Coastal Command during WW2

Map of the Coastal Command Stations and aircraft
Obtained from:
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre,
RAF East Kirkby

Th above map (which is printed on a tea towel) shows the geographical spread of the Coastal Command Stations during WW2, plus sketches of the principal aircraft employed.

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RAF Bomber Command Stations of WW2

Map showing the RAF Bomber Command Stations of WW2
Obtained at:
Lincolnshire Aviation Heritage Centre,
RAF East Kirkby
(Used with permission)

The above map (printed on a tea towel) shows the RAF Bomber Command Stations of the Second World War. The 93 Stations, mostly in East or South East England came under one of the Group HQs at Bawtry (No 1), Huntingdon (No 2), Exning (No 3), York (No 4), Grantham (No 5), Allerton Park (No 6) or Bylaugh Hall (No 100). Bomber Command HQ was at High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire.

German WW2 graves, North Cotes, Lincolnshire

Top: CWGC Burial Plot, St Nicholas' Churchyard,
North Cotes, Lincolnshire

Middle: Stuart, who maintains the North Cotes plot for the CWGC

Bottom: Headstone of one of the WW2 German casualties at North Cotes

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RAF North Coates, Lincolnshire

Top: Former entrance gates of RAF North Coates and display
(Displayed at the RAF East Kirkby Aviation Museum, Lincs.)
Middle: RAF North Coates Commemorative plaque at East Kirkby
Bottom: The RAF North Coates Memorial,Cleethorpes

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WW2 Casualties of Lamplugh, Cumbria

The Lamplugh War Memorial outside Lamplugh Church
This is the white granite monument below the church window
(The Church is dedicated to St Michael and All Angels)

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An Avenging Angel

[Top] The interior of St Michael’s Church, Lamplugh
[Bottom] Stained glass window representation of St Michael
(Photographs at St Michael’s C of E Church, Lamplugh, Cumbria)

St Michael, the avenging angel who led the angels of heaven in the fight against evil is regarded as the Patron Saint of Soldiers, particularly paratroopers. From WW2 onwards many paratroopers have worn a St Michael medal when going into battle or even when just on exercise.

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"Killed in Action"

Arlecdon-born poet Thomas Irving James (1914 - 1984)
Photograph courtesy of Maureen Fisher,
Arlecdon History Group, Cumbria

The poetry of the Second World War tends not to be as well remembered in the modern era as that of the Forst World War. Yet, there was still poetry written and published during the Second World War. For example, "Killed in Action" by Thomas Irving James (1914 - 1984), seen in the above photograph, took as its subject a mother receiving word her son had been killed in the war.

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