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- Tags: Pathfinders
Interview with Fred Young
Tags: 5 Group; 57 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Lancaster; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Melksham; RAF Oakington; RAF Padgate; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling
Interview with Frederick Harold Shepherd
Tags: 15 Squadron; 218 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bomb struck; Flying Training School; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; propaganda; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Dumfries; RAF Feltwell; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Marham; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Geoff Payne
Tags: 115 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crewing up; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Me 109; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridlington; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Wyton; sport; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with George Holmes
Tags: 50 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bomb dump; bomb struck; bombing; civil defence; crewing up; faith; forced landing; Home Guard; Lancaster; mid-air collision; nose art; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF Evanton; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; training; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Gwynne Price
Tags: 195 Squadron; 35 Squadron; aircrew; bomb struck; bombing; C-47; crewing up; faith; flight engineer; Gee; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); Ju 88; Lancaster; Lincoln; memorial; military living conditions; military service conditions; Nissen hut; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Colerne; RAF Graveley; RAF Wratting Common; searchlight; training; Wellington; Window
Interview with Harold Kirby. One
Tags: 460 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 8 Group; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bomb struck; bombing; crash; crewing up; fitter airframe; flight engineer; flight mechanic; forced landing; ground crew; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mechanics airframe; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF Coningsby; RAF Halton; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wainfleet; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wittering; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; Stirling; training; V-1; V-weapon; York
Interview with Harold Kirby. Two
Tags: 156 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bomb struck; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); briefing; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Lancaster; military ethos; Pathfinders; RAF Binbrook; RAF Coningsby; RAF Waddington; Stirling; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Window
Interview with Harry Hughes
Tags: 102 Squadron; 3 Group; 6 Group; 692 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; Anson; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bomb struck; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); briefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; faith; Fw 190; Gee; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); incendiary device; Intelligence Officer; Ju 88; Me 109; Me 110; Me 262; medical officer; meteorological officer; military service conditions; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); promotion; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Harwell; RAF Riccall; RAF Wombleton; RCAF Rivers; Stirling; training; Wellington; Window
Interview with Harry Inkpen
Interview with Henry Leslie Shackleton
Interview with Henry Townsley
Tags: 1661 HCU; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Flying Medal; fitter engine; flight engineer; ground crew; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Pathfinders; promotion; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; searchlight; Stirling; training
Interview with Ian Denver
Interview with Ivon Warmington
Interview with Jack Brown Franklin
After the Local…
Tags: 109 Squadron; bombing; civil defence; crash; demobilisation; fitter engine; flight mechanic; ground crew; ground personnel; home front; Home Guard; Hurricane; Lancaster; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; Oboe; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Marham; RAF Wyton; Spitfire; training
Interview with Jack Marshall
Tags: 11 OTU; 115 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; ditching; Goldfish Club; Lancaster; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Marham; RAF Oakington; RAF Uxbridge; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with James Calman
Interview with James Flowers
Tags: 44 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bomb struck; bombing; fear; final resting place; Fw 190; Ju 88; love and romance; Master Bomber; Me 109; Me 262; military discipline; military ethos; military service conditions; Operation Dodge (1945); P-51; Pathfinders; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; recruitment; Spitfire; Stirling; Tallboy; target indicator; Tiger force; Wellington
Interview with James Froud. One
Interview with James Froud. Two
Interview with James Wright
Tags: 61 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Absent Without Leave; aircrew; animal; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); crewing up; final resting place; ground personnel; Lancaster; Me 109; medical officer; memorial; military discipline; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Scone; RAF Skegness; RAF Upper Heyford; strafing; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Jim Copus. One
Interview with Jim Copus. Two
Interview with Jim Penny. One
Tags: 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); crewing up; fear; grief; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; military ethos; Oxford; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Blyton; RAF Bourn; RAF Shawbury; RAF Sleap; RAF Tilstock; RAF Upwood; searchlight; shot down; Stearman; target indicator; training; Whitley