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George Arthur Bell, (b. 1925), grew up in Lincolnshire. George lived around Boston at the beginning of the war. After leaving school he worked with his father as a builder, which George states was a ‘sort of Reserved Occupation’. George tells of…

Leading aircraftsman George William Taplin, (b. 1922, 1650535 Royal Air Force), joined the RAF in 1941 and trained as an armourer at RAF Credenhill, qualifying as an LAC, with a grade of 82.5%. He served with 349 Belgian Squadron, 88, 342 and 226…

Leading Aircraftsman Richard Moore joined up aged 18 and completed his basic training in Lincolnshire. He served as ground crew at RAF Locking, RAF Squires Gate and RAF Wickenby, working on several types of aircraft. He was able to take the controls…

Before the outbreak of war, Ken Neve (b.1925) served as the captain's runner with the Home Guard, under his father who was the captain. Ken joined the Fleet Air Arm, which he chose as he wanted to work with both ships and aircraft. After training to…

Annie (Mary) Blood served as a WAAF and was based at 12 Group stationed at RAF Kirton in Lindsey, where she was a permanent staff, at the end of 1942. She was a junior NCO in charge of the airmen’s Mess, and her duties included running rotas,…

Denis was 12 at the commencement of the Second Word War. He does not recall any air raid drills while at school. Denis had a variety of occupations after leaving school, aged 14, before obtaining a job at RAF Wickenby as a groundsman. Dennis can…

Les joined the RAF in 1938 and was posted to RAF Eastchurch to learn his trade as an armourer. Once qualified he worked with the Fairey Battle and Bristol Beaufort, among others. Subsequently, he worked with Meteors, Hawker Hunters and the…

Anthony Edward Mason grew up in the area around RAF Waddington and was aged seven when the Second World War commenced. He recalls some of the war time activities there, such as aircraft taking off at nigh and coming in to land in the morning. Tony…

Anne Morgan Rose Harcombe was born in London in 1938 and was evacuated, with her mother, at the start of the war to live with her mother’s family in South Wales