Personnel Index - Detail

Name
MILLS
First Names
Harry Wyndham (Micky)
Rank
Pilot Officer
Service
RAF
Service Number
1004918 (NCO
Crew Position
Air Gunner
Posting In
Posted in 7/42 and out 7/43

 

Awarded the DFM.

Rear gunner to W/Cmdr Slee from 31st July 1942 - 20th June 1943 (24 ops).
 


 

H W Mills


49Sqn Association

With this special crew, Group Captain Slee acted as the Master Bomber.

G E Fawke (Pilot)
No flight Engineer
St Claire-Miller (Navigator)
C K Astbury (Bomb Aimer)
J M Stewart (W/Op)
W P Mullock (Major shown in MUG position)
H W Mills (Rear Gunner)
L C Slee (Master Bomber)

Further details from John Ward (Association President ):
W/C Slee the former CO was now station commander at Dunholme and as such a Group Captain.
This was the first 'shuttle' ie bomb a southern German target then fly on and land in Africa, bomb up and attack another target on the way home.
Slee came back to his old squadron to be Master Bomber on the raid.
The crew was put together especially for the occasion.
 

Pilot Officer Mick MILLS 1942-1943 died recently (2011) aged 91.
He will be remembered with fondness by all people who served with the University of Wales Air Squadron where he was the Adjutant in the 1980s. He was an inspiration to all us fledgling aviators.
 

Information kindly supplied by: Flight Lieutenant Kelvin Harris UWAS 1980-1983, currently 111(F) Sqn.