Browse Items (4 total)

  • Creator is exactly "Gill Barnes"

ABeechH160924.mp3
Harold Beech was born in Middle Rasen, Lincolnshire. He was six when war was declared and saw the construction of many airfields near his home. As a schoolboy, he also watched aircraft being transported on the back of Queen Marys. The family housed a…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

ASmithNW160625.mp3
Norman Smith was a rear gunner on Lancasters operating from RAF Kirmington. His most vivid memory is of the cold on long journeys. On one occasion he blinked and felt ice in his eyes. On one occasion they missed their airfield and went to RAF Elsham…

Tags: ; ; ; ;

ALongTCA160611.mp3
Thomas Charles Arthur Long was born in Quorn, England. He was in the Home Guard and worked at Brush as a draughtsman, also gaining a Higher National Certificate from Loughborough College. He decided to join the RAF, as it was the only way to get out…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;

AMorrisW170218.mp3
Walter Morris was born in Kettering and started work in 1939; after a while, older workers disappeared, mostly to join the Territorial Army. He enlisted in the Air Training Corps, 101 Squadron, based at RAF Grafton Underwood. Walter reported to…

Tags: ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ;