in the photograph of Flight Sergeant George Steinhauers crew from Halifax W1015 TL-P

More websites added to Links.

This site is dedicated not only to all those who gave their lives during WW2, but to those who survived and also to the those who waited at home hoping for the safe return of their loved ones.