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Interview with Bernie How

Bernie How was 14 when war was declared and remembers aircrew socialising at his father's pub. He volunteered for the RAF at 17 and trained as a flight engineer on Stirlings. He describes a crash on take-off in a Stirling. He completed 35 operations,…

Tags: 199 Squadron; aircrew; crash; crewing up; flight engineer; Halifax; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Lakenheath; RAF North Creake; RAF Riccall; RAF St Athan; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; take-off crash; training; Window

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