Interview with Peggy Jones

Interview with Peggy Jones

Peggy Jones worked at the Air Ministry during the war and experienced the last V-2 attack on London which landed close to where she was living. During those years she lived in an international hostel where she made many friends including a Jewish refugee from Austria and a former member of the Norwegian Resistance. She later married a pilot from Bomber Command. He told her of some of his experiences including making an emergency belly landing and the crew escaping the aircraft just before it exploded. Unknown to him he actually spoke to local people in French due to the stress of the situation. Another time he landed the aircraft desperately short of fuel only to be told off by the CO of the station for landing without permission. He was too exhausted to speak. After the war he would have a week where he clearly suffered from these traumatic years and survivor’s guilt and would become withdrawn.

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2018-08-29

00:42:28 audio recording

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