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Winged Chariots -Part 8: Through Valleys of Death

An hour into the flight back after the bombing marshalling yards at Mandalay on the night of 14/15 January...

Life in the Services 1939-46, Chapter 1

Eventually I started, about mid July 1939, as a 'Pupil Pilot Officer' at Gatwick Aerodrome....

From the Lancaster Bombers to the French Resistance

We were told to 'get crewed up' which meant to put a crew together, there were seven to a crew and...

Big Brother

On a couple of occasions, mam and me accompanied Ronald to the station to catch his train back to camp... I...

Running the Camp Cinemas

I am writing this story on behalf of my Father In Law, Walter Surples and it is a small recollection of his...

Winged Chariots -Part 12: The RAF's Debt Of Gratitude

During my period of evasion I met Ron Taylor, Tom Foreman and Johnny Allen, from 90 Squadron, and two...

The Catapillar Club

I was posted to ST Athans for a flight engineers course which I completed in September and was promoted SGT...

What did you do in the RAF, Dad? Part 1

At the time, Bristol and Avonmouth were heavily bombed and once or twice a week a full squad of us,...

Smugglers or Spies ?

Then the German tanks invaded Belgium and Holland and broke through the French defences and the British...

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

We heard on September 13th that the Italian Fleet had surrendered at Malta, news came that a safe landing...

Memories from Members of Stanford Bridge Day Centre, Worcestershire

My friend John Coneili who is now buried in Rushford, Tenbury was awarded the VC in Italy. AUDREY JENKINS...

My RAF Life - Chapter 6

By the Eighth of October 1945 with licences in our hands we were flying the aircraft completing with a...

Memories of F/LT Leslie Holmes in Malta

The sweeping Mediterranean victory, which was largely made possible by the heroic stand of the gallant...

From Ironmongers to Europe

By getting these certificates you could get supplies from the wholesalers; there was one occasion when the...

Bomb Aimer's View

At the completion of R.A.F.training, with others, we went to Blackpool and Heaton Park; then, it was to...

Bill Williams / A Tail End Charlie.

On the return to Yorkshire in October the squadron was re-equipped with Halifax II Heavy Bombers. So it...

A Tribute to Eric Phillips

Here is the story of those years as a tribute, not only to Eric but also all the other members of Bomber...

Escape and Evasion-1944

I was told that should the Germans come I would have to move into their room over the caf'e, as...

POW Life

This was our last POW camp, it was rough, there was no food because of the British bombing everything, the...

AC1 William Bridges - A Long Route to Assume Control of Hong Kong

Due to some political debate, American opinion said, the British needn't go back to Hong Kong it should...

Fred Cole Part 1: The Start of World War II

There I discovered that I was also entitled to a day off a week for part time studies; so after...

Family Experiences at War: In Stepney and the RAF

At that time my Mum and I and my younger brother were living at 73 Exmouth Street, Stepney London. We had...

Memories of the British Expeditionary Force — Across France with a Safe

I was ordered to get my kit and take my lorry to a village about 25 miles away, I forget the name,...

A Fighter Pilot

It all started at Uxbridge where I did my initial training to become an A.C.2 I then joined the RAF at...

Stirling Remembered

I have always admired the courage and skill of the RAF crews, who could find a meadow in a blacked out...

My Life in the RAF (Part 2).

It seemed strange that Skeabrae was the newest habitation on the island when, within walking distance,...