Germany

RAF AT BELSEN

Kommandant Kramer and his assistant Irma Grese were still on site and some of the inmates were wandering...

A Round Trip

Outside the German Air Force Camp we were occupying prior to "sorting out" the Japanese, ws an...

Belsen Camp - 15th April 1945

We went into the camp, unware that the SS would be in there, we found out during the evening that there was...

Saved by an Ear Infection!

At one time his regiment were ordered to go to Germany by river in small boats undercover of darkness, and...

Unreal

I recall we had been operational and as often occurred there was a lull, not too sure what was happening or...

VE Day celebrations in Steinbergen, Germany

Left to right: David Harvey, Joe Wills, Stan Hitchcock, Harry Farr, Unknown, Len Griggs, Leslie Hudson,...

My Lucky Escape

My father knew a lot of farmers because he had to take the post to them... I had to go through the...

Birthday Blues

My mother-in-law's brother was in the German navy and shared his birthday with his Captain... This was...

Alfies Story

She called me an “English Pig Dog”... I lost two friends- we dropped in Arnham when Gerry was...

Under the Flight Parth to Berlin

My father an old soldier shouted "down" following which we crept back into our cellar....

Bombing of German troop train

We saw bombs dropping onto the Rhine....

Near Miss: A Halifax Bomber Over Stuttgart

I was an air gunner on a Halifax bomber, part of a thousand bomber raid over Stuttgart....

Bank Notes for Toilet Paper

My father was a paratrooper in WWII, He never realy talked a lot about his experiences during this period...

Near Miss: RAF Bomber Over Stuttgart

I was an airgunner in a Halifax bomber, taking part in a thousand bomber raid over Stuttgart....

Resistance in the Netherlands

Dear friends, I`m so sorry, I am afraid my English is too poor to tell my story. Just this:I was in the...

Quiet Heroes

My dad was in the troops that liberated Belsen Bergen, though he didn't go into the camp hardly at all-...

Pilots of 56 Squadron 1945

A COUPLE OF PICTURES OF PILOTS FROM 56 SQUADRON WHILST SERVING WITH THE BAOR IN 1945 THEY AREF/O WELLBORN...

Albert Hinchcliffe's DCM

My brother Albert Hinchcliffe was 19 when he won the DCM which is the distinguished combat medal. He was a...

My Father...

My father was/is a the British prisoner of war John Nelson born 1919. His last known address was Sunnyside...

The Kindness of Strangers

I helped the pow in Berlin by giving them food secretly. They had pow camps outside of Berlin....

Carpet man cleans up

Worked at Axminster Carpets after leaving school until I was conscripted in 1944 and joined The royal Army...

A Prisoner of War Part 5

In 1943 my father was transferred to Stalag 383 in Hohenfels, Bavaria. This is a picture of my father lying...

Prisoner of War Part 6

This picture was taken showing my father's 24 hour rations during a period when he was handcuffed....

A Prisoner of War Part 4

A Christmas Pantomime at Fort XIII Thurn 1941. Sam Kydd as a page boy....

SS Memorabilia - Thomas Hatton.

SS Memorabilia - Thomas Hatton. A cross for hidden messages and a belt buckle....

Extracts from a wartime log

Helen, our mother wrote a letter that evening; Ted, our father, described the occasion in his...