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- Tags: V-weapon
Interview with Harry Algar
Tags: 149 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 463 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-29; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; FIDO; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Carnaby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; Shackleton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Robert Barnes. One
Tags: 50 Squadron; Air Raid Precautions; aircrew; bombing; civil defence; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Home Guard; Lancaster; memorial; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Torquay; Stirling; training; V-1; V-weapon
Interview with Charles Beecher
Tags: 578 Squadron; ground personnel; RAF Bourn; RAF Cranwell; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Talk to the Haywards Heath Historical Society
Tags: 635 Squadron; 76 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; bale out; Caterpillar Club; H2S; Halifax; Harvard; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; memorial; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; prisoner of war; RAF Downham Market; RAF Ford; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; Red Cross; shot down; Stalag Luft 1; submarine; training; V-1; V-weapon
Cartoon notebook
Tags: animal; Anson; arts and crafts; Beaufighter; Defiant; Do 18; Fw 190; ground personnel; Horsa; Hudson; Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lincoln; Lysander; Martinet; Me 163; medical officer; Meteor; military living conditions; military service conditions; Oxford; P-47; Spitfire; Stirling; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon
Arthur Atkins’ flying log book for pilots
Tags: 1662 HCU; 1667 HCU; 27 OTU; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Andover; RAF Blyton; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lichfield; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Westcott; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Andrew Deytrikh’s pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 66 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; B-25; B-26; bombing; Boston; Flying Training School; Fw 190; Hurricane; Magister; Me 109; Me 110; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Brough; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Kenley; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-weapon
Angas M Hughes’ Royal Australian Air Force observer’s air gunner’s and wireless operator’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 27 OTU; 467 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Lichfield; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Cyril Bristow Adams
Robert McClement's Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners, Flight Engineers
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 20 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); FIDO; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Melbourne; RAF Pembrey; RAF Riccall; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Gordon Atkinson
Interview with Brian and Jenny Bailey
Interview with Daphne Baptiste
Interview with Doug Beasley
Tags: 1652 HCU; 76 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; flight engineer; ground crew; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; propaganda; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Marston Moor; RAF St Athan; RAF Torquay; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Raimbert
Captioned '6051 Bin. 31-8-44//8" 8,800'
Fred Whybrow draft Obituary
Sqn. Ldr Geoffrey Whittle, DFM RAF (Ret'd)
Tags: 101 Squadron; 27 OTU; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Lancaster; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Operational Training Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Ludford Magna; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Peenemünde
Interview with Nancy Titman
Tags: bombing; evacuation; home front; V-1; V-weapon
Interview with June Pauline Brandon
Interview with Ronald Davies
Tags: 10 OTU; 101 Squadron; 28 OTU; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; crash; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Ansty; RAF Blyton; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Wymeswold; Stearman; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington