by ColinAuthor | Apr 21, 2013 | Flt Lt John W Harder
Just received the sad news that Phil Harder, brother of Flt Lt John Harder, passed away on 16th April. Phil’s Obituary is here: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/startribune/obituary.aspx?n=philip-m-harder&pid=164383627&fhid=4454 This photo of Phil in...
by ColinAuthor | Feb 26, 2013 | Flt Lt John W Harder
And about b****y time, too!! Last year, the Bomber Command Memorial was unveiled by Her Majesty the Queen in London & now, on today’s news, it would appear that Veterans who served on Arctic convoys and in Bomber Command during World War II are to be...
by ColinAuthor | Feb 25, 2013 | Flt Lt John W Harder
One of the people who’s added so much to the story of Flt Lt John Harder has been his “co-conspirator” & joint member of the wartime “John & Tony mutual appreciation society”: Flt Lt Tony Cooper. I’ve met Tony on 3...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 29, 2012 | Flt Lt John W Harder, Normandy Trips
Friday saw us heading round & into Kent, initially heading for Herne Bay followed by Reculver, RAF Manston & Plucks Gutter (honest!) before ending up in Canterbury for the evening. We’d decided not to eat at the hotel & instead, once round the south...
by ColinAuthor | Aug 28, 2012 | Flt Lt John W Harder, Normandy Trips
Having planned our trip in reasonable detail, we decided on a change almost immediately when the opportunity presented itself to travel down early & meet up with Stuart Hadaway. Stuart used to work at the RAF Museum in Hendon & was exceptionally helpful in...
by ColinAuthor | Dec 22, 2011 | Flt Lt John W Harder, M/Sgt Morris Sheppard
Normandy Trip July 2011 The first day As we had in July last year, Glyn and I set off looking forward to this trip as for part of it we would be in the company of a relative of one of the “men in the shed”. On this occasion, it would be Bobbie Harder, one of the...
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