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Interview with Desmond Hawkins

Desmond Hawkins volunteered for the Royal Air Force and became a navigator. After training on Wellingtons and Manchesters, he flew Lancasters for 44 Squadron and completed a tour of operations. He was commissioned as flight lieutenant and after the…

Tags: 44 Squadron; 625 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); coping mechanism; Gee; grief; H2S; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; radar; training; Wellington

Interview with Irmgard Schulz

Irmgard Schulz (b. 1935) describes how the harbour of Hamburg was a recurring target during the war. Mentions the use of target indicators and radar countermeasures. Explains how she was been told not to pick up anything, for fear it could be…

Tags: African heritage; bombing; childhood in wartime; evacuation; fear; home front; radar; target indicator

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