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Milk for the RAF boy

From Cairo I was posted up into the Western Desert where I joined Number 33 Squadron with 2 other RAF...

Supplying the 14th Army down the Irrawaddy

By the time we got to Morby the Japs were really out of Burma and had retreated into the Malay peninsula....

9) The 'Underpant' Episode

Basil Whorwood 鈥� 鈥楤az鈥�, was another of the worthies... So, anyway, when one day we made...

Brothers in Arms

Forty eight hours earlier, he had been sitting in the Golden Fleece, Edmonton High Road, North London, with...

There Was No Need For A Bush Hat In Belfast!

I was sent to Bomber Command in England, which in those days were bombing Germany and France; the big thing...

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Fortunately our distress signal was picked up by RAF Exeter and we were escorted by a Typhoon fighter plane...

The Squadron Leader

He was a Squadron Leader in Administration, if my memory is correct, and I know he was, or had been, a...

Upside Down Proposal

After Lossiemouth, a spot of leave and then to Ricall, a heavy bomber conversion unit near York, flying...

RAF letters

You will of course appreciate that since the sad loss of your son, the squadron has seen service in various...

ALAN MORGAN, BOMBING RAIDS: "GERMAN HITCH-HIKER".

The two gunners, Sgt. Lee and Laws managed to drive their attacker off and the bombs were successfully...

WE WATCHED AS THE HOUSE BURNED DOWN

I had just left school and started work as a shorthand-typist in a Coal Merchant's office adjacent to...

Long Journey to Freedom

He managed to escape prior to be handed over to the Gestapo and made his way via Yugoslavia to Beirut where...

Radar Behind the Scenes

A Dedication to Skipper Wing Commander Ted Porter: Pause for Thought

Dedicated on behalf of our 97 Squadron crew to the memory of our skilful and courageous skipper, Wing...

BLACK FRIDAY IN NORWAY - RHODA KEBBY

Black Friday in Norway Feb 9th 1945 Rhoda, Emily Kebby and Cecil Claude Caesar/ Bristol and Norway. He...

Berchtesgaden 鈥淗itler鈥檚 Hideout鈥� 鈥� 25.04.1945 鈥� 39th Operation

Note: The attack on Hitler's hideout at Bechesgarten was the last bombing operation of the war by 576...

A Night-time Emergency Landing

After my initial training I spent nearly two years at 9 Group Headquarters Fighter Command, Barton Hall,...

Mildred Joan Tulip IV: Jim Nichols, RAF, missing 1941

He was christened James Alfred Nichols in memory of his uncle Jim, much respected in Middlesbrough where he...

Harry: Wireless Op

Harry was a wireless op鈥�, in a Halifax, 1942 I believe. The wireless hissed and voices crackled,...

Harry Horsfield's War Memories

Non-commissioned officers detailed everyone, men and WAAFs to the following tasks: cut the grass, wash all...

My Father's War Experiences 1

From the cold and windy conditions there he was posted to the hot, sunny climate of RAF Gibraltar on 23...

Hidden German Tanks - Special Target

When we were almost on the target and the bomber aimer, Jimmy Hurman, spotted the red flare we received a...

Tour of Operations

Bomb load 1 x 4000 Ib Cookie plus 5500 Ibs HE. Bomb load 1 x 40001b Cookie plus 6000 Ibs GP Bombs....

The HORSA glider remembered

It was, therefore, no surprise to learn from one of my classmates, Toby Jarvis, that a glider had become...

DUNQUERQUE CALLING by Gillian Howie

Air Marshall Sir Arthur McDonald Air Marshall Sir Arthur McDonald was my uncle, my father's brother,...

One Young Man's Contribution in the Far North

I then did one year on Vagar, one of the Faroe Islands; it had one airstrip on top and was also a...