Photos of Ground Crew Life with 92 Squadron RAF

The three photos below Copyright 2006 Mike Widdowson.

My father was William Marson Peet, but always known as Marson to distinguish him from his own father William. He was born in Oakham in 1916, grew up there and went to work for Barclay's Bank when he left school. He joined 92 squadron at Biggin Hill in the middle of September 1940 and served with them as an armourer throughout most of the war. After the Battle of Britain the squadron moved north to Digby in Lincolnshire where he met my mum who had volunteered for the WAAF. He accompanied the squadron to Africa and served with it during the North African campaign and then moved on to Malta. He took part in the invasion of Sicily and then the Italian campaign. Towards the end of the war he was transfered to other units including 93 squadron.

After the war he returned to a career in the bank and retired as the manager of Barclay's Bank in Wainfleet, Lincolnshire in 1976. He devoted much of his time to ornithology and conservation and played a very active role in setting up The Lincolnshire Trust For Nature Conservation. I spent a very enjoyable day taking him to the Nene Valley Railway where he was a guest at their ceremony to return their Battle of Britain locomotive 92 Squadron back into operation. He died in February 2003.