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Interview with Frank Leatherdale
Tags: 115 Squadron; 220 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; B-29; Beaufighter; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lincoln; Master Bomber; navigator; observer; Pathfinders; radar; RAF Defford; RAF Marham; RAF Oakington; RAF Waddington; RAF Witchford; searchlight; training
Interview with Frederick Limer
Tags: 149 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Gee; guard room; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; mess; Mosquito; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Methwold; RAF Staverton; RCAF Fingal; RCAF Moncton; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with Fred Logan
Interview with Thomas Charles Arthur Long
Tags: 75 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); civil defence; crewing up; demobilisation; Home Guard; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancastrian; military ethos; military service conditions; mine laying; navigator; observer; propaganda; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Mepal; RCAF Moncton; recruitment; training
Interview with Lesley Joseph Loosemoore
Tags: 61 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; crewing up; fear; Grand Slam; ground personnel; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 262; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Winthorpe; sanitation; service vehicle; Stirling; Tallboy; training; Wellington
Interview with Frank Mannion
Interview with Thomas Marchant
Tags: 101 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); fear; flight engineer; ground crew; Halifax; Lancaster; Lancastrian; Master Bomber; Me 110; military living conditions; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Dishforth; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF St Athan; training; V-2; V-weapon
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 Edward Harry Matthews
Interview with Ben John May
Interview with Dick Maywood
Tags: 608 Squadron; 692 Squadron; 8 Group; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Beaufighter; Bolingbroke; bombing; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Gee; Initial Training Wing; Master Bomber; Me 262; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Oxford; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Banff; RAF Blyton; RAF Credenhill; RAF Desford; RAF Downham Market; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Upper Heyford; sanitation; Schräge Musik; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training
Interview with Edward Allan McDonald
Tags: 14 OTU; 50 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crash; decoy site; Fw 190; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Winthorpe; sanitation; shot down; Stirling; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Len McNamara
Tags: 10 OTU; 10 Squadron; 75 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crewing up; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; escaping; evading; final resting place; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Langar; RAF Lissett; RAF Melbourne; RAF Ringway; RAF Woolfox Lodge; recruitment; training; Whitley
Interview with Peter Miller
Initially posted to 527 Squadron, which was …
Interview with Roy Monk
Interview with Walter Morris
Tags: 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; crewing up; home front; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); perception of bombing war; RAF East Kirkby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; Stirling; Tiger force; training; Wellington
Interview with Bluey Mottershead
Tags: 158 Squadron; aircrew; bomb struck; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; love and romance; memorial; military ethos; Oboe; Oxford; pilot; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Honington; RAF Lissett; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Marham; RAF Riccall; RAF Scampton; recruitment; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Window
Interview with Joseph Musgrove
Tags: 102 Squadron; 214 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; animal; bale out; bombing; crewing up; Defiant; demobilisation; Dulag Luft; Halifax; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Madley; RAF Shenington; RAF Staverton; RAF Topcliffe; shot down; Stalag 357; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; Stirling; strafing; the long march; training; wireless operator
Interview with Peter Rowland Ruthven Neech
Interview with Ken and Diana Odell
Interview with Doug Packman
Interview with Frank Page
Interview with Thomas James Page
Tags: 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); fitter airframe; flight engineer; flight mechanic; ground crew; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; intelligence officer; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; military service conditions; mine laying; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Fiskerton; RAF St Athan; sport; training; Window
Interview with Geoff Paine
Tags: 100 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Cornell; demobilisation; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); Flying Training School; Harvard; incendiary device; Initial Training Wing; Oxford; pilot; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021); RAF Ansty; RAF Bentley Priory; RAF Bircham Newton; RAF Grimsby; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hendon; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Lyneham; RAF Oakington; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Valley; recruitment; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; York
Interview with Hugh Parry. One
Tags: 11 OTU; 1651 HCU; 3 Group; 75 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aerial photograph; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; animal; Anson; bombing; crewing up; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; guard room; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; Me 163; military ethos; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; P-51; perception of bombing war; physical training; RAF Bridlington; RAF Mepal; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silloth; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Westcott; RAF Woolfox Lodge; reconnaissance photograph; Spitfire; training; Wellington