As a tiny footnote to the story, my father's logbook has an entry which is interesting only because of the date;
(1939) SEPT 4
Wellington 1A L.4259
F/O Macrae, Self
AC Hartnell, Corp Roberts, AC Wyndham
OPS Brunsbuttel 4/500 Lb GP.
Oddly, it was his first flight in a Wellington since June 13th ("Air Firing"). All he did in that period was a few trips in a Magister. The only thing he flew for the rest of that September was a Wallace, whatever that was. He was in B Flight, 149 Sqn, at Mildenhall, as far as I can tell, and converted from Heyfords to Wellingtons in January 1939.
Luckily he didn't do this again in a Wellington,
AFAIK.
