Personnel Index - Detail
March 1945..... the raid on Bohlen was to be the final operation of a long and testing tour for F/Lt Leslie Hay 'Uncle Will' and his crew.
F/O L.J. Hay, Pilot
Sgt F. Green, Flight Engineer
P/O P.W.Smith, Navigator
W/O H. Jenkinson, Wireless Operator
F/Sgt A.E. French, Mid-upper Gunner
P/O A.J. Mackay, Bomb Aimer
F/O J.S. Hall, Rear Gunner
See an "Old Airman's Tale" in the Document sections for a full description of 'Uncle Will's' life.
Leslie Hay became the Secretary of the 49Sqn Association and spent a great deal of time compiling records of operations and personnel. A signifcant part of this website is testimony to the work of "Uncle Will".
He travelled widely and represented the Association on many occasions.
Ted Cachart, Alan Parr and Leslie Hay.
(photographed near the memorial stone to JA691 in Denmark)
Ted Cachart, Jo Houlihan (now Cockburn) and Leslie Hay at the memorial to JA851 at Holm in Denmark.
"Posted out" 2006.