Didwell, Robert Norman William
Title
Didwell, Robert Norman William
R N W Didwell
Norman Didwell
Description
5 items. Two oral history interviews with Leading Aircraftsman Robert Norman William Didwell (b. 1920, 637410 Royal Air Force) and three photographs . He joined the RAF in 1938 and after training as a rigger served on 99 Squadron equipped with Wellingtons at RAF Newmarket . Subsequently he served at RAF Boscombe Down before going overseas to the middle and far east with Transport Command.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Robert Norman William Didwell and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Robert Norman William Didwell and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Identifier
Didwell, RNW
Collection Items
Group Captain Pickard with his dog
Three-quarter length portrait of Group Captain Pickard wearing tunic with pilot’s brevet and peaked cap, standing beside a car, with his dog 'Ming' sat in car.
Interview with Robert Norman William Didwell. Two
Robert joined the RAF at the end of 1938 when he was 18. He flew with 99 Squadron, spending three and a half years overseas. Robert recalls how his older brother was a regular soldier before the war in the 1920s, and his mother was a kitchen maid.…
Interview with Robert Norman William Didwell
Interview has intermittent noise and is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.
Collection Tree
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