Sheila Bibb]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Katie Gilbert]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> Germany--Berchtesgaden]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> Adam Sutch]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Katie Gilbert]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Wales--Swansea]]> 1943-02]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Katie Gilbert]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Polskie Siły Powietrzne]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1944]]> Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Katie Gilbert]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1942-10-24]]> 1942-10-17]]> David Kavanagh]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Katie Gilbert]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Algeria]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Tunisia]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> Algeria--Blida]]> Algeria--Râs el Ma]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Erfurt]]> Germany--Würzburg]]> Tunisia--Qayrawān]]> North Africa]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1943]]> 1945]]>
Please note: The veracity of this interview has been called into question. We advise that corroborative research is undertaken to establish the accuracy of some of the details mentioned and events witnessed.]]>
Tom Ozel]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Katie Gilbert]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kiel]]>
Adam Purcell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Katie Gilbert]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Victoria]]> Victoria--Mount Martha]]> Victoria]]> Tom was posted to 100 Squadron at RAF Grimsby. He pays tribute to the wing commander and group captain. The former taught them to corkscrew and dive through a searchlight, reassuring them about flak. Shortly after sorting out a problem with the air pressure, Tom became a flying officer. He recounts the crew’s ritual on each flight with a lucky handkerchief.
Tom explains how they were anxious about the Ruhr and how they observed a Lancaster shot down by a Me 109. He also describes the bravery he witnessed. Tom noticed a huge number of ships coming back from a raid on marshalling yards and railway tracks; it was for D-Day. He was involved in Operation Manna, dropping food parcels in Holland.
Towards the end of the war, Tom moved to 626 Squadron at RAF Wickenby. They flew to Ludwigshafen, Dortmund and Cologne.
When war ended, Tom retrained as an air traffic controller in the Air Force. He was sent up to Scottish Command and describes a couple of incidents. He became an author, writing children’s books and about his RAF experiences.
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Julian Maslin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Katie Gilbert]]> Sally Coulter]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Netherlands]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Katie Gilbert]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> South Africa]]> Zambia]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Cumbria]]> England--Suffolk]]> Andrew Sadler]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Katie Gilbert]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>