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Douglas Smithson - Glider Pilot, Part 8

Spinner had started to get our kit out of the glider so I went across to the Dutchmen and asked if anyone...

Round the world at government expense Chapter 6: With the RAF in Australia

To begin with our route to the Phillipines was via Lae in New Guinea and then to Momote strip, 3 hours to...

From Ipswich to Foggia and Back: Memories of an RAF Bomb-Aimer

37 Squadron, still flying Wellingtons, now continued their advance up the east coast of Italy, supporting...

Light Blue Ulstermen

An official of the Embassy visited Hugh at his Newtownabbey home with an itinerary of Nagasaki visits and...

Life in Britain During the Second World War - Year 9 Project (2)

One night during an air raid, we were sat in the cellar and my Dad got us singing "There'll Always...

A R.A.F. barber at Hooton Park by Bill Stafford

Bill Stafford's Memoirs 1 - A R.A.F. barber at Hooton Park. As I got more settled at Hooton, I made...

Jack Duggan: Distinguished Flying Canadian

Flight Lieutenant Jack Duggan's Lancaster was one of only four allied planes lost in the March 22nd...

Penguin in Palestine

1947, RAF 208 Squad, Spitfire XIV reformed 1947, based at Ein Shemer, Palestine 1947/48 Station Commander...

12 Squadron RAFVR Bomber Command (1943)

The original crew of five was now joined by two more airmen; Alfred Hales from Birmingham and Ernest...

tom clifford - the war years 3

At some point during his time in Burma dad came under fire in an aircraft and was wounded -. Dad had 6...

The War Years 39 鈥� 45

At this point you could really see how the technology had advanced, commandos had stolen plans for the Atom...

A taste of Salt

Dads annotations end here, however he had recorded that the 鈥淪trathmore鈥� sailed from Freetown...

The Battle of Brighton and the Eve of D-Day

I was at Bradwell Bay for about four or five weeks, working on aircraft and then the Squadron was sent to...

Just Another Story - Chapter 6: Llamsdorf and Beyond

Much to our surprise we received hot soup from ladies who were the equivalent of the W.V.S. and we were...

My Life in the RAF (Part 4).

In January 1942 I was posted south to one of the main 'Battle of Britain' stations - 'Biggin...

Malta Journal 1940-42

This is an extract dealing with his time with the RAF in Malta from a journal kept by my father, John...

A Lighter View of the War

Most of us were newly out from U.K., being a few of many brought by ships sailing in convoys around South...

Christmas in Burma

Having settled into our new LG at Thetkegyin, on Christmas Eve, 1944, five information sorties were carried...

A Child's Eye View of Wartime

Although Heaton Park housed hundreds of young RAF lads, there were times when so many were sent there that...

Spitfire and Other War Work Behind the scenes.

In early 1939, I had the opportunity to work on the production of 鈥楽pitfire鈥� main-plane at...

Just Another Story - Chapter 7: Fifty Years On

P/O N.W.F. THACKRAY PILOT RAAF SGT. C.W. BANFIELD FLIGHT ENGINEER RAFVA SGT. R HUGHES WIRELESS OPERATOR...

AN ARTIST IN PRISON CAMP

For a while after the unsuccessful Dieppe landing British PoWs were handcuffed, apparently in retaliation...

The Burma Campaign-Part 1-The Long Journey to Burma

Person in story: Dennis Bell Location of Story: UK , South Africa , India & Burma. Whilst in Bombay I...

The Unexpected can be overcome

The route for the operation that night was laid out by a red tape and to our dismay we saw that it...

Round the world at government expense Chapter4: Training with the RAF in Canada

Towards the end of the summer there were days when flying was cancelled due to smoke haze that arrived from...

Eight Years in the RAFVR - Part One - Joining Up

By 1941 it was known to the British that the Germans had a form of RDF and a commando-style raid was made...