Australia's Few. 24 August 1940

24 August 1940. Fighter Command’s holiday from heavy action was also over, as pilots contended with six heavy attacks in the space of ten hours. In hindsight, it became apparent that a new offensive, hallmarked by two weeks of large scale aerial bombardment, had opened. Luftwaffe activity may have increased in intensity but 152 Squadron at Warmwell was not immediately called to battle. Ken Holland carried out some formation practice and had a few drinks with a new friend. Ken and Sergeant Harold Akroyd were becoming quite pally and over the next few weeks the young Australian would spend much of his free time with 26-year-old Akroyd and his wife, who lived at the nearby Frampton Arms to be close to her husband. Akroyd had been called up at the same time as Ken and had already contributed to the squadron tally board, having shot down a Stuka on 15 August. Ken thought him ‘a good soul’.

 

 

 

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