This week we are pleased to feature Len Abbs. Len was one of the early members of The Brotherhood of Greek Veterans. He joined the RAF in 1938 where he trained in RAF photographic work before being posted to 9 Squadron then to 211 Squadron. He arrived in Greece in November 1940 and was there when the Germans invaded in April 1941. He was fortunate in being evacuated to Egypt.
Len was later posted to Sumatra where he was captured by the Japanese and became a PoW. He was one of the lucky ones to survive. He married Betty in 1947, had five daughters and lived to be 93 years of age before he passed away in 2014.
Please click on the link below and scroll down to STORY to read about Len’s experiences as well as information on 211 Squadron.
Len is also featured on the website ‘Heroes of our Time’ https://heroesofourtime.co.uk/len-abbs.html