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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1940"
Interview with Rex Searle. One
Interview with George Patrick Smith-Leach
Interview with Sydney Smith
Sydney lived a few miles from London and attended Byron Court School in Webley. She was five when…
Interview with Bernard Sterry and Cecilia Pearson
Interview with Maureen and Sidney Stevens
Tags: 57 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Air Raid Precautions; aircrew; bombing; civil defence; control tower; crewing up; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; home front; Lancaster; love and romance; Manchester; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Scampton; RAF Wigsley; training; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Eric Horsham
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; Absent Without Leave; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; crewing up; demobilisation; FIDO; flight engineer; forced landing; H2S; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; love and romance; Master Bomber; military living conditions; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; radar; RAF Pocklington; RAF St Athan; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; runway; Scarecrow; Schräge Musik; searchlight; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
Interview with Henry Townsley
Tags: 1661 HCU; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Flying Medal; fitter engine; flight engineer; ground crew; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Pathfinders; promotion; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; searchlight; Stirling; training
Interview with Brian Robert Southwell
Tags: aircrew; B-24; Fw 190; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Lichfield; training
Interview with Coby Van Riel
Interview with Gwendolen Wadmore
Tags: bombing; childhood in wartime; fear; home front; love and romance; shelter; V-1; V-2; V-weapon
Interview with Jim Weston. One
Interview with Robert Whymark
Tags: 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 149 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Hurricane; killed in action; Lancaster; missing in action; Operation Dodge (1945); RAF Debden; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Manby; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Syerston; RAF West Freugh; Wellington
Interview with Vivian David Williams
Tags: Advanced Flying Unit; fitter engine; Flying Training School; ground crew; ground personnel; home front; Hurricane; Lancaster; mechanics engine; military service conditions; RAF Calveley; RAF Cosford; RAF Grantham; RAF Hednesford; RAF Henlow; RAF Hixon; RAF Hooton Park; RAF Kemble; RAF Lyneham; RAF Manston; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF North Weald; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Athan; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Watton; searchlight; training; York
Ernest Smith's pilot’s flying log book. One
Tags: 14 OTU; 144 Squadron; 16 OTU; 30 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crash; Flying Training School; Hampden; Magister; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upper Heyford; training; Wellington
No 16 Operational Training Unit pilots with Hereford
Application for temporary release
Tags: 100 Group; 149 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 3 Group; 57 Squadron; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; 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; training; Wellington
David Donaldson's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 100 Group; 149 Squadron; 15 OTU; 156 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 192 Squadron; 57 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Flying Training School; Gee; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Lancaster; Magister; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; Proctor; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Evanton; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Warboys; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wyton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Summary of medals and Royal Air Force Service for David and Joyce Donaldson
Tags: 100 Group; 149 Squadron; 15 OTU; 1667 HCU; 18 OTU; 192 Squadron; 3 Group; 57 Squadron; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; ground personnel; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Lancaster; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Bentley Priory; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Evanton; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Warboys; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wyton; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Groups of aircrew and Wellington aircraft
Middle - a group of six aircrew standing in front of a Wellington. Five are wearing tunic and side…
Tags: aircrew; dispersal; pilot; Wellington
Three letters to Mrs Redgrave from the Royal Air Force
Letter 2 corrects Harry Redgrave's service to include his attendance at an Air Observer's course on a new Certificate of Discharge and…
Tags: aircrew; killed in action; observer; RAF Manby; training
Dennis Batty's diary
Tags: 2 Group; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; Hurricane; killed in action; Me 109; RAF Wattisham
Eric Horace Woods’ observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 144 Squadron; 17 OTU; 61 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Albemarle; Anson; B-24; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; crash; Hampden; Harrow; Ju 88; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Cranage; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lyneham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Penrhos; RAF Upwood; RAF Watton; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wigtown; RAF Woolfox Lodge; training; York
Interview with Iris Dare
Ted Neale's Training Courses
1. A group of airmen arranged in four rows, captioned 'ITW -1940'.
2. A group of airmen in desert uniform, arranged in three rows in front of a hut, captioned 'M.E.training course after retreat…
Tags: aircrew; Initial Training Wing; Meteor; training