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Fear of flying

One of the saddest days was when a girl called Eileen Eagan and I were made up to sergeants, which was...

Baling out.

On return, we could not land at our base in Lincolnshire because of thick fog. We were diverted to...

Crashed planes at sea

He was an apprentice at an RAF station then he moved onto boats. He worked in Shetland, Gibraltar and the...

Monument Vickers Wellington

For people who are interested to read about the background of a WW2 monument in Holland, made in the honour...

Baled out Pilot

I saw a German aircraft chasing a Spitfire. The German chased the Spitfire over Dover Castle and I thought...

Reg Bowyer, May 1939

This photograph was taken of Reg at Penrith, Cumberland at the T.A Camp — May 1939. Enjoying a beer...

A pint of my blood lies in Gambia

While serving in the Gambia in 1941 a soldier, Corporal Berry, fell ill with Blackwater Fever....

It was Worth Waiting For

At the time I was stationed at Hornchurch in Essex which was home to a Spitfire squadron. This story was...

Bernard Downes

I understand that my late father, Bernard Downes, was a radio operator in Lancaster Bombers, and also for...

A Reargunner's Tale

It was 1943 and we had landed in Guardabia where we were missioned to bomb mile harbour... Infront of me, i...

1940 but Britain apparently doesn't need volunteers!

During the Battle of Britain in 1940, George tried to volunteer. He was too academically qualified for any...

Four ME109's in Five Minutes

P/O 'Happy' Harrison of Rakaia New Zealand; F/Lt Schader of Wellington New Zealand and S/Ldr...

Cardington Airship Hangers

The two airship hangers at Cardington were camaflaged by painting houses on the side... When you consider...

Stanley Stephen, KO-V, 115 Sqdrn RAF Witchford May 1945

Stanley survived the war as Aerial Bombardier on Lancs - 115 Squadron. I can be as certain as I can, that...

Wellington Aircrew 2

In an old family photo album I have found two pictures of a group of airmen with a Wellington Bomber during...

My RAF postings

In summer of '42 I was posted to Oaklahoma USA, to an RAF flying school... I was very tied up with the...

North Weald and the Battle of Britain

I was based at North weald during the battle of Britain... Lord Haw Haw used to say "We'll get you...

American Visitors!

I also remember Stoughton Aerodrome being built, and the runways there being rolled out with steam-rollers,...

This is Your Captain Speaking

When the troop ship got to the bottom of the Red Sea, there was an announcement over the tannoy “This...

Dambusters

My wife's claim to fame is that her sister is married to the brother of John Pulford, who flew in Guy...

Pilot Adventures

My husband was escorting a Dakota that would drop food to general Windgate in India and his plane came down...

Escape from Stalag Luff 3 and 6 - Germany

Jack Gibson was shot down during a raid on Sharnhorst on 24th July 1941... Jack was a member of the...

Repairing Damage to Mosquitos

She was an Aircraft Fabric Worker based at Huntingdon and Duxford working on Mosquitos... Sadly she lost...

Army vehicle registration numbers

My father was in Malta and it was crawling with spies. When he and his troops went out to do his tours...

To Nigeria with the RAF

To BAOC from the RAF

I was seconded to B.O.A.C. from the R.A.F. I was a Navigator on a Flying Boat Clipper G-ABZ... The crews...