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- Tags: RAF Hemswell
Stuart Boynton Interview
Interview with Syd Marshall
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1667 HCU; aircrew; crewing up; FIDO; flight engineer; H2S; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military living conditions; mine laying; perception of bombing war; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Graveley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Sandtoft; RAF St Athan; training
Interview with John Norrington
Tags: 101 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; demobilisation; faith; fear; flight engineer; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Halifax; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Pathfinders; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Sandtoft; RAF St Athan; recruitment; training
Interview with Mieczysław Stachiewicz
Interview with Jeff Hildreth
Interview with Derek Carington Evans
Tags: 18 OTU; 625 Squadron; Absent Without Leave; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Dominie; FIDO; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military discipline; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; superstition; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Norman Gregory
Tags: 101 Squadron; 28 OTU; aircrew; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Dulag Luft; final resting place; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Lancaster; Master Bomber; memorial; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Ansty; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Cosford; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Frank Page
Interview with John Wakeford Quine
Tags: 170 Squadron; 582 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; bomb dump; bombing; Cook’s tour; coping mechanism; crewing up; Halifax; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; love and romance; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF Harrogate; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Peplow; sanitation; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Geoffrey Robinson
Tags: 626 Squadron; aircrew; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); crewing up; flight engineer; Halifax; Lancaster; military ethos; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); perception of bombing war; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Valley; RAF Wickenby; searchlight; Tiger force
Interview with Gordon Topham
Tags: aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb dump; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bouncing bomb; flight engineer; Halifax; incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; pilot; RAF Bridlington; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Scampton; RAF St Athan; training; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Arthur Loudon's flying log book for navigators
Tags: 12 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 1667 HCU; 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mona; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Seighford; RAF Wickenby; training; Wellington
James Wrigley's flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1656 HCU; 19 OTU; 199 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 81 OTU; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-29; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Dominie; final resting place; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Binbrook; RAF Bourn; RAF Downham Market; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marham; RAF Pembrey; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Tilstock; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
James Wrigley Service Record
Washington, three civilians, aircrew
Photograph 2 is a head and shoulders portrait of a man, a woman and a girl, captioned 'Lloyd,…
Tags: aircrew; Lincoln; RAF Hemswell
Beaufighter, Spitfire and Lincoln
Photograph 2 is an air-to-air view of a Spitfire taken from a Lincoln, captioned 'Spitfire breakaway, Shallufa Egypt…
Tags: 97 Squadron; Beaufighter; Lincoln; RAF Hemswell; Spitfire
Tripoli
Tags: RAF Hemswell
Jack Hayley’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 1667 HCU; 170 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 83 OTU; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Magister; Meteor; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Defford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Madley; RAF Peplow; RAF Peterborough; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Windrush; RCAF Estevan; RCAF Moncton; Shackleton; Spitfire; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
John Derek Bailey’s Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 166 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 1667 HCU; 20 OTU; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Bicester; RAF Blyton; RAF Catterick; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirkham; RAF Kirmington; RAF Lindholme; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Paignton; RAF Penrhos; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wigsley; RAF Worksop; RCAF Moncton; training; Wellington
Interview with Alice Wrigley
Arthur Atkins’ flying log book for pilots
Tags: 1662 HCU; 1667 HCU; 27 OTU; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Andover; RAF Blyton; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lichfield; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Westcott; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Frederick Caunter-Jackson Obituary
Was it all a Dream
Tags: 1 Group; 103 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 1667 HCU; 4 Group; 5 Group; 576 Squadron; 8 Group; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; briefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; intelligence officer; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Lysander; Master Bomber; medical officer; memorial; mid-air collision; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Mosquito; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Bicester; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Brampton; RAF Cosford; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hawarden; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kimbolton; RAF Kirmington; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Paignton; RAF Penrhos; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Worksop; RAF Wyton; Scarecrow; searchlight; superstition; Tiger force; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Cyril Edwin Bailey
George Toombs’ flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 1667 HCU; 460 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Binbrook; RAF Hemswell; RAF Sandtoft; tactical support for Normandy troops; training