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Interview has intermittent noise and is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.

Robert joined the RAF at the end of 1938 when he was 18. He flew with 99 Squadron, spending three and a half years overseas. Robert recalls how his older brother was a regular soldier before the war in the 1920s, and his mother was a kitchen maid.…

Full face portrait of young woman with pearl necklace and flowered hat.

Full face portrait of a young woman wearing striped blouse with bow at neck.

Three-quarter length portrait of Group Captain Pickard wearing tunic with pilot’s brevet and peaked cap, standing beside a car, with his dog 'Ming' sat in car.