Wilford L. Bollinger – The Absent Man

Posted on November 13, 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. The Ambrose crew, photographed at Harrington by Sgt. James J. Heddleston. Those present include Left to right back row: Lt. George W. Ambrose,[...]

Lackey 3A

Posted on November 1, 2025 • No Comments

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. BEAUREGARD, ALCIDE “CYRANO” THE LACKEY 3A DROP SITE On the night of 27/28 April 1944, the aircraft Worry Bird of the 801st Provisional Bomb Group[...]

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',[...]