Personal Diaries and souvenirs made in WW2 and just before

These items were written by 55 Squadron members and contain pathos and humour in equal measure.  They are in pdf format and might need zooming on your browser.  They have authenticity and show the spirit prevailing on the squadron at that time.

Memoirs of Flt Lt Duncan Hugh Spencer  55 Squadron

Involved in Baltimore midair Collision Italy 1943

The then PO Duncan Spencer, Observer, is in the Centre of this shot of 55 Squadron officers
The then PO Duncan Spencer, Observer, is in the Centre of this shot of 55 Squadron officers

This is a  typewritten account, prepared after the war by Duncan Spencer as a presentation to be given to the Portsmouth Grammar School.  It was given to the then active 55 Squadron Association in 2011 by his daughter and is here as a scanned copy.

55 Squadron Poem - from the Western & Libyan Desert by Tom Burgess

Detailed Recollections of 55 Sqn LAC Jack Wiltshire, Inst Mech  21.3.1940 - 23.1.1943

Jack Wiltshire, Darkest Hour Desert Humour