Page 6 Page 6 I went over to North Foreland to see all my old friends and Steven was home on leave too. Finally on September 20th I arrived at Windermere in the Lake District to begin my OCTU course. I was sharing a room in a pre-war hotel with…
Page 4 Page 4 Cranwell July 11th 1944 I left for Cranwell. the trains were packed jam tight for the trip north – No Seats – scarcely no standing room. I found an empty 1st Class toilet (very classy) and sat in the basin with my feet on the toilet…
Thus we come to 1919 – the war is over – Charles Brooke Wright is at Turkey court; he is a bachelor of 44 or so Page 12 and eligible! My mother Constance from a sheltered country background is about 25 and is visiting with her friends Mrs Dowling and…
The planes now came overhead like Page 32 Page 32 buzzing flies in a swarm. Manston Airfield was close to Turkey and we saw plenty of dogfights between the planes. As soon as the siren went we had to go to our air raid shelter. We had an underground passage(all…