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METEOROLOGY BEHIND THE WIRE

I had a few adventures before we got there, The Aircraft Carrier Furious on which we were travelling was...

A conversation about the war Part 4/5

Rose: Walney Island isn't that big, did you go round in circles? Hugh: By the time we got back from...

578 Squadron Burn 鈥� Part 1 (Operations 1 鈥� 14)

7 Squadron Target No 16: Frankfurt - 22nd March 1944 Sixteen aircraft away, but LK Q returned with rear gun...

From Port Talbot to the Cocos Keeling Islands - Part Two

But another thing that was interesting we had a Methodist Minister come to visit to take our Church Parades...

Escorting Mr Churchill and Other Jobs Fit fot a Kiwi

It was decided after the raid by the Dorniers, that one flight of 165 squadron Spitfires should be...

'LET'S FLY'. As related by Norman Rollin.

We made a good crew made up of Pilot Sgt Norman Rollin, Plt Off. Bill ChmilarRCAF, Sgt Geoff Phillips, Sgt...

Memories of Pilot Training in 1942 by Leslie Landells

I met Geoffrey Chater only once after our Regents Park brief friendship. My next journey was a long haul to...

Civvie Street to RAF

From RAF boy apprentice to prisoner of the Japanese

Eric was already embarked on a technical course when he attended the Toxteth Technical Institute for his...

Burma and the Kota Gede

December 9th 1941 62 Squadron take off loaded with bombs to bomb the jap landing on the coast at Kote Baru....

Experiences in the Air Training Corps

One airfield I remember where we had flying lessons with old Tiger Moth aeroplanes using soft helmets,...

Dropping into Burma

In Jessore we knew him as Paddy O'Brien, but now he calls himself 鈥淧at鈥� . We hung around...

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

If a German aircraft was seen to be making a direct approach to Bedford, in other words it was going to...

Instructing in Lossiemouth

At Lossiemouth, like any other Operational Training Unit, crew members would sort themselves out into a...

MY FIVE YEARS IN UNIFORM

I was posted to Filey for a four week refresher course in basic training and then posted to Shawbury near...

Journey To 621 Squadron, East Africa.

The various crews drafted to form the squadron flew their aircraft out from the UK to East Africa and...

From Port Talbot to the Cocos Keeling Islands - Part One

Down below, the house was on a hill in Port Talbot, 鈥楶entylla鈥� between Port Talbot and Margam...

The Build Up Of Greatcoats

We completed our training at No.5 Lancaster Finishing School at Syerston, Notts, and were told that the...

The 'Augsburg Raid'

The raid being in daylight, flew in formation of 6 aircraft, the captains being S/L Sherwood DFC, F/L...

When I fell out of the sky

Together we shared the incomparable luxury of the first Red Cross parcel after many weeks of near...

Tour in Italy with Bomber Command

My crew were Jimmy Lane - the Navigator; Howell John - the Bomb Aimer; Bert Lambert - Wireless Operator/Air...

From Aberdeen schoolboy to pilot

As the usefulness of this young movement was recognised it became the Air Training Corps and two other...

Spitfire Pilot, 92 Squadron, Desert Air Force (DAF), Italy (1944 鈥� 1945)

Errol the Elephant, German POWs and post-war bomb disposal

Eager For The Air: The Story Of The Air Transport Auxiliary

So it was in August 1939, that Gerrard d'Erlanger a member of the old-established banking family and a...

Commonwealth Air Training Plan - Aircrew Training

All AC2 s then passed through ACDC Heaton Park, Manchester for shipping to training in Southern Rhodesia,...