Harry Hardy DFC Hawker Typhoon Pilot
In November 2010, F/L Harry Hardy DFC CD L.d’H. gave a talk about his experiences flying Hawker Typhoon ‘Bombphoons’ with 440 “City of Ottawa” Squadron RCAF in the Second World War to the Royal Canadian Legion in White Rock, BC, Canada.
On the 80th anniversary of Harry joining 440 Squadron at B.9 Lantheuil/Cruelly in Normandy on 10th August 1944, his grandson, Rick Tunstall, who videoed the presentation, has kindly allowed me to reshare the video here on The Damcasters.
Harry wrote about his experiences in his autobiography, chapter 6 was entitled My Tour of Operations. The images in video above were included in this chapter, which you can read in the PDF version below.
I would like to thank Rick Tunstall and the Hardy Family for allow me to re-share this video. If you would like to learn more about the Canadian Typhoon pilots, please visit Anne Gafiuk’s superb resource, The Typhoon Project.
Read Harry’s war time memories in The War Years by H.J. Hardy here
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