Corsica

Travels With A Spitfire Part 2

It was with mixed feelings that, on the one hand we could see H.M.S. Warspite a little way up the coast...

A Lighter Shade of Pale Blue. Chapter 23.

The operational watches became busier with increased naval activity around the coast as ships began to...

F/Lt J.R.Petrie-Andrews DFC DFM 155220

We lost an engine near the target and would have been unable to gain enough height to fly home over the...

Eight Years in the RAFVR - Part Eight - Corsica

I then learnt that Allied plans called for aircraft-detection and fighter-control radar stations in...

My World War 2 Story

A look at a map shows why this was an important place for radar stations, as with our 200 mile range we...

Join the Navy and See the World: 13. France (Operation Dragoon)

Opposition by air wasn't expected to be heavy for the Germans had only 375 aircraft in Southern France...

The Other Invasion of France - 15 August 1944

With no German aircraft in the sky and the Americans from Northern France getting to the German border, we...

Join the Navy and See the World: 12. Corsica.

Here are Len's words written in a W/T Operator's Log book, about visits to Corsica in 1944. He is...

North Africa Campaign

My Father was a Corporal in the Medical Section of the R.A.F. and was posted to Algiers after the landings...