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- Contributor is exactly "Vivienne Tincombe"
Interview with Kenneth George McVicar
Tags: 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Lancaster; Stirling; Tallboy; training
Interview with Ken Johnson. Two
Interview with Ken Johnson. One
Interview with John Whitworth
Interview with John Philip Lambourn
Tags: 514 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crewing up; demobilisation; fear; flight engineer; Gee; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military ethos; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Kirton in Lindsey; RAF Padgate; RAF St Athan; RAF Waterbeach; recruitment; Scarecrow; service vehicle; Stirling; target indicator; training
Interview with John De Hoop
Interview with Joe Stemp
Tags: 578 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); C-47; coping mechanism; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; faith; fear; Halifax; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; love and romance; navigator; recruitment; rivalry; superstition
Interview with Joan Ray
Interview with Jeff Hildreth
Interview with James Hampton
Interview with James Froud. Two
Interview with James Froud. One
Interview with Iain Urquhart Robertson
Interview with Horace Burchett
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 George Dunn
Tags: 10 Squadron; 109 Squadron; 608 Squadron; 76 Squadron; Anson; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; ground crew; Halifax; lack of moral fibre; Master Bomber; memorial; mid-air collision; Mosquito; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; perception of bombing war; RAF Chipping Norton; RAF Downham Market; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Melbourne; RAF Rufforth; RAF Upper Heyford; Spitfire; target indicator; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Geoff Green
Tags: 100 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 28 OTU; 625 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); coping mechanism; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 262; military service conditions; nose art; Operational Training Unit; operations room; pilot; RAF Kelstern; searchlight; superstition; training; Whitley
Interview with Ernie Patterson. One
Tags: 635 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Catalina; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; Dominie; fear; FIDO; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Downham Market; RAF Millom; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Yatesbury; Sunderland; superstition; target indicator; training; Whitley; wireless operator
Interview with Ernest Townsend
Tags: 61 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; fear; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; lynching; radar; sport; Tiger Moth; training
Interview with Eric Parker
Tags: 12 Squadron; 166 Squadron; aircrew; B-29; bomb aimer; bombing; Cornell; crewing up; displaced person; ground personnel; intelligence officer; Lancaster; Lincoln; Master Bomber; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Marham; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wyton; training; Wellington; York
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 Douglas Joss
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 Chinery
Interview with Don Crossley
Tags: 100 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; Anson; B-29; bombing; crewing up; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lincoln; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Grimsby; RAF Sandtoft; recruitment; Tiger force; training; wireless operator / air gunner; York
Interview with Derek Carington Evans
After leaving school at the age of 14, Derek delivered books in and around Doncaster before going down to the Royal Air Force Recruitment Centre…
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