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Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes of flying to RAF Banff, meeting ex-colleagues and the weather.
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes of his duties and social life at RAF Silverstone.
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes of his first training flight in a Wellington, the weather and domestic details.
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes of his first flight in a Stirling.
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes of the weather, flying and his car.
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes of his flying, the weather, attendance at a court martial at RAF Swinderby and arrangement for meeting up at Newark station.
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes of his arrival at RAF Fiskerton to begin operational flying.
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes about the arrangement for his leave.
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes of a journey through Birmingham and of domestic arrangements.
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes of training lectures at RAF Fiskerton and of his social activities.
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes about purchasing a new cooker for their house.
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes of his flying over Nottingham and activities at RAF Fiskerton.
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes of his flying and colleagues from Cark.
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes of meeting the ground crew and of a new aircraft coming to the Flight.
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes of his social activities.
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
He writes of domestic details and the weather.
Letter from Harold Gorton to his wife
Harold Gorton writes about his wife's departure and a party she missed.
Letter from Harold Gorton to Grace Morgan
Leading Aircraftman Harold Gorton writes to his sister-in-law to be about arrangements for his wedding to Lilian Morgan.
Harold Wigley's Civilian Log Book. Three
First entry 1951-12-01, last entry 1952-10-11, for about 10 hours.
Harold Wigley's Civilian Flying Log Book. Two
No year is recorded only the month and day from 24 January until 6 August for a total of 29.05 all on Tiger Moth.
Interview with Bob Leedham
Bob Leedham was a flight engineer who carried out twenty-one operations on Stirlings. At the outbreak of war Bob was an apprentice motor mechanic, and along with other apprentices, was left to operate the garage when all the engineers were called up.…
Interview with Maurice Roberts
Born in Manchester, Maurice was 20 years old when he joined up and volunteered for aircrew in 1940. He trained in South Africa, Canada (Moncton and Trenton), the Unites States (Lakeland), and was torpedoed in the Atlantic on his way back. Maurice…
Harry Brabin memoir
Harry joined the Royal Australian Air Force on 25 June 1942 as a wireless operator/air gunner and received his initial training in Australia before going to Canada for his trade training.
He sailed on the SS Johan Van Barneve to San Francisco and…
He sailed on the SS Johan Van Barneve to San Francisco and…
The memoir of Sergeant Harry J Whitwell wireless operator / air gunner 50 Squadron RAF
A detailed account of an operation on Friday, 8th October 1943. The crew of Lancaster 'N for Nan' were Pilot PPilot Officer John Charles Peter Taylor from London, Flying Officer Stewart Stubby bomb aimer from Herefordshire, Warrant Officer James…
Peter Hazeldene memoir
Peter's RAF service with 57 Squadron is detailed. This was his second tour and he lists his new crew:
Flt Lt J B P 'Tuesday' Spencer, 20 years, Pilot from Greenside, Co Durham
Sgt W D E West, 21 years, Mid Upper Gunner, from Barking, Essex
Sgt H…
Flt Lt J B P 'Tuesday' Spencer, 20 years, Pilot from Greenside, Co Durham
Sgt W D E West, 21 years, Mid Upper Gunner, from Barking, Essex
Sgt H…