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So, on this fateful Friday, we ‘Three Musketeers’ said a fond farewell to the Council Offices...
Hammocks were the order of the day, and they were slung on brackets over the tables and around the walls....
The zest with which the Squadron performed its patrol duties can best be illustrated by quoting an entry...
We have just learned that Bone is 30 minutes flying time from the Axis base at Cagliary on the tip of...
Brockhouse Engineering then Wales At this stage, two years into the war, the aircraft industry was short of...
HMS Phoebe, along with ships of the Eastern Mediterranean Fleet, was involved in the evacuation of Greek...
To France and Belgium, then back to Dunkirk War broke out in September that year, and after a period of...
Attempting to advance on Ferrara and the River Po, our division came up against a tough German paratrooper...
Major Charlton then told us that the Blackwatch of the 51st Highland Division unknown to us at the time had...
It was at Chelsea that I met for the first time Dennis Castle, who was to become a lifelong friend, amongst...
On the 27th April Bills log shows that he and the crew had their first flight at No 2 Multi Engine Training...
So up the Derne road we go, leaving Tobruk behind us, Jerry frying instead of us. The RAF had knocked about...
Ted was not sanitary orderly material and when Harry picked him you might say he picked a 'right...
Memories of an Italian Naval Signalman Part Three — The loss of the Colleoni and rescue by a British...
The Petty Officer said that he had become friendly with the Italian Padre in the hospital, where he said...
My machine guns were in action all day, and we succeededin putting out a Boche 88mm A/Tk gun, which had...
Furthermore, we learned that our anti-tank platoon of six 2 pounder guns were knocked out before firing a...
But we still had work to do rounding up prisoners taking over German HQ's and airfields this kept us...
After a short time in the Transit Camp a detachment of Diving Officer, Lt. Park, myself and attendant Jock...
The next thing was the Troop Officer took over my tank and crew and left me with his damaged one. I thought...
He was then taken to the Medical officer who removed the field dressing from his neck wound, my father said...
My friend spoke to the old lady in Arabic, and the doubtful looks that she gave me made me wish that I...
At that time the squadron was equipped with Hawker Hurricane MK IID's which was developed for low level...
On the 12th, we put to sea from Alexandria with the cruiser HMS Carlisle, two other Hunt-class destroyers,...
When the Germans retook Tobruk, speakers were erected around the camp, and we got German music and Italian...
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