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Joseph Cooper
Royal Air Forece 42 Sqdn.
I served in the RAF from 1941 to 1946, in 42 Sqdn. as rigger, 42/45 in India and Burma. The squadron stayed in the Imphal valey during the Japanese seige of Dimaphur. Posted to form 221 group communications squad at Imphal after the seige at Rangoon, when the Japanese flew in for surrender. Served in a glider sqdn at Elsham Wolds training army pilots until demobilised.