War pilot mystery is finally solved
Love letters and photos that Sergeant Peter Fitzpatrick Vane Winkle sent to his sweetheart during the war have now been recovered. Mr Winkle, who grew up in Canonbury, died among five members of a Wellington bomber crew shot out of the sky in Willich. He had been a member of the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserves. ‘I shall always love you’: note sent by Sgt Winkle Mr Heyes has been in contact with Yvonne Young, a woman living in Surrey who says her mother Patsy kept a photo of Sgt Winkle. She said: “He wasn’t the only chap because my mum was also seeing my dad at that time. It w...
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