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- Tags: Lancaster
Interview with Norman Goodfellow
Interview with Norman Gregory
Tags: 101 Squadron; 28 OTU; aircrew; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Dulag Luft; final resting place; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Lancaster; Master Bomber; memorial; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Ansty; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Cosford; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with John Harrison
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1660 HCU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bale out; bombing; Dulag Luft; fear; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; lynching; Operation Exodus (1945); prisoner of war; RAF Dalcross; RAF Metheringham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; shot down; Stalag 357; Stalag Luft 6; strafing; training; Typhoon
Interview with Roy Hill
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 Eric Hookings
Interview with Peter Andrew Hopgood
Interview with Alfred Huberman
Tags: 576 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing of the Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 1944); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crewing up; fear; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Lancaster; Master Bomber; military ethos; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; physical training; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Wyton; training; V-3; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Bob Hughes
Tags: 149 Squadron; 23 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 70 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; Botha; Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; Lancaster; Lysander; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; promotion; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Pershore; RAF Skellingthorpe; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with John Joyner
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 F N Larard
Tags: 1 Group; 625 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; control tower; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; ground personnel; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mess; perception of bombing war; RAF Binbrook; RAF Dalcross; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lindholme; RAF Peplow; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Bob Lasham
Tags: 5 BFTS; 5 Group; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; African heritage; aircrew; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bomb struck; bombing; British Flying Training School Program; C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Harvard; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; love and romance; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; RAF Bardney; RAF Cranfield; recruitment; searchlight; Stearman; training
Interview with Frank Leatherdale
Tags: 115 Squadron; 220 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; B-29; Beaufighter; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lincoln; Master Bomber; navigator; observer; Pathfinders; radar; RAF Defford; RAF Marham; RAF Oakington; RAF Waddington; RAF Witchford; searchlight; 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 Thomas Charles Arthur Long
Tags: 75 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); civil defence; crewing up; demobilisation; Home Guard; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancastrian; military ethos; military service conditions; mine laying; navigator; observer; propaganda; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Mepal; RCAF Moncton; recruitment; training
Interview with Lesley Joseph Loosemoore
Tags: 61 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; crewing up; fear; Grand Slam; ground personnel; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 262; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Winthorpe; sanitation; service vehicle; Stirling; Tallboy; training; Wellington
Interview with Frank Mannion
Interview with Thomas Marchant
Tags: 101 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); fear; flight engineer; ground crew; Halifax; Lancaster; Lancastrian; Master Bomber; Me 110; military living conditions; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Dishforth; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF St Athan; training; V-2; V-weapon
Interview with Ronald Marlow
Tags: 14 OTU; 466 Squadron; 50 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crash; crewing up; demobilisation; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; memorial; military discipline; military ethos; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Driffield; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Skellingthorpe; searchlight; superstition; training; Wellington
Interview with Edward Allan McDonald
Tags: 14 OTU; 50 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crash; decoy site; Fw 190; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Winthorpe; sanitation; shot down; Stirling; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Len McNamara
Tags: 10 OTU; 10 Squadron; 75 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crewing up; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; escaping; evading; final resting place; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Langar; RAF Lissett; RAF Melbourne; RAF Ringway; RAF Woolfox Lodge; recruitment; training; Whitley
Interview with Walter Morris
Tags: 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; crewing up; home front; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); perception of bombing war; RAF East Kirkby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; Stirling; Tiger force; training; Wellington