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A memoir of Bernard Scheidauer who was shot down over France but crashed on Jersey. He was a prisoner at Stalag Luft 3 and was involved in the tunnels used during The Great Escape.

Starts with account of movements in RAF for 1941. Continues lwith entries for daily activities. Embarks Greenock, Leaves Milford Haven on 8 January for voyage across Atlantic and describes voyage to Canada. Arrives Moncton 20 January describes daily…

Margaret was almost 12 years old and living in Romford, Essex at the outbreak of World War Two. She remembers the announcement being made by Neville Chamberlain on the radio on 3 September 1939. Margaret recalls being issued with a gas mask, and how…

He describes the living accommodation and food on the ship. They sailed from Avonport [sic], Bristol then anchored off Barry waiting for a convoy. He is working as a mess orderly and has to queue to collect food for his group of men. They sailed on…

Wal Goodwin grew up near Melbourne and was conscripted in the Australian Army but was discharged due to his father’s reserved occupation of farming. He later volunteered for the Australian Air Force and received his initial training of meteorology,…

Cyril Henry Bridges was born in Ramsgate and served as a flight engineer in the RAF. He tells of his father, a deep-sea fisherman, who fought in the First World War and later helped evacuate troops from Dunkirk. He recalls his early life, taking on…

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Extracts from log book from 12 July 1943 to 20 October 1943, covering Coastal Command training at 6(C) operational training unit Silloth, Cumberland and 303 Ferry Training Unit Talbenny, South Wales. It includes a trip from United Kingdom to…