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- Tags: RAF Halton
The Kriegie June 2001
Tags: 10 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 40 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; B-24; bale out; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Catalina; Distinguished Flying Medal; Dulag Luft; escaping; flight engineer; Fw 190; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 110; medical officer; memorial; mess; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Halton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Henlow; RAF Jurby; RAF Leeming; RAF Lindholme; RAF Lyneham; RAF Melbourne; RAF St Athan; RAF Uxbridge; Red Cross; shot down; Spitfire; sport; Stalag 357; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 7; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
The Kriegie December 2005
Tags: 10 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 144 Squadron; 544 Squadron; 601 Squadron; 619 Squadron; air gunner; Air Raid Precautions; aircrew; arts and crafts; bale out; Caterpillar Club; civil defence; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); escaping; flight engineer; Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); Halifax; Hampden; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); killed in action; Lancaster; memorial; mess; Mosquito; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Benson; RAF Duxford; RAF Halton; RAF Hendon; RAF Northolt; RAF St Athan; Red Cross; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag 357; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; Stalag Luft 7; the long march
Three articles about Eileen Pickering and her wartime experinces
Stan Shaw's Memoir notes
Interview with George Rogers
Letter to 'Lefty' from Jock
Tags: RAF Halton
Telegram to Barry Wright in hospital
Letter to Joan Wareing from Alan
Tags: RAF Halton
Recollections and reflections by Patricia Hook
Interview with Bertram Arthur Yeandle
Halton Camp
The first is of Groves Barracks, the second is the Officer's Mess, North Side.
Biography of Reg Miles
Tags: 346 Squadron; 347 Squadron; 420 Squadron; 425 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 432 Squadron; 6 Group; 77 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; C-47; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); control caravan; crash; crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; dispersal; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; FIDO; fitter engine; flight engineer; Fw 190; Gee; Grand Slam; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Hampden; hangar; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); home front; Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; love and romance; Manchester; Master Bomber; Me 109; mess; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; P-51; Pathfinders; perimeter track; pilot; promotion; RAF Carnaby; RAF Dishforth; RAF East Moor; RAF Elvington; RAF Halton; RAF Langar; RAF Lyneham; RAF Manston; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Prestwick; RAF Shawbury; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF St Athan; RAF St Eval; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Tilstock; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; runway; Scarecrow; searchlight; Second Tactical Air Force; service vehicle; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; target indicator; Tiger Moth; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force; York
Units Peter Baxter served at
I Flew with Nine Wing Commanders
Tags: 12 Squadron; 153 Squadron; 50 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing; Cook’s tour; coping mechanism; crash; crewing up; debriefing; dispersal; Distinguished Flying Medal; Do 217; entertainment; final resting place; fitter airframe; fitter engine; flight engineer; fuelling; ground crew; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 3; He 111; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mess; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; nose art; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); pilot; promotion; RAF Cosford; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Halton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Scampton; RAF St Athan; RAF Sturgate; RAF Tilstock; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; recruitment; target photograph; training; Whitley; Window
RAF Halton in 1938
First is of the three story brick accommodation blocks arranged around a square with some apprentices running, caption '10 times round the square'.
The…
Interview with Ron Davies
Loose on the wind
Tags: 1 Group; 12 Squadron; 4 Group; 578 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Transport Auxiliary; aircrew; animal; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; arts and crafts; B-17; B-24; bale out; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); control tower; crash; crewing up; Defiant; faith; fear; final resting place; flight engineer; flight mechanic; forced landing; Fw 190; Gee; Gneisenau; grief; ground crew; ground personnel; Guinea Pig Club; H2S; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; In the event of my death letter; intelligence officer; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; Lysander; Manchester; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); medical officer; mess; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; observer; operations room; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Bawtry; RAF Binbrook; RAF Breighton; RAF Finningley; RAF Halton; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Kemble; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF St Athan; RAF Sywell; RAF Torquay; RAF Tuddenham; Scharnhorst; searchlight; shot down; Spitfire; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Victoria Cross; Wellington; Window; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Trevor Saint diary/memoir
Tags: 514 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); ground crew; ground personnel; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Brackla; RAF Cardington; RAF Feltwell; RAF Halton; RAF Henlow; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF Waterbeach; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-2; V-weapon; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Curriculum Vitae Barry Michael Smith
Letter from Albert Evans to Mary and Bill Edwards
Interview with Mieczyslaw Maryszczak
Bill Lutwyche
Tags: RAF Halton; training
Bill Lutwyche and Colleagues
Tags: RAF Halton; training
RAF Halton Apprentices Rugby Team
Tags: RAF Halton; sport; training
RAF Halton Rugby Team
Tags: RAF Halton; sport; training