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Plane Crashes over Northumberland

As one of the spitfires tried to join in the path of the plane, it hit the back of one of the...

ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ on Leave: Childhood Memories in Blackburn

One day, when I was about 4 or 5, I remember him sitting at our dining table drinking a cup of tea...

RAF AT BELSEN

Kommandant Kramer and his assistant Irma Grese were still on site and some of the inmates were wandering...

My Hero.

My brother was a hero Not recognised as such... A hero of Great Britain He gave his dear life Just one of...

My Uncle Jim

When he was in his late 20's early 30's Uncle Jim decided to join the RAF, because one of his...

Aeroplane engines

Jack Woodhouse with an aeroplane engine that he was working on. I made some very good friends during the...

"Friendly Fire" Isn't New

The bombers were in the middle of the formation and escorted by fighters. As we watched one of the fighters...

March in April

The average life expectancy of a rear gunner during World War 2 was 6 months. My father was just 20 when...

426 Sqdn R.C.A.F. (R.A.F. Volunteer Reserve)

Sgt.Elson Holland Grundy 2206212 Flying Halifax V11LW-199 coded OW-C, he and 2 others lost their lives,...

Chocolate

My wartime memories are of my father in the airforce stationed locally at Scampton, Dunholme, Coddington. I...

William's War: A Hydraulics Engineer in the RAF

William was a hydraulics engineer in the RAF. He was sent to Backhurst, a small town in West Africa,...

Volunteering to Join The RAF as a Pilot

I was not accepted on this occation so I remustered as a wierless opperator. during the war there became...

B-17 Tail Gunner

Served as a tail gunner in B-17. Phil has been contacted to add more to his B17 story....

RAF Momentos

The perspex cross in the envelope is made from the windscreen of a German Bomber which crashed near his...

Underwater in an Air Raid Trench

The trench was between two apple trees and it was an Ace job. sometime after he came home which was at the...

My Grandfather, Francis Gaire

My grandfather was a engineer and squadron leader in the RAF when the war began. I do not know what he did...

Barrage Balloons over Buckingham Palace

During his stint in London he was based in Hyde Park, Kensington gardens and Ladbrook Grove. The wires on...

5BFTS - Florida

I am in the process of setting up a web site which has various stories and information about 5BFTS in...

A Life Saved

This is not a long story,I was a pow in a camp and worked on the railway, as did so meny others......

Goat Attack at Tangmere

After one returning from France, one Squadron returned with a goat that they had captured....

EFC Matthews 600,35,76 and 78 Sqdn RAF

EFC Matthews would have been my uncle... He was a Flight Engineer on 2 Halifaxes JD203 and JD310 both from...

The Story of My Great Uncle Sonny: In the RAF

My great uncle was called Sonny and at the start of the war he was a chartered surveyor....

Time in the Middle East

Then in 1940 my wife was having a baby, and I got sent to the middle east.As I was in the raf...

A Crash Landing in Burma

I jettisoned the 180 gallon overlod tank and pancaked down near Nyaung-Bin-Wah... I spent the day in the...

Mummys Panties: Visiting a Badly Burnt Father in Hospital

I must have been about two and a half years old, but I remenber having him pointed out to me in his...

My Father's Hat

He was going to show Queen Mary around his squadron. Does anyone remember his Squadron or the aerodrome in...