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- Tags: RAF Chedburgh
RAF Stations visited by K Watson
Tags: RAF Brize Norton; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Dunsfold; RAF Earls Colne; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marham; RAF Netheravon; RAF Sleap; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Athan; RAF St Eval; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Swinderby; RAF Tarrant Rushton; RAF Tilstock; RAF West Freugh; RAF Westcott; RAF Wing; RAF Wyton; Stirling
The Surprising Details of a Few Years of World War 2 1939-1945
Tags: 218 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; crewing up; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Lancaster; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Desborough; RAF Shepherds Grove; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Bob Smith
Tags: 15 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; Gee; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); observer; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mildenhall; RAF West Freugh; recruitment; searchlight; Special Operations Executive; Stirling; training; Wellington; Window
Interview with David Rayner Fox
Interview with Stella Jones
Hastie DFC: The Life and Times of a Wartime Pilot
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Group; 101 Squadron; 157 Squadron; 2 Group; 214 Squadron; 223 Squadron; 3 Group; 4 Group; 6 Group; 8 Group; 85 Squadron; 88 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; B-25; bale out; Beaufighter; Bismarck; Botha; C-47; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; evacuation; Flying Training School; Gee; Gneisenau; Goldfish Club; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; He 111; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hudson; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; love and romance; Martinet; Me 109; Me 110; mine laying; Mosquito; Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945); navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; Proctor; radar; RAF Banff; RAF Catfoss; RAF Catterick; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dishforth; RAF Farnborough; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leuchars; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lyneham; RAF Manston; RAF North Coates; RAF Oulton; RAF Padgate; RAF Prestwick; RAF Riccall; RAF Silloth; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Eval; RAF Thornaby; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Windrush; RAF Woodbridge; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); Scharnhorst; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Whitley; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Air Gunner
At…
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Group; 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 105 Squadron; 114 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 141 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 162 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 1665 HCU; 18 Squadron; 180 Squadron; 2 Group; 208 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 239 Squadron; 3 Group; 301 Squadron; 304 Squadron; 342 Squadron; 6 Group; 6 Squadron; 620 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 8 Group; 9 Squadron; 90 Squadron; 97 Squadron; 99 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; B-24; B-25; bale out; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Boston; Caterpillar Club; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; evading; final resting place; Gee; Gneisenau; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Horsa; Hurricane; Ju 87; killed in action; Lancaster; Lysander; Manchester; Me 109; Meteor; mid-air collision; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; propaganda; radar; RAF Bicester; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Bottesford; RAF Bourn; RAF Bradwell Bay; RAF Bramcote; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coltishall; RAF Drem; RAF Driffield; RAF Duxford; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Fairford; RAF Finningley; RAF Great Massingham; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Harwell; RAF Hendon; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Honington; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Kenley; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Leconfield; RAF Leuchars; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Little Snoring; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Manston; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Newmarket; RAF Newton; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Penrhos; RAF Pershore; RAF Ridgewell; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Sleap; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tangmere; RAF Tempsford; RAF Tilstock; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF West Raynham; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Wyton; Resistance; Scharnhorst; Special Operations Executive; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; Tiger force; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Aircraft Recovered by No 9 Party, 54 MU
Tags: B-17; B-24; B-25; Battle; C-47; Halifax; Lancaster; Mosquito; P-51; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Bourn; RAF Castle Combe; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Desborough; RAF Duxford; RAF Felixstowe; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Graveley; RAF Henlow; RAF Hethel; RAF Kimbolton; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Podington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Swannington; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Tempsford; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Watton; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; Walrus
Photograph Album Cover
'218 Squadron
Chedburgh 1944-45
Personal photographic history of W/O Jones WC - 1852503
Lancasters
Do not destroy'.
Tags: 218 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; RAF Chedburgh
Terry Ford's crew and Terry Ford flying a Stirling
Photo 1 is an unidentified crew of six at the tail of a Wellington III.
Photo 2 is a view out of a Stirling taking off.
Photo 3 is Terry Ford at the controls of a Stirling.
A fourth photograph is missing.
Stirling and Fighter Affiliation
Photo 1 is Terry Ford landing a Stirling.
Photo 2 is a a view to the front as the aircraft is landing.
Photo 3 is a Stirling's starboard engines during a corkscrew manoeuvre.
Photo 4 is a Hurricane breaking off an…
Terry Ford and Harry
Photo 1 is a head and shoulders image of Terry Ford at the controls of a Stirling, captioned 'Myself landing a Stirling III at Con unit, Chedburgh'.
Photo 2 is Harry in the rear turret of a Stirling, captioned 'Harry…
Planning Chart for Cross-Country from Chedburgh
Aerial photographs, Mess Card and the Immortal Crew
Photo 1 is an aerial photograph of part of the Hamburg docks, in the Steinwerder area. The lower dock is Kaiser Wilhelm Hafen, the dock above Is Kuhwerder, top right area series of…
Tags: 218 Squadron; aerial photograph; bombing; Lancaster; mess; RAF Chedburgh
Munster Marshalling Yards
The photo is captioned '(T) Ched 23.5.45//7" J 218'.
On the reverse 'Crown Copyright Reserved' and 'Munster'.
Hanomag factory
Identification kindly provided by…
Stadtgarten Essen and Hohenzollernstraße
On the reverse 'Crown Copyright Reserved' and 'Essen'.
Kassel
On the reverse 'Crown Copyright Reserved' and 'Kasel'.
Dortmund Industrial Area
The photo is captioned '(T) Ched 23.5.45//7" J 218'.
On the reverse 'Crown Copyright Reserved' and 'Dortmund'.
Bremen Industrial Area
The photo is captioned '(T) Ched 23.5.45//7" J 218'.
On the reverse 'Crown Copyright Reserved' and 'Bremen'.
Hamburg Residential and Industrial Area
Fourteen airmen
Tags: 218 Squadron; aircrew; ground crew; Lancaster; RAF Chedburgh
Bad Oldesloe
Six Airmen
L to R Navigator, Bomb- Aimer'.
Information supplied with the…
The Eulogy for Squadron Leader Anthony David Lambert
Tags: 218 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 620 Squadron; aircrew; Distinguished Flying Cross; ditching; Dulag Luft; ground personnel; Lancaster; Lincoln; mess; Meteor; Mosquito; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Downham Market; RAF Driffield; RAF Marham; RAF Prestwick; RAF Swinderby; RAF Uxbridge; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; the long march; Tiger Moth; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force