Title page from David Lang's RAF Scrapbook 1955 to 1957
© Title page from David Lang's RAF Scrapbook 1955 to 1957
RAF Habbaniya Levant Christmas 1955 cover of CO's Message and the Menu
© RAF Habbaniya Levant Christmas 1955 cover of CO's Message and the Menu
Baghdad February 1956
© Baghdad February 1956
National Service was an opportunity
David Lang was born in London in 1934. He was briefly evacuated at the start of the war, bur returned to London and Haberdasher's Boy's School. He was called up for National Service and travelled widely across the middle East.
PTSD wasn't a recognised term in 1939
Minnie DriverBomber Command never felt they were as beloved as fighter pilots.
Minnie DriverMy father suffered terribly with PTSD
Minnie Driver
Skipper! Quick - dive!
Alfred HubermanThe worst experience I ever had
Alfred Huberman
The German's acted as if they'd won the war
Ralph Levy
My father changed his name by deed poll
I was born a Jew and I wanted to die a Jew
Alfred Huberman
They crashed into the sea off the Dutch coast
The South China Sea was rife with pirates
