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  • Tags: RAF Sleap
  • Type is exactly "Sound"

ABaggJG160902.mp3
John Bagg worked as a clerk before joining the Royal Air Force, at the age of 20. He was trained as an Instrument Mechanic before re-mustering and completing a specialist camera course. He went on to serve on several training stations. After the war…

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Jim Penny joined the Air Force in July 1940, aged 18. He recalls his training prior to becoming a Bomber Command Pathfinder pilot for 97 Squadron at RAF Bourn. He explains the crewing up process and details those who were in his crew. He gives…

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ASmithAP180103.mp3
Arthur Peter Smith ('Peter') was born in Kent and attended school until he was 14. He started working for a woodwork shop and, when the war began, they started building army huts. In 1941 he joined the Air Cadets. He recalls how one Sunday he and a…

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