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- Tags: bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945)
Ian Grant Henderson’s navigator’s flying log book
Tags: 153 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Blyton; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; training; Wellington
In Bomber Command
Interview with Alexander Charles Gilbert
Tags: 149 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; fitter airframe; flight engineer; flight mechanic; ground crew; Lancaster; military living conditions; military service conditions; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Bardney; RAF Calshot; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Halton; RAF Kirkham; RAF Methwold; RAF Morton Hall; RAF Scampton; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Winthorpe
Interview with Alexander Elliott Jenkins
Tags: 460 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Cook’s tour; final resting place; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Me 262; memorial; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); perception of bombing war; pilot; RAF Binbrook; shot down; Tiger force; training; Window
Interview with Bill Spence
Tags: 44 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); coping mechanism; crash; crewing up; fear; FIDO; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RCAF Bowden; RCAF Moncton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Bill Thomas
Tags: 153 Squadron; 166 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; ground personnel; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; memorial; observer; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; promotion; RAF Bicester; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Strubby; RAF Sywell; Schräge Musik; target photograph; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
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 Bircotes; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Hemswell; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RAF Yatesbury; Shackleton; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with David Butler
Interview with Denis Francis Cockbill
Interview with Douglas "Jim" James
Interview with Eric Reginald Barton
Interview with Eric Varney
Interview with Eric Wilkin
Tags: 115 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Oakington; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling
Interview with Francis Neville Selwood
Interview with Frank Mouritz
Interview with Frank Tolley
Tags: 625 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); fear; final resting place; ground personnel; H2S; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); perception of bombing war; RAF Kelstern; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; sanitation; Tiger Moth; training; Window
Interview with Fred Crawley DFC
Tags: 139 Squadron; 158 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; Gee; ground personnel; Guinea Pig Club; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); medical officer; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Benson; RAF Blyton; RAF hospital Rauceby; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Penrhos; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; superstition; target photograph; 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 Geoffrey Robinson
Tags: 626 Squadron; aircrew; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); crewing up; flight engineer; Halifax; Lancaster; military ethos; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); perception of bombing war; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Valley; RAF Wickenby; searchlight; Tiger force
Interview with George Eric Cromarty
Tags: 29 OTU; 630 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); fear; final resting place; fuelling; ground personnel; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Dalcross; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Tangmere; sanitation; Stirling; training; Typhoon; Wellington
Interview with George Rex Armstrong
Interview with Gerald Joseph Abrahams
Interview with Gerald McPherson
Tags: 15 Squadron; 186 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crewing up; faith; Gee; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Feltwell; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Turweston; searchlight; Stirling; superstition; training; Wellington
Interview with Gordon Topham
Tags: aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb dump; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bouncing bomb; flight engineer; Halifax; incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; pilot; RAF Bridlington; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Scampton; RAF St Athan; training; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Interview with Harold Kirby. Two
Tags: 156 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bomb struck; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); briefing; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Lancaster; military ethos; Pathfinders; RAF Binbrook; RAF Coningsby; RAF Waddington; Stirling; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Window