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Bail out Over Belton

I was fourteen years old so it would have been late in the War, and living in Belton which was near...

memories of WW/2

Having trained in Canada, I returned to the UK, flying Tiger Moths, Oxfords,Wellintons and ultimtely did a...

One story of bomber command

I got 2 medals and this is what they were for: Victory Medal and a France and Germany Star. Germany was the...

Frank Rodgers :A Quirk of Fate

On September 3rd 1942 my uncle , Frank Rodgers, from Newry, was a draughtsman by profession but then an RAF...

Missions in the RAF

Betty retold the story of her husband, Warrant-Officer Freddie Whitfield DFM. Betty and Freddie had both...

1684957 Sutcliffe W E Wireless Operator/Air Gunner (WOP/AG) circa January1944

Wireless Operator/Air Gunner No 8 Air Gunnery School RAF Evanton 24/11/1943 to 29/12/1943 The following...

Spitfires and Messerschmidts Over Chichester

As for Messerschmidts- on Spitfire day the R.A.F. parked a captured 109 next to the corn exchange and for...

My War Memories

When I was sixteen I volunteered for the ATC and then joined the RAF but wasn't allowed to fly aircraft...

Uncle Jack

Joined RAF in 1940, becoming a rear gunner in a Flying Fortress of Coastal Command. Jack was the only...

Dropping Supplies

Once we had 21 containers which held supplies of anything they wanted to fight the Germans; I remember...

First Raids in Australia

The thing that brought the War home to Australia was the Japanese raid on Darwin in 1942, in which about...

Aden Airforce Memories

In the Airforce in Aden looking after the Wellington bomber engines. One Christmas we gave a tin of...

The Jet Engine

My father headed a team at Metro Vickers in Manchester. Towards the end of the war a Lancaster bomber was...

Repairing Spitfires and Mosquitos

His job was to repair the radiators, petrol tanks and oil coolers on Spitfires and Mosquitos... He then...

Typhoon Pilot Ancestor

Typhoon Pilot Ancestor.. It happened that on 24.05.1944, 3 Typhoons attacked a German Radar installation in...

Protected Occupations

At the beginning of the war, my brother was an apprentice electrician, he carried on until he qualified and...

Christmas Greetings from the Middle East

See more of John Galloway's family's stories and photographs: The Home Guard, Wellington Wellington...

"Another chance to fly ... but not pilot!"

My dad recalled the time he enjoyed at RAF Buc Paris, France... And usually when leave was granted, he was...

Tall Story

Those of us who were 17 were invited to experience a short flight in a Fleet air arm aircraft at a nearby...

An adventure with the Air Training Corps

We flew at Wing near Aylesbury from where Lancasters were bombing Germany. We flew over Bicester and turned...

My Life as a Radar Operator

I joined the WRAF at the age of 18 and got stationed at Ruislip Records Office as a Clerical Assistant... I...

RAF Air Frame Fitter

Fred joined the R.A.F. in May 1940 as an Air frame fitter based at Andover Aerodrome... Later he sailed...

My Uncle Tommy

My Uncle had a farm in Jedburgh and wanted to buy some sheep so in January 1941 he took leave to go...

Last Moments in the RAF

In 1943 I did pre-training for the RAF with ATC... Suffice to say, I went into the army and not the RAF....

Gunnery Leader

99 Course, Central Gunnery School, Catfoss 04/06/45 to 29/06/45 The following account is best to put into...

Flying Horses?

There was a certain tension between the farmer and the airmen as his eggs seemed to be disappearing and...