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Reg Herring was living in London at the start of the war with his father and elder brother. His father built a shelter that collapsed after a heavy rainfall. Reg was evacuated to Sizewell and then to near Birmingham. After the war Reg returned to…

Interview in two parts.
Part one.
Christopher Francis Allison, (b. 1925, 3007708, Royal Air Force) answers questions from school children about what it was like to fly in a Lancaster. He served as a flight engineer and was demobbed after two years…

George Arthur Bell, (b. 1925), grew up in Lincolnshire. He was called up to the Army and was posted to India and Burma. George was demobed in 1946.

George lived around Boston a the beginning of the war. After leaving school he worked with his…

Leading aircraftsman George William Taplin, (b. 1922, 1650535 Royal Air Force), joined the RAF in 1940, and trained as an armourer. He served with 349 Belgian Squadron, 88, 342 and 226 Squadrons of the Free French Air Force. George was demobbed in…

Ken Neve (b.1925) served as a runner with the Home Guard before joining the Fleet Air Arm. He was posted to RAF Henlow as an engineer.

Ken served as the captain’s runner, under his father who was the captain, before the outbreak of the Second…

Dennis Brader worked at the site of RAF Wickenby where he did ground maintenance.

Anthony Mason grew up in the area around RAF Waddington and recalls some of the activity there during the war.