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P/O. Colin Hubert Curtis
Royal Air Force (VR) 101 Squadron
from:Holbeach St Johns
(d.20th January 1942)
Colin Curtis was my father`s brother. He reported to 101 Squadron at RAF Oakington near Cambridge. On his third mission on the evening of 20th January 1942, the Wellington in which he was the second pilot was shot down. It was lost off the Dutch island of Terschelling. Z1110 and its crew have never been found. Their bomber was one of three Wellingtons claimed that night by Oblt Ludwig Becker, a night fighter ace. Becker suffered the same fate just over a year later. The crew of Z1110 was Sgt Peter Lewis Chapman, Pilot Officer Colin Hubert Curtis, Sgt Alan Herbert Hancox, Sgt Arthur Sidney Spackman, Sgt Francis Ernest Dunn, and Sgt Herbert William Mantle.
Mike Curtis has researched the story of his father`s brother Colin, the family and his fiancee Doris Fines. He has unpicked his life, his time in the RAF and his last few hours alive. The story is told in a book called Deadlines and dedicated to his memory.
