On this page are links to memories (most recently added first) given to the Editor for preservation. It is a great sadness that many contributors have passed on.
Video: Jim and Wiley remember
In May 1989, Jim Agerton and Wiley Noble both returned to Watton on a 3rd SAD reunion tour. They found time to sit and talk with Nell Horn in her…
Squadron Leader John Vincent Hadland DFC.
By Hugh Hadland My father married my mother on 6th September 1939 in Oxford while he was learning to fly at Kidlington. As they came out of the church the…
192 Squadron Washingtons by Dave Forster
192 Squadron acquired three RB-29As as replacements for its three Lincolns in the first half of 1952. The first two aircraft (WZ966, WZ967) arrived at Watton in April and were…
A Shy Girls War by Katie Adland
The following are edited extracts from 3 chapters of a book Katie Adland has written and published recounting her memories of World War II. Katie saw the early part of…
German Landing Grounds in Norfolk? By Peter Meston
Wing Commander Peter Meston RAF Retd, served at Watton in 1939/40 with 21 Squadron and was involved in a very strange affair. In a letter to Colin Waugh who has…
RAF Watton – Extracts from the 1940 Diary of Jack Bartley
The following are extracts from the personal diary of Jack Bartley ex. RAF No. 626100 who served at RAF Watton with No 21 Sqdn as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner during…
Chronicles of a Charmed Life By Jack Bartley. Ex. RAF No. 626100
Jack served at RAF Watton with No 21 Sqdn as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner during the first half of 1940. During the advance of the German army into the low…
Eclipse of an Air Gunner By Jack Bartley. Ex. RAF No. 626100
Jack served at RAF Watton with No 21 Sqdn as a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner during the first half of 1940. On the morning of 14th May 1940 we looked up…
It’s All In a Day’s Work. A difficult job removing wounded aircrew for Harry Osbourne
When on 10th May 1940, Hitler’s troops crossed the Maginot Line into Belgium, it brought them into confrontation with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) who were rushed up from France.…
Don ‘Mac’ McFarlane and R3821
Don “Mac” McFarlane, an Observer on 82 Squadron flew in R3821 on a number of occasions prior to 13th August 1940 and was scheduled to fly on the 13th August.…