Interview with George Dunn

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Interview with George Dunn

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George talks about his career staring with OTU at RAF Lossiemouth where he crewed up. He describes the state of old Wellingtons on that unit and recounts some incidents. He recalls HCU on Halifax at RAF Rufforth, including his first two trips as second pilot with 10 Squadron. George was posted to 76 Squadron at RAF Linton-on-Ouse.  He tells of his first operation to Dortmund and recalls several incidents while on his first tour. He describes hismove to 18 OTU and some incidents on this tour. Subsequently, George volunteered for a second operational tour and converted to Mosquito. He was, eventually, posted to 608 Squadron at RAF Downham Market flying operations to Berlin. In April 1945 George moved to 1409 reconnaissance flight at RAF Wyton. He recall his subsequent post war service in Malta and the Middle East. George oncludes with comments on training in Canada. Contemporary head and shoulders portrait of George Dunn dated 22 April 2013.

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One colour photograph
00:55:32 audio recording

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SBondS-DunnGv10017, SBondS-DunnGv10016

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G Dunn, “Interview with George Dunn,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed January 14, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/49149.

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