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Reg Everson's story

Perhaps the first thing we noticed after gazing with awe at the Stearman Aircraft on the 'Line' was...

Tweedale's War Part 8

General ter Foorten commanded the 25,000 regular troops of the Dutch garrison, who were joined by the...

The Service Years (Part 11): RAF St Mawgan

The next two or three days were fairly routine, servicing outgoing aircraft, ensuring unserviceable...

What a Life

The armament was initially WW1 type Lewis Guns, later replaced with Vickers Machine guns but, although...

tom clifford - the war years 2

May 1944 - Volunteering for Forward Duties Dad leaves Lahore for Calcutta. Dad was left ton the rear party...

So you want to be a flier - An air gunner's story - Part 3: Chapters 11 to 12a

The Wing Commander Flying convened a meeting and each Section Leader reported their availability, from...

The Lancaster Crash at Rebr茅chien - Chapter 4

As the brochure nears completion we have articles appearing in local newspapers in Leeds, Yorkshire to try...

The Lancaster Crash at Rebr茅chien - Chapter 3

This is Chapter 3 of 6 chapters and continues the story of the Lancaster Crash at Rebr茅chien with...

Just Another Story - Chapter 1: Early Days

Several Anson and one Botha aircraft were used as flying classrooms. It seemed to me that it would be a...

A Piece of Cake (Part 1)

We got into the aircraft in the same order: the bomb aimer first, then the pilot, the flight engineer, the...

The End of Lancaster 'N' for Nuts - 30th August 1943 - Part One

On arrival at Stalag Luft III near Sagan in Lower Silesia I was regarded with some suspicion by the senior...

My RAF Life: Chapter 2

We arrived in Bulawayo, and as there was only limited number of places at the elementary flying training...

My Time with 271 Squadron Chapter 3

Many Dakotas were shot out of the sky and Len Wilson in his FZ626 as he pulled away from the DZ over...

Harold's War Operations - Part 2.

142 Lancasters, 81 Halifaxes, 41 Stirlings took off from their bases that night for the round trip of about...

Canadian and American Squadrons at Headcorn Airfield

The two Canadian Squadrons were 403 and 421, led by Wing Commander Johnnie Johnson CB CBE DSO DFC DL. Soon...

Ken Webb's War

While on duty at the Reculver lookout some months later, we had to look out for the German Focker Wolf 190...

WWII. Civilian and Serviceman

During my stay at Ein Shemer I met Ken Smith from Bagworth and Eric Harrison from Coalville. One day Pete...

So you want to be a flier - An air gunner's story -Part 4: Chapters 12b to 13

His name was Wray, his nickname Hoppy, for he had the reputation of arriving at a Bomber Squadron...

The Service Years (part 01)

This re-union was celebrated on a weekly basis in various hostelries from Arlesey to London and at every...

Fred Cole Part 3: Training, Wedding, 57 Squadron

When the RAF flying training was completed at Upper Heyford we were transferred to a heavy bomber...

From a North Central School to Bomber Pilot

We then heard that Hitler was making a vast collection of barges and boats in France and Belgium ports and...

My World War Two memories of life in Coventry.

The contract for my apprenticeship seemed to count for nought, and I was offered a place in the drawing...

My Dads Reluctant Story. Chapter 2

Two of the crew were missing, John Anderson, our wireless operator, and our special German speaking...

Tweedale's War: Part 1 Into the RAF

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

The Lancaster Crash at Rebr茅chien - Chapter 5

Sergeant Thomas Crane "Smiler": The Bomb Aimer and Front Gunner A Tribute to our brother. Two...

A Rhodesian Pilot's Story - Chapter 4 - The Long March

The general expectation among the prisoners was that soon we would be liberated by the Russian army, a...