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Category Archives: Your Story

Sgt Charles Joseph Buckle (Wireless Operator/Gunner, 50 Squadron)

Your StoryBy SupporterJuly 11, 2019

My uncle Joe (Charles Joseph Buckle) was shot down over Anterp returning from a raid on Oberhausen. He was a mid upper gunner/wireless operator. The German night fighter pilot that shot him down was Rudolph Frank. My siblings and I are going to his war grave in Antwerp to lay flowers in September this year.…

Sgt Gilbert Ronald Pratt (Wireless Operator, 630 & 617 Squadron)

Your StoryBy SupporterJuly 8, 2019

My Dad was a wireless operator with 630 Squadron and then later chosen for 617 Squadron.He survived 30 missions and subsequently the War itself.He died tragically aged 51 (during his retirement week from the RAF ). Last posting Linton on Ouse in Yorkshire. He is buried at Newton on Ouse in a military grave.He came…

Sgt Fred Cooper (Wireless Operator, 115 Squadron)

Your StoryBy SupporterJuly 6, 2019

This project is evolving a lot of memories for me, and my late Dad… My Dad, 1112152 Sgt Fred Cooper, volunteered for Bomber Command on 24th July 1940. He trained at RAF Lossiemouth, and was finally based at RAF Marham where he served with 115 Squadron as a Wireless Op. Dad was shot down twice,…

Flt Sgt W H (Bill) Currie (Wireless Operator)

Your StoryBy SupporterJuly 1, 2019

My late Father-in-Law, Bill Currie, completed 28 Operations, including 8 to Berlin, as part of the crew of Freddy Secker, with 619 Squadron. Unfortunately he died in 1973 at the young age of only 52 and spoke very little of his Wartime experiences. They were all very brave men and thank you for helping to…

Warrant Officer John McCubbin (Wireless Operator, 10 Squadron)

Your StoryBy SupporterJune 3, 2019

My father (95) flew as wireless operator in a Halifax Bomber during WWII. Towards the end of the war he took part in a number of sorties over Germany including the bombing of Hamburg. He knows what it was like to be caught in the searchlights and to have to duck and dive to avoid…

Sgt Laurence Ward McNally (Flight Engineer)

Your StoryBy SupporterOctober 19, 2018

John Boyd said ‘Uncle Laurie was a very private man so it’s for family only’ but is now allowing us to use what he has written, for which we are extremely grateful. Six years ago, late in the night, Uncle Laurie died of an aortic aneurism. When I was little, I held Uncle Laurie in…

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