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- Tags: bale out
Bomber Command and Notes of Some of My Experiences During 1941-1945
Tags: 102 Squadron; 4 Group; 617 Squadron; 77 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Bismarck; bomb aimer; bomb trolley; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; Flying Training School; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Initial Training Wing; intelligence officer; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Me 110; memorial; mid-air collision; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; missing in action; navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Driffield; RAF Elvington; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Jurby; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Melbourne; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rufforth; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; Schräge Musik; service vehicle; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Stearman; target indicator; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator
Postcard to Reg Wilson's Family
The Four Survivors
My Wartime Memories by Richard Yates
Tags: 19 OTU; 35 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; bale out; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Dominie; Dulag Luft; forced landing; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; love and romance; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Cardington; RAF Cranwell; RAF Jurby; RAF Kinloss; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Wyton; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; Scharnhorst; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 6; the long march; training; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
Rapport
Interview with David Griffin
Interview with Eddie Edmunds
Tags: 106 Squadron; 608 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bombing; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; forced landing; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Lancaster; Manchester; mid-air collision; Mosquito; navigator; Oxford; pilot; RAF Downham Market; RAF Syerston; training; Wellington
Interview with Bob Kemley
Air Gunner
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Tags: 1 Group; 100 Group; 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 105 Squadron; 114 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 141 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 162 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 1665 HCU; 18 Squadron; 180 Squadron; 2 Group; 208 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 239 Squadron; 3 Group; 301 Squadron; 304 Squadron; 342 Squadron; 6 Group; 6 Squadron; 620 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 8 Group; 9 Squadron; 90 Squadron; 97 Squadron; 99 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; B-24; B-25; bale out; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Boston; Caterpillar Club; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; evading; final resting place; Gee; Gneisenau; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Horsa; Hurricane; Ju 87; killed in action; Lancaster; Lysander; Manchester; Me 109; Meteor; mid-air collision; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; propaganda; radar; RAF Bicester; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Bottesford; RAF Bourn; RAF Bradwell Bay; RAF Bramcote; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coltishall; RAF Drem; RAF Driffield; RAF Duxford; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Fairford; RAF Finningley; RAF Great Massingham; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Harwell; RAF Hendon; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Honington; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Kenley; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Leconfield; RAF Leuchars; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Little Snoring; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Manston; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Newmarket; RAF Newton; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Penrhos; RAF Pershore; RAF Ridgewell; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Sleap; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tangmere; RAF Tempsford; RAF Tilstock; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF West Raynham; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Wyton; Resistance; Scharnhorst; Special Operations Executive; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; Tiger force; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Ron Carr's Bale-out
Interview with William Taylor
Evaded Capture in Denmark and letter and telegram to Roy Maddock-Lyon's parents advising him he was safe
Item 2 is a letter from the Air Ministry advising his parents that he is safe in Sweden. It is captioned 'RAF Letter…
Tags: 10 Squadron; bale out; evading; Halifax; RAF Melbourne; shot down
Interview with Laurence Sidney Fisher
Interview with Len Manning
Interview with George Hutton
Interview with John Albert Taplin
Tags: 10 OTU; 10 Squadron; 408 Squadron; 6 Group; aircrew; bale out; Blenheim; bombing; evading; ground personnel; Halifax; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Leeming; RAF Melbourne; RAF Yatesbury; shot down; the long march; training; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Behind Enemy Lines
Tags: 218 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Battle; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Dulag Luft; entertainment; escaping; Gneisenau; Hurricane; Me 110; memorial; navigator; prisoner of war; RAF Marham; RAF Tangmere; Scharnhorst; shot down; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; the long march; training; Wellington
A Daughter's Tribute
One Last Op
Interview with Carolyn Pritchard
Interview with Albert Smith
Tags: 170 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); entertainment; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; love and romance; military discipline; navigator; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Manston; RAF St Athan; searchlight; training
Visit to Poix-de-la-Somme War Cemetery, France
"Fred" by Sylvia White (his cousin)
Tags: 101 Squadron; 620 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; animal; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Blenheim; Bombing and Gunnery School; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; faith; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gneisenau; killed in action; mid-air collision; military ethos; RAF Penrhos; Scharnhorst; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley
Italian war memories
Tags: 37 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; evading; fear; heirloom; prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 3; Wellington
Letters to Derrick Allen from the Caterpillar Club
Tags: bale out; Caterpillar Club; RAF Waddington