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Defied frost-bite to aid gunner
Risked life to save gunner
Award to James Inward
Front page news
London's biggest air raid
Tags: bombing; prisoner of war
Abdication of King Carol
Tags: bombing
James Inward's Distinguished Flying Cross
Navigation sketch book
Tags: training
Sketch book
Tags: training
Workshop and laboratory records
Tags: training
Congratulations
Looking back to D-Day
Debt owned by Allied Command
Propeller overspeeding
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer; Halifax; pilot; training
Rabbit Mascot
Tags: 630 Squadron; RAF East Kirkby; superstition
Last of the Tail Gun Charlies - Ronald Carter's Biography
At the age of 17, Ronald volunteered to join the Royal Air Force in November 1942. After basic training, Ronald was selected for gunnery and wireless operator training, becoming…
Tags: 44 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Caterpillar Club; crewing up; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); prisoner of war; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Ringway; RAF Waddington; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; tactical support for Normandy troops; the long march; training; wireless operator / air gunner
George Robinson
On the reverse is written: "From Mrs R Tempest Wilsford Nr Grantham. Please return this" and in a different hand: "To Eileen. All my…
Tags: aircrew; love and romance; training