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- Collection: Blair, John
Interview with Mark Johnson
Tags: 102 Squadron; 103 Squadron; African heritage; aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; military ethos; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Kinloss; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; RCAF Moncton; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; training; Whitley
Interview with J Ebanks
Interview with D Jones
The Story of Flight Lieutenant John J Blair, DFC
John was born in 1919 to a poor…
Tags: 102 Squadron; 216 Squadron; 4 Group; 78 Squadron; African heritage; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; crewing up; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; Gee; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); incendiary device; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; medical officer; mid-air collision; military service conditions; mine laying; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; radar; RAF Kinloss; RAF Oakington; RAF Pocklington; RAF Tangmere; RCAF Moncton; searchlight; sport; training; Whitley; wireless operator
Arthur Young
Cologne
Blair family members visit the seaside, St Elizabeth
Tags: African heritage
John Blair DFC
27 airmen and an Anson
Tags: African heritage; aircrew; Anson; training
Hockey team
Tags: African heritage; sport
Six airmen standing by a RAF Comet
Tags: African heritage; aircrew
Flight planning
Tags: African heritage; aircrew; operations room
Cadet John Blair
Tags: African heritage; aircrew; training
Jamaican schoolboy
Tags: African heritage
Jamaican schoolgirl
Tags: African heritage
24 airmen cadets
Submitted with caption: 'Caribbean aircrew trainees, Canada, 1942. John Blair is standing, 2nd from left in the middle row, while Orville Lynch is at the…
Tags: African heritage; aircrew; training
Norma and Arthur Wint's wedding day
Tags: African heritage; aircrew; love and romance; sport
Portrait of John Blair
John Blair with baby son
Tags: African heritage
John Blair and Leo Balderamos
Caption: 'John Blair (left) and Leo Balderamos of Belize on the Empire State Building, New York, in October 1942'.
Tags: African heritage
John and Margaret Blair's wedding
Tags: African heritage; aircrew; love and romance; navigator
Portrait of John Blair
Tags: African heritage; aircrew; navigator
Portrait of John Blair
Tags: African heritage; aircrew; navigator