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Memories of Silverdale during the 2nd World War

Alice Askey, née Simms, remembers 7 girls going together as Bevan Girls to make piston rings in a...

Tweedale's War 4

The stuff had to be moved from the drome to the railway, and as there was little transport available at...

Air Bomber Instructor Part 1 of 3

My ATC squadron was also engaged in helping a balloon barrage unit whose headquarters were in Winfield...

Douglas Smithson: Glider Pilot Part 10

Why we were picked out, I never knew exactly but it seems that as Glider Pilots we should be prisoners of...

The Service Years (part 03)

The aircrews had given away nothing, not even some of Jock's best oppos like, Rear Gunners, Joe...

A Lancaster Bomber's Last Flight

Nelson and Rodney. We learned straight away that there were to be twin targets that night - Frankfurt and...

What did you do in the RAF, Dad? (Part 2)

Finally at the end of the West Coast Indian Railway it was off on a ferry crossing to Ceylon. A few days...

The Building of Headcorn Airfield

Every September there is a memorial service and fly past of Spitfires to commemorate those who flew...

Royal Fusiliers, Training in Florida For Aircrew, Flying Typhoons and Tempests with 3 Squadron and POW in Stalag IIIA Lukenwalde

Royal Fusiliers, Training in Florida For Aircrew, Flying Typhoons and Tempests with 3 Squadron and POW in...

A Midsummer's Night Dip in the Baltic Chapter 2

SUPPORTING OPERATIONS: ® Diversionary Sweep over the North Sea; ® Berlin; ® Deelen Airfield;...

Operation Oyster, Part 1

The squadron had very recently been re — equipped with Lockheed Ventura A/c which was a medium...

Torpedoed in the Atlantic

All set with Brazilian passport with which to leave the country and a British one with which to enter...

The Service Years (part 05)

In what was becoming known as 'Jock's Luck', it appeared that, despite all the chaos and panic...

The Service Years (part 04)

Leuchars was regarded by most R.A.F. types as one of the classiest stations in the U.K. so Jock was not...

S.D.M.T

In some types the chassis and body are built as one unit. bAN INTEGRAL COMBUSTION ENGINE, with its...

Life in Britain During the Second World War - Year 9 Project (1)

There was the blackout to contend with - there were no street lights, house windows had blackout curtains,...

Life as an RAF Codebreaker

I was told that with an officer, some wireless operators, cook and drivers, we were to be an advance party...

A R.A.F. Barber in Normandy After the Landings by Bill Stafford

Bill Stafford's Memoirs 2 – A R.A.F. barber in Normandy after the landings....

The Service Years (part 07)

Corporal Jock, in mitigation, respectfully suggested that aircraft like the 'Hudson' should be...

Abroad for the First Time

There is no doubt that the Spanish civil war and the bombing of Guernica by the German air force a few...

Fifty Bomber Raids in Fairey Battles, Wellingtons and Lancasters

Unfortunately, I learned some days later that LAC Godfrey, the armourer, was included in the list of the 12...

F/Lt J.R.Petrie-Andrews DFC DFM 155220

We lost an engine near the target and would have been unable to gain enough height to fly home over the...

The Service Years (part 06)

As our two oppos were mostly on their own, pushing the Hudson out to the firing range was out of the...

The War Diaries of 1232581 - L.A.C. Jack Lucas R.A.F.V.R (PART-TWO)

On Palm Sunday, two squadrons of our wing shot down 36 aircraft loaded with petrol and supplies for the...

Journal of a Flight Sergeant / Radio Specialist - Chapter 1

All over the ship one could hear remarks like "Trader Horn" and "Mr Livingstone I presume"....

The Life and Times of an RAF Wireless Operator Air Gunner - Part I

Here I joined a crew of three alongside Gib Whittamore Arthur Grifffiths and Ron Diggle manning a Lockheed...