Leonard Cheshire, The Old Bill And The Red-Headed Beauty - It's Not What You Think!
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- Опубліковано 15 жов 2023
- How far would you go to reconnect with a beautiful woman in wartime? This is the story of what Leonard Cheshire, soon to be VC, did during his first grueling tour of duty on a Armstrong Whitworth Whitley in 102 squadron.
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Love all the stories about Leonard Cheshire. I live where his old house was, and his daughter is my neighbour. What a star, we will never see his likes again.
I met Cheshire after the war, when he came to our home at Bomber Command, High Wycombe. He was charming, and helped me (aged 6) play with my cars. He and my dad were flight commanders in 32 Sqn, flying Halifaxes, and friends. After the war dad chaired the WA branch of the Ryder Cheshire Foundation which Cheshire and his wife Lady Suer Ryder of Warsaw, established for the relief of suffering. He had a great heart and was much more than a gallant pilot.
Leonard Cheshire is a true National Hero, whose works survive to this day. He set up many retirement homes (including accommodation for destitute people) which still operate and - having known a vulnerable old widow who lived in one - I mention this, because of the wonderful legacy left to our nation. An incredible man, who achieved so much, and should be an inspiration on what is possible in our short lifetime.
I met Leonard Cheshire in 1986 in a monastery in the South of England. He had thought of joining this monastery earlier in his life. At that time he would come to the monastery for one week every year, I was told it was the highlight of his year. He prayed 3 hours every day. I was asked to change an electrical plug on a kettle for him to suit the antiquated electrical system in the monastery. I also attended mass with just him the priest and me. He told me he had a high regard for "sparks".... I took it as a reference to his radio operator in the war.... not humble electricians like me. I was also told the At the end of the war he had a nervous breakdown due to overwork and the stress of flying over 100 missions. A very great man.
Leonard Cheshire flew over 100 missions, Guy Gibson about 170 +. I can’t wait for Masters Of The Air, but these guys are a cut above the rest. If our generation was even half of them what a great place this world would be. 🇿🇦👍
Met Leonard Cheshire as a child on several occasions as mother was coordinator at Cheshire homes.
It should be remembered that Cheshire's VC was awarded for sustained action in the face of the enemy, and not for a single act of bravery. I believe that this is the only such instance of the awarding of a VC, and well deserved.
An great story. One of my cousins was P/O Desmond Coutts - co-pilot to Leonard Cheshire. He helped save Whitley DYN over Cologne by throwing incendiaries out of the damaged fuselage after being hit by flack. Sadly he didn't make it through the war. Cheshire stood out as a courageous man among many.
Leonard Cheshire was the greatest airman in the RAF.
The Australian soldier was probably with the 18th Brigade that landed in Britain in June 1940 originally as part of the 6th division and then sent back to North Africa in January 1941, first with the 9th and then the 7th divisions. It was arguably Australia's finest fighting unit of WWII surviving the siege of Tobruk alongside the 9th division and then returning home to fight at Milne Bay and Buna/Gona/Sanananda in New Guinea in 1942.
Many years ago when I was taking part in adventurous training at Capel Curig, Snowdonia we had a night out in Llandudno. Ending up at a party with some local ladies, I had no option next morning but to hike alone back to camp, I never met a Maxine but a friendly postman did stop and give me a lift for most of the way. 😄
IIRC on one sortie when Cheshire took over command of 617 squadron they were to bomb a factory in France. He flew low over the factory before the bombing to give the French workers time to get clear before the squadron bombed. If memory serves he was awarded a medal for that, although I forget which.
Cheshire was a most amazing man. What is not well known is that he was an observer on the atomic bombing of Nagasaki and in his report on that mission he wrote that in future such weapons would be delivered by rocket. This was dismissed at the time but was dusted off in the 1950s' when Russia launched Sputnik 1.
I met Cheshire twice a dozen years after the war. As a reaction to it, he had founded the Cheshire homes for the chronic sick and my mother was Matron of Le Court. Needing an early breakfast before school, I would visit the kitchens to pick up cereal, bacon and eggs, then make a return trip for tea. Twice he swiped my meal. I couldn't do anything about it except go back for more... I thought it a low trick.
These guys were lucky to survive one tour & they knew it. One RAAF pilot wrote a book about his experiences. His was the only crew he started with to survive the full tour .
An amazing man and true hero.
May I recommend a relatively early postwar bio about this remarkable man: "New Wings for a Warrior," by Russell Braddon, New York: Rinehart & Company, 1954? A very different picture of Cheshire emerges from it. After the war, he converted to Roman Catholicism and as far as I can tell, became something of a sober ascetic, the polar opposite of the redhead-chasing RAF pilot pictured in this episode. He is, I think, as famous for his philanthropy as he is for his war record. Per Wiki, "In 1948 [he founded] his eponymous charity Leonard Cheshire, supporting people with disabilities across the world to live, learn and work as independently as they choose whatever their ability." There were many others over the years until well into the 1990s and his death at age 74 in 1996. If anyone qualifies as a "great man" in the last century, certainly he does.
You seem to be branching out into drama. Very entertaining
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