My late father, also Bill Jackson, was always passionate about Malta, a tiny island in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea. As an 18yr old newly qualified RAF apprentice he was plunged into the maelstrom of war when he landed there on 2nd August, 1941. He was posted as a Wireless Operator Mechanic with an Air Sea Rescue unit based at Kalafrana. Their role was to search for and rescue anyone who had the misfortune to end up in the sea and he spent more...
