I grew up knowing that the portrait of the man in flying kit in Grandma's front room was my namesake and the reason for my name. So too the photograph of a young 20 year old in Number 1 Dress uniform smoking a ciggie, sporting his RAF and USAAF wings …

… … some fragments were also presented to me on that incredible day. This is entirely due to both the German People and to Herr Erik Wieman and his Archaeological Team IG Heimat Forschung. I am forever indebted to Herr Erik Wieman.