- Contributed by
- actiondesksheffield
- People in story:
- Thomas Arthur Russell
- Location of story:
- UK
- Background to story:
- Royal Navy
- Article ID:
- A7947886
- Contributed on:
- 21 December 2005

Tommy Russell 19 years old class of 1939.
This story was submitted to the People’s War site by Roger Marsh of the ‘Action Desk — Sheffield’ Team on behalf of Thomas Arthur Russell and has been added to the site with the author’s permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
Approach of the Storm, Images of WWII - Thomas Arthur Russell’s Photograph Album — No. 04
Training division, I applied for swap to Fleet Air Arm as a gunner but was turned down as I had completed my engine room training, was disappointed but was lucky as casualties was high in the Norwegian campaign. I was told you were lucky to survive three operations.
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