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| Old Sarum Airfield, near Salisbury cc-by-sa/2.0 - © Brian Robert Marshall - geograph.org.uk/p/4667711 |
It was about tea-time when we arrived at the Concentration Area near Old Sarum. [1] This is the one place where I have seen perfect organisation. Everything had been thought of. Skilled crews checked each truck in record time while we were being bundled off to the tents that had been allotted to us. Feeling rather tired that night I piled into bed as soon as I had written a letter.
Next day everyone was walking around aimlessly but keeping one ear open for any message on the Tannoy. The food here was very good and so was the R.A.F. Gang Show that I saw that evening in the N.A.A.F.I. [2] Then came the announcement. It was our turn to go.
Early next morning we were packed and off on the road again. This time it was a bit misty and not so comfortable on the top of a truck but it cleared up after a while.
- Old Sarum Airfield. Thousands of ground personnel, and virtually all RAF motor transport vehicles, destined for Normandy passed through Old Sarum in the D-Day preparation period, making it an integral part in the organisational structure of the D-Day landings.
- Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes, a company created by the British government on 9 December 1920 to run recreational establishments needed by the British Armed Forces, and to sell goods to servicemen and their families.
