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Flight Lieutenant Ronald Eric POPE 26 SQD

5/8/1940 — 27/8/1940 Now flying daily missions with no4 sqd Linton On Ouse ,photography including...

THE EAGLE SQUADRON AT EGLINTON LONDONDERRY

BEFORE THE US ENTERED THE WAR RECRUITS FOR THE RAF WERE TAKEN FROM THE USA - THE EAGLE SQUADRON BASED AT...

aviation memories

aviation memories

As a 10 year boy living in a small country village in Hertfordshire, some 20 miles North West of London,...

TRAINING FOR BOMBER COMMAND. Chapter 1

Crew: ARMSTRONG WHITLEY v H189 PILOT- Les Bellinger NAVIGATOR- John McBain BOMB AIMER- Lea Gardner WIRELESS...

A Hard Day's Night, 21/22 December 1944

The occasion was a 5 Group Bomber Command attack on a synthetic oil plant at Politz on the German Baltic...

There Was Never A Month Like It (Part One)

The station commander reported that the target for the Strike Wing of Beaufighters from 143, 256 and 254...

The Great Escape - part one

In mid December, 1944, I was flying on ops with a crew of eight in a Halifax LK-Y from 578 Squadron, No.4...

Memories of Frank Lund - part 6

We did a 20 minute test flight and before the engines had time to cool decided to do our briefing and head...

Wartime experiences in the RAF

They did not want training aircraft flying around the country getting in the way of operational aircraft so...

"lucky to have legs"

Vin then called Ted on the intercom, there was no reply, after several attempts to get him to reply, Vin...

WAR STORY OF JOHN (JACK) WELBOURN

I spent all but two days a month travelling round my six Radar Stations — two in the Isle of Man, for...

No 4 School of Technical Training (1942) - Part 1

This was then the crew:- Sgt Jack Russell — Pilot — Long Island, New York Sgt Richard Wright...

My war time experiences as an aero engine fitter

There were other mechanical problems on Blackburn Botha aircraft — propellers broke up in mid air and...

History of his Royal Airforce Career in World War Two (2)

He also flew again in a Harvard "the squadron hack" and also the Oxfords the squadron had been...

War time memories of 1435021 AC Stanley Lester

The only drawback to our little Heaven was bikes; you had to cycle uphill to Harwell and back, mind you it...

Home Guard in Loughborough - The Home Front

Many a night the engine drone of enemy aircraft could be heard overhead, on a path from over the North Sea...

No2 Flying Training School - Pt 1

In the spring and early summer of 1940 Brize Norton was a happy place, and the war and developments in...

The Buckden Pike Memorial Cross © Richard Fusniak 2000

Joe rummaged around the crumpled fuselage, found two tins of tomato soup, stuffed one in his bomber jacket...

H.J.Walters - A Look at Death

On 2nd September, 1942, I was stationed at 10 OTU Abingdon where I was instructing flying crews on the...

what bravery

Joe rummaged around the crumpled fuselage, found two tins of tomato soup, stuffed one in his bomber jacket...

Wartime memories of an aeroplane enthusiast living in Bedford - Part Three

The B17, the Flying Fortress was the only active aeroplane that they had at Thurleigh that went over...

Night Fighting with New Zealanders

Wellington Bomber crash and subsequent gallantry commendation.

2/Lieutenant Crozier and Sergeant Kendall went immediately to the scene of the crash where they were joined...

Life in the Womens Auxiliary Air Force

24 OTU was closed down at the end of the War and I was then posted to RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire to work...

Brief History of The Rafwaffe (Flight 1426)

The unit was formed at RAF Station Duxford on 21st November 1941 when F/O Forbes, F/O Kinder, P/O Lewendon...