Arts to Intelligence

Doreen Galvin's WWII work remained "Top Secret" for 30 years post-war, details of which she later documented. From the "Battle of Britain" to the bombing of Liverpool and tracking the German Fleet, to the harrowing losses of a bomber squadron, she covers extensive ground. Her account spans secret agent missions, Lancaster bomber attacks on Germany, and the first flying bomb raids on London. Galvin’s narrative oscillates between traumatic wartime experiences and moments of unexpected levity.

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About the Author: Doreen Galvin
At the outbreak of WWII, Doreen was an Art student living in the small seaside village of Pett a few miles from Hastings where she attended the School of Art & Architecture. From her hilltop home, she saw convoys of ships under attack in the English Channel, witnessed the Battle of Britain much of which was fought directly overhead, and received an unexpected salvo of bombs dropped in her garden.

These and other incidents decided her it was time to join up, so she volunteered for the WAAF (RAF) in 1940 and was called up early in 1941and became an aircraft plotter. Shortly afterwards, she was commissioned as an Intelligence Officer and served in numerous highly interesting but very secret areas of service until her release in 1946. This is a true story of life in wartime Britain from the beginning to the end of WWll through the eyes of a young girl.
Doreen Galvin's work in WWII was classified as "Top Secret" for at least 30 years after the cessation of hostilities. The atmosphere and events of the time, she wrote down many years later.

She relates personal wartime experiences such as the "Battle of Britain" contrasting that with 8 consecutive nights of the bombing of Liverpool, then the chasing of the German Battle Fleet on aerial photographs, and the near annihilation of a complete bomber squadron. She continues by telling of the ferrying, dropping and landing of secret agents from Britain into Occupied Europe. She describes the routine behind the night attacks of Lancaster bombers into the German heartland, and the first night attack of the flying bombs on the London area. The narrative varies from the traumatic to the lighthearted and humourous.

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