Lester Schrenk served as a ball turret gunner assigned to 327th Bombardment Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group of the 8th Air Force, stationed at RAF Podington. Schrenk’s story of service and survival against unimaginable odds is [Read more]
Russian Arctic Convoy Project museum invites you to join their memorial for Russian Arctic Convoys. Held at Inverasdale by the shores of Loch Ewe special guest Celia Sandys, granddaughter of Sir Winston Churchill, will attend [Read more]
Cyril Devaux earnes his Pilot’s Flying Badge at No. 3 S.F.T.S Calgary on October 27th 1944. At the time he is unaware of the acquaintance with Tiger Moth N9151 he is about to make. The [Read more]
Douglas King-Lee was commissioned as a pilot officer in the Indian Air Force (IAF) in November 1944. During WWII, the Indian Air Force (IAF) played an instrumental role in halting the Japanese advance in Burma. [Read more]
On September 13th Nick Devaux appeared on Veterans Breakfast Club Greatest Generation. He spoke about The Log Book and how this initiative started. Please do not miss The Log Book signer Mr Larry Kirby’s story [Read more]
MERLE TAYLOR – RCAF, Wireless Operator Ground (WOG), No. 4 SFTS Saskatoon. I am excited to note that today, thanks to Mr. Gerry Madigan, Mrs. Merle Taylor has graciously signed The Log Book. Mrs. Taylor [Read more]
NIKOLAI IMCHUK – Soviet Army, 328th Katyusha Rocket Launcher Regiment As war broke out the 11 year old Nikolai Imchuk was at an orphanage in Uman, near Kiev, Ukraine, when it was bombed by the [Read more]
NINA MIKHAILOVNA DANILKOVICH – Partisan resistance fighter in Western Belarus, Brest region Mrs Nina Mikhailovna Danilkovich was 12 years old when the Great Patriotic War started in June of 1941 when the region of Brest [Read more]
SYDNEY “STEVIE” STEVENS – Fl. Lt., No. 57 Squadron RAF, Lancasters Sydney “Stevie” Stevens joined the RAF after his family’s home was bombed, parents surviving but everything he owned, down to a single pair of [Read more]
THOMAS KENEALLY – Civilian, author of “Schindler’s Ark” Almost 40 years ago, Thomos Keneally, intent on buying a briefcase, entered a leather goods store owned by a man named Poldek Pfefferberg. Pfefferberg, on learning that [Read more]
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