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- Temporal Coverage starts with "1942-08"
Letter from Bill Akrill to Mary
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Bill is interested to hear about the 'fellows in the caravan', who seem to be conscientious objectors. Says he has sympathy for people with genuine objections and has talked with…
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
He gives a vivid description of dinghy drill, which was very funny to watch, but got on well with his own swimming and went on to Girvan where he describes what they did on…
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother and Mary
Letter from Bill Akrill to his aunt
Bill says he enjoyed his last leave, although he mentions that the nearby aerodrome is expanding and aircraft going overhead. He did, however, managed to get a trip in an…
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Excited that cadets now have own mess and, although not popular with the ground crew, aircrew need a special diet. Food is now much better and describes meals. Writes of flight up to near…
William Holmes memoir - training in Canada
Tags: Anson; RCAF Bowden; RCAF Estevan; training
Gordon Cruickshank's observers and air gunners flying log book. One
Tags: 10 OTU; 100 Squadron; 11 OTU; 17 OTU; 199 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Botha; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Spilsby; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Westcott; training; Wellington; Whitley
Service record from August 1942 until November 1946 November
Tags: 1661 HCU; 460 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 8 Group; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bomb struck; bombing; Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); crash; fitter airframe; forced landing; ground crew; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mechanics airframe; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Binbrook; RAF Coningsby; RAF Halton; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; recruitment; Stirling; training
A large group of airmen by the side of a building
Tags: training
Sports day - Stalag Luft 3
Top right - a group of men playing basketball with hoop on…
Tags: prisoner of war; sport; Stalag Luft 3
Sports day - Stalag Luft 3
Top right - spectators to the side of, in front and on the roof of wooden huts.…
Tags: prisoner of war; sport; Stalag Luft 3
Sports day - Stalag Luft 3
Top right - long jumper in mid air with officials to the right, Spectators in the far distance. Captioned…
Tags: prisoner of war; sport; Stalag Luft 3
Sports day - Stalag Luft 3
Top right - on the right man in shorts in…
Tags: prisoner of war; sport; Stalag Luft 3
Sports day - Stalag Luft 3
Top right - spectators on roof, in windows and in front of wooden huts. Captioned…
Tags: prisoner of war; sport; Stalag Luft 3
Sports day - Stalag Luft 3
Top right - crowd of men some in sports kit standing talking in front of wooden…
Tags: prisoner of war; sport; Stalag Luft 3
Sports day - Stalag Luft 3
Top right - runners on track coming towards camera. On left wooden huts with spectators in…
Tags: prisoner of war; sport; Stalag Luft 3
Sports day - Stalag Luft 3
Bottom left - a…
Tags: prisoner of war; sport; Stalag Luft 3
Sports day - Stalag Luft 3
Top right - group of runners with leader at finish tape. On the left of track wooden huts with spectators on…
Tags: prisoner of war; sport; Stalag Luft 3
Arts and crafts - Stalag Luft 3
Top right - a model sailing ship. Captioned 'A11 NCO's arts and crafts exhib. Stalag Luft 3'.
Centre middle - A model sailing ship on a table…
NCO's and officers arts and crafts exhibitions - Stalag Luft 3 and 1
Top middle - four posters/drawings mounted on wall. Captioned 'A15 NCO's Arts and Crafts…
Keith Thompson's diary July 1942 to July 1943
David and the RAF
Tags: 100 Group; 149 Squadron; 15 OTU; 156 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 192 Squadron; 3 Group; 57 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; FIDO; forced landing; Gee; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; P-38; Pathfinders; pilot; propaganda; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Evanton; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Warboys; RAF West Raynham; target indicator; training; Wellington; Window