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…in Kent, to attend the Advanced Armament Course. At the end of the course he became superintendent of fuse design at their Armament Design Department. In the next two years he travelled to North Africa, Italy and Germany, working just behind the Allied forces’ front line, examining and reporting on…
…offensive. Mule trains, pack horses, the Army’s fleet of vessels, trains & railway rolling stock, canal barges and every type of motor transport, large and small, were among RASC responsibilities. During WW2’s Second Campaign in North West Europe, a full 15% of British Forces were RASC (“Tribute” Alwyn Turner 1995)…
…NAVAL FORTS off PORTSMOUTH, as part of defences against enemy E-Boats or Destroyers, also 45 FORTRESS Coy at Southampton; embarked on AQUITANIA, he went to PORT SAID, Kantara and first active service was in PALESTINE, then TUNISIA, the BATTLE of CRETE, NORTH AFRICA, EIGHTH ARMY’s MARETH LINE & the BATTLES…
…sight of ruined cities whilst commanding transport wing in Germany, 1945. REEL 5 Continues: use of repeater Oboe during winter 1944-1945; degree of overkill during Allied bombing campaign of 1945; liaison role with 8th US Army Air Force; effect of introduction of North American P-51 Mustang; memories of General James…
…also was the unveiling of the new Cenotaph with King George V, as Chief Mourner scattering French soil, specially brought over from France, over the coffin as it was laid to rest. The Verdun had been laid up for 17 years and after some south and north convoys out of…
…mission; but Air Marshal Tedder’s swift intervention, endorsing Barker’s decision, defused an unpleasant incident. For his services in North Africa, Barker was mentioned in dispatches. Returning from the Far East in February 1946, Barker embarked on a series of appointments that kept him overseas for most of the next 17…
…escorts made a fruitless attempt to tow her to Benghazi. This first attack was only a prelude to the action ahead for Gibbs and his navigator, John Cresswell, and demonstrated his single-minded and determined approach to attacking the Axis convoys re-supplying Rommel’s armies in North Africa. Ten days later Gibbs…
…spent the first two years of the war behind a desk at Abingdon, the remainder as a staff officer in North Africa, Sicily, Italy and Northern Europe, working closely with the Mediterranean Air Commander-in-Chief, Sir Arthur (later Lord) Tedder; Scarman was in the room when General Jodl surrendered to General…
…enemy MiG aircraft in aerial combat over North Vienam. (U.S. Air Force Photo) “Brigadier General Robin Olds was one of the USAF’s most charismatic fighter pilots, achieving “ace” status during the Second World War. The son of a US Army Air Corps Brigadier General, Robin Olds was born on July…
…to 9,000 feet and spotted some Japanese ‘Val’ dive bombers and dived to attack them.” They received orders by radio to fly to Kaneohe Bay on the north-east side of the island and engaged 11 Japanese aircraft. Despite having a jammed .30 caliber gun and only limited capability with his…
…joined the French Air Force in November 1938 . Boucherat, A. Journées Internationales d’Aviation de Lyon. Lyon – H. Richard (1933) On arrival in England, Lafont and his colleagues converted to the Hurricane and were sent to a squadron in Northern Ireland before joining No 615 Squadron at Northolt, from…
…then ordered to form the BOX at IMPHAL, with Reg still in “C” SQN (supporting 5 IND DIV) at KANGLATOMBI to the north, under Major Tom DIMSDALE with 7 man, 37mm & 75mm LEE TANKS & rather grateful that their recent CO, Lt Col Ralph YOUNGER, had such a passion…
…times wounded and VC 1918; active WW2 inc.POW escape & Churchill’s Chiang Kai-shek adviser!) during the German invasion Sep39, serving then in the BATTLE of FRANCE, with the 9th LANCERS in NORTH AFRICA, the KRRC, 3 DIV and 1 DIV, up into AUSTRIA, on to valuable work in Northern IRELAND,…
…He was posted away in January 1942 and sent to America to lecture on fighter tactics. Deere returned to operations on 1st May, taking command of 403 (RCAF) Squadron at North Weald. In August he was posted to HQ 13 Group on staff duties. He went for a course at…
…RAF from pre-war North West Frontier s to BLENHEIMS in Desert War, SIEGE of No.4 FTS HABBANIYA, DOWN AMPNEY Wing Commander Flying for HORSAS and DAKOTAS in NORMANDY INVASION #36 WGG DUNCAN SMITH Group Captain WGG DUNCAN SMITH DSO* DFC** (17-19 e/a) NORTH WEALD Wg Ldr + NORWEGIAN SPITFIRES, Wing…
…of mobile role of 2nd TAF, learning to drive MT vehicles, problems with airfield surface, low-level flying and simulated ground attacks; detachment to Canadian Sabre Wing at Baden-Soellingen including comparison of North American Sabre and Hawker Hunter Mk F VI, practice dogfight with North American Sabres, prevalence of mechanical problems…
…NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS for their service and sacrifice and for ALL other FAR EAST PRISONERS OF WAR, their dead BURMESE RAILWAY COMRADES and the CIVILIAN VICTIMS. #86 Michael C BURN Captain Michael ‘Micky’ C BURN MC (Alan’s elder brother) Indep Coy NORWAY & NO.2 COMMANDO OP. CHARIOT ST NAZAIRE RAID 28MAR42…
…#278 MUNRO John MUNRO #201 MURRAY Bridie MURRAY #10 NEIL Thomas F NEIL #102 NEILSON Ian G NEILSON #211 NEWENS Charles H NEWENS #143 NICOLSON Muriel NICOLSON #1 NORTH-LEWIS CD NORTH-LEWIS #286 NOTHSTEIN EW NOTHSTEIN #12 O’BRIEN Terence P O’BRIEN #147 OKOLOW-ZUBKOWSKI Konstanty OKOLOW-ZUBKOWSKI #178 OLDS Robin OLDS #97 OULTON…