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This page has been archived and is no longer updated.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

Plotting 'Friendlies' and 'Unfriendlies'

by Action Desk, 大象传媒 Radio Suffolk

You are browsing in:

Archive List > United Kingdom > Essex

Contributed by听
Action Desk, 大象传媒 Radio Suffolk
People in story:听
Edna Mower
Location of story:听
Colchester, essex
Background to story:听
Civilian Force
Article ID:听
A5911102
Contributed on:听
26 September 2005

During the war I was in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS). At one time I was stationed at Colchester. We used to plot aircraft coming over (both friendly and hostile). We mapped on a big round table on which was a map of the British Isles. We recieved the plots over our headphones from RAF Uxbridge, and these were in turn relayed to all AA gun sites in the area.
The doodle-bugs were the most frightening, because we knew that they kept to a straight course until their engine cut out, and then exploded. I used to pray that it would miss the built up area and explode in open country.

Copyright of content contributed to this Archive rests with the author. Find out how you can use this.

Archive List

This story has been placed in the following categories.

Essex Category
icon for Story with photoStory with photo

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. In the event that you consider anything on this page to be in breach of the site's House Rules, please click here. For any other comments, please Contact Us.



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