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Geoffrey Ware | F/Lt Geoffrey Ware, DFC AE FCA Started his RAF career in December 1940 at No 1 Receiving Wing Babbacombe, then No 4 Initial Training Wing at Paignton. A long wait in the Liverpool area during which it was sunbathing or fatigues, led to a five-week trip in convoy to South Africa. There followed an enthralling year in what was then Southern Rhodesia for Elementary Flying Training on Tiger Moths and Service Flying Training on Harvards leading to the award of Wings. Instead of being sent to the Middle East, as was normal, a fast, unescorted trip took a boatload of fledgling pilots and navigators back to the UK. It appeared that the strategy of the war had changed and the emphasis was then on the build up of Bomber Command and therefore he was converted to multi-engined aircraft on Oxfords at South Cerney and on Wellingtons at further conversion to Stirlings at Waterbeach, plus two further crew members (making a crew of seven) and on to an operational tour with XV Squadron at Bourn and the award of the WC. It may be appropriate here to mention that the navigator was Brian E.B. Harris, DFC who has provided pictures and information to the authors of 'Oxford's Own' (a history of XV Squadron) and 'The Stirling'. He has also produced a video tape called 'Remember The Stirling'. Brian is now the Chairman of 7he Stirling Project' which is a charity devoted to trying to build a Stirling aircraft for display purposes. (for further details tel: 01483 892626) Following the appropriate training F/Lt Ware became an Instructor at an Operational Training Unit and was Mentioned in Dispatches. After the War was over he transferred to Transport Command and spent the rest of his time in the RAF flying Liberators, mostly empty, to Karachi, and returning with 26 passengers, mostly troops. It was not easy to give up flying completely and he remained with the RAFVR and the RAux AF until they closed down, as a relief from and transition to, training to be a Chartered Accountant. |
Items Signed by F/Lt Geoffrey Ware, DFC AE FCA |
| Teamwork by Philip West. Price : £150.00 | As night falls, Short Stirlings of XV Squadron based at Mildenhall, Cambridgeshire, await their crews for yet another nocturnal mission. One of the almost forgotten Bomber Command aircraft that made a very significant contribution to the war effort. ...... | |
| Teamwork by Philip West. (AP) Price : £195.00 | As night falls, Short Stirlings of XV Squadron based at Mildenhall, Cambridgeshire, await their crews for yet another nocturnal mission. One of the almost forgotten Bomber Command aircraft that made a very significant contribution to the war effort....... |
Packs with at least one item featuring the signature of F/Lt Geoffrey Ware, DFC AE FCA |
| Short Stirling Print Pack. Pack Price : £220.00 Saving : £290 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Teamwork by Philip West. Tribute to the Crews of the Stirling by Graeme Lothian. Stirlings of No.90 Squadron by Ivan Berryman. Preparing To Go - Crew of a Short Stirling by Ivan Berryman. | |
Short Stirling Bomber Prints by Philip West and Ivan Berryman. Pack Price : £130.00 Saving : £150 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Teamwork by Philip West. Stirlings of No.90 Squadron by Ivan Berryman. | ||
Bomber Command Stirling Aircraft Prints by Ivan Berryman and Philip West. Pack Price : £125.00 Saving : £155 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Teamwork by Philip West. Preparing To Go - Crew of a Short Stirling by Ivan Berryman. | ||
Stirling Bomber Prints by Graeme Lothian and Philip West. Pack Price : £135.00 Saving : £155 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Teamwork by Philip West. Tribute to the Crews of the Stirling by Graeme Lothian. | ||
Short Stirling Aircraft Prints by Ivan Berryman and Philip West. Pack Price : £140.00 Saving : £130 | Aviation Print Pack. ...... Titles in this pack : Teamwork by Philip West. Tugs of War (Stirling & Gliders) by Ivan Berryman. |
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