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Interview with James Thomas Bateman

Aged 17, James volunteered for aircrew in June 1942 purely for the adventure as he was looking for something exiting. He trained in Canada as a navigator and after a wonderful leave in New York returned to England for advanced flying training. on…

Tags: 149 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; Gee; Lancaster; memorial; navigator; perception of bombing war; RAF Feltwell; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Methwold; Resistance; Stirling

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