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My Uncle Sid: Killed in an Air Raid on RAF Debden

My dad's brother, Sid collier, was an aircraftman 2nd class with 257 Squadron....

Gliders

He started his glider; it was a big glider with 80 other men of the first air born division. They...

At work

See more of Ron's stories: I made some very good friends during the war Of course that was the start of...

RAF billeting in private homes

A friend of mine recently told me that as a small boy in the war, he remembered having 2 RAF men at...

Sinking the Tirpitz: An Armourer at RAF Waddington

James Gomer Mumford, now aged 93, was on night duty as an Armourer when the lone Lancaster bomber he...

With the RAF in India

I was stationed on radar stations along the south coast of England before being posted to India... On...

Dad's Halifax Experience: With 295 Squadron

In June 1943, as the wireless operator in a Halifax of 295 Squadron i participated in the tow of unladen...

Your Cousin John Was So Handsome(contined)

21st August to attack the Herman Goering Nibelungen works at St Valentin, near Linz, Austria. The liberator...

Photo In Memory of Leading Aircraftman James Picken

Son of Thomas and Martha Picken; husband of Edith Annie Picken, of Largs, Ayshire....

Passing the RAF Sight Test

He passed the eye test and went on to be awarded the Defence Flying Medal for rescuing nine Allied airmen...

In Memory of Terence Ashworth.

From Kleve take the Hoffmannallee from the town centre, which becomes the Materbornerallee... Follow the...

Seeking Information

He was in Burma, India, Bombay, Egypt and Africa. He was with the RAF as a lorry driver....

Airshow at Speke In 1938

In 1938 my brother and I were very excited when we were taken to an airshow at Speke. This picture shows us...

Tweedale's War Note

Note: Harry Tweedale died last year - but left this account to which he attached literally hundreds of...

Glenn Miller in Paris

I was lucky in a draw and got a sheer pass back to Paris, just before Christmas, where I was lucky again...

Ted Porter's Crew

Missions from Woodhall Spa Tracers coming through the thatch I didn't quite get the chop Little humour...

A Bit of a Mystery - Part 2

As a follow-up to the contribution 'A bit of a mystery', here is a photo found amongst my...

Family Tribute, the Taylors

My father William & his brother Gilbert were in the air force... Gilbert was a flight Lt. & was...

D-Day in Sicily

On the evening of 9th July with 6 other Halifaxes we were airbourne towing horsa gliders laden with troops...

My War

I volunteered R.A.F. and trained as Japanese Intercept Wireless operator. Spent 18 months in Burma decoding...

Plane Landing In Flames

This is a story from Mary Fletcher who was a cook in the WAAFs at RAF Bruntingthorp during the war. Not a...

Barrage Balloons

My father worked with the barage baloons in the airforce, he used some of the baloon material to insulate...

Near Miss: A Halifax Bomber Over Stuttgart

I was an air gunner on a Halifax bomber, part of a thousand bomber raid over Stuttgart....

Lucky Chance

My father, Bill Edgar, was in the RAF in Scotland — ground crew. All his unit were due to fly to...

A minor frisson from 1292707 (RAF), SO Appleby (Warrant Officer)

At ITW Torquay in 1940 I shared a room with "Screwball" Beurling... At the end of the war he was a...

Near Miss: RAF Bomber Over Stuttgart

I was an airgunner in a Halifax bomber, taking part in a thousand bomber raid over Stuttgart....