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Beat This

In 1944 hiched hike across the Sinia Desert from haifa to Alexandria via cario and back via Jeruselem. Flew...

Towed Home

He and ten other airmen and soldiers were towed on an ammunition barge by a French destroyer which cast...

The War Wedding Photograph: A Rear Gunner in Lincolnshire

On their wedding photo, there are about a dozen of my dad's RAF comrades. My dad was a rear gunner in a...

Shot down Me 109F - N.Africa

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The Weavers

I have just spoken to Douglas Weaver, one of nine siblings who served in the armed forces during WWII....

Plane Crash in Haddington ( East Lothian Scotland )

He crashed landed on the land — A Shepard went to the crashed plane with a gun and two crew from the...

Becoming a Navigator

Eventually I arrived at Foggia in Southern Italy for Christmas 1944. This is not to detract from D-day but...

Memories of Y Force or Attendance at CLTS Elstree Training School

It was my job to install the equipment on Blenheim aircraft. We put IFF transmitterson our own...

223 Sqn in Kenya in 1939

Prior to the declaration of war he was sentwith others to patrol northern border with Italian Somaliland...

Real aircraft and wooden aircraft

He was stationed at RAF Hornchurch during the Battle of Britain with 222 Squadron. Of course there was much...

Back into Lincolnshire

Not a moment was lost before we started our flying training on Manchester twin engined Bombers and lasted...

After BERLIN.

Here I was given the duty of forming a team of Engine fitters with expert knowledge of changing Lancaster...

Memories of Grandad

Grandad was well respected and served for decades at RAF Coltishall. When he died the Jaguars flew past in...

I made some very good friends during the waricon for Story with photo

Of course that was the start of it It doesn't finish like that when I say it's a small world It...

All the Horrors of War by Fred Roberts (Spitfire Pilot)

All the Horrors of War by Fred Roberts. What brings to mind the horrors of war, was one incident, when I...

Sierra Sou

I see the plane and recall the name and I wonder which one of the crew gave her the name Sierra Sou....

My Father's Hat

My father, Desmond Papworth McKeown was a squadron leader in the RAF... That day he had to show Queen Mary...

Hednesford

In Feb 42 I started at the Post Office at Hednesford as a boy messenger. Some telegrams were reporting the...

Flame Throwers in Action

During the capture of Miketilla, the airstrip was occupied by Japanese forces, 28 Squadron moved to the...

New Years Eve 1944

There was nothing in Jessore to relieve the boredom, so it is hardly surprising that hair was let down on...

My Grandpa

As he opened his parachute, the upward force caused his shoes to fall off, so when he landed, the Germans...

My Husbands DFCicon for Story with photo

I met my husband Fred in York; he was a bomber pilot. We went to Buckingham Palace to receive the medal; it...

J A Martin DFC - Strong winds over River Cams?

J A Martin DFC - Strong winds over River Cams. When we were out carrying out an air test on our aircraft...

The Names on the Walls

'I was a great friend of James Cheney who was in RAF along with his 3 brothers. When James died, Capt...

Tail-End Charlie

My father, Ted Picton, worked as a ground crew mechanic on Whitleys in '41/42 , and Halifaxes at RAF...

Memories of the British Expeditionary Force - The Horror of a Concentration Camp

Memories of the British Expeditionary Force - The Horror of a Concentration Camp. Suddenly it seemed that...

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