RAF officer's poignant prisoner of war diary with tributes to the 50 Allied airman shot dead over infamous Great Escape from Stalag Luft III is expected to sell for £10,000 75 years on.

The remarkable story of an RAF Pocklington navigator shot down over Germany; becoming a POW, escaping then recaptured twice, and finally surviving the 1945 ‘Death March’; was told poignantly ...

A fascinating Royal Air Force log book revealing the secrets of World War II's forgotten heroes as well as a "rogues gallery" of blacklisted personnel has been unearthed. The Operational Diary of ...

AN illustrated diary kept by a Prisoner of War held at the infamous Great Escape camp has been unearthed. RAF officer Joseph Gueuffen’s journal includes a touching tribute to the 50 Allied ai… ...

A previously unpublished diary by a Royal Air Force chaplain to Battle of Britain pilots barely out of their teens casts new light on the lives of the young men who fought the conflict.

This is a story told to me by my late father of some of his experiences during WW2. My father was based at RAF Pocklington for the majority of the war , at the base were young chaps of a similar ...

ON August 15, 1940, a force of Junkers 88s attacked Driffield airfield. Thirteen people were killed and the airfield was out of action for four… ...

A FORMER York and Pocklington schoolteacher who died in action during the Second World War is among airmen to be honoured by a special memorial.

The remarkable story of an RAF Pocklington navigator shot down over Germany; becoming a POW, escaping then recaptured twice, and finally surviving the 1945 ‘Death March’; was told poignantly ...