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Interview with Harry Richardson
Harry Richardson DFC grew up in Derby and Wembley and tried to enlist two weeks before the war began. He was determined to be taken on as a pilot and undertook pilot training on Tiger Moths before converting to Wellingtons. He was posted to RAF…
Interview with Jacqui Whitehead
Jacqui Whitehead talks of how she has been involved with veterans, remembrance, and the Air Gunners Association over the last thirty years. She discusses stories of reconciliation, and how the Flightpath of Friendship and Reconciliation became a…
Interview with Carolin Richter
Carolin Richter discusses the Flightpath of Friendship, the memorial in the woods at Katzenelnbogen, and the relationship between Bomber Command navigator Arthur Lee and German soldier Rudi Balzer.
Interview with Samuel Adolphus Jordon
Samuel Jordon grew up in British Guiana and volunteered for the Air Force when he was 18. He discusses his journey to the UK, his training and work as a clerk.
While training at RAF Melksham the war ended. He was then posted to the Number 1 School…
While training at RAF Melksham the war ended. He was then posted to the Number 1 School…
Interview with Ethel Smith
Ethel Smith (née Hanson) discusses her early life and her time in the WAAF. She joined aged 21, and remembers the camaraderie. She worked as a rigger at Number 12 Balloon Centre and was later posted to RAF Titchfield near Portsmouth. She discusses…
Dixie on the march
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James ‘Dixie’ Deans was captain of a Whitley bomber when after twenty five operations he was shot down on the 10th of September 1940 and became a prisoner of war. He was imprisoned initially at Stalag Luft 1 where he became Camp Leader. He then moved…
Interview with James Edwards.
James Edwards trained initially as a pilot before training as a navigator. Part of his initial training was in South Africa. When he returned to the UK and completed his training he was posted to 49 Squadron at RAF Fiskerton.
Interview with Jeff Brown. One
Jeff Brown was working as an apprentice electrician before he volunteered for the RAF. He had always had a fascination for aircraft and wanted to fly. He trained as a wireless operator air gunner. He was then streamlined into straight air gunner…
Interview with Jeff Brown. Two
Jeff Brown took part in the Operation Manna flights and was honoured by the Dutch people many years afterwards. The low flying over the drop-zones left a lasting impression on Jeff. He also describes metal falling off his aircraft during an impromptu…
Interview with Jeff Brown. Three
Jeff Brown flew on a wide variety of aircraft during his career in the RAF. While flying in a Wellington they flew in a thundercloud and fell from twelve thousand feet to four thousand feet out of control.
Interview with Jeff Brown. Four
At the end of the war Jeff found himself posted to Germany working as an equipper which didn’t interest him at all. He retrained as an armourer but he really wanted to continue to fly. He successfully re-mustered as a pilot and went to Canada for…
Interview with Roger Rogers. One
‘Roger’ Rogers trained as a rear gunner. On one operation he saw what he describes as a salmon in the sky above their aircraft. This was the reflection of fires below on the metal of the German aircraft. As it manoeuvred to attack Roger managed to…
Interview with Roger Rogers. Two
Roger Rogers’ real name was Joseph Clement Augustine Rogers but was renamed by his crew as Roger. Although he was in a Reserved Occupation he was determined to join the RAF having been fascinated by aviation since childhood. He lied about his age to…
Interview with Tom Lofthouse
Tom Lofthouse initially began training as a wireless operator/air gunner in his native Australia before changing to air gunner. He was posted to 466 Squadron at RAF Leconfield for his operational flying. After his tour he was posted to 16 BDTU (Bomb…
Interview with Anna Williams
Rosita Williams nee Semler grew up near Frankfurt during the Second World War. Her education was very disrupted by the war including her piano lessons when there were no local teachers. She was on a train when it was shot up by fighters. She was…
Interview with Kathleen Mary 'Molly' Deans
Molly Deans was the wife of James ‘Dixie’ Deans who was the leader of several prisoner of war camps after he was shot down in September 1940. She describes the struggle to find out what had happened to him after he was posted as missing. She received…
Interview with Calton Younger
Calton Younger discussed his experiences as a prisoner of war with a producer who was hoping to make a film about the life of Dixie Deans.
Interview with Harry Hacker. One
Harry Hacker was in a Reserved Occupation with the Post Office when he and his friend volunteered for the RAF. He had lived through the Liverpool Blitz. He trained as a bomb aimer and was sent to South Africa to complete his training. While enroute…
Interview with Harry Hacker. Two
Description of a painting of dropping supplies as partisans waved to the crew.
Interview with Reginald Walter Jordan. One.
Reg Jordan volunteered for the RAF on his eighteenth birthday. He initially thought he would apply as a gunner but was trained as a pilot in Canada before being posted to his operational squadron. His first operation was leaflet dropping over…
Interview with Reginald Walter Jordan. Two.
Reginald Jordan trained as a pilot in Canada before being posted to RAF Hampstead Norris. In this interview he describes his first impression of the RAF selection procedure and his first flights with his squadrons. His first operation was leaflet…
Interview with Reginald Walter Jordan. Three.
Liberator pilot Reg Jordan flew with 356 Squadron on the Burma Campaign. Returning from one operation his rear gunner recognised a Japanese fighter beside them performing acrobatics. This was part of a decoy operation as the other Japanese fighters…
William Tweddle Audio memoir. One
Doug Tweddle undertook the initial pilot training in South Africa. On return to the UK he attended Operational Training Unit at Upper Heyford where he selected his crew. After completing training the crew were posted to 9 Squadron at RAF Bardney.…
William Tweddle Audio memoir. Two
Doug Tweddle was a pilot with 9 Squadron based at RAF Bardney. Here in his second part of his interview he talks about relationships at his home station. He describes meeting Ralph Cochrane on a flight. He talks about the ground crew who always knew…
William Tweddle Audio memoir. Three
Doug Tweddle flew on the successful operation to sink the Tirpitz.