- Contributed byÌý
- royalstarandgarter
- People in story:Ìý
- John Hawley
- Location of story:Ìý
- England
- Background to story:Ìý
- Royal Air Force
- Article ID:Ìý
- A7190958
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 22 November 2005
This story has been added to the People's War Site by Margaret Walsh of The Royal Star and Garter ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ on behalf of John Hawley and has been added to the site with his permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
I was in the RAF and Fleet Air Arm. I was an air fitter, doing periodical DIs [daily inspections]. I was in 5 Group Bomber Command [Bomber Harris'] at Grantham, which was the headquarters of Bomber Command during the war. Planes set out from there to bomb Europe.
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