Navigator training in 1953-55
Navigator training was carried out at Air Navigation schools in Hullavington and Bis...
29 September 2023
Born in 1942, I obviously have few memories of WWII but one remains vivid. It is also the first distinct memory I hav...
23 August 2023
English Electric Canberra WK163 is one of Britain’s most important Cold War jet-age aircraft. She spent most of...
30 June 2023
Valiant Bomber 249 Squadron.
Ejection Seat chain of events.
I completed Boy Entrant training as an armourer...
28 September 2022
If you were driving southbound between Doncaster and Stratford-upon-Avon (A1, A46, M1 and A46) on Tuesday 24 May...
27 May 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
Vulcan to the Sky volunteer Geoff Higley, who lives in Grantham, was in the airforce for 20 years as a navi...
29 July 2021
The success of the Canberra as a research aircraft over the years is a testament to “Teddy” Petter’s original design....
12 October 2020
I had flown the Canberra B2 for three years before converting to the Photo Reconnaissance version in 1959. The differ...
12 October 2020