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Leonard Ratcliff
Leonard Ratcliff
Wing Commander Leonard Ratcliffe joined the RAF at...Leonard Ratcliff
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In this, the first of seventeen films, Len talks a...Leonard Ratcliff - Film 1
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Called up at the outbreak of the Second World War,...Leonard Ratcliff - Film 2
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Wanting to be a fighter pilot, Len is instead sele...Leonard Ratcliff - Film 3
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Following training Len flew 29 bombing missions be...Leonard Ratcliff - Film 4
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Len recalls his posting to RAF Tempsford.Leonard Ratcliff - Film 5
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Len talks some more about his role at RAF Tempsfor...Leonard Ratcliff - Film 6
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Len recalls some of the special duties he was invo...Leonard Ratcliff - Film 7
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Len recalls an incident where an engine is taken o...Leonard Ratcliff - Film 8
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Len remembers some of the agents he flew.Leonard Ratcliff - Film 9
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Len gives more detail about the experience of agen...Leonard Ratcliff - Film 10
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Len recalls the conflict between Bomber Command an...Leonard Ratcliff - Film 11
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Len talks about the logistics of the operations.Leonard Ratcliff - Film 12
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Len talks about the importance of Y Service.Leonard Ratcliff - Film 13
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Len remembers his Norwegian colleagues.Leonard Ratcliff - Film 14
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At the end of the war, Len is tasked with reportin...Leonard Ratcliff - Film 15
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Len recalls some of the dangers.Leonard Ratcliff - Film 16
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Len reflects on some of his other memories of his ...Leonard Ratcliff - Film 17
Wing Commander Leonard Ratcliffe joined the RAF at the outbreak of the Second World War. He flew 60+ missions with RAF 161 ‘special duties’ Squadron. He went to Norway, Poland, Holland and France to drop or land many SOE and SIS agents while also bringing out resistants and evaders. Len also spent a short period coordinating daily Allied intelligence reports for Churchill and British ‘top brass’. You may have seen him on the big screen because Len plays himself in the film,“Now It Can Be Told”.
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Leonard Ratcliff
Wing Commander Leonard Ratcliffe flew 60+ missions with RAF 161 ‘special duties’ Squadron. He drop or land SOE and SIS agents while also bringing out resistants and evaders.
