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An Airmans Tale
Chapter 1. Under Training.
Having been assessed in Birmingham Geoff sets off to London in August 1942 for training, at Lords. Initial training was at Bridlington then gunnery school at…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1651 HCU; 1678 HCU; 514 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 90 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; escaping; evading; flight engineer; ground personnel; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Me 109; Me 110; Me 410; Meteor; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Andreas; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cosford; RAF Croughton; RAF Downham Market; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Jurby; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Mepal; RAF Newmarket; RAF South Cerney; RAF Stradishall; RAF Ternhill; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; the long march; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Arnold Louis Christian's Biography
Tags: 104 Squadron; 105 Squadron; 13 OTU; 207 Squadron; 218 Squadron; aircrew; Blenheim; Flying Training School; Halifax; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bicester; RAF Bircham Newton; RAF Debden; RAF Grantham; RAF Hendon; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Netheravon; RAF Sealand; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; training
Geoff Paine's time in the RAF
Tags: 100 Squadron; 105 Squadron; Anson; Cornell; Flying Training School; Harvard; incendiary device; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Mosquito; Oxford; RAF Ansty; RAF Bourn; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hendon; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Valley; Royal Observer Corps; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; York
Ken Hicks memories
My POW Days - Postscript
Tags: 102 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; Caterpillar Club; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Distinguished Flying Cross; Dulag Luft; escaping; final resting place; Goebbels, Joseph (1897-1945); Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Lancaster; memorial; mine laying; navigator; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Elvington; RAF Hendon; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Pocklington; Red Cross; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); Stalag 8B; Stalag Luft 3; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); the long march