Happy Days! The Record Copying Department at The National Archives, Kew is open. Hopefully I will have some new batches of pigeon files by the middle of December.
It’s an easy process to get copies. You can use the link below to go to the search page. Once you find a file series you might want copies of, the process of getting the copies becomes apparent by following the prompts on each successive page.
https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/
Having listened to most of the Bletchley Park podcasts several times, one day I scrolled to suggested podcasts. This led to The World Wars on the History Hits Network. Every episode has been fascinating but the best are the interviews with the veterans.
Speaking of first-hand accounts, Moon Squadron by Jerrard Tickell, includes some heart pounding stories by pilots who flew SOE agents to occupied Europe, as well as accounts from the agents themselves. The Special Duties Squadrons also made flights to Poland. These flights were incredibly dangerous. Some of those who survived reveal their stories in Moon Squadron. The book was published in 1958.
(c) Crown copyright images reproduced by courtesy of The National Archives, Kew, UK
Catalog numbers: WO208/3560 #37, #38, #39, #40, #41, #42
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