In 1938 leaving RAF Halton on posting to RAF Abingdon No15 Squadron whose aircraft at that time were Hawker...
Our turn came at last, and we drove up the ramp of LST295,up the steep ramp and through the wide open bow...
It said "Contact Bledsoe PAA John". Daddy had a day of dental appointments, mother was ill and my...
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I did 23 trips on Whitleys and then they were bringing out the first of Halifaxs and they were forming a...
Tommy had 4 medals to show us, they were as follows -Burma Star -1939-1945 Star -The Defence Medal He also...
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Vera, for the very first time, polished the buttons on my tunic, cap and greatcoat and declared that I had...
There were 15 bomb stations on a Lancaster and the aircraft was loaded in order to keep the aircraft stable...
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My Mother Isobel, would go and buy Ron's favourite and we would walk out to RAF Filton, the aeroplanes...
"While escorting a squadron of Blenheims over Arras, NO32 Squadron encountered a lone Henschel 126, a...
It will come as no surprise to anyone from the Armed Forces that on another course a few months later, our...
When it came to food Jim was adamant that war food was not all that bad... The only points in which Jim...
Adolf Hitler had instructed his Luftwaffe Air Marshal Hermann Goering, “send your bombers over to...
This was incorrect as I had told the A.T.C. Commanding Officer that I wished to become a wireless...
At initial Training Wing I was lucky enough to be at New Clare and Pembroke Colleges, Cambridge, where...
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To assess the possibility of a staging post aircraft landing site on the island of Socotra, situated off...
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