Mama’s Diary Chapter 2.10 – Henry left for High Wycombe
Page 16 Page 17 Page 16 …on the 9th Henry left for High Wycombe Headquarters of Bomber Command West of London at near Marlow...
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Mama’s Diary Chapter 2.04 – Binbrook
Page 7 Page 7 But “Quo Fata Vocant” was always there and the fates were calling me yet again (Henry of course says the...
January 10, 2023
Mama’s Diary Chapter 2.02 – Cranwell
Page 4 Page 4 Cranwell July 11th 1944 I left for Cranwell. the trains were packed jam tight for the trip north – No...
January 9, 2023
Mama’s Diary Chapter 2.01 – The Second Front (6th June 1944)
Page 1 Page 1 The Second Front (June 6th 1944) The year I was 21 – and it was a very good year for...
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Mama’s Diary Chapter 2.09 – Henry finished his Tour
Page 15 Page 15 So, on December 27th Henry finished his tour. The crew had done one extra trip to accommodate Harry Ellis who...
Mama’s Diary Chapter 2.08 – WAAF Officer duties debriefing
Page 14 Page 14 Came Boxing Day and I did Duty Signals officer for the first time. Gilly – the Station Signals officer had...
Mama’s Diary Chapter 2.07 – WAAF Officer duties A4D
Page 12 Page 12 There was a continual problem on Operational Sqdns of WAAF’s getting pregnant. One can certainly empthise with the situation of...
Mama’s Diary Chapter 2.06 – Henry came Holly picking
Page 10 Page 10 each of them. Henry was about 3/4 way through his tour of 30 ops at this time, and 460 Sqdn...
Mama’s Diary Chapter 2.05 – B Flight Party
Page 9 Page 9 On December 1st “B” Flight (Henry was in that Flight) threw a party. Joe was visiting me at the time....
Mama’s Diary Chapter 2.03 – Windemere
Page 6 Page 6 I went over to North Foreland to see all my old friends and Steven was home on leave too. Finally...
Christmas
This is Mum’s response: To Sam, Gwen & Family, Your “Email” of 15 December received from Phil and so very much appreciated. It took...
Where can I wash my hands
Every Tuesday, Aunty Phyllis came for the day and got me ‘back on track’ with the washing, ironing, cleaning and shopping. After the evening...
My Rival
A lot of women I know (and you know too) seem to be often pre-occupied with a threatening rival. In the 1940’s it might...