Browse Items (34 total)
- Creator is exactly "This Interview was recorded by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire."
Sort by:
Interview with Bertie Salvage
Bertie Salvage joined the RAF in 1939 as an apprentice and initially began his technical training at RAF Cranwell before training was transferred to RAF Halton and also shortened because of the start of the Second World War. Bertie was present when…
Interview with Dougie Marsh
Interview in three parts.
Part 1.
Doug Marsh was the son of a Royal Navy officer and moved around quite a bit as a child between Kent and Lincolnshire. When his father retired from the Navy his parents bought a fish and chip shop in Grimsby but…
Part 1.
Doug Marsh was the son of a Royal Navy officer and moved around quite a bit as a child between Kent and Lincolnshire. When his father retired from the Navy his parents bought a fish and chip shop in Grimsby but…
Interview with Terry Hodson
Terry Hodson was conscripted to the RAF towards the end of the Second World War. He started in the airfield construction team doing work as and when needed. He was involved in preparing the area in London for the Victory Parade. He left the RAF…
Tags: crash; ground personnel; RAF Coningsby
Interview with Allan Holmes
Allan Holmes’ uncle was Flight Sergeant Frank Norman Holmes (1577142 Royal Air Force) who flew operations as an air gunner with 103 and 582 Squadrons. He was killed 4 May 1944 on an operation to Didier.
interview with John Tomlinson
John Tomlinson lived in Elsham Wolds at the time when the airfield was operational.
Tags: RAF Elsham Wolds
Interview with Cliff Thorpe and Roy Smith
Cliff Thorpe and Roy Smith grew up in the village of Elsham while RAF Elsham Wolds was operational.
Tags: childhood in wartime; crash; Halifax; RAF Elsham Wolds
Interview with Kenneth Ivan Duddell
Ken Duddell flew operations as a flight engineer with 460, 12 and 103 Squadrons.
Interview with John Bell
John Bell completed a tour as a bomb aimer with 619 Squadron. The crew decided they would like to continue flying and so volunteered to join 617 Squadron. They were interviewed by Wing Commander Leonard Cheshire and accepted on to the squadron. When…
Interview with Colin Cole
Colin Cole took part in the attack that sunk the Tirpitz. He describes how the aircraft was adapted for the operation and flew via Lossiemouth. Colin disposed of the Upkeep 'bouncing bombs' as part of his service with the RAF. They were dropped on…
Interview with Peter Scoley
Peter Scoley was born on a farm which became RAF Metheringham during the war. After the war Peter and his wife were fundamental in creating a museum on the site.
Interview with Kathleen (Katy) Reid
Kathleen Reid worked in reserved occupation but wanted to join the RAF as a WAAF. She was initially trained as a telephonist but remustered to flight control. Duty meant staying all night in the tower to guide flights home. Then they would be…
Interview with Bernard Bell
Bernard Bell was a child in Scunthorpe during the war.
interview with Annie Mary Blood
Anne Blood served as a WAAF at RAF Kirton in Lindsey and in Europe post war.
Interview with Les Stedman
Les Stedman served as an armourer.
Interview with Anne Morgan Rose Harcombe
Anne Morgan Rose Harcombe was born in London in 1938 and was evacuated with her mother at the start of the war to live with her mother’s family in South Wales
Tags: childhood in wartime; evacuation
Interview with Reginald John Herring
Reg Herring was living in London at the start of the war with his father and elder brother. His father built a shelter that collapsed after a heavy rainfall. Reg was evacuated to Sizewell and then to near Birmingham. After the war Reg returned to…
Tags: childhood in wartime; evacuation; shelter
Interview with Christopher Francis Allison
Interview in two parts.
Part one.
Chris Allison served as a flight engineer. He answers questions from school children about what it was like to fly in a Lancaster.
Also taking part in this interview was Tony Bradley who was a child in Hull…
Part one.
Chris Allison served as a flight engineer. He answers questions from school children about what it was like to fly in a Lancaster.
Also taking part in this interview was Tony Bradley who was a child in Hull…
Interview with George Arthur Bell
George Bell grew up in Lincolnshire. He was called up to the Army and was posted to India and Burma.
Tags: bombing; crash; ground personnel; Lancaster; training
Interview with George William Taplin
George Taplin volunteered for the RAF in 1940 and trained as an armourer. He served with 349, 342 and 226 Squadrons.
Interview with Kenneth Edgar Neve
Ken Neve served as a runner with the Home Guard before joining the Fleet Air Arm. He was posted to RAF Henlow as an engineer.
Tags: ground personnel; Home Guard; Swordfish; Walrus
Interview with Dennis Brader
Dennis Brader worked at the site of RAF Wickenby where he did ground maintenance.
Tags: childhood in wartime; RAF Wickenby
Interview with Anthony Edward Mason
Anthony Mason grew up in the area around RAF Waddington and recalls some of the activity there during the war.
Tags: childhood in wartime; crash; RAF Waddington; strafing
Interview with Stan Waite
Stan Waite worked on one of the farms in Scampton in the pre-war years. He stopped his farming job to help with airfield construction when he found out he could more in one day than he earned in a week farming. He watched the first planes arrive…
Tags: RAF Scampton
Interview with John Langston
John Langston flew operations as a navigator with 630, 189 and 617 Squadrons.