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- Tags: RAF Witchford
My Life and Time by Ken Turnham
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1669 HCU; 20 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); civil defence; Dominie; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Home Guard; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military service conditions; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Witchford; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Memories of WWII
Tags: 115 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); coping mechanism; crash; Dominie; fear; final resting place; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military ethos; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; Proctor; promotion; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Witchford; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Maurice Kemp list of operations
Letter to Mr AB Geach from RAF Witchford
Lancaster rear gunner in turret
Lancaster nose
From information kindly provided by the donor. 'Lanc front Turret'.
Tags: 115 Squadron; Lancaster; RAF Witchford
Lancaster HK555 on dispersal
Tags: 115 Squadron; dispersal; Lancaster; RAF Witchford
Lancaster HK555
Tags: 115 Squadron; Lancaster; nose art; RAF Witchford
L V Rosser’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 10 OTU; 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1668 HCU; 19 OTU; 26 OTU; 35 Squadron; 58 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Blyton; RAF Bottesford; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Gamston; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Shenington; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Wing; RAF Witchford; training; Wellington
King George VI, the Queen, and Princess Elizabeth
Ken Turnham's navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1669 HCU; 20 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Feltwell; RAF Langar; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Mona; RAF Witchford; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Ken Calton’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 242 Squadron; 3 Group; 35 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 7 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; mine laying; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; RAF Blyton; RAF Downham Market; RAF Feltwell; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Graveley; RAF Oakington; RAF Pembrey; RAF Stradishall; RAF Warboys; RAF Wickenby; RAF Witchford; training; York
K Watson’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book. One
Tags: 120 Squadron; 1665 HCU; 44 Squadron; 620 Squadron; aircrew; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lincoln; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Fairford; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leicester East; RAF Leuchars; RAF Lindholme; RAF Witchford; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RAF Wyton; Shackleton; Special Operations Executive; Stirling; training
K Watson's RAF Service
K A L Killeen’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 83 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Feltwell; RAF Peplow; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
J Oates’ observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 OTU; 1657 HCU; 1665 HCU; 196 Squadron; 81 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; crash; Halifax; Harrow; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Keevil; RAF Leicester East; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Millom; RAF Pocklington; RAF Sleap; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tarrant Rushton; RAF Tilstock; RAF Weathersfield; RAF Witchford; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Interview with William Arthur Coulton
Tags: 115 Squadron; 208 Squadron; 32 Squadron; dispersal; fitter engine; flight mechanic; ground crew; ground personnel; Lancaster; love and romance; military living conditions; military service conditions; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; RAF Newmarket; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Witchford; service vehicle; Spitfire; tractor; training; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Tony Snook
Tags: 115 Squadron; 28 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Beaufighter; bombing; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Langar; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Witchford; sanitation; Tiger Moth; training
Interview with Sidney Bunce
Interview with Maurice Kemp
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1653 HCU; air gunner; aircrew; Cook’s tour; crewing up; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Coningsby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Witchford; Stirling; training; 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 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 Ken Turnham
Interview with John Alan Ottewell
Interview with Harry Rossiter
Tags: 115 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; air sea rescue; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Defiant; Dominie; entertainment; fear; Gee; Lancaster; memorial; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); perception of bombing war; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Madley; RAF Millom; RAF Witchford; RAF Yatesbury; training; Window; wireless operator