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Panic Over Snowden part 1

In non-pressurised aircraft, above a certain altitude, you need a supply of oxygen otherwise your brain...

First Operation

I served in the RAF from October 1940 to October 1946, as a wireless operator/air gunner in bomber command:...

Belvederians Who Died in the Second World War 1939-45 (2)

Dudley Persse Joynt came to Belvedere in September 1924 from CUS and settled in easily. On 31 May 1940,...

Fred's Journey Part 1: The Magic Indian Ocean crossing

Three ships formed up - I was in the first, The Cape Town Castle, then second was The Athlone Castle that...

Life in the Air Force

He flew with 144 Squadron from North Luffenham aerodrome. If you couldn't see the runway or the...

Letters home to mum and dad: RAF Training

I am in another hut from the one I slept in the first night and it has no wireless. Did you hear...

Found But Not Lost

On June 6th 1987 the anniversary of 'D' Day, I drove the restored motorcycle back to the Broadwell...

'Kenley Lass' and 'Phillipe'

After the pick-up time was delayed by bad weather, a bird arrived at her loft in East Grinsted at 16.30hrs...

ATC Kingswood, Bristol

And one day a recruiting officer arrived at Colern in a Fairey Fulmar. Armaments - 8 machine guns, 4 in...

Long Journey to Freedom

He managed to escape prior to be handed over to the Gestapo and made his way via Yugoslavia to Beirut where...

Hellfire Corner: Memories of Dover Castle

Which leads me to the Swingate Swingtet, which I was part of, and we played old time, waltzes, tango, rumba...

Freckleton Air Disaster

On the 23 August 1944, I was part of No 7 ARC on attachment to No 22 Aircrew Holding Unit, RAF Kirkham....

Free Meat

The local population kept well away from the prisoners but I noticed a young girl asking for chocolate....

Mr. Boocock - My Journey to Malta

Other large naval ships The Battleship The Prince of Wales, two Battle Cruisers, The Ark Royal and 9...

A Rochdale Lad loose in Germany WW2

Fifty Russians with two Guards, then a mere two British Tommys with eight Guards each armed with a rifle...

Berlin (2)

Our Radio Operator was replying to a challange from our own guns when an American operator cut into the...

Whacker's son was a Lancaster pilot

I believe that Mr Richardson told me that the son had visited Spain in the war and had met up with German...

Siege of Imphal (Kipper Box) - Part 1

Over long lines of communications from the Chindwin River in Northern Burma the Japanese sent in three...

Flight Sgt Harry Tenny

Fifty Russians with two Guards, then a mere two British Tommys with eight Guards each armed with a rifle...

Keeping the Radar Functioning in the Med

Keeping the Radar functioning in Malta, gave the British valuable strategic information on the movements of...

Friendly Fire 1945

On the 4th February, 1945, we arrived at Malag & Milag Nord, about twelve miles East of Bremen, having...

The Meteorologist's Story

My mother told methat after inspecting the new station my father was to leave in an RAF Wellington bomber...

Early signs of VE Day

As soon as we were in place, along with as many other airmen as could be gathered together at very short...

Mr. Boocock - My Time in Malta

It was 800 miles from Gibraltar to Malta and too far for fully armed Spitfires to fly, so 40 Spitfires had...

Memories of Kettering during the war

Mrs Winifred Pepper talking to a UCN Community Volunteer in Kettering, Northamptonshire. I remember pushing...

How low can you fly!

My story concerns one of my elder brothers, Michael Potier a flight lieutenant in bomber command RAF....