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My dad - Sidney Lipman

Two squadrons were stationed at Skellingthorpe and there was friendly rivalry and lots of pranks such as...

A conversation about the War Part 2/5

Hugh: Nothing to do with that at all, they were split up into groups, fighter command was down south mainly...

Five years in the RAF

Mr. Donnelly was born in 1921 and was called-up to the RAF No.2 Recruitment Centre Cardington in June 1941....

A Long War!

FLT LT IAN ADAMSON'S RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WOODPECKERS - 136 FIGHTER SQUADRON FORMS AT KIRTON-IN-LINDSEY AUGUST 1941

FLT LT IAN ADAMSON'S RECOLLECTIONS OF THE WOODPECKERS - 136 FIGHTER SQUADRON FORMS AT KIRTON-IN-LINDSEY...

A piece of cake!

He was known as Warrant Officer Kirk then and was an air gunner in the No. 15 Squadron of the RAF at...

To Fly or not to Fly

The flying boats with the longest range were, therefore, dedicated to a route, Poole, Lisbon and on to...

Sam's War part three by Jane Foster

We did some administration but most of the day was spent in Harwell Boxes, where we learnt the Morse code,...

Desert cricket

From Helwan we were sent to Palestine, to Aqir, which had a very fast outfield to its cricket pitch. By the...

Tour of Operations

Apart from activities hi the Officers and Sergeants Messes, and trips into Scunthorpe where the...

A Lucky Strike

My Grandfather, Andies Hendrik Willim Pienaar, was born in 1917 on a farm in the Orange Free State provine...

Too high a price to pay?

Bernard on 29.1.43 and James 13.2.43,armed with their service number,rank etc I started my research which...

Sailing in Convoy

From there we went to Liverpool to board ship, then straight up to Gourock on the River Clyde to join the...

My Friend Morris Dillon

The RAF flew Lancaster Bombers at night time, and during the daytime the Americans flew because they could...

201 Squadron

I was then posted onto 201 squadron, which was a flying boat squadron and flew on Sutherland aircraft... In...

SAAF

A Wing and a Prayer

Again, we were unable to land as Waddington was also affected by crosswinds, so a diversion to Wittering...

Crooked finger

My father said he had broken his little finger when he caught it in his parachute, as he bailed out of his...

Daylight raid Schholven Ruhr

The target map and the route were covered, but all was revealed when the C C., Met Man and other senios...

A Day in the Life of a Wren Air Mechanic

In 1945 I was stationed at Lee-On Solent and received, together with my friend, Ethel, instructions to go...

The last mission of Halifax LW 598/OW’J’

LW598/OW'J’ was returning to RAF Linton-on-Ouse Yorkshire after completing bombing missions at...

Experiences from flying squadron 201

I was then posted onto 201 squadron, which was a flying boat squadron and flew on Sunderland Aircraft... In...

A Voice from the Past

Calm, resolute, reliable Harry Dent; Staff Sergeant Harry Dent; Hamilcar glider pilot Harry Dent; last seen...

Operation Archery

The Commando veterans were contacted by Mr Peter Bell and invited to attend a celebration in the village of...

Saving the King of Siam

There was a fellow officer also going to Bangkok, and we felt, in our wisdom that we didn't want to fly...

Impossible Overshoot – Stirling Bomber

After my first tour ended, and because I was initially trained on Short Sterling Bombers, I was posted as...