Spit/Hurr/Lys Articles (7)
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.
Corporal Reg Wood
953902 Corporal Reg Wood served with 208 Squadron in the Middle East between 1940 and 1944. The Naval Eight / 208 Squadron Association is indebted to his widow, Betty Wood, for a collection of photographs from his time with the Squadron. Click on the image on the left to access 3 galleries of these photographs.
A Very Dodgy Operation
Click on the picture on the right to read Sid Jefford’s account of an operation to retrieve an unserviceable Hurricane from Tmimi airfield in no-man’s land in the North African Campaign in February 1942, for which he was Mentioned in Despatches.
The Infamous Israeli Incident
7 January 2024 marked the 75th Anniversary of the infamous incident when 4 208 Squadron Spitfire Mk XVIIIs were shot down by Israeli forces.
Click on the picture on the left to read Graham Pitchfork’s account of this incident from his seminal history of 208 Squadron: ‘Forever Vigilant’.
