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THE RAF AND OUR WAR

80 Wing and a Radio Ham's Adventures in the Secret War

R.V. Jones as the name given to high powered equipment developed to deal with radio beams from what the...

Grandad's Story - Part 4

I was given six flying instructors to be converted to Wellingtons then we were shipped off to Jurby on the...

The Third Bomber

Due entirely to the fact that our main Job then at North Front was to keep the Hudson's flying on...

Bill Brears

In a special announcement issued yesterday the German High Command claimed that the Orient liner Orcades...

The Royal Observer Corps

The RAF would provide training films where an aircraft would appear on the screen for just a few seconds,...

AN RAF WIRELESS OPERATOR ON THE BURMA FRONT (Part 3 of 3)

Little did we know that the Japanese about this time had crossed the river Chindwin in very large numbers...

Western Desert

The pilots under our Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader Fenton, had embarked on the Aircraft Carrier...

My Observer Corps

My sister Win had been at work in Mitcham post office when a flying bomb crashed across London Road but she...

A Yank in Bomber Command

The tactic was for the bomber stream to head towards Frankfurt but turn away before reaching Frankfurt and...

The night my father was killed in action

The crew of Dad's aircraft consisted of three Canadians - Bud Churchward, Lloyd ‘Lefty’...

Memories of further Pilot Training in Canada in 1942 by Leslie Landells

Skirting the Great Lakes, we travelled to Canada and ended up at Monckton, New Brunswick. I thought he...

Sole Survivor

OVER THE MOUNTAINS TO CHINA

We were required to service the aircraft at Kunming as they were flying petrol over the Hump for R.A.F...

Wartime Crossing of the Atlantic in a Ghost Ship

It was in the winter of 1944 when a group of potential aircrew arrived in Greenock on the banks of the...

12 Squadron in 1943

His first aircraft flown at Rolls-Royce was the Fairey Battle modified as a testbed for the Exe engine and...

Arthur Walker's memories of WW2

My Father joined up as an Air Raid Warden and was Chief Warden at an Air Raid Post in Eagle Street Hanley...

Casualties of War

As the invasion of Greece began, he volunteered to fly a reinforcement Hurricane to the beleaguered island...

Obsession with aeroplanes, Part 1

We liaised with a local French flying squadron flying Curtis single engine fighters and we got to know them...

Not A Piece Of Cake

It was 11.35 p.m. on 5th April 1942 and the crew consisted of Jack Davies, the 20 year old pilot; Pat...

TRAINING FOR BOMBER COMMAND.Chapter 2

We then had to decrease height and fly fairly low over the North Sea to an excluded zone, for the rear...

33 Squadron pilot's story of 12th April 1945 - 'Easier By The Minute' Part 1

A few minutes after midday, with Peter holding the No4 position of Yellow Section, the twelve aircraft of...

Bombing Missions over Germany, October 1944

Pilot: Les Landells, Distington, Cumbria Navigator: Albert ‘Bud’ Storey, Harrington, Cumbria...

Tragic Drowning at RAF Valley 1941 - Chapter 2

845761 LAC Ford LA 615 Sqdn Site 7 RAF Station Valley I.of Anglesea. The first is from Squadron Leader...

An RAF Apprentice Goes to War In India and Burma

We eventually reached Chittagong late one night and in the morning we got our first taste of what war was...

Troop Ship and Fitting Party Adventures

Building a reserve radio station in Luxor - July 1942 Then we went to Suez to Maintenance Unit 107 to...