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Tweedale's War Part 2

The Japanese Navy Zero fighter completely outclassed our Brewster Buffalo fighter which was slow, limited...

Fred Cole Part 4: 57 Squadron 1944 and after

On the same raid I witnessed a bomb go straight through the wing of another Lancaster but it just kept on...

Tweedale's War Part 7

The next morning 700 Japanese parachutists descended on Palembang and all day a hot battle was fought for...

Fred Cole Part 2: Training for Bomber Command

After a brief stay in Monkton we were put on a train to Lethbridge that was not too far from Winnipeg. When...

Diary of K R Brant, RAF 349 Belgium Sqadron POW

Saturday October 14th In the afternoon a guide came to the cemetery to take me away to some woods near...

Tom Clifford - The War Years

Another episode at Hams Hall was during a guard duty on the river bank near to the cable bridge, dad was...

Wartime in Devon

Torquay however in common with many other south coastal towns had many hit and run attacks with FW 90s'...

So you want to be a flier - An air gunner's story - Part 6: Chapters 18 to 20

The latter course, Flying Control, said you had to fly at night to know about airfield layouts; this...

Travels With A Spitfire

This famous squadron, once led by Group Captain Bader, had disbanded after his capture and was reforming at...

Journal of a Flight Sergeant / Radio Specialist - Chapter 2

First of all, in the morning before we were actually awake, came the diving boys in their little rough...

Wartime Memories

Experience of Mr. Stan and John Curtis. Acknowledgements 鈥� Doodlebugs and Rockets by Bob Ogley Sept...

RAF 32 Squadron

On January 16th 1943 myself and Gray were taken to the airfield at Gibraltar and given a Hurricane each and...

Diary of KR Brant RAF 349 Squadron and POW

Quarter parcel issued - had it for tea all except a little marg, Klim and coffee and peanut butter -good...

Experiences of a Volunteer Pilot (260 Squadron)

Eventually, training continued but now flying Kittihawks which was the aircraft I would be expected to fly...

Comm's Flight in Combat - RAF in Iraq 1941

The prospects for early reinforcements to defend and protect the Station were remote, as available troops...

A Midsummer's Night Dip in the Baltic Chapter 3

Sources: Logbook of Sgt M Crapper, 57 Squadron The Bomber Command War Diaries by Martin Middlebrook &...

The Service Years (part 09)

Sergeant Woods, Jock's opposite number, immediately impounded the Form 1800 and handed it over to...

A Piece of Cake (Part 2)

You had to keep the aircraft straight and level, with bomb aimers now taking it over, who would wait for...

The Story of Bevin's Babes: Chapter 3

COUSINS鈥� 鈥� CHRISTINE'S SUMMARY - Now living in America 鈥� she relates, after her birth...

A Lighter Shade of Pale Blue. Chapter 23.

The operational watches became busier with increased naval activity around the coast as ships began to...

Just Another Story - Chapter 3: Abandon Aircraft!!!

Now we had a talking point, but he was not particularly interested in teaching me German, but wished to...

My Dads Reluctant Story Chapter 1

In addition to the normal crew of seven, 101 Lancasters carried an additional, special wireless operator,...

From Schoolboy to Sunderland Pilot

We were told we were all destined for Bomber Command, but an unexpected telegram from Air Ministry resulted...

Ronald Edgar Remfry in Canada, 1941-43

This was ascribed to the fact that we came from places much nearer to sea-level than where we were in...

A Tribute to Eric Phillips - Part Two

Eric's aircraft G for Golden Fleece had as crew:-. Flight Engineer Sgt Snow Bomb Aimer F/Sgt Wood...

The Diary of Sgt Bernard Clark RAFVR Cont. Dec 11th-20th 1943

The first two were taken from his log book, the remaining five were taken from squadron records; 1-1-44 OPS...