大象传媒

Explore the 大象传媒
This page has been archived and is no longer updated. Find out more about page archiving.

15 October 2014
WW2 - People's War

大象传媒 Homepage
大象传媒 History
WW2 People's War Homepage Archive List Timeline About This Site

Contact Us

You are browsing in:

Archive List > Royal Air Force

Stories categorised in 'Royal Air Force'. These stories may contain references to other themes.

Recommended stories

The Air Raid warningicon for Recommended storyicon for Story with photo

At the last minute my dad was sent from the Woolwich Arsenalto Scotland... In 1952 sent to France where I...

RAF on HM Ships?icon for Recommended storyicon for Story with photo

My late dad served in the RAF during WW2... One of his favorite stories was when the Navy lads had their...

Spitfire over Silverdaleicon for Recommended story

The farm lay on the flight path of some spitfire squadrons which would fly low over the farm from time to...

Polish officer with RAFicon for Recommended story

A colleague was the squadron medical officer named Xygmund Zubryski. We visited a Displaced Persons camp to...

Pegasus Bridge June 5th 1944icon for Recommended story

On June 5th 1944 as wireless operator in Halifax LL 344 piloted by Flight/O Clapperton we took off at 2300...

622 Squadron: Stirling Incidenticon for Recommended storyicon for Story with photo

This Stirling was taken on a test flight by the duty crew, after a service. On landing approach the crew...

The Spitfire Pilot Dad Saved from a Minefieldicon for Recommended storyicon for Story with photo

Just after finishing the story A Spitfire Pilot and a Brave Soldier: The Story of a Quest I received a...

158 Squadron in May 1943icon for Recommended storyicon for Story with photo

Taken in April 1943, shortly before we were shot down in August 1943. We flew in Halifaxes....

Photo Gallery
Royal Air Force Photo Gallerylink to gallery

Photos that were contributed with stories in this category.

icon for Story with photoStory with photo

More stories

As We Who Are Left Grow Old

Obviously the German authorities had concluded that Jock, David and Harry were part of Norman's crew,...

Navigating War: Memories of a Lancaster Navigator

If you've got forty Wellingtons coasting along the north coast for France, looking like three hundred...

Shark Squadron, Desert Air Force

One morning I saw three Beaufighters of 600 City of London squadron land and taxi to a park at the Yesi end...

Italy

Captain Carr had a dry sense of humour he came back from that H Q one morning having driven himself up to...

Italy

Captain Carr had a dry sense of humour he came back from that H Q one morning having driven himself up to...

RAF Training in Bottisham - And 654 Squadron in North Africa

Man power was first The Captain who had to be a gunner officer with lots of gunnery experience and a light...

Of Officers and Aircraft Mechanics, Monte Casino and Maleria - and Rome

Captain Creswell had been in the retreat from France, in the war in Africa and Sicily and on the same boat...

A War Is Started

They had masses of Oxfords there, flying like maniacs and mixed in with them were a bunch of Hawker...

Through Pilot Training to Action With 463 and 617 Squadrons at Waddington

Another crew carried out this test on our behalf, but they made a major mistake when deciding to fly the...

Bournemouth, 1942

The ground floor was allocated to the school with two bedrooms, bathrooms, an office, lecture room and...

Autobiography Part 2

However, at the Recruiting Office I was told that they did not accept 16 year olds into aircrew and...

Claude Hector (John) Osborne - RAF Wireless Operator

Our destination, unknown to us at the time, was Malta but the wartime route to Malta was across the...

Uncle Derek's Diary - Malta - George Cross Islandicon for Story with photo

The following January he spent 5 months defending Malta as Squadron Leader with 261 during the worst...

My Last Mission with the Dutch 320 Squadron

I like to express my sincerest thanks to the Canadian Orthopedic Surgeon and his assistants of the Royal...

One Pilot's War

With the onset of autumn, 1943, Adams regained his medical flying category and, following a short refresher...

A Young Man in Bomber Command

Take-Off 22.41hrs-Landed 03.10hrs CREW Flying Officer M.L. Morgan-Owen, Captain Flight Sergeant A.W. Green,...

Aircraftsman in RAF, 1939 to 1940

Added to my duties at Elstree I had something of a roving commission, having responsibility for other link...

Two Brave Bond Uncles: In RAF 196 Squadron, 620 Squadron - and D-Day

At the same time as Stan was growing up, the War Department, conscious of the gathering clouds of war, was...

Explore the archive
Browse the full archive list

Most of the content on this site is created by our users, who are members of the public. The views expressed are theirs and unless specifically stated are not those of the 大象传媒. The 大象传媒 is not responsible for the content of any external sites referenced.



About the 大象传媒 | Help | Terms of Use | Privacy & Cookies Policy