No.88 Squadron Goes To War In 1961 the Squadron went to war. General Kassim/Qassim the ruler of Iraq decided Kuwait was theirs, they may have been right, but Britain had a defence agreement with the [more…]
We Brits love a mystery, and they don’t come much more mysterious than Lord Lucan. There are lots of books out there about the Lucan case – those of us who were around then will [more…]
Shakespeare and the V-Bombers When the old 542 Squadron disbanded, the manning people at Bomber Command allowed us to go to a station of our choosing. This was to say you had a rough time [more…]
Simon’s Story It’s warm in the room and I’m lying cosily in that semi-trance state, debating whether to close my inner eyelids for ever, or to attempt to explain my small part in the story. I [more…]
Editors note. There seemed to be a bit of a mix up with regards to who this account is about. It is my father’s memoirs, and not mine. A Blue Suit that fitted. I reached [more…]
Preface This is the story of my life in the Air Training Corps, the Royal Auxiliary Air Force and the Royal Air Force. The success I achieved in my later civilian career is due to [more…]
End of January I had a trip down to the Fleet Air Arm Museum at RNAS Yeovilton with a couple of fellow Postaliers. Don’t arrive after 11 am if you want breakfast in the cafeteria. [more…]
Jonathon Jay Pollard’s name cropped up in Ronen Bergman’s book. The Israelis wanted to attack PLO targets in Tunisia and the USA would not release any details they had about the air defences though it [more…]
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