From St Cyr to Tempsford — The Road That Brought Them Home

Posted on March 26, 2026 • No Comments

One of a series of stories and place-based sketches exploring locations that sit at the edges of the narrative told in The Écrivélo Book. Remains of the Worry Bird in St Cyr de Valorges INTRODUCTION — A field near Mâcon There is a field, roughly 9 kilometres north-north-east of Mâcon,[...]

Bombing of Lyon by the Allied air forces, 26 May 1944: damaged sites recorded by the City Property Service — Nouveau cimetière de la Guillotière: graves bombed / photograph by Sylvestre Municipal Archives of Lyon; 3PH/126 Date 26/05/1944

Buried under the Bombs

Posted on January 2, 2026 • No Comments

One of a series of stories and place-based sketches exploring locations that sit at the edges of the narrative told in The Écrivélo Book. Bombing of Lyon by the Allied air forces, 26 May 1944: damaged sites recorded by the City Property Service — Nouveau cimetière de la Guillotière: graves[...]

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[...]

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,[...]