Central Africa

Mountains of the Moon

Old Len was soon well away and, tiring of reading, Maurice and I struck up a conversation until about 10.45...

A right-military cock-up

Eventually I landed in Lagos and almost had to hijack a jeep to drive me about 100 miles north to Ibadan...

Exiled from Poland by Helena Zylko

It was at this time, I believe, that many Polish officers were executed in a camp called Katyn. General...

First Solo

Standing in the shade of ‘B’ Flight hanger we were looking anxiously through the heat haze at...

THE ARTLESS DODGER (2)

Officers of the Army, Navy and Airforce, and all the Waafs, Wrens and ATS were accommodated in the top two...

As a Young Boy during the War

Early on, when I was on holiday from school in Taunton, my guardian Uncle Arthur had arranged for me to...

Wartime Voyages to and from Africa

On arrival at Salisbury we took advantage of the regular transport which ran between Salisbury and Blantyre...