'There were sadly two other military aircraft losses in Wolverhampton during WWII' - Your Letters: May 28
PICTURE FROM THE ARCHIVE: 'Talking of Boats' is the title on the back of this picture taken by the late Gerry Tredwell, who died aged 97 on August 11, 2021, and had been a member of Wolverhampton Photographic Society since 1945. No date or location is given, but likely to be the Wolverhampton area.
WAR TRADGEDIES ARE REVEALED
Re your fine tribute article to the sad loss of the RAF Lancaster RF 124 aircraft in Wednesfield on the 17 May 1945, at the close of WWII.
One correction - there were sadly two other military aircraft losses in Wolverhampton during WWII.
On the afternoon of 21 July 1941, a RAF Airspeed Oxford (MK I) V3973 of No. 2 SFTS, hit rooftops in Parkfield Road, killing the two crew from Czechoslovakia,
Miroslav Drnek and Josef Melena - both aged 23 and both with the RAFVR. They should have been carrying out map reading and instrument flying revision of precautionary landings at satellite landing grounds/dispersal airfields, with a 20 mile radius of their home base - RAF Brize Norton - Oxfordshire.
