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What happened to Les' Bomber Crew after the War Part Two By Leslie Landells

In recent years it was sometimes escorted by Tornado fighters from 12 Squadron which was located at RAF...

Alan's Airfield

The airfield was illuminated like Blackpool front but unfortunately some M.E 110 aircraft followed them...

Vohwinkel Raid January 1st 1945

His operational career began in late 1942 flying Lockheed Ventura II aircraft with 21 Sqd then Short...

Gosport - 1942

There was a village close by the RDF Station and in the village lived our RAF Padre... As the Padre lived...

Flight Lieutenant L D. GREGORY DFC 1332765 172248 (ACA 12986)

In April 1943 the Squadron (141) moved to Wittering, Northants and after being trained on 'Serrate'...

Aspiring pilot...ends up driving (Owen Cleaver part 1)

I was then sent to ACRC… Air Crew Receiving Centre which had just been moved to...

Nans Story

We had quite afew dances on the camp but we cycled to Finchingfield about twice a week. While I was...

One Man's War -Part 29: May 26,1945 -- June 10, 1945

The pilot of the B-29 was trying to make the taxi strip at the end of the two parallel runways of the...

My Wartime Life from 1940 to 1945 - Reginald Cleaver

I then found myself as a Sergeant Flight engineer with a crew flying Halifax on an Operational Training...

Memories Forever

I was posted on to Iraaq, and to Bahrain for just one day as a signal came through to say that a...

Better Born Lucky Than Rich - Trouble on Board The Liberator

The pilot would be very worried because the flaps, bomb doors, gun-turrets, and the wheel are totally...

Raid of Night April 22/23rd 1942/Caterpillar Club

The aircraft was shot down in flames over Cologne - Hugh was Air-Gunner in the front turret but could not...

German Atomic Bomb prevention - 138 Squadron - S.O.E.

On the night of 16/17 February 1943, with Squadron Leader Christopher Gibson and crew and myself as extra...

Meteorological Information

So the out stations reported to the group HQ's — this is where the actual airforce operational...

WAR EXPERIENCES OF A GLIDER PILOT Part 1

Some bright person decided that the glider person might have to go in the ‘low toe’ position...

Memories of the War. The very last day for some!

Buried my SGT in TORSBY CHURCHYARD with 2 CPLS and CONNELLY an Officer's Batman! Borrowed, whichever;...

Last Mission of RAF B-24 Liberator EW277

EV974 Lt. Van der Merge, F/O Bootham, Sgt. Blunt, F/L Lindsey, F/O Wood, F/S Basten, Sgt. Halsall, W/O...

Special Duties Squadron

Thempsford had two special duty squadrons - the Lizzies - to take agents and land them in France and...

It's a Moment I Shall Never Forget

I was allocated to Aircraft L1134 PT-F piloted by Sqd/Ldr John King Scarf. In charge of our working party...

after the war

Not all of the Luftwaffe personnel were disbanded however, some were kept on to work for the RAF, they were...

The Thimble Hall Academy

John Hall, William Hawley and Joe Dawson were founder members of the Town Flight of 610 ATC Squadron;...

From Evacuee to Air Gunner

After 3 months of training we went on to a conversion unit flying four-engined Halifax bombers, our crew...

The Time of My Life - Part 1

My first trip over Germany was to Bochum, one of the industrial towns in the Ruhr... When bombs are...

Evasion from Germany - Dec 1944 Part 3

As my home was a few miles south of the city, and I had been on leave only four weeks earlier, I...

RAF: 22 Squadron

F/O Kenneth Campbell and his crew of Sgt J P Scott RCAF, Sgt W C Mulliss and F/Sgt R W Hillman took...

More on your MAEE work

As an evacuee from Clydebank and billeted at Rhu, I took the advice of a girl friend's father to apply...