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John Roscholler, Pilot/Captain with 355 Squadron

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I was at Salbani from 1944 to 1945 initially as a second pilot and finished our tour (300 hours/30 trips) as the ‘skipper’. We were a normal sized Liberator crew of eleven consisting of four Australians (RAAF) and seven British ‘types’ (RAF). We were accommodated in three separate huts with the erstwhile paddy fields. Suspect we were too busy and…

Bob Hedaux & Jack Freer (Fifty Six Years On)

Bob Hedaux & Jack Freer (Fifty Six Years On) Bob on the left and Jack on the right.Picture taken Sorrento (Italy) 1945 Bob on the left and…

1942 Briefly

I had joined the RAF in Jan. 1941, did square bashing at Blackpool then seven months at No 12 S of T.T. Melksham Wiltshire, aircraft…

Christmas 1944. RAF Bengal India

I had been working hard the preceding three months leading up to Xmas ’44.Apart from my normal duties as Corporal i/c Instrument Repairers…

A Summer Evening in Italy

It had been a hot windless day in 1944 in southern Italy and RAF Pathfinder Halifax's were flying overhead on their night journey eastwards…