Colin Hales
Colin with his wife Marion
Colin Hales (seen here with his wife Marion celebrating his 90th birthday) died on 25th September. Colin was the same age as the squadron, 94. He joined the Tigers in January 1940 from the Electrician’s School at Henlow and was allocated to B Flight under Flt Lt Paddy Treacy. A Flight was commanded by Sailor Malan at the time. Other pilots on the squadron that Colin remembered included Sammy Hoare, John Mungo Park, Derek Dowding, John Freeborn, H M Stephen, Peter Stevenson, Ernie Mayne, Bill Skinner and the three Poles Szczęsny, Brzezina and Rogowski. He left 74 in the Spring of 1941, heading for the Middle East and 70 Squadron and 107 MU. Colin served in the RAF throughout the war having joined in October 1938 and being demobbed in November 1945.
Colin was a fine old gentleman and our thoughts are with his wife Marion.
In Memoriam
Colin Hales (seen here with his wife Marion celebrating his 90th birthday) died on 25th September. Colin was the same age as the squadron, 94. He joined the Tigers in January 1940 from the Electrician’s School at Henlow and was allocated to B Flight under Flt Lt Paddy Treacy. A Flight was commanded by Sailor Malan at the time. Other pilots on the squadron that Colin remembered included Sammy Hoare, John Mungo Park, Derek Dowding, John Freeborn, H M Stephen, Peter Stevenson, Ernie Mayne, Bill Skinner and the three Poles Szczęsny, Brzezina and Rogowski. He left 74 in the Spring of 1941, heading for the Middle East and 70 Squadron and 107 MU. Colin served in the RAF throughout the war having joined in October 1938 and being demobbed in November 1945.
Colin was a fine old gentleman and our thoughts are with his wife Marion.