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Training to be an Air Gunner by Stan Garbutt

There were two wireless ops on the crew, one was the wireless op the other front gunner - I was front...

NAGAS - “THE GREAT LITTLE GENTLEMEN OF THE JUNGLE”icon for Story with photo

The Nagas were tribesmen who lived in the jungle covered mountains between Assam and Burma. During 1944...

RAF Special Squadrons

On 22 January 1945 RAG Liberator KH-277 of 358 Squadron took off from its base at Digri, North India....

Harnam Singhicon for Story with photo

Got training at 3 centres at Lucknow, Babina and Ferozpur under Command Colonel H.M.Tallaq and colonel...

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Irene Agnew's army life in Calcutta

The army paid for me to take a six month course, and I became a hairdresser in Calcutta, my home city....

A Flight Engineer in India.

Most of the memories I have are of accidents - there was one time in India when a Lancaster crashed - my...

The 28 Squadron in Mandalay, Yeu and Meiktila.

The 28 Squadron in Mandalay, Yeu and Meiktila. During our stay in Meiktila, the war in Europe had just...

Typically British

One day he was driving his Captain, Captain Millington, down a road in an Indian town, when suddenly there...

With the RAF in India

I was stationed on radar stations along the south coast of England before being posted to India... On...

Papa In India/Calcuttaicon for Story with photo

Can anyone shed some light on this remarkable period in my Grandfather's life....

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