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- Tags: Wellington
Interview with Anthony William Kent
Interview with Kenneth Killeen
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 83 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 410; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Feltwell; RAF Peplow; RAF Torquay; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Interview with Dave Knight
Interview with Sidney Knott
Tags: 17 OTU; 467 Squadron; 582 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; animal; bombing; debriefing; fear; ground personnel; intelligence officer; Lancaster; Manchester; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bottesford; RAF Finningley; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Manby; RAF Scampton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Turweston; RAF Wainfleet; RAF Woodhall Spa; training; Wellington
Interview with Alexander Lamb. Two
Tags: 14 OTU; 15 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; crash; crewing up; ground crew; Lancaster; Lincoln; military ethos; military service conditions; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with James Lamb
Interview with Ronald Last
Tags: 466 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; arts and crafts; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; crewing up; demobilisation; Dulag Luft; escaping; Halifax; lack of moral fibre; Master Bomber; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; prisoner of war; RAF Driffield; RAF Harwell; RAF Leconfield; recruitment; sanitation; shot down; Stalag Luft 3; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Peter Liddle
Interview with George Mackie
Tags: 15 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 214 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); fear; ground crew; Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; memorial; Oxford; perception of bombing war; pilot; RAF Cranfield; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wyton; Scarecrow; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Bill Macrae
Tags: 148 Squadron; aircrew; crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; Flying Training School; Gee; ground personnel; Initial Training Wing; intelligence officer; Magister; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Cranwell; RAF Harwell; RAF Lossiemouth; searchlight; training; Wellington; Whitley
Interview with Robert William Maggs
Service History of Benny Goodman
Tags: 617 Squadron; Anson; bombing; crewing up; Flying Training School; fuelling; Grand Slam; ground crew; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; Me 262; military discipline; military living conditions; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Cardington; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; sanitation; Stirling; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Philip Batty's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 1661 HCU; 1665 HCU; 297 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 85 OTU; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; C-47; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Halifax Mk 7; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Dumfries; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Madley; RAF Silverstone; RAF Staverton; RAF Sturgate; RAF Tarrant Rushton; RAF Weathersfield; RAF Winthorpe; training; Wellington; wireless operator
A summary of Philip Batty's flying hours by aircraft type
Tags: Anson; B-29; C-47; Dominie; Halifax; Lancaster; Lincoln; Proctor; Shackleton; Wellington
Interview with Louis Makens
Tags: 196 Squadron; 76 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bombing; evading; Fw 190; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; Lysander; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Bridlington; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Sealand; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Stradishall; RAF Witchford; shot down; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; Stirling; strafing; the long march; training; Wellington
Interview with Maurice William Marriott
Tags: 110 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 21 OTU; aircrew; Anson; C-47; crewing up; forced landing; Gee; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Harrogate; RAF Leicester East; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Wigsley; RCAF Rivers; training; Wellington
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 Frederick Joseph Keith Martin
Tags: 300 Squadron; 626 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); crash; crewing up; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; propaganda; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Calveley; RAF Cranfield; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Sandtoft; RAF South Cerney; RAF Ternhill; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wickenby; RAF Yatesbury; take-off crash; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Christopher George McVickers
Tags: 101 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; B-29; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crash; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Hemswell; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RAF Yatesbury; Shackleton; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Charles Mears
Tags: 218 Squadron; 5 BFTS; African heritage; aircrew; bombing; British Flying Training School Program; crewing up; Gee; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; military ethos; navigator; Oxford; padre; pilot; propaganda; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Desborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Fraserburgh; RAF Methwold; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Woodbridge; searchlight; superstition; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Harold Mercer
Tags: 1663 HCU; 20 OTU; 77 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; entertainment; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Pembrey; RAF Rufforth; RAF Weston-super-Mare; service vehicle; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Bruce Minnitt
Interview with Peter Rowland Ruthven Neech. Two
Interview with William Neilson
Interview with Douglas Frank Newham
Tags: 10 Squadron; 150 Squadron; 156 Squadron; aircrew; Blenheim; bombing; Botha; C-47; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); Gee; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Lancaster; Lancastrian; military service conditions; mine laying; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Kinloss; RAF Kirmington; RAF Melbourne; RAF Warboys; rivalry; Schräge Musik; training; Wellington; Whitley; York