Martin Wade

Author On Dragons’ Wings by @YLolfa, Ex-@SouthWalesArgus @JusticeinWales now @WelshGovernment, Su’s husband, Carys’ dad, Manx 🇮🇲 siarad Cymraeg🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

@FennellJW Fascinating post! 614 (County of Glamorgan) Sqn operated over the Balkans as the only Pathfinder squadron outside the UK. They also dropped supplies to Yugoslav partisans and marked drop zones from Halifaxes & later Liberators as these pics from Jan 45 of their drops show.

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

@OnDisasters 2/2
and
605 (County of Warwick)
609 (West Riding)
611 (West Lancashire)
612 (County of Aberdeen)
614 (County of Glamorgan)
616 (South Yorkshire)

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

@OnDisasters 1/2
607 (County of Durham) today serves alongside other Royal Auxiliary Air Force squadrons with a proud wartime history:
501 (County of Gloucester)
502 (Ulster)
504 (County of Nottingham)
600 (City of London)
601 (County of London)
602 (City of Glasgow)
603 (City of Edinburgh)

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

I’m grateful to Pen & Sword for putting out my book on the part-time pilots and their Auxiliary squadrons which helped win the Battle of Britain. Thanks for your support!

[Pen & Sword Books @penswordbooks]

👋🏻 Meet the author 👋🏻

Here's Martin Wade with his new release - Volunteer Aces of Churchill’s Few 📸✈️

🛒 https://t.co/2k0wO26YYH

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

@WelshMatelot @RAdmJudeTerry Congratulations Rob! Very well deserved! 👏

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

It’s a real honour (and surprise!) to make the King’s Birthday Honours List with a Deputy Chief of the Air Staff Commendation. Thanks to all who made this possible! Diolch yn fawr!

[Royal Air Force @RoyalAirForce]

👏 Proud to celebrate our personnel recognised in this year’s King’s Birthday Honours List 2025.

Congratulations to all recipients!

Full list: https://t.co/EFGhLjQWpa

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

@clark_aviation Penblwydd Hapus Trev!

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

@WW2Airfields Here’s some from 614 (County of Glamorgan) Squadron from Sicily and Italy in 1944 also with shots of Christmas Day 1944 at Amendola air base on the Foggia plain.

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

@WelshMatelot @RoyalAirForce @RAFinWales It was our pleasure! So glad you could join us on this special day!

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

Thank you to @GriffinBooksUK and all who came to the talk about my history of 614 County of Glamorgan Squadron - ‘On Dragons’ Wings’. It was moving to talk about the sacrifices of our fallen on this special day.

Profits from the sale of the book, from @YLolfa go to @RAFBF

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

Really looking forward to talking about ‘On Dragons’ Wings’ - the history of the Welsh RAF Reserves - 614 Squadron with @GriffinBooksUK - still some tickets available

https://t.co/QTAFjHbEw7

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

@gtconway3d Was wonderful but surprising to share a transatlantic flight with racehorses. Thought ‘Why am I smelling hay?’ 🐎

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

Never flown to #LA & never shared a plane with a horse. Made #747 smell of the countryside as we flew over Arctic.

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

Gwych bod
Great to be
@LlyfrauCymru @Books_Wales @eisteddfod i arwyddo copiau o/to sign copies of ‘On Dragons’ Wings’
Gwych cwrdd â chi! Great to meet you!
Prynwch yma/Buy here: https://t.co/Xyma1DYrnu
@YLolfa

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@GriffinBooksUK @richardjparfitt @louise_mumford @NeilCollins86 @HQstories @YLolfa @calonbooks My pleasure! 😄

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

@S4Cchwaraeon @SionJobbins @MarkCavendish @LlinosLee @S4C Jeant dy mie! 🇮🇲
Gwych! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

Perhaps the most Dutch place I’ve ever watched a game #ENGNED 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇳🇱

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

Great story on 614 Squadron and my book on its history’On Dragons’ Wings’ on ⁦@BBCWales⁩ today. Thanks for running this story on our history in this historic year! Diolch!

#RAuxAF100 https://t.co/HsWWBHFhTp

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

@clark_aviation Sorry to hear that Trevor. May your recovery be swift!

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

For a last minute Father’s Day present, my book is on sale from tomorrow on Amazon. It tells the story of Wales’ only RAF Reserve squadron from formation in 1930s, through WW2, Cold War to present day. With next day delivery he should get it by Sunday! 😀 https://t.co/mKha6Fl6Xk

[Martin Wade @MartinJamesWade]

On this momentous day, I’m thinking of my Granddad, Bert Wade of the Royal Engineers who landed on Gold Beach at Arromanches, almost exactly 4 years since he was evacuated when the Germans invaded. He and 1000s of others had returned.

#DDay80
#WewillRemember
@Proud_Sappers