André Dammann

Posted on October 19, 2025 • No Comments

One of a series of stories and biographical sketches exploring the lives of those who stand at the edges of the narrative told in The Écrivélo Book. Andre Dammann 2 Introduction - A Tempsford Passenger On the night of 7 August 1944, a Hudson aircraft of RAF 161 Squadron approached[...]

Sgt R. W. Watson (RAAF)

Posted on October 17, 2025 • No Comments

Crew of Lancaster Mk I AS-Z Back row, left to right: F/O Geoffrey Vivian O’Brien – POW; Sgt Jack Marsden – Evaded; Sgt Ralph William Watson – Evaded; Sgt Terry Kelly – later replaced by Sgt Henry Pickford. Front row, left to right: Sgt Eric William John Ashford – POW; P/O Garnet[...]

Day 15 – Maidwell to Knipton

Posted on July 24, 2018 • No Comments

The final run home The Crew of the Worry Bird I've headed north today closer and closer to Bomber County - Lincolnshire. But first, and really close to my bed for the night in Maidwell is the Carpetbaggers Museum in Harrington. A brisk 3-mile climb on the bike, while my[...]

Final Training Day – St-Cyr-de-Valorges

Posted on July 8, 2018 • No Comments

Day - 2 Memorial to the crew of Worry Bird Saint-Cyr-de-Valorges I couldn't get this location on my main route - so for a final days training, it made an excellent option, St-Cyr-de-Valorges. On 27th April 1944, The Worry Bird, A B24 Liberator from the Carpetbaggers based in Harrington UK,[...]

??‍♂️ ?? 1 MONTH TO GO ????‍♂️

Posted on June 10, 2018 • No Comments

With only 1 month to go until I start, I thought this would be a good time to remind you how you can help raise the profile of Bomber Command for future generations. I will start on 10th July and arrive in Lincoln on 26th July - 74 years to[...]

Lyon to Lincoln the Route

Posted on April 22, 2018 • No Comments

The Route DistanceElevationDurationMoney Raising TargetDistance 1,610 km (1000 miles) Elevation 12,944m elevation gain (425,000 ft) - equivalent to one and a half times up Everest Duration 96 hours - estimated moving time Money Raising Target 2000 euros Use this link to donate directly to the IBCC Tweet to @@ecrivelo!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+'://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script',[...]