When I deployed on operations I would take
just so, when days were tough or...
even just on a daily basis
memories and those kind of things
no matter how bad the day was
I am going to see my family
'cause we were very lucky with the
and it was just nice to be able to
actually, do you know what,
you know I love my family to pieces and
No matter how bad the day was …
When Lauren Smith joined the RAF her great-grandmother, Joyce Edwards, was delighted. Edwards was a former Women’s Auxiliary Air Force cook and the widow of John Madge, who was killed flying with Bomber Command in 1944. During Smith’s basic training her great-grandmother died suddenly, forcing her to decide whether to finish the course or to go to the funeral and delay her graduation. Smith chose to complete the training and proudly carried her great-grandmother’s photograph in her tunic pocket at her passing-out parade.
