In this section, there are a number of short articles relating to the Spitfire / Hurricane / Lysander era. Please click on the photographs below to access the articles.
Click on the picture on the left to read a short extract from Flight Lieutenant Harry (Tap) Tapner’s memoirs “So ….. you’re going to be a pilot?” describing some of his exploits with 208 Squadron at Florence during Christmas 1944.
Terrorist Attack on Petah Tiqvah 25 February 1946
25 February 2021 marks the 75th Anniversary of the infamous terrorist attack on 208 Squadron at Peta Tiqva that destroyed 7 Spitfires. Click on the picture on the right to read a short account of the attack and the background to it
Robert Leith-MacGregor
The Association is indebted to Rob Pinnell for his research into the life and service of Flight Lieutenant (later Lieutenant Colonel) Robert Leith Macgregor DFC MC, who served with 208 Squadron in the North African Campaign in 1942. Click on his picture on the left to read a summary of his exploits in the Western Desert, and what happened after he was reported missing on 24 August 1942.
