Roger G3XBM's (Mainly) Amateur Radio Blog

I have just finished reading a book about the RAF Pathfinders. My dad was one in WW2. I had no idea how brave they were. On every mission th...

My dad died in 1987, long after WW2. He lived a quiet life in the years before he died. In his life he rarely talked about his experiences i...

My dad was a Pathfinder in Lancaster bombers in WW2 . He hated the war and rarely talked about those scary night raids over Germany. I am su...

In my view, wars solve little. One wonders how many wars in history would not have happened had women been in charge.  During WW2, my dad wa...

Already I have mentioned that my dad was an RAF Pathfinder. These were elite flyers, many of whom died.  7 5 years ago, at the end of the wa...

During WW2 my dad was an RAF Pathfinder. Like many, he rarely talked about those dark days: I suspect they made a deep impact on him and...

My father was a Pathfinder. He flew night raids over Germany in WW2 in Lancaster bombers. He rarely spoke of these days. I am sure my dad , ...

Yesterday would have been my dad's birthday. He would have been 98 although sadly he died in his late 60s in 1987 from a heart attack. I...