A Tale Of Two Uncles

I would like to add information about my two uncles who both had very different experiences in the Second World War. Firstly my Uncle John Edward Jenkins who was my Mother's brother and was born on the 26 April 1922. When the war started in 1939 my uncle, who was then 17 had just left school. He immediately enlisted in the RAF, and was subsequently selected to go to Canada to train as a pilot. Many years later my younger niece, Sarah, was doing a project into the WW2 and wrote to John asking about his experiences. The attached letter is his reply in he describes some of what happened to him. H... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Their Finest Hour Project Team
Dokumenttyp: Text
Erscheinungsdatum: 2024
Schlagwörter: British history / European history (excl. British / classical Greek and Roman) / International history / Their Finest Hour / World War Two / ATS / Aeroplane / Air Force / Air Raid / Aircraft / Airplane / Armed Forces / Armies / Army / Asia / Asian / Auxiliary Territorial Service / Battle of Dunkirk / Battle of Europe / Belgian / Belgium / Bomb / Bombed / Bombing / Bombing raids / Bombs / Britain / British / British Army / British Empire / Canada / Canadian / Child / Childhood / Children / Civilian / Civilians / Commonwealth / Dunkerque / Dunkirk / Education / Empire / England / English / Europe / European / Female / Fire Arm / Firearm
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