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A W.A.A.F. at R.A.F. Kirton Lindsey 1943, Part One by Mary Blood (nee Pettit)

As it happened, the W.A.A.F. Duty Officer was in the Guardroom with me when this took place, but she...

Joe Pack, Bomber Pilot: My Escape through Belgium and France

Although most of the Canadian aircrew was commissioned, George was quite sure he could not get a commission...

Aircraft Salvage in the Desert

From where we were we moved down to a place near Suez and our job was to repair and salvage aircraft which...

The Lancaster Crash at Rebr茅chien - Chapter 6

August 1945 / Letter from Albert Tuuri's younger brother Walter Walter visited Mrs. Brown and her...

Flight to Heliopolis Part One

From there we were told to go down to Portreath, near Lands End, then make our way to Gibraltar, refuel...

鈥淥h Yes, We Had Some Fun in the Air Force Concert Party!鈥�

This account is submitted on behalf of Mr Joe Toner from Whitehaven, Cumbria who served with his twin...

A W.A.A.F. at R.A.F. Coltishall 1940 by Mary Blood (nee Pettit)

One day we had a senior W.A.A.F. Officer come from Group HQ 鈥� Coltishall was part of Fighter Command,...

A R.A.F. Barber in Occupied Germany by Bill Stafford

We retained our senior officers Lord Cunningham, Sir Arthur Hopps, Sir Charles Wigglesworth and Squadron...

Tweedale's War

This was June 1941 and the next time I saw Jack Mullins was in February 1988 when we met at Hollinwood...

Memories of a Wartime Erk in the RAF

Technically we were attached to RAF Shawbury, near Shrewsbury, Shropshire, but we never went there and the...

Part 2 RAF Pilot Training : Geoff Wright: Egypt to Bulawayo

PART 2 RAF PILOT TRAINING IN WW2 THE STORY OF GEOFF WRIGHT, EGYPT TO BULAWAYO....

A Wireless operator's Tale, Part 5

The aircraft, we were told, had been flying all night without bombs, just doing the radio duties, jamming...

A Wireless Operator's Tale Part 4

Then one morning, they said, 鈥淲ell, so many crews have been posted to Castle Donningtom, which ois a...

Life in the RAF - Roy Parkin

Slowly we steam between anchored ships, tankers, freighters, barges and native canoes until we anchor...

RAF Air Gunner-Multiple Crash Survivor

The undercarriage collapsed, the propellers bent, the wing tanks burst open and the aircraft ploughed along...

A Wireless Operator's Tale, Part 7

Our route was to take us down Sweden and across the Baltic Sea to bomb this port of Stettin. We bombed...

Life as an RAF Pilot: Chapter 5b Air War in Italy

On the airfield were two squadrons of American fighter bombers flying Thunderbolts and doing a similar job...

Air Bomber Instructor Part 3 of 3

My crew returned safely but out of the nine aircraft put up by the squadron one, skippered by Flight...

ATC Adventures, then the Real Thing

I have got an idea we had something to eat and drink, but the trouble was every time a biggish bomb landed,...

A Wireless Operator's Tale, Part 6

The reason being that it was such heavy mist, and so many aircraft had gone to Ludford, that there was no...

Freeman to Prisoner to Freedman Part Two

Letters from Fred to his parents: Madras 3.10.1945 - from 916461 LAC Freeman F. EX-POW to Mr & Mrs FA...

The Lancaster Crash at Rebr茅chien - Chapter 1

On July 28th 1944, at around 11.30pm a British Lancaster bomber, call sign SR-V2, from the 101st squadron...

Reflections of a Lancaster Wop/AG in a Pathfinder Squadron

The main force of in excess of 300 aircraft were advised by us where to bomb in relation to our markers and...

A Wireless Operator's Tale Part 3

The guard commander said, 鈥淵ou're for it tomorra, Flight Sergeant Frazer is fuming. One of the...

Harry and Tom swap P.O.W. I.D. disks

A Russian Officer who knew a little German also a little English answered the door. Harry's parachute...

So you want to be a flier - An air gunner's story -Part 5: Chapters 15 to 17

The subjects I was allocated were Aircraft Recognition for the Gunners, Night Vision and Bomber Tactics for...