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John H. Reeves (108 Squadron)

27-04-2012 Hits:45 Wartime Memories Gary - avatar Gary

John H. Reeves. 930416. LAC. Volunteer reserve enlisted Uxbridge July 1940. Posted to RAF Wittering .Northants (headquarters runner 12th group ops-Postman), I joined 108 at Fayid in December 1941(Instrument section).

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  • An Instrument Basher with 178 Squadron

    Here are a few words about my time in Foggia as an Instrument Basher with 178 Squadron. Before I could settle in I with other ground crew flew to Malta where…

  • A Wag of a Finger

    A WAG OF A FINGER BY GEORGE WOOTTON   On the night of 25th April 1945 we had left the Yards at Freilassing in flames. Since then, US General Mark Clark our C…

  • Hank Cooper

    Although a wireless operator/air gunner Hank Cooper was destined to fly in Mosquitos.  Prior to the war Hank Cooper was working on secret transmission systems at RAF Mildenhall.  Within a…

  • The Navigator's Tale

    The following is a personal account of Derrick Clewley, a Navigator with 99 Squadron who served from late 1944 into 1945. He also worked with the Repair and Salvage Units.  …

  • Digri Remembered

    Digri Rememberedby Sgt E W Robinson (1868000) who was an airfield controller at Digri.185 Wing was formed at Fenny, Bengal, in November 1943, as a Fighter Wing. The following month…

  • Life at Salbani by Tony Donell

    Tony Donell   Tony (second pilot to the Harrison crew) kept a diary whilst at Salbani.  The text of the diary is unique in that it gives an almost day to day…

  • John Cairns

    Initially flew with 254 Squadron - flying Blenheims – having completed his trained as an observer in 1940.  Finding flying coastal and convoy patrols tedious he answered a request for…

  • Rice Drop by John Gordon Bell (Don) of 355 Squadron

    RICE DROP Most of the stories written about the RAFs part in the war are about bombing raids  -our crew's story is more humane. As our plane turned on to the final…

  • 205 Group Italy

    On the third of September 1944 I arrived in Naples in Italy, as a passenger on a United States Air Force Dakota. Yet another transit camp, but for the first…

  • Tug Wilson (356 Squadron)

    Tug Wilson     I was born on the 7th November 1923. Though my birth certificate reads Alfred I was always called Tug. It is something to do with all Wilson's being called…

  • Sgt A. E. Jones - 621297

    Tony Jones (Sgt A. E. Jones (621297) later F/Lt RAF)   From Tony:  ‘At the start of the summer holidays 1938 I left school and applied for the post of draughtsman with…

  • The Butcher Bird with Clipped Wings

    The Butcher Bird with Clipped Wings  By George Wootton - 40 Squadron RAF Air Gunners were always told - Never look at the target. When you were leaving it was a time…

  • Keith ‘Slim’ Somerville

    Initially flew a tour on Whitley bombers with 10 Squadron and then joined the Wireless Development Unit (later 109 Squadron) gathering information about a radio beam from a transmitter near…

  • Albert's Cartoons

    Albert Cranthorne 178 Squadron RAF These pictures were drawn shortly after Albert arrived at 178 Squadron. They were drawn on wartime notepaper and are now badly faded. Albert has been able…

  • Who downed Douglas Bader.

    Article written by Andy Saunders entitled ‘Who downed Douglas Bader’.   Douglas Bader (DB) was downed on the 9th August 1941 whilst over France leading the Tangmere Wing (at that time…

  • How I Didn't Win the War

    This is a true story, enjoy it and remember, these are true words.  How I Didn't Win The War   By David Golding Some years ago my younger son Paul became a vociferous…

  • Five years of a Government Financed World Tour

    I was 19 at the time, and volunteered for RAF Aircrew duties. This was March 1941, after various interviews I reported to Blackpool on Sept.3rd.1941,two years to the date of…

  • Fl/Sgt Edward Kent, Flight Engineer, 220 Squadron

    THE WAR YEARS AND MY TIME IN THE RAF By Fl/Sgt Edward Kent, Flight Engineer, 220 Squadron based in the Azores I was 16 when the war started and serving my time as…

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