People s War

There was a German bomber flying right towards us – a Dornier, one of their biggest. It was so low we could see the pilot flying it and the gunner in the nose of the bomber pointing his machine gun at us…

Schoolboy in Kent, during the Battle of Britain
My legs pressed harder around my father''s waist; my arms nearly choked him. The humming of Japanese aircraft was loud enough for everyone to hear no...