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Interview with Peter Offord Davies. Part Two

Peter volunteered in 1942 and was accepted early in 1943. He outlines the combat training they received. Talks of the rations he received early in the war and on the RAF station. He describes the autonomy of his anti-aircraft unit. Reflecting on…

Tags: aircrew; bombing; Halifax; Hamilcar; Horsa; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); perception of bombing war; pilot; training

Interview with Peter Offord Davies. Part One

Peter was born in Coventry. Although in the army, Peter was stationed on RAF airfields and joined the Royal Warwickshire Regiment in October 1938, aged 16, transferring to the Royal Artillery. He then joined the Army Air Corps (AAC) and was part of…

Tags: 38 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; C-47; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Halifax; Hamilcar; Horsa; military ethos; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Tarrant Rushton; training

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