Lincolnshire

Ubique and Unique - the story of the Lincolnshire Gunners

The Germans had almost over-run their positions when two British tanks appeared, hull-down, to give the...

My Life in the RAF (Part 5).

East Kirkby was originally a decoy 'drome' for being near to the East Coast, they hoped the Germans...

A W.A.A.F. at R.A.F. Kirton Lindsey 1943, Part One by Mary Blood (nee Pettit)

As it happened, the W.A.A.F. Duty Officer was in the Guardroom with me when this took place, but she...

A Wireless operator's Tale, Part 5

The aircraft, we were told, had been flying all night without bombs, just doing the radio duties, jamming...

RAF Air Gunner-Multiple Crash Survivor

The undercarriage collapsed, the propellers bent, the wing tanks burst open and the aircraft ploughed along...

Continuing Bob's Diary Mar - Apr 1943

The film was Abbot and Costello in “Rookies” a film I'd seen before, but anything is...

Effie's War in Lincolnshire - Part 2

We had two sulphuric-acid batteries that were interchanged and charged at Proctors, who had a house, shop...

Life in the Women's Land Army Chapter 3

The sty was well out of sight of the farm buildings so, therefore, when the creature got out of its sty,...

Life in the Women's Land Army Chapter 1

With a little deception, and the collusion of a friend who was already in the Land Army, I finally...

Effie's War in Lincolnshire - Part 1

My father was a Special Constable and came into closer contact with these exotic flyers when he had to...

A Piece of Cake (Part 1)

We got into the aircraft in the same order: the bomb aimer first, then the pilot, the flight engineer, the...

Experiences in Bomber Command

Having passed this I was sent to an operational bomber squadron (103) at Elsham Wolds, where I spent...

Fred Cole Part 3: Training, Wedding, 57 Squadron

When the RAF flying training was completed at Upper Heyford we were transferred to a heavy bomber...

Life in the Women's Land Army Chapter 2

I reported to the small school with 7 other land girls from other hostels, and I was soon to learn that...

Fred Cole Part 4: 57 Squadron 1944 and after

On the same raid I witnessed a bomb go straight through the wing of another Lancaster but it just kept on...

Wartime Memories of Lt. COmmandewr Norman Yates. 1939-1945 Episode 4

The bomb which had fallen previously had demolished the Oberon Hotel close to Grimsby Dock Railway...

A Piece of Cake (Part 2)

You had to keep the aircraft straight and level, with bomb aimers now taking it over, who would wait for...

The Story of Bevin's Babes: Chapter 3

COUSINS” — CHRISTINE'S SUMMARY - Now living in America — she relates, after her birth...

My Story

My sister Mavis decided to join the ATS so I was left to look after my brother Norman. My brother only had...

Life in the Women's Land Army Chapter 4

Despite the fact that even in 'civvies' we girls were obviously in the Land Army, with our...

A Midsummer's Night Dip in the Baltic Chapter 2

SUPPORTING OPERATIONS: ® Diversionary Sweep over the North Sea; ® Berlin; ® Deelen Airfield;...

The Life and Times of an RAF Wireless Operator Air Gunner - Part I

Here I joined a crew of three alongside Gib Whittamore Arthur Grifffiths and Ron Diggle manning a Lockheed...

H.M.S. Royal Arthur. The Reception on Joining the Royal Navy at Skegness.

When the railway was built Newchurch was on top of a hill half a mile away so the station was built in...

A W.A.A.F. Gets Demobilised and Married 1945 by Mary Blood (nee Pettit)

Mary's story, together with the war story of her husband, Harry Blood, was transcribed onto a floppy...

A W.A.A.F. at R.A.F. Kirton Lindsey 1943, Part Two by Mary Blood (Nee Pettit)

To get back from Lincoln, there was a late bus, for forces only, leaving the city at 10 pm and calling at...

A Midsummer's Night Dip in the Baltic Chapter 1

Foreword This is the account of the fate of one Avro Lancaster of No.57 Squadron, dispatched to drop mines...