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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "England--Kirkham (Lancashire)"
General Memories
He describes training in London, Bridlington, Morpeth and Wymeswold. Later training as a crew was at Castle Donington, Lindholme and Hemswell. He describes in detail his crew, aircraft and operations.…
Tags: 12 Squadron; 626 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; escaping; flight engineer; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); heavy conversion unit; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Martinet; Me 262; military ethos; navigator; operational training unit; pilot; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridlington; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Morpeth; RAF Tilstock; RAF Wickenby; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wymeswold; superstition; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
The memories of LAC Fred Perkins
Tags: aircrew; animal; B-24; Battle; bomb trolley; bombing up; Defiant; demobilisation; fitter airframe; fuelling; ground crew; Hurricane; military living conditions; military service conditions; observer; petrol bowser; RAF Abu Sueir; RAF Kirkham; RAF Padgate; recruitment; service vehicle; Spitfire; sport
Letter to Mrs Wareing from P. R. Sherlock
Tags: prisoner of war
Letter to Mrs Wareing from P. R. Sherlock
Tags: prisoner of war
Philip Hopgood's Second World War Biography
Tags: 1651 HCU; 1652 HCU; 1658 HCU; 1663 HCU; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; Cornell; crewing up; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Nissen hut; pilot; RAF Catterick; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Graveley; RAF Locking; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Padgate; RAF Riccall; RAF Rufforth; RAF St Athan; RAF Torquay; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Kirkham (Lancashire) [place]
Dekoracja mesy oficerskiej
Photo 1 is a wall decoration, fireplace, chair and a ceiling light.
Photo 2 is a wall decoration of two women walking together.
Photo 3 is a wall decoration of an officer and a bare breasted woman dancing. Underneath…
Tags: mess
Peter Webb's Service and Release Book
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer
Leading Aircraftswoman Margaret Logan's Service and Release Book
She is described by her commanding officer as:
'A very good conscientious airwoman. Has carried out her duties in a very capable manner. Keen, willing and uses…