Raid Spotters … If a single Luftwaffe bomber flew across the U.K. the air raid siren would sound under its flight path, with a safety margin either side, with time before or after it had passed over allowing people to safely get into the air raid shelters and later to get out and back to […]
‘Darky’ … When I joined the R.O.C. post at Loddon, sometimes at meetings wartime members would recall some of their wartime roles when Loddon was ‘Tare Three’ of 16 Group Norwich. It was the only ‘Darky’ post in the group. Darky equipment included two poles 100 foot apart with the post in the middle, with
The Defector In January 1976 as a brand new Corporal, I was posted to RAF Gatow in Berlin. The aircraft maintenance team there was only 11 strong and our main job was to maintain the two DH Chipmunk aircraft used by the station operations officer and station commander. The purpose of the Chipmunks was to
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