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Interview with Colin Cole
Interview with Kathleen (Katy) Reid
Interview with Allan Holmes
interview with John Tomlinson
Tags: RAF Elsham Wolds
Interview with Cliff Thorpe and Roy Smith
Tags: childhood in wartime; crash; Halifax; RAF Elsham Wolds
Interview with Peter Scoley
Interview with Kenneth Ivan Duddell
Interview with Christopher Francis Allison
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 Bernard Bell
Interview with George Arthur Bell
Tags: bombing; crash; ground personnel; Lancaster; training
Interview with Richard Moore
interview with Annie Mary Blood
Interview with Dennis Brader
Tags: childhood in wartime; RAF Wickenby
Interview with Les Stedman
Interview with Anthony Edward Mason
Tags: childhood in wartime; crash; RAF Waddington; strafing
Flying echelon, 550 Squadron, North Killingholme, May 1945
Tags: 550 Squadron; aircrew; animal; RAF North Killingholme
R B Hatherly’s Royal Australian Air Force observer’s, air gunner’s and W/T operators flying log book
Interview with Ray Parke. Two
Peter Baxter’s Flying Log Book as Flight Engineer.
After pre-aircrew…
Tags: 12 Squadron; 153 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 50 Squadron; 57 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; mine laying; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Faldingworth; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Penrhos; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; sport; training; Whitley
Jack Crawford's trip book
Tags: 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; Catalina; ground personnel; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; love and romance; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; RAF Barford St John; RAF Coningsby; RAF Scampton; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
So short a time
From the commanding officer
G A Hubbard’s Royal Canadian Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1659 HCU; 24 OTU; 242 Squadron; 408 Squadron; 437 Squadron; 44 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Blakehill Farm; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Stoney Cross; RAF Topcliffe; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Robert Blamires' South African Air Force observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 28 OTU; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Millom; RAF Scampton; RAF Wymeswold; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Ronnie Abbott’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book. One
Tags: 50 Squadron; 8 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; pilot; RAF Waddington; training