Navigator training in 1953-55
Navigator training was carried out at Air Navigation schools in Hullavington and Bis...
29 September 2023
In mid-1956 I returned to England from a two year working holiday in New Zealand and Australia, and urgently needed t...
28 July 2023
Ian Hamilton
I was posted to 44 Squadron (Rhodesia Squadron) from RAF Waddington in early 1964 as a 20 year old Ai...
28 July 2023
Valiant Bomber 249 Squadron.
Ejection Seat chain of events.
I completed Boy Entrant training as an armourer...
28 September 2022
In March 1959 I was posted to Headquarters Bomber Command (HWBC) at High Wycombe. At the time I was a Flight Lieutena...
27 January 2022
Recollections from Headquarters 1 Group RAF Bawtry Hall, RAF Finningley and the Bomber Box.
Although I worked for ...
27 January 2022
Vulcan to the Sky volunteer Geoff Higley, who lives in Grantham, was in the airforce for 20 years as a navi...
29 July 2021
Whilst Mr Ewans was hard at work in the design office, a certain David Thirlby was equally hard at it on the factory ...
16 December 2020
I had flown the Canberra B2 for three years before converting to the Photo Reconnaissance version in 1959. The differ...
12 October 2020