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Interview with Roy White

Roy White was born in Perth, Scotland but grew up in London. He joined the Air Training Corps, went on as a volunteer reserve and then served as an air gunner in the RAF. Tells of his brother serving in Coastal Command and surviving an aircraft…

Tags: aircrew; B-24; crash; crewing up; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; RAF Aqir; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner

Interview with Geoff Golledge

Geoff Golledge volunteered for the Royal Air Force and trained as a wireless operator / air gunner. For a time he served as ground personnel with 44 Squadron at RAF Waddington, on the flare path. One night he brought thirty five aircraft safely in to…

Tags: 44 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; ground personnel; Lancaster; memorial; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Aqir; RAF Waddington; Wellington

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