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- Tags: Gee
Interview with Geoffrey Whittle
Tags: 101 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 27 OTU; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); briefing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; Gee; H2S; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Meteor; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Operational Training Unit; RAF Lindholme; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF West Freugh; training; Wellington
Interview with Ralph Wild
Tags: 10 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; C-47; crewing up; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Hurricane; intelligence officer; love and romance; military ethos; mine laying; navigator; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Church Fenton; RAF Cranwell; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF North Weald; Spitfire; training
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 Mary Ward. One
Tags: aircrew; bombing; briefing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); control tower; coping mechanism; debriefing; fear; final resting place; Gee; ground personnel; intelligence officer; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; love and romance; mess; military living conditions; operations room; RAF Driffield; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Melksham; RAF Pocklington; RAF Shawbury; RAF Silverstone; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with William Barfoot
Tags: 296 Squadron; aircrew; Albemarle; Anson; Dominie; Gee; Halifax; Hamilcar; Horsa; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Brize Norton; RAF Castle Bromwich; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Earls Colne; RAF Hullavington; RAF Manston; RAF Shawbury; RAF Yatesbury; Resistance; Stirling; Tiger Moth; Whitley
Bomb aimers briefing 15 August 1944 - Gilze Rijen airfield
Bomb aimers briefing 27 June 1944
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Gee; Mosquito; target indicator
Bomb aimers briefing 21 June 1944 - Wesseling
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Gee; H2S; Mosquito; target indicator; Window
Interview with Harry Irons. One
Tags: 158 Squadron; 462 Squadron; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing of Augsburg (17 April 1942); bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); briefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; Gee; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground personnel; Halifax; In the event of my death letter; intelligence officer; Ju 88; Lancaster; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Nissen hut; radar; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Driffield; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Lissett; RAF Manby; Scarecrow; Schräge Musik; Spitfire; training
Interview with Peter Banting
Tags: 7 Squadron; 75 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; crewing up; fear; Gee; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Master Bomber; memorial; Mosquito; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; target indicator; Tiger force; Tiger Moth; training
Interview with Jamie (Jim) Barr
Tags: 12 OTU; 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 50 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bombing; Cook’s tour; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; military service conditions; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Colerne; RAF Gatow; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Wyton; shot down; training; Wellington
Dr Maurice Brook Interview
Tags: 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); coping mechanism; crewing up; Gee; H2S; Halifax; memorial; military service conditions; mine laying; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Kelstern; RAF Millom; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; searchlight; training; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with George Dunn
Tags: 10 Squadron; 20 OTU; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); civil defence; crewing up; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Home Guard; intelligence officer; military ethos; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Chipping Norton; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Melbourne; RAF Rufforth; searchlight; Tiger Moth; training; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Bill Moore. Two
Tags: 138 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; crewing up; displaced person; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Hudson; Lancaster; Lysander; observer; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Benson; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Tempsford; RAF Tuddenham; Resistance; Special Operations Executive; Stirling; training
Interview with a navigator from 101 Squadron
Tags: 101 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); briefing; C-47; coping mechanism; flight engineer; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; mid-air collision; military ethos; navigator; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; pilot; RAF Blyton; RAF Wymeswold; Scarecrow; Schräge Musik; shot down; superstition; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with John Philip Lambourn
He was classed as working in a reserved occupation, but joined the Air Training…
Tags: 514 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crewing up; demobilisation; fear; flight engineer; Gee; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military ethos; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Kirton in Lindsey; RAF Padgate; RAF St Athan; RAF Waterbeach; recruitment; Scarecrow; service vehicle; Stirling; target indicator; training
Interview with Peter Fitt
Tags: 467 Squadron; aircrew; animal; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); briefing; crewing up; fear; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bottesford; RAF Finningley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Peter Charles Hearmon
After RAF Padgate, Peter was selected as…
Tags: 61 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; fuelling; Gee; Harvard; Meteor; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; perimeter track; pilot; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Chivenor; RAF Cranwell; RAF Driffield; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Hullavington; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marham; RAF Padgate; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Upwood; RAF Wittering; RAF Wyton; training
Interview with Frederick Limer
Tags: 149 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Gee; guard room; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; mess; Mosquito; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Methwold; RAF Staverton; RCAF Fingal; RCAF Moncton; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with Dick Maywood
Tags: 608 Squadron; 692 Squadron; 8 Group; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Beaufighter; Bolingbroke; bombing; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Gee; Initial Training Wing; Master Bomber; Me 262; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Oxford; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Banff; RAF Blyton; RAF Credenhill; RAF Desford; RAF Downham Market; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Upper Heyford; sanitation; Schräge Musik; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training
Interview with Hugh Parry. One
Tags: 11 OTU; 1651 HCU; 3 Group; 75 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aerial photograph; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; animal; Anson; bombing; crewing up; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; guard room; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; Me 163; military ethos; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; P-51; perception of bombing war; physical training; RAF Bridlington; RAF Mepal; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silloth; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Westcott; RAF Woolfox Lodge; reconnaissance photograph; Spitfire; training; Wellington
Interview with Douglas Robinson
Tags: 158 Squadron; aircrew; animal; bale out; bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; forced landing; Gee; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; military discipline; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; strafing; submarine; Sunderland; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with George Royall
Tags: 166 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; coping mechanism; crewing up; entertainment; fear; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Lancaster; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Nissen hut; observer; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Kirmington; searchlight; training; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Was it all a Dream
Tags: 1 Group; 103 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 1667 HCU; 4 Group; 5 Group; 576 Squadron; 8 Group; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; briefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; intelligence officer; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Lysander; Master Bomber; medical officer; memorial; mid-air collision; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Mosquito; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Bicester; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Brampton; RAF Cosford; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hawarden; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kimbolton; RAF Kirmington; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Paignton; RAF Penrhos; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Worksop; RAF Wyton; Scarecrow; searchlight; superstition; Tiger force; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force