Freetown, Sierra Leone (2)

My dad, Norman Buckle, was stationed at H.M.S. Spurwing, the Royal Navy air base at Hastings, near Freetown, Sierra Leone 1943 - 1944. When he arrived at Freetown he wrote in his diary: "The town looks very pretty with brightly coloured houses, the outstanding objects being a church and two wireless aerials. Behind the town is the coastal range of hills." Read more in I Think I Prefer the Tinned Variety: The Diary of a Petty Officer in the Fleet Air Arm during WWII.

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