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Interview with Peter Greenwood
Tags: 71 Squadron; African heritage; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing up; Flying Training School; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; military living conditions; pilot; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Carlisle; RAF Driffield; RAF Eastchurch; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Heaton Park; Stearman; submarine; Tiger Moth; training
Interview with Audrey Teasdale
Tags: 44 Squadron; 463 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 9 Squadron; animal; bombing; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); entertainment; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground personnel; Lancaster; mess; military living conditions; military service conditions; prisoner of war; RAF Lindholme; RAF Morecambe; RAF Silverstone; RAF Waddington; sport; Stirling; strafing; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with John Usher about Bob Burns
Suddenly the aircraft broke in…
Interview with Kenneth Rudkin
Interview with James Ferguson Latimer
Interview with Eric William Harrison
Tags: 1653 HCU; 195 Squadron; aircrew; bomb struck; bombing; fear; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military discipline; perception of bombing war; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Driffield; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hullavington; RAF Kirkham; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Locking; RAF Manby; RAF St Athan; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; training
Interview with Lillian Grundy
Interview with James Christian Mortensen
Tags: 149 Squadron; aircrew; Blenheim; bombing; Distinguished Flying Medal; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; military ethos; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Bottesford; RAF Feltwell; RAF Madley; RAF Methwold; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with John Foster Thorp
Tags: 467 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); civil defence; crewing up; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Home Guard; Ju 88; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); RAF Andreas; RAF Binbrook; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Woodbridge; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with Bob Sharrock
Interview with Margaret Cuthill
Interview with Norman Neilson
Tags: 103 Squadron; 582 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); flight engineer; Lancaster; memorial; military discipline; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Little Staughton; submarine; training
Interview with James McKenzie Leith
Interview with Neil Harris
Tags: 50 Squadron; 578 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; fitter airframe; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Hudson; Lincoln; love and romance; Master Bomber; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; pilot; promotion; RAF Burn; RAF Halton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Rufforth; RAF Waddington; RCAF Rivers; Tiger force; training
Interview with Harry Harris
Tags: 105 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 608 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); briefing; C-47; control caravan; crewing up; debriefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; Gee; Halifax; Lancaster; love and romance; Me 262; Meteor; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; promotion; RAF Downham Market; RAF Elsham Wolds; Scarecrow; searchlight; service vehicle; submarine; superstition; 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 Harry Fearns
Interview with Darwin Evans
Interview with Joseph Wilson
Tags: 102 Squadron; 138 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 20 OTU; 624 Squadron; 76 Squadron; Absent Without Leave; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; memorial; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Pocklington; RAF Tempsford; Resistance; searchlight; Special Operations Executive; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Ronald Marlow
Tags: 14 OTU; 466 Squadron; 50 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crash; crewing up; demobilisation; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; memorial; military discipline; military ethos; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Driffield; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Skellingthorpe; searchlight; superstition; training; Wellington
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 Jack Brown Franklin
Tags: 109 Squadron; bombing; civil defence; crash; demobilisation; fitter engine; flight mechanic; ground crew; ground personnel; home front; Home Guard; Hurricane; Lancaster; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; Oboe; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Marham; RAF Wyton; Spitfire; training
Interview with Charles Frederick Green
Tags: 1664 HCU; 24 OTU; 429 Squadron; 75 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Raid Precautions; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); civil defence; coping mechanism; Distinguished Flying Cross; H2S; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Croft; RAF Dalcross; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Leeming; RAF Mepal; RAF Padgate; superstition; training; Whitley
Interview with Philip Bates
Tags: 149 Squadron; 86 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb struck; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; crewing up; displaced person; Dulag Luft; entertainment; fear; final resting place; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; home front; incendiary device; Ju 88; Lysander; Manchester; Me 110; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Mosquito; Nissen hut; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Lakenheath; RAF St Athan; RAF Waterbeach; Resistance; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Scarecrow; Schräge Musik; searchlight; shot down; sport; Stalag Luft 4; Stirling; training; Window