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- Tags: RAF Waterbeach
Homberg Syn Oil Plant
Tags: 514 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Lancaster; navigator; RAF Waterbeach
Homberg Syn Oil Plant
Tags: 514 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Lancaster; navigator; RAF Waterbeach
Homberg Syn Oil Plant
Tags: 514 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Lancaster; navigator; RAF Waterbeach
Interview with Alan Avery Farr
Tags: 100 Squadron; 12 OTU; 460 Squadron; 625 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Battle; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; FIDO; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; love and romance; mid-air collision; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Grimsby; RAF Lichfield; RAF Waterbeach; recruitment; training; Wellington
Interview with Alexander Charles Gilbert
Upon his call up,…
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 Allan Ernest Edwards
Interview with Bert Hammond. One
Tags: 1678 HCU; 26 OTU; 514 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Boston; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Manby; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wing; RAF Woodbridge; training; Wellington
Interview with Bert Hammond. Two
Interview with Bruce Cunningham
Tags: 11 OTU; 514 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Caterpillar Club; crewing up; Dulag Luft; evading; fear; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; memorial; Operational Training Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Stradishall; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Westcott; shot down; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with Donald Chinery
His first station was RAF Bircham Newton, where he did his training, and flew in…
Interview with Eddie Humes
Interview with Edward George Key
Tags: 514 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing up; crash; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military service conditions; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF St Athan; RAF Waterbeach; Scarecrow; Schräge Musik; Stirling; training
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 Fred Logan
Interview with Geoff Payne
Tags: 115 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crewing up; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Me 109; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridlington; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Wyton; sport; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with George Mackie
Tags: 15 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 214 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); fear; ground crew; Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; memorial; Oxford; perception of bombing war; pilot; RAF Cranfield; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wyton; Scarecrow; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Irene Bradbury
Interview with Jack Jarmy
Tags: 11 OTU; 1651 HCU; 218 Squadron; 75 Squadron; aircrew; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Gee; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; intelligence officer; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakley; RAF Shallufa; RAF Waterbeach; Shackleton; Stearman; Stirling; training; Wellington
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 Leslie Blakemore
Interview with Margaret Saint
Interview with Martin Arthur Catty
Tags: 3 Group; 514 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; crewing up; entertainment; evacuation; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; intelligence officer; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; love and romance; Manchester; military discipline; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Feltwell; RAF Stradishall; RAF Waterbeach; sanitation; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Muriel Blake
Interview with Percival Robert Court
Interview with Peter Morris
Tags: 106 Squadron; 120 Squadron; 42 Squadron; 90 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; bombing; bombing up; ground personnel; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lincoln; navigator; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Kinloss; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wyton; Shackleton; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-weapon