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  • Contributor is exactly "Adalberto Di Corato"

ADareI180704.mp3
Iris was born in a village outside Newcastle. At the beginning of 1940 she went to Gosforth to join the Royal Air Force. Iris liked the idea of uniformed service more than the option of becoming a nurse. She was then sent to Swansea for about 18…

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Penny Turner’s father, Flight Sergeant Albin John Turner, pilot of a Wellington bomber, was killed in action during the first bombing operation on the 4 September 1939. Years later, when she was five years old, her mother told her that her father…

ALedgerHS170302.mp3
Before the war, Hilda Ledger lived in Berkley and worked in a big house. During the war, she was old enough to be required to register to work, and was sent to Metrovic, a Lancaster bomber factory in Manchester. She describes working nine-hour…

Brenda Gardiner was at primary school in Hull when the war started. After the Blitz she was evacuated to Filey. Only after the war, did she fully realise the scale of damage and suffering the bombings caused to the people living near the…

Joyce Clayton was born in Lincoln and served with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, where she was first assigned to barrage balloons before becoming an equipment officer at various stations. Whilst based at RAF Sutton-on-Hull she witnessed the bombing…

ABradburyI170911.mp3
The interview is about Irene’s husband Dennis Bradbury, who died in 2017. In March 1943 he enlisted in the Royal Air Force volunteer reserve, and became a wireless operator/air gunner, training on Proctors. After crewing up, he ended up with…

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The interviewee was born in London and worked for some time as a clerk until joining the Royal Air Force. He did not like the idea of serving in the Army or in the Navy but - as a Londoner - he was keen to take part in the war, having experienced the…
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