The BBC asked the public to contribute their memories of World War Two to a website between June 2003 and January 2006. These are some of their stories.
A Childhood in Gosport and Portsmouth: Part One by Antony Norris
A Childhood in Gosport and Portsmouth: Part Two by Antony Norris
‘Blitz Kid’ by Ernie Smith
D-Day as a Child by Edmund Keen
Gosport – 1942 by CSV Action Desk/BBC Radio Lincolnshire
Below is are a few photos relating to this period. Credits to Royal Air Force official photographer
A row of terraced houses in Gosport, Hampshire after a raid of 12 August 1940. Those nearest the cameraman have been badly damaged and a pile of rubble is in the street.
A bomb-damaged house in Gosport, believed to be in Grove Avenue, after a German air raid on 12 August 1940.
A view of Portsmouth Harbour (looking to the Portsmouth side) during an air raid of 12th August 1940.
A Bristol Blenheim IV possibly of 86 Squadron RAF flies low over RAF Gosport observed by airman and sailors from the ground. A Blackburn Skua of the Aircraft Torpedo Development Unit is seen on the ground.