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Mick Jeffery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Julie Williams]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Rutland]]> Poland--Żagań]]>
Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Lithuania]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> Bruce Blanche]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> South Africa]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944]]> Anna Hoyles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Brazil]]> Chile]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Peru]]> Chile--Santiago]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Christine Kavanagh]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1947]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> Annie Moody]]> Gary Rushbrooke]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Egypt]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Italy--Sicily]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1965]]> Adam Purcell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--Suffolk]]> United States]]> ]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Chris Cann]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> Wales]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Italy]]> Italy--Pomigliano d'Arco]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> John was a flight engineer with 427 Squadron. He was born at Westcliff-on-Sea and volunteered for the Royal Air Force when he received a letter from Bomber Command. He had joined the Air Training Corps and had an interest in aircraft. After finishing operations, he trained men when they transferred to Lancasters. He also flew Halifaxes. John demobilised in June 1947 and became a refrigeration engineer.
John’s wife describes how the Canadian crew attended their wedding and helped organise their honeymoon nine days before the war ended.
The family observe that John rarely discussed his wartime experiences; he did what had to be done.
John’s grandson recalls John’s love of model aircraft and shares his own research on 427 Squadron. He notes how the station records became more serious as the war progressed and losses grew. He recounts some of the stories John told him and how John was shocked by a photograph in a book, which recorded an incident he had experienced. He comments on the dangers they faced outside and during operations.
The family visited Yorkshire Air Museum for John’s 90th birthday and went in a Halifax, which is described as narrow and uncomfortable.
The family expresses their views about Bomber Command and the role it played.
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Julian Maslin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Sally Coulter]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1945-05-08]]> 1947-06]]>
Liz describes her work on the switchboard, the shifts and accommodation, as well as her social life. Her highlights were the Australians at RAF Waddington and the film unit operating from there.
After pressure from her father, Liz had to leave in May 1946, and went on to have a successful and varied career.
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Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Dawn Studd]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Sally Coulter]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]>
Cathie Hewitt]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Janet McGreevy]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Congo (Democratic Republic)]]> Zimbabwe]]> Cyprus]]> Cuba]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-05]]> Rob Gray]]> Lucy Davidson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Darren Swift]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> New South Wales]]> New South Wales--Goulburn]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--London]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> British Army]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> France--Lyon]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Betty Turner]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Poetry]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1942-12]]> George Wilson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1943-01-17]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Milling, Edward. Obituaries]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> 1943-10]]> Alan Robson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-28]]> Antony Bartlett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Poetry]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1943]]> Antony Bartlett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> France]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> 1943-03-28]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Torquay]]> England--Devon]]> 1942-07]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Ontario--London]]> Ontario]]> 1943-03]]> 1943-04]]> 1943-05]]> 1943-06]]> 1943-07]]> R Stubbs]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Navy]]> Great Britain]]> England--Portsmouth]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Hampshire]]> 1942-02-16]]> 1942-02-15]]> 1942-02-14]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Cathie Hewitt]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1940-11]]>