The Memoirs of Walter Douglas Thain 1918-2001

The Memoirs of Walter Douglas Thain 1918-2001 Part 1 of 4

After two days on the Iron Duke waiting for transfer to the Ark Royal a German submarine got through the...

The Memoirs of Walter Douglas Thain 1918-2001 Part 2 of 4

They used to combine high level bombing by the Italians with low-level dive-bombing by the Germans... It...

The Memoirs of Walter Douglas Thain 1918-2001 Part 3 of 4

Many of our ships were sunk including cruisers and one of our old carriers was sunk off Ceylon...

The Memoirs of Walter Douglas Thain 1918-2001 Part 4 of 4

I had the chance of going up on a bombing mission on a ‘Grunman’ avenger but after six years in...