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History repeats itself

At last the Italians packed in the war and the last big event was our squadron taking Hali Sellasi back to...

Our Story [Peter & Mrs Davis]

I was commissioned in September 1943 and qualified as a Landing Craft Officer in February 1944 as a member...

RAF 115 Squadron Part 1 of 2

Detail of a Bomber Command tour of operations carried out in 1943/44 by Flt Lt Aubrey Howell DFC and crew,...

1944 continued

With regard to our squadron's operations over Burma I have recently come across a book called “...

The Last of the 39-ers "A unique story"

1948 Siga 1 AHQ RAF Habbaniya Iraq 1949 Signals Officer RAF Calshot 1950 RAF Pembroke Docks 1952 Apprentice...

Operations with 158 Squadron: Cologne, Essen, Duisberg - then Capture

On completion, I was posted to a Wellington Operational Training unit at RAF Wellesbourne - Mountford,...

The War Years in Burton, Birmingham and Derby

I was asked to go to an interview at Rolls-Royce in Derby, and after a much more searching discussion with...

Air War over South East Kent - A Schoolboy's Memories (Part II)

I remember chasing one of these parachutes and just as I got up to the place where it had landed, I saw...

The Lancaster Crash at Rebréchien - The Ties That Bind Us

The Lancaster Crash at Rebréchien - Chapter 1 - A4342826 The Lancaster Crash at Rebréchien -...

PATHFINDER AND THE THOUSAND BOMBER RAID by Jim Simpson DFM, DFC

The last one I flew with Cresswell was B Beer, on the 20th of July 1944 and then I went on to...

Crash Landing at Seething

A salvage team clamber over a B-24 at Seething which has come to grief in a sea of mud". Well, it may...

A Caulkheads War Part 3 of 3

I immediately felt an affinity with this unknown German workman because I too marked such lines when...

A Tribute to Corporal William Gray Lillie

Sunderland flying boat No9046 left Invergordon Scotland, and made its way over the North sea heading...

Gilnahirk's Best Kept Secret

The information contained in this story is based on the accounts of Gilnahirk people who can remember the...

An Erk's Life, chapter 3

I jumped up onto the last aircraft to connect up and found the other electrician was already in the bomb...

Stirling to Norway Supply Chapter 1

Group Captain Surplice, Squadron leader Bill Stewart, Flying Officer Les Bellinger. After briefing, we...

Story of my days in the WAAFS

It was interesting work,servicing the aircraft,and doing the camera guns, to show the air gunners how their...

My Moment of Truth

The loss of 6 Lancasters out of 21 in my first two flights brought home to me the full extent of the...

The Channel Dash Heroes Part 2

In a final deperate attempt, Esmonde pulled the nose of the Swordfish, and released his torpedo, then there...

Wireless Telegraphy Fitting Party and experiences in Palestine

Then I got a message to go back to Cairo, so I flew back to Aden and from there got an Indian...

Life in Bomber Command Contd

He died a few years ago, but his wife Lady Walker still attends 102 Squadron reunions ® The cold could...

RAF 115 Squadron Part 2 of 2

Detail of a Bomber Command tour of operations carried out in 1943/44 by Flt Lt Aubrey Howell DFC and crew,...

Operations from Scampton

Another thing that happened at Blida was that our two gunners Wally and Ronnie were approached by two...

Corrections to information listed

He left Booker on the 5/12/41 to go on to Heaton Park in Manchester and from there he was to go to...

Obsession with Aeroplanes Part 3

I took over B Flight from Squadron Leader Cooke together with his experienced crew: Flight Lt. Dunk, DFC,...

Crash Landing at Seething

I, Oak Mackey was the Co-Pilot, Brad Eaton, Navigator, Bob Lowe, Bombardier, E.C.Brunette, Engineer, J.T....