About me

Hello everyone. My name’s Andy and I live in a sleepy village in Norfolk, UK with my girlfriend Jenny and her long-haired Dachshund, Henry.

I have a great love for history, and inspired by meeting Jenny and hearing of her Granddad’s story as RAF Bomber Command aircrew, my lifetime’s aim is to compile a detailed history of every single Allied station in the UK during the Second World War. This task is fairly big to say the least, so I’m starting with those places on my doorstep in Norfolk. The powerful roar of radials and turbocharged V-12s has long since left the old airfields here and has been replaced by – in the most part – dereliction, wind-noise and birdsong. The enormity of the situation the young men from many different nations faced and the sacrifices they made is still highly evocative however and should never be forgotten. Although there may not seem to be a lot of my activity available on-line as of yet, I’m now very busy in the background compiling a ‘Roll of Honour’ for each station I’m researching and writing about. Needless to say, the amount of names I’m listing down is just heart-breaking.

My biggest wish is for this site to be a place of sharing memories – a personal, collaborative affair. Sadly, the generation that lived the experience has now largely gone, but if you have any personal stories passed down to you, or photos you’d like included on here, please do get in touch.

Thanks for visiting.

Andy Herbert

April 20th 2018