The now-centenarian still remembers being called up as a Lancaster bomber pilot in 1942 ... for his homecoming after sailing into Sydney. Mr Purdy's first glimpse of Sydney Harbour as he sailed ...

Flight Lieutenant Edward Sydney Ellis was just one of only seven ... "Flight Lieutenant Ellis risked life and limb time and again with his Lancaster crew during the Second World War." ...

Six rare World War Two medals awarded to a Lancaster Bomber pilot have sold for £24,000 at auction. Flight Lieutenant Edward Sydney Ellis, born in Luton in 1914 and employed by Vauxhall Motors ...