(Last updated: 11.09.08)

The fifteenth person to include within this section is Robert Stitt

PERSON No. 15: Robert Stitt

Robert first contacted me in July 2006 after finding the website whilst he was conducting some research into Flying Fortresses in Coastal Command during WWII. Since that first contact Robert has proved invaluable, specifically in providing the detail on the Flying Fortresses and the validation of much of the content. I have also been able to contribute to his latest work with a few photographs from my collection of Ken's (Grandad), I hope to see these and many more new ones published in 2009. Robert has provided me with a short biography as I wanted to include him in this section...

Robert Stitt: 27.01.2008

Robert's earliest aviation memories are of his ‘plane-spotting’ days around Heathrow, Gatwick and Biggin Hill in the South-East of England during the 1960s, punctuated each September by an excursion to the incomparable Farnborough Airshow. An apprenticeship with Hawker Siddeley at Brough in Yorkshire followed – working on Buccaneers, Tridents and Harriers – and after moving to Canada, Robert spent ten years in the specialty aviation industry, working with Douglas A-26 Invaders, Douglas DC-6s and Grumman S-2 Trackers. During this period he began researching and writing aviation history, focusing initially on specialty aviation aircraft used in forest fire control and aerial survey. This added de Havilland Mosquitos, Lockheed P-38 Lightnings and Avro Ansons to the types already listed and resulted in a writing partnership with an Argentine enthusiast that produced comprehensive essays on a variety rarely-covered topics. The articles appeared in the British aviation history journal, AIR Enthusiast. His current project is a book detailing the history of the Fortress in service with RAF Coastal Command, it's due to be published Spring 2009.

Thanks to Robert for all his help to date and the above information