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- Tags: RAF Halton
Interview with Raymond Moore
Tags: 408 Squadron; 426 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; faith; fear; flight engineer; lack of moral fibre; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; RAF Brackla; RAF Cosford; RAF East Moor; RAF Halton; RAF Lindholme; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF St Athan; recruitment; searchlight; sport; training
Interview with Peter Miller
Initially posted to 527 Squadron, which was …
Interview with Percival Robert Court
Interview with Neil Harris
Tags: 50 Squadron; 578 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; fitter airframe; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Hudson; Lincoln; love and romance; Master Bomber; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; pilot; promotion; RAF Burn; RAF Halton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Rufforth; RAF Waddington; RCAF Rivers; Tiger force; training
Interview with Mieczyslaw Maryszczak
Interview with Margaret Saint
Interview with Ken Hicks
Interview with Keith Alec Williamson
Tags: 20 Squadron; 23 Squadron; 77 Squadron; bombing; Meteor; RAF Cranwell; RAF Halton; RAF Leuchars; training
Interview with John Bagg
Interview with Jim Wildes
Tags: 10 OTU; 206 Squadron; 23 OTU; 31 Squadron; B-17; B-24; C-47; ground personnel; Hampden; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Cardington; RAF Halton; RAF Pershore; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Swinderby; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Interview with Jean Culkin
Interview with Harold Kirby. One
Tags: 460 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 8 Group; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bomb struck; bombing; crash; crewing up; fitter airframe; flight engineer; flight mechanic; forced landing; ground crew; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mechanics airframe; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF Coningsby; RAF Halton; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wainfleet; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wittering; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; Stirling; training; V-1; V-weapon; York
Interview with George Rogers
Interview with Douglas Joss
During his time as a Leading Aircraftsman, he tells of…
Tags: 626 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; fitter airframe; ground crew; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; RAF Bridlington; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Halton; RAF Honington; RAF Padgate; RAF Silverstone; RAF Upavon; RAF Wickenby; training; Wellington
Interview with Donald Wallace
Interview with Donald Raymond Harris
Tags: 625 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; crewing up; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Eastchurch; RAF Halton; RAF Scampton; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Donald Briggs
Tags: 156 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; fitter engine; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Harvard; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; Master Bomber; Meteor; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; promotion; RAF Halton; RAF Upwood; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; York
Interview with Desmond O'Connell
Interview with David Jackson
Tags: 106 Squadron; 95 Squadron; aircrew; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); fitter engine; flight engineer; ground crew; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; memorial; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; prisoner of war; RAF Halton; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; Sunderland; training; Victoria Cross
Interview with Colin Hynd
Interview with Charles Bland
He tells of his training at Halton, and describes the different trades and his exams to become an Leading Aircraftsman 1st Class, where he…
Tags: Beaufighter; C-47; fitter airframe; fitter engine; ground crew; ground personnel; Meteor; military discipline; military service conditions; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Coningsby; RAF Finningley; RAF Halton; RAF Kirton in Lindsey; RAF Waddington; RAF Worksop; service vehicle; Spitfire; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force; York
Interview with Bob Leedham
Tags: 10 Squadron; 463 Squadron; 5 Group; 57 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 86 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Gneisenau; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Pathfinders; pilot; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021); radar; RAF Alconbury; RAF Halton; RAF Ridgewell; RAF St Athan; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waddington; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Wratting Common; Scharnhorst; Stirling; Sunderland; Tiger force; training; Window
Interview with Bertram Arthur Yeandle
Interview with Bertie Salvage
Interview with Barry Smith
In 1948, Barry was…