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- Tags: RAF Bridlington
Interview with Eric Evans
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 463 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Caterpillar Club; Dulag Luft; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 110; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Padgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; the long march; training; Wellington
Interview with Geoff Payne
Tags: 115 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crewing up; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Me 109; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridlington; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Weeton; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Wyton; sport; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Bob Smith's Memoirs
Tags: 106 Squadron; 115 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 166 Squadron; 3 Group; 4 Group; 44 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 619 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 640 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 78 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Beaufighter; bomb aimer; bombing; Boston; crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; flight engineer; H2S; Halifax; Hampden; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Master Bomber; mess; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Breighton; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cardington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Cranwell; RAF Desborough; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Feltwell; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Harrington; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Silloth; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tempsford; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; RAF White Waltham; RAF Wigtown; RAF Witchford; Red Cross; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; training; V-1; Wellington; wireless operator
Bob Smith's Memoirs Book 2
Covers his training.
Tags: 1653 HCU; 3 Group; 467 Squadron; 5 Group; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; crash; crewing up; flight engineer; Gee; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mess; mine laying; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Andover; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cardington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Cranwell; RAF Desborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Harrington; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Silloth; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tempsford; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; RAF White Waltham; RAF Wigtown; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
Bill Freeman's Service Career
Tags: 1 Group; 1662 HCU; 300 Squadron; 5 Group; 550 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); briefing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; entertainment; flight engineer; George Cross; ground crew; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mess; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Stormy Down; searchlight; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
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
Interview with Harry Gough
Tags: 10 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; crewing up; guard room; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Initial Training Wing; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; promotion; RAF Bridlington; RAF Kinloss; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; RAF Shawbury; RAF Valley; training; Whitley