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- Tags: RAF Scampton
Albert Ansell's observer’s and air gunner’s log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Commodore; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; missing in action; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Scampton; RAF Winthorpe; training; Wellington
Jack Wilkinson
49 Squadron aircrew
Tags: 49 Squadron; Hampden; RAF Scampton
Letter to Mr Woolgar
Tags: air sea rescue; crash; ditching; missing in action; RAF Scampton
Telegram to Mr Woolgar
Tags: 49 Squadron; missing in action; RAF Scampton
Letter to Mr Woolgar
Tags: missing in action; RAF Scampton
Flying Officer Bill Thomas' aircrew
Interview with Bill Thomas
Tags: 153 Squadron; 166 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; ground personnel; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; memorial; observer; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; promotion; RAF Bicester; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Strubby; RAF Sywell; Schräge Musik; target photograph; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Colin Cole's navigator's, air bomber's, air gunner's and flight engineer's flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Me 262; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Guzzle; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Mona; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; submarine; Tiger force; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Harry Parkins' flight engineer log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 199 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF East Kirkby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Scampton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stradishall; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-3; V-weapon
Interview with Reg Woolgar
Tags: 10 OTU; 100 Group; 192 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 83 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; ditching; entertainment; fear; FIDO; final resting place; Gneisenau; Goldfish Club; Hampden; killed in action; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; RAF Foulsham; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Yatesbury; Scharnhorst; searchlight; training; Walrus; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Reg Woolgar's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 192 Squadron; 49 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Battle; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; crash; ditching; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Hampden; Hudson; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Martinet; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Foulsham; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Manby; RAF Peterborough; RAF Scampton; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner; York
Bill Thomas memoir
Tags: 153 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 28 OTU; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crewing up; ground personnel; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; promotion; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Strubby; RAF Wigtown; training; Wellington
New museum in spotlight
Article 2 is a wartime memoir by Ivor Cole, 103 Squadron.
Article 3 describes some of the exhibits at the new Hendon museum.
Interview with Glenn Atkins
Tags: 44 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-29; Lincoln; RAF Binbrook; RAF Coningsby; RAF Scampton
Interview with Harvey Hayward Bawden
Tags: 150 Squadron; 153 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crewing up; final resting place; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Lancaster; mechanics engine; memorial; nose art; prisoner of war; RAF Hemswell; RAF Scampton; Wellington
Interview with Johnny Johnson. One
Interview with Johnny Johnson. Two
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bouncing bomb; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Lancaster; love and romance; memorial; operations room; RAF Scampton; RAF Woodhall Spa; sanitation; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979)
Interview with Hugh Lorimer
Interview with Les Munro
Tags: 617 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bouncing bomb; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); fear; Flying Training School; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; memorial; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Scampton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; take-off crash; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Simson Reid
Interview with John Tait
Tags: 35 Squadron; 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); entertainment; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); Lancaster; military living conditions; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Padgate; RAF Scampton; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Stormy Down; searchlight; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Arthur Spencer
Tags: 16 OTU; 97 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; crewing up; ground crew; Master Bomber; military ethos; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bourn; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wainfleet; RAF Woodhall Spa; Resistance; searchlight; target indicator; training; Ventura; Wellington; Window
An interesting war
Tags: 462 Squadron; 614 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; evacuation; fear; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; intelligence officer; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; memorial; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Bourn; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Woodhall Spa; Resistance; sanitation; searchlight; superstition; training; Wellington; Window
Interview with Syd Grimes
Tags: 106 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crewing up; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Manchester; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); RAF Balderton; RAF Bardney; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; wireless operator