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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-10"
German receipt and watch confiscation notice
Tags: prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 7
Route from where shot down to prisoner of war camp and evacuation on long march
Record of Flight Sergeant Robert Kendal and Pilot Officer William Kendall
Postcard to Stan and Olwen
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Conversation with Alan Thomsett
Conversation with Heinz Rökke & Jack Bromfield
Tags: 100 Group; 158 Squadron; 4 Group; 408 Squadron; 426 Squadron; 6 Group; aircrew; anti-Semitism; bale out; Beaufighter; bomb aimer; decoy site; Do 217; evading; FIDO; Fw 190; Halifax; He 111; Ju 87; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 110; Me 163; Me 262; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Cranfield; RAF Elvington; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Pocklington; Schräge Musik; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag Luft 1; Stirling; target indicator; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
A conversation with Jim Lord and John Elliot
Tags: 1667 HCU; 17 OTU; 550 Squadron; 83 OTU; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bomb aimer; Caterpillar Club; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Silverstone; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with David Fellowes
Tags: 1656 HCU; 206 Squadron; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mid-air collision; mine laying; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; P-51; RAF Binbrook; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF Manston; RAF Scampton; Shackleton; training; Wellington
Transcript of conversation with David Fellowes
Tags: 1656 HCU; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; crewing up; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mid-air collision; mine laying; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; P-51; RAF Binbrook; RAF Hixon; RAF Ingham; RAF Lindholme; RAF Manston; RAF Scampton; Shackleton; training; Wellington
Conversation with Jim Lord and John Elliot
Tags: 1667 HCU; 17 OTU; 550 Squadron; 83 OTU; aircrew; bale out; Caterpillar Club; crash; crewing up; ground crew; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; nose art; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Silverstone; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Flight Lieutenant Doyle, 156 Squadron group photo and Norman Piercy and family
#1 and 2 are head and shoulder portraits of Flight Lieutenant Doyle DFC
#3 is a group photograph of 156 Squadron at RAF Upwood.
#4 is Norman with his mother, father, and dog. This was taken on leave October 1944.
Transcription of interview with Andrew Barron
Tags: 100 Group; 223 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-17; C-47; Fw 190; H2S; Halifax; Me 109; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Castle Bromwich; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Netheravon; RAF Oulton; RAF Pocklington; RAF Shawbury; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Tarrant Rushton; Tiger force; Tiger Moth; training; V-2; V-weapon; Window; York
Letter from British Red Cross Society to Charles Hilder's wife
1944 continued
Ruth Dennett
Tags: love and romance
Red Cross letter to William's sister
Tags: missing in action; Red Cross
Letter to Mrs Brennan from Wing Commander commanding 626 Squadron
Lancasters issued to No. 166 squadron between September 1943 and April 1945
Tags: 100 Squadron; 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 153 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 166 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 1667 HCU; 300 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bomb struck; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; crash; final resting place; flight engineer; forced landing; Fw 190; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; Me 110; mid-air collision; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bradwell Bay; RAF Coningsby; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leeming; RAF Lindholme; RAF Manston; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodbridge; shot down; tactical support for Normandy troops; take-off crash; training; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Winthorpe; training
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Winthorpe; training; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Winthorpe; training; V-1; V-weapon
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; entertainment; RAF Winthorpe; training
Letter from Brian Walley to Mair Williams
Tags: aircrew; prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 3