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Edwin 'Ted' Swales VC

February 24, 2026 • Bomber Command • Lancaster • Pathfinders • RAF • Remembrance • Victoria Cross • WWII

Captain Ted Swales won the Victoria Cross for his heroism controlling a raid on Pforzheim on 23 February, 1945. Using first hand-testimony, Sean Feast recounts his story.

Heroic Endeavour Beyond Praise

December 23, 2025 • Bomber Command • Lancaster • Mosquito • Pathfinders • RAF • Second World War • Victoria Cross • WWII

The Cologne/Gremberg raid, 23 December 1944. Sean Feast outlines the tragic story of a daylight ‘Heavy Oboe’ Lancaster raid during the Battle of the Bulge which led to the award of a Victoria Cross to its leader, Bob Palmer.