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Interview with Denis Francis Cockbill

Born in Newport, Denis volunteered for the Royal Air Force having already joined the Air Corps aged 17. Due to his interest in radio technology Denis wanted to train as a wireless operator and officially joined the Royal Air Force three months after…

Tags: 195 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crewing up; Gee; Lancaster; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); perception of bombing war; recruitment; Spitfire; training; wireless operator

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