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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1942-07"
Letter from Bill Akrill to Ros and Harry
Bill describes his mounting flying hours during air navigation training and the imminent start of bombing training. He can’t wait to be doing it for real on operations.…
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Now senior course so lots of cross country flights. Dropped his first bombs, which he describes in some detail. Continuing with…
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…
Keith Thompson's diary July 1942 to July 1943
Keith Thompson's diary December 1941 to July 1942
Tags: aircrew; entertainment; training
Johnnie Holden
On the reverse 'Johnnie, my Yatesbury WOP/AG. July 1942. ACC/ No. TCC!
Missing June 9/10 neat Lyon-la-Foret. Later reported killed. Buried at…
Interview with Bert Mason
From Andrew to Isabel
Tags: training
From Andrew to Isabel
Tags: entertainment; training
Fayid, Egypt
Three photographs, first is of nine servicemen in front of lorry,…
Deutsche Massengräber - Warum?
Page 1: Describes how the death and destruction meted out by the Luftwaffe to Germany's neighbours is being more than returned to German cities.
Page 2. Argues that the…
Tags: propaganda
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
Course 45A Observers
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Battle; observer; training
Charles (Dick) Pattisson Pocket Diary 1942
Tags: 76 Squadron; 78 Squadron; Beaufighter; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crash; entertainment; final resting place; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; killed in action; mid-air collision; military living conditions; military service conditions; missing in action; prisoner of war; RAF Bircham Newton; RAF Catfoss; RAF Croft; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Waddington; Stalag Luft 3; Wellington
Canada
Top right - three-quarter length image of two men in hiking kit standing in front of a river.…
Tags: training
Book 2, Commencing my Flying Training and my Adventures up till the time of Leaving England
B Flt No 3 Squadron - No 13 ITW
Tags: Initial Training Wing; training
Arthur Wright in sidcot suit
Tags: aircrew
Appendix VI- Table of Raids
Tags: bombing
Appendix I. Malta dockyard - period of siege 1940-1943
Tags: bombing
Aerial view of Nova Scotia countryside
Tags: aerial photograph; aircrew; training