October 1944

Stanley Hall has been in Poona (Pune), India, since September 25th. He had been training in a special camp in case he would be shot down in the jungle. In October he will start learning how to fly the B-24 Liberator.   October 5th This morning I had an oral exam on all the Liberator …

September 1944

On Wednesday August 23rd, 1944 Flight Sergeant Stanley Hall arrives in Bombay after his stay at a transient camp in Karachi. Friday 25th August, 1944 I arrived in Bombay at about 1.30am Wednesday and as usual no one seemed to know about our arrival and after an hour or so transport came for us, then …

August 1944

Richard Hall is sharing his father's diary. 74 years ago Stanley Hall was still in Karachi at a transit unit and fairly well browned off with hanging around... 11th August Still at the transit unit and fairly well browned off with hanging around. Have made occasional trips to the pictures in Karachi but it's not …

July 1944

Richard Hall is sharing his father's diary. On July 4th Stanley Hall is still with RAF 76 OTU at Aqir, but later he will be leaving for India. No. 76 Operational Training Unit RAF (76 OTU) was a Royal Air Force operational training unit during the Second World War. The unit was formed at RAF …

June 1944

Richard Hall is sharing his father's diary and part of his log book. Stanley Hall is with RAF 76 OTU at Aqir. No. 76 Operational Training Unit RAF (76 OTU) was a Royal Air Force operational training unit during the Second World War. The unit was formed at RAF Aqir on 1 October 1943. Throughout …

June 1944

This is Stanley Hall log book page for June 1944. 2nd June Did first x/country flight yesterday, posted a parcel to Thelma and sent EFM for Janet's birthday. 3rd June Went on decompression test today. 6th June Did 3rd x/c flight today, they are getting longer each day. Travelled over 600 miles today. News of 2nd …

May 1944

1st May Received cigs from Thelma and posted letter airmail. Got my crew yesterday. I had been at air field control and didn't get along to select them when they came in but another pilot who came in at the same time as they did and had intended having them had to go onto airfield control …

April 1944

Monday 3rd April Leave starts today but there are not many places to go to Tel-Aviv, Jaffa, Haifa being out of bounds owing to the recent Jewish disturbances so we decided to have a few days in Tiberias by the lake. The bus is full for today and it has been raining this morning so hitch hiking …

March 1944

Stanley Hall is on his way to Egypt and  he is sharing his feelings about the ship. All the photos are from the collection of Stanley Hall. Wednesday 1st March We have been hugging the coast all day and the weather cleared enough for a glimpse of Algiers which we passed at breakfast time. It has been …

February 1944

Stanley Hall will be leaving Little Rissington soon... The first entry for February shows danger was always present in London even in early 1944... 9th February, 1944 Well this finds me up at Blackpool preparing to leave on my overseas posting. I have had 12 days leave six in London and six in Scotland. There were two …