TracyWalker commented Unique tribute to fallen Calverton RAF hero on 70th anniversary...

Airman Walter Perkins was just 19 when his plane was shot down over Germany in the Second World War.RAF Flying Fortress HB785 of 214 (Federated Malay States) Squadron was gunned down on a raid designed to destroy a synthetic oil plant near Leipzig.Sergeant Perkins, of Calverton, who was the son of Alice Gladys and Bill Perkins, paid the ultimate sacrifice at midnight on March 21, 1945.So it was fitting that his niece, Linda Helsdon, did all she could to honour the 70th anniversary of his...