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Emergency Landing with P.O.W.s from Japan

The British ex-prisoners were sitting on the floor of the fuselage of the plane, and through the window...

Chris Van Kerckhoven, Belgian WWII researcher is looking for information on Lancaster Mk I R5610 of RAF 83 Sqn (PFF)

RAF Memories

Also at this station they took nonsensical cryptic messages called 'BEETLE' My next posting was to...

Wren Air Mechanic (A)

On passing my exams I was sent to R.N.A.S. Lee-On-Solent, spending 1 and a half years looking after mostly...

Everest from 20,000 feet

During our time in India the Dakotas had to fly over what was known as the Hump. So we flew up, but...

David Ray, Fighter Pilot.

Whilst at 59 OTU December 1943 at Milfield, he first flew a Hurricane, logging a total of 11 hors on...

On Strike in India

What happened was, they speeded it up, they brought in an aircraft carrier, and they took all the aircraft...

Army Form B293

To the Civilian Practitioner. a When a soldier is sick at the expiration of his leave and a Civilian...

The Day that my number nearly came up

Life at RAF Waddington in 1943/44 was quite a busy time with the night bombing offensive at its height. One...

RADAR

At this height our AA Guns couldn't reach the target but our night fighters from airfields on Salisbury...

The War Diary Of Will S. Arnett, 1st Lt. USAAF -Part 3:Tuesday, December 1, 1942 Tafaroui, Africa.

The following story appears courtesy of and with thanks to Will Seaton Arnett, 1st Lt. USAAF and John S....

Alec Hussey's war memories

I then joijned the R.A.F. I was put in an hotel in St Johns Wood in London. I remember we were marched...

My husband's stories and my memories

He was a navigator in the RAF Bomber Command, 149 and 187 squadrons, flying in many operations in the...

Assistant Section Officer Shelia Lockett (nee Wear) BEM - Officer Status

I was a movements officer and liaised with all the RAF Stations in the area and knew when they were sending...

Leslie's story

I flew in Halifax, Lancaster and towed the gliders with the halifax's. inside we had the paratroopers...

Sgt George E Foulger

On the home front, George's wife Kathleen Foulger was working in a shop and they had a dog, which would...

Unofficial opening of Cardiff Airport - 1942

Since it was not practical to go all that way and back by train in the time available my fellow flight...

The Gipsy Moth crashed into the hanger

The rigger's job was to inspect the fuselage and wheels etc, whilst the fitter checked the fuel, oil...

The strike at R.A.F Mauripur

I was a Wireless Operator in The RAF serving my country in the Far East at RAF Mauripur which was part of...

Did we really kill Glen Miller ?

1944- I was a member of a crew of 7 flying a Lancaster Bomber based at RAF Mepal Cambridgshire - we were...

Joe Thornhill

The call to war came to Joe with a tug on his trousers while he was up a ladder at DSF, Friden......

MIDLAND MEMORIES

Glen was a carpenter by trade and was trained in the RAF in airframe repairs, so after Skegness he was sent...

ALAN MORGAN, BOMBING RAIDS: 20/21 FEBRUARY,1944;STUTTGART.

The crews returning from Leipzig hadn't even retired for a well earned sleep before Group were...

.Memories of 'D' Day, and Beyond'.

At the end of the Courses I was posted to ’48 Squadron’ which was a Dakota Squadron based at...

When the King took their medals back

One of the films was of the King reviewing the fleet, watching aircraft taking off from an aircraft...

117 Sqdn

Flying Officer Pink, Flying Officer Davies and Sgt Jennings and so when we got back to this country we...