Froud, James

Title

Froud, James
J Froud

Description

Two oral history interviews with James Froud (1922 - 2019, 1801660 Royal Air Force). He flew operations as an air gunner with 44 and 83 Squadrons.

The collection was catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.

Date

2016-05-09
2016-05-16

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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Identifier

Froud, J

Collection Items

As part of the Pathfinder Force, Jimmy explains that they did a lot of training using radar, wire runs and bombing ranges, as well as radio range with the wireless operator. Jimmy also describes the fighter affiliation they carried out. They…

James Froud wanted to be a pilot. He was interviewed in London and called up to Lord’s Cricket Ground. Having twice failed navigation examinations, he was re-mustered and sent to RAF Eastchurch for a gunnery course. From there, he went to RAF…
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