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Berlin (1)

On Saturday 16th of Jan 1943 however we were called to the opps briefing room,were I was busy following the...

Lancaster Bomber Groundcrew 97 Squadron

My grandfather James 'Eric' Hall served in the RAF between 1941 and 1945 as an RAF Volunteer...

Operation:Market Garden

This involved towing a Horsa glider from Dorset to the drop zone near Arnhem... As we flew towards Arnhem...

Wartime Romance Hits the Rocks

Amy and Tommy met at West Felton when he flew in to have his Spit seen to and told Amy to 'see...

Stalag 8b

In July 1943 whilst a prisoner in Stalag 8b, a friend and I escaped through a short tunnel dug beneath our...

Wireless operator during World War 2 with 190 Squadron

First of all we went in with gliders then paratroops and later when the paratroops were cut off we started...

Peter Dawbarn -Part 4: Flippin' Heinkel 111

See also more of Peter Dawbarn's stories: Dawbarn meets the Germans Combat 'It's like riding a...

My Parents, Norwegian Resistance, and British RAF Derring Do

Squiresgate, Silloth, Limavady, Cranwell, Chivenor, Castle Combe, Ein Shemer, Aden, Socotra, Cairo and...

Landing with Bombs and Only One Engine: Les Vedmore

Pilot, F/O Bradley Navigator, John Edmunds Flight Engineer, F/Sgt Richards Wireless Operator, F/Sgt Jock...

223 Sqn, N Kenya

Maps of Italian - occupied territory were pre-war or otherwise inadequate; they flew by following railway...

Memories of an RAF Wireless Operator

I went into the RAF as a wireless operator and fortunately the only real danger I experienced was when I...

Ken Nichols

My father had no job at that time so he joined Wilsons bakery and drove an electric bakers van around...

NORDHAUSEN WITH THE RAF

In 1945 Nordhausen was a very small town in the Harz Mountains of Germany. The Nazis had set up a...

Alan鈥檚 Story - Dorothy Williamson -nee Threlfall

When my brother was home on leave, during the height of the war I well remember him saying that the pilots...

Belvederians who died in The Second World War 1939-1945 (4)

Joseph Francis Patrick John McKenna Pilot Officer, 76 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Died 24...

Tommy's War

Washing, shaving and showering was to be done in sea water, with bloody awful soap. As your arse is hot,...

All Fall Down: Mid Air Collision Over Earls Colne

I was standing on the road outside Earls Colne Grammar School,waiting for the quarter to four school bus to...

Mosquito

Eric was stationed at Lydda Palestine which was a transport command R.A.F. station, used for transporting...

"Well - You Wanted to Fly!"

It was there I befriended Bill Reid,VC, who asked me to write his story, and encouraged me to continue...

A Wireless Operator: In the RAF

He joined the RAF just before the real war started, and was chosen to be a wireless operator... At the time...

Training to be an Air Gunner by Stan Garbutt

There were two wireless ops on the crew, one was the wireless op the other front gunner - I was front...

Serving in the RAF S Commando 1942-46

The requirement was basically for skilled technical personnel, mainly from fighter command, who would be...

My Dad the Glider Pilot

In late 1941,recruiting began for Britain's newly forming Airborne Divisions,my Dad saw this as his...

Plane Crash 5/4/1944: Rothersthorpe, Northants

For the memorial, the Parish Council made contact with the families of all the members of the crew and we...

My Flying Boots - Channel Dash

Sgt Brian Hunter, a fellow wop/ag, was doing some cursing as he had left his flying boots back at his...

AFTER THE BOMBING

I joined up just after my 18th birthday and ater the initial 8 week square bashing was sent on a 6 month...