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Temporal Coverage is exactly "1945-05-08"

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Interview with Robert Forsyth

Robert was in the Air Training Corps (Sea Cadets). From the Operational Training Unit at RAF Warboys where he did pathfinder navigational training, Robert joined 156 Squadron at RAF Upwood. They did around 13 pathfinding operations, usually over…

Tags: 156 Squadron; 35 Squadron; aircrew; animal; Cook’s tour; crewing up; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); Lancaster; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; Tiger Moth

Interview with Peter John Peck

Peter joined the 74 Air Defence Cadet Corps at a unit at Crayford. He then volunteered to join the Royal Air Force. After a recruiting centre at Hither Green, he attended Lord’s Cricket Ground and was called up towards the end of 1943. He went to…

Tags: 12 OTU; 12 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 1651 HCU; aircrew; bomb aimer; Cook’s tour; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Staverton; RAF Wyton; training

Interview with Raymond Isherwood

Raymond Isherwood grew up in Watford and when at the grammar school he joined the Air Training Corps. His first job was at a government laboratory, which was a reserved occupation except for air crew. As he had always been interested in aircraft…

Tags: aircrew; C-47; navigator; training; Wellington

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