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The excitement of the War

We then went to Leighton Buzzard for special training as a fighter plotters before going to R.A.F....

Bomber Aircraft in the Wolds at Belchford, Lincs

It was in the Autumn, I Derrick Littleworth, aged about thirteen years, was standing in the farm yard at...

My First Encounter with the Luftwaffe

I can't remember how I landed, but when I revived my senses, I parked the Magester and made my way to...

The Night Time Forgot

My most poignant memory of my WAAF career was going on duty at midnight on 15/16th May 1943 to the...

Destiny shaping our ends

After the war I met General Montgomery, no not "Monty" but General "Tooey" Spatz' right...

My Father's War Experiences 2

My father, Harry Tattersall, left Gibraltar on 12th May, 1944 and was posted to 179 Squadron RAF St Eval,...

Working as a plotter at 13 Group Fighter Command, near Newcastle

The plotters sat round the big Ops Room table, underground, and on the table was a huge map of the whole...

Arthur Faulkner — from the RAF to the Bletchley Park

In January 2002 Mr Faulkner was given the freedom of Bletchley Park in recognition of his work during World...

JIM PORTWOOD'S WAR (Conclusion)

I went off to Bombay and caught a troopship, I didn't have to man the Oerlikon cannons as we had going...

Sergeant Stewart RAF — His Story by his Brother

Three were twenty and two were only twenty two, the pilot and my brother were Canadian, two were British...

Operational Airfields and Bases

See more of Russell's stories and photographs: 2 I had the time of my life 3 Flying Walruses 4 A...

SALVAGE AT CHEDDAR GORGE

PEOPLE IN STORY: Louis Cruse LOCATION OF STORY: Oxford and Cheddar, Somerset MAIN AREA OF INTEREST:...

Embodiment

I'd been keen on aeroplanes since I saw my first one in about 1924 or 5, a Bristol Fighter, which flew...

The Beaufighter

Both men proved to be Polish and we took them to our home, the Old Rectory in the village of Pulham which...

My Own Memory of Serving in WW2

He was flight Sergeant Mr William Thomas Tozer... His plane named ‘Nan’, actually went on the...

The First Air Raid on Mainland Britain 16th October 1939

I was eight years old at the time, and my friends and I were playing in the field, when we happenned to...

War career

12 May posted RAF Honington Suffolk on operations with No.9 Wellington Squadron Night Bombers _ 2nd Pilot...

The Queen Mother Loves her Gin and Tonic!

In 1941 I was awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross for flying the fighter planes and I shooting down two...

In civvies to travel home via Lisbon

The journey was Cairo to Lagos on a C-class flying boat, Lagos to Foynes on a boeing Clipper... There was a...

57 Squadron — did you know my Uncle?

I was born ten years to the hour after my uncle, Sgt Alan Moore of 57 Squadron, Bomber Command, was killed....

Ever wondered why the War Department made their loo-rolls so tough?

The first 'real' bombing raid of the war was due to have been made by RAF Driffield aircraft on...

32 Raids And Still Here

I trained at St Athens and then was stationed at Tidenham in Suffolk operating Lancaster bombers. I nearly...

The Blocks at War

The 'Manchester' was an undeveloped and underpowered 'plane thrown prematurely into action anf...

memories of WW2

I joined the RAF at the age of 18 years, Initially I was stationed in Norfolk as a ground gunner, havine...

ENEMY ACTION - Uboat periscope

The Coastguard didn't like us on the cliffs or beaches because along the coast from Pendeen to Sennen,...

Rear gunner Path Finder. Lancaster Bomber

My cousin Haydn Jacobs joined the Royal Air Force at the beginning of the 1939 — 45 war... Then he...