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The Sinking of German Subs.

The reason why we were sent there was to dispose of captured German submarines which had been towed into...

Spitfire Groundcrew

During the second world war I was a member of Fighter Squadron 310 of the Czech Wing of the Royal Air...

J A Martin DFC - An Oily Face Over Bremen

We went out one night on a bomb raid and the tacticians thought they would be very crafty, after the main...

J A Martin DFC - Nonchalant award of DFCs

I heard the news of the award when I was reading the Flight Magazine one night in the Officers Mess, and...

Memories of VE Day (RAF Sergeant J.C.Thompson)

We had travelled through Belsen en route from Celle to Luneberg and our site for our airstrip was several...

Mission to Russia: Bomber Command 144 Squadron

Flew from Sumburgh to Vaanga. Of the 32 aircraft that flew out from Sumburgh only 22 reached Russia... The...

Plane Crash in Conche, 1942

The aircraft crashed at Conche, Newfoundland at 1900 hrs GMT. The Pilot, S/L Morrow made arrangements with...

Combat

Our "Muncaen gladbachreygt". We were in the aircraft, looking down at the destruction we were...

Halifax Downed in Channel

With considerable skill, the captain - Sgt Bob Dibben - ditched "N fer Nuts" on a very rough sea...

Jewish Man stationed at Air Force in Cardington [G.Listgarten]

My younger brother and myself both decided to join the Air Force, we both went to Cardington, we both had...

Servicing Wellington Bombers and "B" Vehicles by Pat Bristow (nee Hordley)

Servicing Wellington Bombers and "B" Vehicles by Pat Bristow. My husband worked as a vehicle...

Uncle Jim - an afterword

The niece of Pilot Tommy Jones was contacted by M. Philippe Waegeman of Nantes, who had found a card she...

RAF ground crew story

We recently held a 1940s weekend and as part of the research for the event I interviewed Ken James who is...

Peter Dawbarn -Part 5: 'It鈥檚 like riding a horse'

After my accident, and then doing ground-duties for about four to six weeks they sent me to the CFS the...

Spotting Royal Air Force during WW2: Bombing of Gilze-Rijen Airfield, near Breda

Spotting Royal Air Force during WW2: Bombing of Gilze-Rijen Airfield, near Breda. Bombing Gilze-Rijen...

From Council Messenger to RAF

I was a messenger at the Council House in Birmingham....

The Spitfire

50 years ago this year The end of World War Two, We think about these same young men Now famous as "The...

It Will Never Get in Here: B17 Forced Landings in Ipswich

One day we received a call from Air Trafic Control informing us that a B17 was approaching for a wheels-up...

A Year in Edinburgh

My husband Jack volunteered for the RAF on April 6th 1940 and was sent to Edinburgh Turnhouse. Jack was...

My Grandad: A Wellington Rear Gunner

All I really know is that my Grandad was a rear gunner in a Wellington Bomber during WW11, and the story of...

28 Fighter Squadron and the Siege of Kohima

From Cape Town, we went to Bombay and then we were posted to Jamshedpur on a balloon squadron. We were...

Wireless Telegrapher in the RAF [P.Cloake]

I went to my officer and she said would I like to be a wireless telegrapher. I married one of the...

R A SMITH PILOT 56 SQUADRON

My father Ron Smith was a pilot with 56 squadron from1942 onwards, and left the service in 46 at the rank...

Mine & My Fathers time in and after WW2

As L A C 1454893 Frank Owen Sanders he qualified as rear gunner at Dalcross flying DEFIANT aircraft and...

The Immortal Ten Thousand

Time was in the early nineteen forties When half the world was once again at war, Brave young men flew out...

One Little Aussie at War

In 1943 as a qualified pilot, I landed in Scotland, posted to Brighton, farmed out to Peterborough, to do...