Stories categorised in 'Southern Africa'. These stories may contain references to other themes.
When Meg returned to Nantwich, she found herself living very near to my father, Jay Johnson, who had digs...
So the Colonel got them all together and said that in England, in the winter, snow came up to your neck,...
We arrived in Bulawayo, and as there was only limited number of places at the elementary flying training...
When Ted became Chief Ground Instructor at RAF Guinea Fowl in Gwelo in the centre of the country we moved...
Back in Durban, another member of our flotilla had arrived – “H.M.S. Virago” for repairs...
1942, 159 RAF personnel and 28 members of No 4 Company RAOC, including my father Sergeant G H Jackson,...
At the conclusion of this the Air Commodore commented “fair enough” and an Army Officer put his...
Offering to take us on trips in the area, One day two mates and myself were offered a trip to the top...
On the 15 September we saw something on the horizon and thought that rescue was near, then it became clear...
All AC2s then passed through ACDC Heaton Park, Manchester for shipping to training in Southern Rhodesia,...
In June 1942, HMS Barrymore sailed out of the South African city of Cape Town towing a damaged corvette,...
Then we marched to the docks where we boarded a troopship, the SS Rangitiki. Just a last word about the...
As a child in the early 1960s, I was taken to the local war memorial in Natal, South Africa, by my...
We were based in a town called Margate, some 100 miles south of Durban. We sailed from Durban on a troop...
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