Tribute to 488 Sqn RNZAF by Ivan Berryman. (B) SHN296 Squadron Leader Dinghy Young would

Squadron Leader Dinghy Young would approach in Lancaster AJ-A

support the advancing armor of General George Pattons US Third Army as they prepare to relieve the battered 101st Airborne Division from their heroic defence of Bastogne during the final climax to the Battle of the Bulge

four ships were sent to patrol the Denmark strait

A Tornado GR-1 with JP 233 airfield denial weapons taking off at the start of a night low-level mission to attack an airfield target deep within Iraq

This was to be a grinding day of relentless assaults on the airfields of southern England

Tribute to 488 Sqn RNZAF by Ivan Berryman. (B) SHN296 Squadron Leader Dinghy Young wouldDHM6392B. Tribute to 488 Sqn RNZAF by Ivan Berryman. Immediately following the Allied invasion of northern France in June 1944, 488 Sqn RNZAF found themselves in the thick of the fighting, keeping enemy intruders at bay, flying mainly at night, a role to which their young pilots aspired and excelled. Among those was Flt Lt G E 'Jamie' Jameson who, together with his navigator Norman Crookes, shot down no fewer than eight enemy aircraft in Mosquito NF.