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From Manston to Biggin hill in Kent,

Manston in Kent, which was in the thick of the Battle of Britain, was my next posting. Through the Battle...

Good and bad memories from 30 bombing missions

I was a gunner on the mid upper turret of a Lancaster and did 30 operational flights over Germany鈥he...

My Mother-in-Law's Story

Nine months later he ended up at a strip of jungle in Sumatra with 232 Hurricane Squadron, the nearest...

My time in the WAAF

My Grandad's Story

Grandad was invited to attend a big parade and was presented in the drill hut with the Gallantry...

279 Squadron, Oct 1945 Thornaby

The following account is best to put into context by reading my story listed under: Irene M M Sutcliffe: My...

'HOW STRANGE'

Flying a Halifax, my husband, Ken Potts, was on the last operation of his first tour with 51 Squadron. Ken...

MY NEAREST OCCASION TO A DANGEROUS DEATH!

This story has been put on the website by 大象传媒 Radio Cornwall CSV producer Nina Davey on behalf of the...

The Night our Lancaster became a Colander

We were briefed to bomb Rennes, a German airfield on the Cherbourg peninsula. All the hydraulic systems...

Growing up in the WAAF

Gloucester seemed very quiet after coming down from my hometown at the mouth of the Thames where German...

Fighter pilot WW2.

I then served in No 3 Hurricane squadron @ North Weald; transferred to 607 squadron Auxhiliary Air Force...

A Sunday Afternoon "Relaxation", 1942

I was often dungaree-clad and was able to assist Stanley in some workshop procedures, but using the...

John Arthur Monks, RAF

My father, John Arthur Monks, signed up to the RAF in September 1935 for a six year term. The records also...

Two left gumboots!

The Equipment Officer, Flight Lt Murdo McLeod, himself a Lewisman, was married to a lady who used to live...

Preparing Aircraft for the First One Thousand Bomber Raid

The aircraft used in greatest number was the 鈥淲impy鈥�. Our Engineering Officer and our...

War Memories of Walter G. Norfolk

During our flight to India we also called at Briska in Algeria, Eladem Cairo Westand Habbaniya not far from...

Operation Exodus

In fact it turned out to be our last 'op'. In Eupore, whilst hanging about in the crew room, the...

Tales from Ted Holdsworth

During the war, I was an engine mechanic in the R.A.F. Some airfields' names make me smile:...

Tour of Operations

A marshall appeared in front of the aircraft with two torches signalling us to start taxying and we were...

Eddie Proctor - The father I never knew

In November 1943, as the battle for Berlin was becoming more intense, he was sent to begin a second tour of...

FORMING A ROVER-SCOUT CREW

THE FORMING of A ROVER-SCOUT CREW AT EL GEDIDA L.a.c. John Cooper asked me to start a Rover Crew in El...

From ARP Warden in Dunstable to Aircraft Fitter in Iceland

At one camp in 1941 we met several young ladies that flew bomber aircraft, smashing looking girls in...

The Plotters

Bridgegrowth for kitting out, Morecambe for square bashing and then to RAF Ouston in Northumberland to...

No Horseplay the Night before D-Day

Gordon Allum, now 79, was born and raised in Hayes, Middlesex, but in a transit camp for the Navy near...

One Man's War -Part 36: July 24, 1945 -- December 15, 1945 Final Days Of The War! Part Five

Then to Scenic Airlines where he flew the 1927 Ford Tri-motor hauling passengers from Las Vegas for a...

The crash of Beaufort AW200

But it wasn't just one man, the Beaufort had a crew of four, and Beauford 鈥淩鈥� crew was; Sgt...