Recorded interview with Flight Lieutenant James Grant Meiklejohn, 28 April 1996

James Meiklejohn trained as a pilot in Spitfires, Mustangs and gliders during the Second World War. He explains how, due to the end of the war, he didn’t fly operationally.

James Meiklejohn remembers life in London during the early part of the Second World War. He explains how he joined the RAF and trained as a pilot in Canada, before returning to the UK for further training in Spitfires and Mustangs. He remembers volunteering to train as a glider pilot, but didn’t fly operationally due to the speed of the ground advance in Europe and the end of the war.