RAF veteran, 99, who served in the Second World War has wartime debt repaid over seven decades later

A 99-year-old RAF veteran has had her Second World War debt repaid when she was presented with a set of five shilling coins. Peggy Terry served with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and when she was discharged in 1945 was still owed the money.

And 77 years later, the debt was repaid by the RAF during a special ceremony with friends and family at Mrs Terry's home in Gorslas, Carmarthenshire. It was only by chance during the Covid-19 pandemic that the debt owed to Mrs Terry was discovered.

Aircraft Specialist First Class William Anderson, who is based at RAF Coningsby in Lincolnshire, was deployed to South Wales as part of an operation assisting the NHS. Mr Anderson was driving an ambulance while crewed with a paramedic and they attended Mrs Terry's home in February.