Nicholson, Don
Title
Nicholson, Don
D Nicholson
Description
Two items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Don Nicholson (Royal Air Force) and contains his audio memoirs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 44 Squadron.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Don Nicholson and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Don Nicholson and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle.
Date
2015-10-02
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Identifier
Nicholson, D
Collection Items
Don Nicholson audio recording. Two
The recording starts with the sound of Merlin engines. Don Nicholson lost his first crew when he was grounded on medical grounds and they were killed in action. He became the spare flight engineer on the squadron. He flew with different pilots until…
Don Nicholson audio recording. One
Don was a Flight Engineer with No 44 (Rhodesia) Squadron in 1944-45 at Dunholme Lodge and later at Spilsby and completed 31 operations.
Don lists his 31 operations and recounts how having arrived for the briefing for his first operation, he was…
Don lists his 31 operations and recounts how having arrived for the briefing for his first operation, he was…
Collection Tree
- Nicholson, Don