John Henderson's RAF Memoirs

You Had A Good War: Part 1

We were eventually billeted out with the town's people, I shared a room with an airman called John Reid...

You Had A Good War: Part 2

The complex was divided into three main parts, two of them connected by a bridge, were across the main...

You Had a Good War: Part 3

Memories of delicious apple pies in the N.A.A.F.I. canteen at Tangmere and lots of earwigs in the food at...

You Had A Good War: Part 4 - Inveraray

Next day saw us on the A74 for Glasgow; Loch Lomond; the hilly road called ‘Rest and be...

You Had A Good War: Part 5 - Sawbridgeworth - May 1943

This entailed fitting extended inlet and exhaust pipes, blocking up breather holes, wrapping up the...

You Had A Goood War: Part 6 - Voyagers

So most of us made for the open decks up above and watched the loading of water and other stores, the...

You Had A Good War: Part 7 - Lentini

The army having now captured the Lentini complex of airstrips and landing grounds to the east of Catania...

You Had A Good War: Part 3 - Salerno I

The original plan called for them to be operating from the beach-head within forty-eight hours of the...

You Had A Good Year: Part 4 - Salerno II

Nicky Nicholas, Joe Fletcher and I had a great time round the pubs such as the Crown in East Linton and the...

You Had A Good Year: Part 5 Salerno III

But I broke my journey to have a weekend home in Dunbar, and also to visit Rita Clarke, who was now in...

You Had A Good War: Part 1 - Background

Rommel expected the Allies to land well up the leg of Italy; but Kesselring who was in charge of the German...

You Had A Good War: Part 2 -Background cont

For the Commandos, however, the campaign was not finished, for it fell to them to stock the airfields in...