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- Tags: Distinguished Flying Cross
Interview with Seymour Owen Scott
Tags: 170 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Catalina; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Master Bomber; military service conditions; pilot; RAF Hemswell; searchlight; training
Interview with Neil Ramsey
Interview with Cyril Peters
Tags: 4 BFTS; 77 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; British Flying Training School Program; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Harvard; Initial Training Wing; military service conditions; Oxford; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Elvington; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Manston; RAF Marston Moor; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Interview with Susanne Pescott
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1663 HCU; 19 OTU; 77 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; Operational Training Unit; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Melbourne; RAF Rufforth; training
Interview with Alfie Martin
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
D A MacArthur newspaper cuttings
1 - intimation of DA MacArthur's death
2 - Tragedy of Legion Official. David MacArthur was county treasurer and died at the age of 68.
3 - Mayor at Funeral Service. David MacArthur…
Interview with Peter Thompson
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 Wally Lashbrook
Interview with Mark Johnson
Tags: 102 Squadron; 103 Squadron; African heritage; aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; military ethos; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Kinloss; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; RCAF Moncton; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; training; Whitley
Interview with Oluwole Hyde
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 William Holmes
Tags: 149 Squadron; 3 Group; aircrew; bombing; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; forced landing; Guinea Pig Club; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; promotion; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Methwold; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Wratting Common; RCAF Bowden; RCAF Estevan; Resistance; Stearman; Stirling; training
Interview with Richard Hollis
Tags: 11 OTU; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 BFTS; 50 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; British Flying Training School Program; civil defence; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Home Guard; Lancaster; Manchester; mid-air collision; Operational Training Unit; RAF Little Rissington; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Westcott; searchlight; training; Wellington
Interview with Neil Harris
Tags: 50 Squadron; 578 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; fitter airframe; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Hudson; Lincoln; love and romance; Master Bomber; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; pilot; promotion; RAF Burn; RAF Halton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Rufforth; RAF Waddington; RCAF Rivers; Tiger force; training
Interview with Harry Harris
Tags: 105 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 608 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); briefing; C-47; control caravan; crewing up; debriefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; Gee; Halifax; Lancaster; love and romance; Me 262; Meteor; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; promotion; RAF Downham Market; RAF Elsham Wolds; searchlight; service vehicle; submarine; superstition; training; Wellington
Douglas Hudson
Bombed Bremen from 50 feet
Don Falgate's decorations
Captioned 'S/L Don Falgate, DFC,…