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Four king scouts as abassadors

This is the story of four King Scouts who helped build a strong relationship between Canada, USA and Great...

The Clark Gable of 10 Squadron: Samuel Robert Leney

Samuel Robert Leney was born in Mitcham, Surrey, England on August 6th 1919 to Samuel George Leney and...

Tour of Operations -6

I would go to the Bombing Leader's office where we would review the previous operation and look at...

THE DAY WORLD WAR THREE ALMOST STARTED

Lloyd was an enlisted man trained as a B-29 gunner assigned to13th Squadron but since all gunners had to...

Two Left Boots

Called Up for service with the RAF 鈥� Part 1.

The Officer said, 鈥榊ou are in the RAF now and you have got to behave yourself. After that I was sent...

A Passage to Normandy

Next we flew in Westland Wapiti aircraft, which had an open rear cockpit where the operator was attached...

A Flight to remember - Airspeed Oxford 1944

Sid's earliest experience of RAF life commenced with 6 weeks training at ACRC - Air Crew Receiving...

His watch had stopped

The Australian pilot walked down towards the airfield where fitters were repairing his Pathfinder Halifax...

One Man's War -Part 34: July 24, 1945 -- December 15, 1945 Final Days Of The War! Part Three

Once while at Los Alamitos I was flying wing on Bugs Dunagan in a rather lose, relaxed manner and a little...

Flying Fortresses are Wonderful Planes but Make Poor Boats and 3 Other Stories.

0n one occasion, flying in a B17 Flying Fortress off the south coast of the Isle of Wight, the pilot...

One Man's War -Part 33: July 24, 1945 -- December 15, 1945 Final Days Of The War! Part Two

It was on one of the return trips from Clinton, OK while I was with Margie in San Francisco, that we were...

My War Work

Here the Lancaster Bomber was assembled,the large components, fuselage, wings etc. arriving by low loader,...

D.C. as written by my father Ronald Guy Bowerman, Wireless Operator

D.C.鈥檚 Bearer said 鈥済ive me shoes sahib鈥�. Next day D.C. organised local labour to bring...

Camp life, happy and sad

83 OTU RAF Peplow operated Vickers Wellington Mark10 bombers, the use of these aircraft by the main force...

Seeing the World and Finding God

It sounds a bit odd, a young man at that time going to so many places: Egypt, the Bahrain Islands, Karachi...

156 Squadron bombing mission to Duisburg, 21-22 May 1944

Squadron Leader Blair came from Egremont in my home county of Cumberland. While researching another story...

From Boston to Bonn

In September 1944 we crossed the English Channel in a landing craft and became part of the British...

People's War according to John Gilbey - Chapter Two

Basically an RAF station Hednesford had an RN wing with RN personnel, it was run as an RN station except...

Dorothy Geater a WAAF in wartime

From there I was posted to RAF Stradishall in 1941 as an MT driver... It was at Stradishall that I met...

From Bari to the Far East, and the sounds of Glenn Miller

After a quick goodbye to the lads I reported to 267 Squadron and was allocated to an overloaded plane, with...

Bradford to Hellfire Corner

My stay on the Isle of Wight was around a month, I was then posted to Highdown Hill in Sussex 鈥�...

Final Flight

On arriving at Lords cricket ground, I was kitted out, proceeding later to ITW at Torquay for six weeks and...

War Correspondence

Dear Mam & Dad, Hello again, I was glad to receive your letter and everything is still going O.K. You...

Missions from Woodhall Spa

Pilot Officer Blease and Crew apparently bombed the target but on return crashed into the Sea about 4 miles...

My Service Career 1939-1946

As most of my flying had been on single engine aircraft, although I had qualified on twin-engine aircraft,...