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An Armourer in North Africa

I spent three years working as an RAF Armourer in Bilida, in North Africa. Armourers not only ensured that...

The Fortune Teller

It was while a group of us were looking for bargains in the Hogg Market that we encountered the Hindu...

RAF Song

This is my story, this is my song I've been in this air force too f**king long So God bless the Rodney,...

Shades of Spike Milligan

From Blackpool I was sent to an airfield in Hertfordshire and it was arranged that the Black Watch would...

What I Did During the War.

In 1943 we went every where, to the Far East, to the top end of Ireland, Greenland, America, Spain, Brazil...

Antons Story

The water froze around their anti - aircraft gun . His final trainer plane was an American A16, which flew...

55 Bombing Squadron

I was in Iraq with 55 Bombing Squadron Bristol Bleinham Aircraft. A week before the outbreak of WW2 the...

A Chance Meeting at Uxbridge

In the meantime,my mother had been called up in the WAAF and had been stationed at...

156 Squadron,Nuremburg Raid and POW

My father, Squadron Leader Philip Robert Goodwin joined the RAF when he lived in Plymouth in 1940... Philip...

My time in the RAF

In 1943 we were posted to the Middle East and I spent half the time in Egypt and half in Palestine until...

Shot Down Over Berlin

Sure enough,Laurie's twelfth mission, on 20 January 1944, with 102 Squadron, was over Berlin, and he...

1st 1000 Bomber Raid on Cologne

On reaching the coast of England at Orfordness, at 800 feet, it was obvious that we could not make the...

Letters Home from an R.A.F. Officer - 2

I.R. REDMAN, R.A.F. Ismailia, M.E.F. Flight Lieutenant Irwin Russell Redman was killed on air operations in...

Humanity: Memories of an RAF Rear Gunner

Brought up in the era of 鈥淗otspur鈥� and 鈥淰ictor鈥� comics, my brother Neil and I were...

J A Martin DFC - Losing a good mate over Berlin

Berlin was like flying down Royal Avenue in Belfast, all the lights were on, everything was as clear as a...

The HMS Hood by Tom Mclaran

I was in the RAF as an Air Gunner in a coastal command station at Thornaby. In 1941 we moved up to...

Messager boy to Fighter Pilot

We were in the Far East, flying fighter bombers, which were called 鈥楬urricanes鈥�, over Japan......

Winged Chariots -Part 13: The Burmese Beauty

We were airborne by 9 am and two hours or so later landed in Akyab, which only had a short pierced steel...

First Experiences of Forces Life - RAF Cranwell, Lincs [D.Ormsby : Part 1]

The RAF College was just a little way from my training school. I was discharged from the RAF on 21st...

My Phoney War

In 1939 I was a regular corporal fitter-rigger in 26 Squadron at RAF Catterick in Yorkshire, equipped with...

My War Service

General Montgomery came aboard before the invasion to boost morale, just missing the friendly fire...

My RAF Life - Chapter 1

I was born on the first of May 1923 the only child of Emma Alice and Wilfred James Evans and our home...

RAF Electrician

In 1941 Albert joined the RAF as an electrician and was posted to the Canadian 502 Squadron based at...

Liberation Of Europe

We were in a little village outside Brussels arranging a Christmas party for the kids. He lives in...

My Brother's Grave

Both my younger brother and I were in France soon after D-Day. They gave me a bed for the night and, in...

The Iceman Cometh - RAF Pathfinder Pilot

Harold Davis flew in Bomber Command having joined the RAF just before war broke out.He flew various types...