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Interview with Jeff Hildreth

Jeff Hildreth was born in Huntwood, Derbyshire, studied Electrical Engineering at Worksop Technical College before joining the Air Training Corps, eventually joining the Royal Air Force as a Wireless Operator. He did his training at RAF Yatesbury,…

Tags: 100 Squadron; 170 Squadron; 18 OTU; aircrew; Lincoln; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Yatesbury; training; wireless operator

Interview with Jeff Hildreth - One

Jeff Hildreth grew up in a colliery village where his father was a miner. he left school and started working at a tailor’s shop, which he didn’t enjoy. He volunteered for the RAF and was accepted to train as a pilot, navigator or bomb aimer. He…

Tags: 12 Squadron; aircrew; Fw 190; Lincoln; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Dunholme Lodge; wireless operator

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