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"MY WAR WITH THE RAF IN INDIA"icon for Story with photo

I am President of the Much Wenlock Branch of the British Legion and it is my priviledge to read out the...

Memories of Coastal Command ww11

On the 14/9/44 we attempted to land on fire at Sumbergh Shetlands and went over the cliff into the sea,...

Ultimate Sacrifice

Sgt Pilot Bruce Hancock was spotted by an enemy aircraft and chased, flying at an altitude of approximately...

MIS-ADVENTURE

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Sisters for Sale in Africa!

We travelled around South Africa, we went up to Pretoria and were stationed just outside the town, we also...

From Morden to Mutinies

I was a member of the air defence cadet core in Wimbledon - No. 18 F squadron and was quite good at...

6BFTSicon for Story with photo

He was transferred to No 6 British Flying Training School, Ponca City in the Army Air forces unit 323rd...

Lightning Strikes!icon for Story with photo

Our Squadron was in the hangar's aircrew room at Royal Air Force Station, Waddington, in Lincolnshire....

Tour of Operations - 5

This was to 1667 Conversion Unit at Sandtoft where we were to convert to four engine aircraft...

RAF Overseas Service

The authorities were notified, Air Marshall Sir Keith Parkes flew to London for talks with the government,...

In the WAAFicon for Story with photo

Posted to RAF Middle Wallop, Spitfire and Hurricanes Fighter Station Number Ten, where she saw active...

We will not surrender

In early 1941 the Squadron was re-equipped with the latest MKV Spitfire and the pilots and ground crew were...

Pop's Progress

A second Site on the escapades of my Canadian Bomb Aimer, Don Hall, after he was incarcerated at Stalag...

A Strange Thing

The Commanding Officer received a message telling him we were to be bombed that afternoon... Fortunately,...

BY THE GRACE OF GOD

A brief story connecting Royal Air Force Sergeant Douglas James Bendall, 580596, vesting in a small plot of...

The Day I Burnt My Shoes!

I had to go before the WAF officer who was very displeased and my punishment was peeling a load of...

Your uncle's story

On only his second mission, he was shot down after his bombing mission over Bordeaux France on 12/31/43......

Peter Mower

I made several trips to Canada, Halifax, Nova Scotia and St John New Brunswick... As well as France we...

Good Idea, Bad Idea

In Lulworth Cove they'd got a couple of tanks; and they said ‘go to Lulworth Cove and have a shot...

Instant Wings

My first posting was to an Air Gunnery School, RAF, Castle Kennedy, in Stanraer, Scotland, and I was the...

Dropping Agents for the SOE

There I joined what is now known as the SOE in North Africa, dropping boys into enemy territory. And the...

The Big Walk

One weekend myself and Pal was offered a lift by one of our mates who had an old "banger" to...

The Big Walk

One weekend myself and Pal was offered a lift by one of our mates who had an old "banger" to...

The Big Walk

One weekend myself and Pal was offered a lift by one of our mates who had an old "banger" to...

Barnes Wallis And The Dambusting And other Bombs

In march 1943 we were posted to RAF Scampton to a new squadron being bomed for a special purpose little did...

Incidents in the airforce

In 1944, I was stationed in the south coast of England, near Bournemouth and duly went on duty at 8.00 on...

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