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The detritus of war

I attempted to emulate the constructional techniques used in the boxes, which was far more formal and...

Wartime memories of an aeroplane enthusiast living in Bedford - Part Four

RAF Twinwood Farm Twinwoods or Twinwood Farm to give its full designation was a satellite airfield for...

Wanderings of a Radar Operator

I did my square-bashing at Blackpool and then went to RAF Cranwell for radar training. We operated with...

Hartlepools RAF Aircrew Missing in Action 1939-1945

Hartlepools RAF Aircrew Missing in Action 1939-1945...

West Riding Treasurer's Department - War Bulletin No.2. Chapter 2.

Norman Slade A.C.1, R.A.F. In a letter from India which he describes as If the land of bugs, mosquitoes and...

The Story of an R.A.F. Bomber Crew by Pat Dwyer and Leslie Landells

Pilot: Les Landells, Distington, Cumbria Navigator: Albert ‘Bud’ Storey, Harrington, Cumbria...

RAF 10 Group HQ Reminiscences - Part 1

The A.O.C. at that time was Air Vice Marshal Orlebar —. G/C Harvey arranged for me to be posted to...

RAMBLINGS FROM HAPPISBURGH part 2

During 1942 workmen had been busy building a new ops block, a gantry, a 180 ft tower and a brick standby...

Doing my bit in WW2

In my six weeks flying lessons I was never able to judge the height from the ground for landing; I smashed...

Doing my bit in World War II

In my six weeks flying lessons I was never able to judge the height from the ground for landing; I smashed...

The Aussie Sgt And Other Tales From The ‘Drome

An Aussie Nav Sgt, from an all officer crew arrived in the hut. We had almost finished Ops, when going to...

Doing my bit in WW2

In my six weeks flying lessons I was never able to judge the height from the ground for landing; I smashed...

Flying with a Swordfish

At the end of all this, he said, "you should be recommended for flying training, but there's one...

1941

One night a pupil pilot in an Oxford on his first solo night landing came in slightly too low and the...

RAF experiences

The flying was all done in daylight and specialised training took place i.e. aircraft recognition. Here Sam...

An Ear to the Wind

It was planned to operate flying boats on Atlantic patrols from the large lake on the island but rain,...

My Story Jeff Brereton Part 1 605 Squadron

605 was the City of Birmingham Squadron of the Auxiliary Air Force whose members were all part timers in...

Kenneth Lewis: DFM on VE Day

I duly received two admission tickets and as my Husband was in Malta and other Sons serving in the armed...

No.37 Squadron RAF -Single Engine Wellington Survival

Number 37 RAF Wellington bomber Squadron was based at Shallufa in Egypt and because of the distance of some...

Tour of Operations - 3

Somehow, the next day, we sorted ourselves out into crews of six, Pilot, Nav, Bomb-aimer, W/Op and two...

Kriegie Muckers: Tales of My POW Companions

Flight Sergeant John AKEHURST DFM, aka Jake, an air gunner, was resting from 138 Squadron and an instructor...

The Long Wait

The next evening this lady who lived at Kingston-on-Thames rang me, during our conversation she told me...

One Man's War -Part 28: March 21, 1945 -- May 26, 1945 Part Six

On one of our strafing missions on the islands of Miyako and Ishigaki Shima we were to bomb and strafe the...

My Life as a W.A.A.F Part Two - Goodbye balloons — hello Morse code!

While I was waiting for my posting to come through I reported to no 4 Wing School Office for a month...

It's a Moment I Shall Never Forget, Part 2

My happy memories of Singapore include those of boxing, together with friend Ken Goldsmith in the Happy...

Memories of further Pilot Training in Canada in 1942/43 and in the UK Part 1 by Leslie Landells.

Here I was introduced with a fellow pupil to a Canadian family called Buchan of Scottish ancestry. One of...