15 February 2024
Irvin Hanson joined the Association a couple of years ago, in an attempt to learn more about his father Ronald Hanson's activities during WW2.
After training, Ron flew as a wireless operator and air gunner on 10 Squadron’s Whitley bombers, early in WW2, just as those two trades had been officially designated as warranting ‘sergeant aircrew’ rank. Before joining 10 Sqn he had been forced to bale out from an aircraft over the UK and for a second time again, whilst on 10 Sqn. Following his Whitley being shot down over the North Sea, Ronald then spent the rest of the war as a PoW, mainly in Poland, before undertaking the Long March, in the winter months just before the European war's end.
Irvin has compiled his father’s WW2 history so that the Hanson family will have a lasting record of his father's war and this has been written and self-published by Irvin to now become available from YorkBookshop.com
A few questions about 'clandestine ops' are as yet still unanswered and maybe provide the possibility of a future sequel.
Priced at £12.99 and entitled ‘Third Time Lucky’, the book is not available from high street sources but may be easily bought by on-line purchase from YorkBookshop.com to whom an additional P&P charge would be payable. To obtain more details and your copy, visit this link for all the details:
Third Time Lucky (yorkbookshop.com)
