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- Tags: Whitley
Interview with Mark Johnson
Tags: 102 Squadron; 103 Squadron; African heritage; aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; military ethos; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Kinloss; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; RCAF Moncton; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; training; Whitley
Interview with James McKenzie Leith
Interview with Bill Macrae
Flying Stories by Paul Hilton
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'David Joseph's son Brian met Paul Hilton in the 1980's through work, and he was wearing a prisoner of war tie. In…
Tags: 35 Squadron; 58 Squadron; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); dispersal; displaced person; Dulag Luft; fear; ground crew; Halifax; Ju 88; prisoner of war; RAF Cosford; RAF Driffield; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Marston Moor; Red Cross; sanitation; shot down; Stalag 8B; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 6; Whitley
Interview with Alfie Martin
Interview with Edgar Meredith
Interview with Douglas Frank Newham
Tags: 10 Squadron; 150 Squadron; 156 Squadron; aircrew; Blenheim; bombing; Botha; C-47; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); Gee; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Lancaster; Lancastrian; military service conditions; mine laying; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Kinloss; RAF Kirmington; RAF Melbourne; RAF Warboys; rivalry; Schräge Musik; training; Wellington; Whitley; York
Interview with Geoff Packham
On his return, Geoff…
Tags: 550 Squadron; Air Raid Precautions; B-17; bale out; bombing; civil defence; Dulag Luft; evading; Horsa; memorial; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; prisoner of war; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Sutton Bridge; sanitation; shot down; Stalag Luft 1; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; Window
A carpenter's bungalow with a military past
Interview with Cyril Peters
Tags: 4 BFTS; 77 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; British Flying Training School Program; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Harvard; Initial Training Wing; military service conditions; Oxford; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Elvington; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Manston; RAF Marston Moor; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Interview with Harold James Richards
Interview with Jack Edward Simmonds
Interview with Arthur Peter Smith
Tags: 101 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Lichfield; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Sleap; training; Whitley; Window
Letter from Ian Wynn to his wife
Interview with Fred Tiller
Interview with Percival Trotman
Tags: 150 Squadron; 692 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; final resting place; Flying Training School; forced landing; Initial Training Wing; military ethos; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF Cranwell; RAF Graveley; RAF Peplow; RAF Pershore; RAF Shawbury; RAF South Cerney; RAF Tilstock; RAF Torquay; RAF Towyn; recruitment; training; Wellington; Whitley
Interview with Henry Wolfe Wagner. One
If you can't take a joke...
Tags: 16 OTU; 1657 HCU; 622 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; briefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight mechanic; Flying Training School; Fw 190; Gee; ground crew; H2S; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; mechanics engine; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; perception of bombing war; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Cranage; RAF Desborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hednesford; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Paignton; RAF Penrhos; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Silloth; RAF Silverstone; RAF South Cerney; RAF Stradishall; RAF Torquay; RAF Upper Heyford; RCAF Moncton; sanitation; Stirling; strafing; training; Wellington; Whitley
David Storey's observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 11 OTU; 1663 HCU; 19 OTU; 26 OTU; 51 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Me 109; navigator; Operational Training Unit; promotion; RAF Abingdon; RAF Kinloss; RAF Rufforth; RAF Snaith; RAF Westcott; RAF Wigtown; RAF Wing; training; Wellington; Whitley
Cyril Charles Goff's pilot’s flying log book. One
Tags: 100 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 81 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; air sea rescue; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; propaganda; RAF Grimsby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Newton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Sleap; RAF Tilstock; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Interview with Ernie Patterson. Two
Tags: 635 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; FIDO; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; love and romance; Master Bomber; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; P-51; Pathfinders; RAF Abingdon; RAF Downham Market; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Rufforth; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Yatesbury; superstition; target indicator; training; Whitley; wireless operator
Reg Manning's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 1668 HCU; 462 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 614 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Gneisenau; Halifax; Harrow; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lincoln; Magister; Me 110; Meteor; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; promotion; RAF Aqir; RAF Binbrook; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Filton; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Henlow; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Honington; RAF Kasfereet; RAF Leeming; RAF Lindholme; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Marham; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Medmenham; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Pembrey; RAF Scampton; RAF Snaith; RAF St Eval; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley
Letter from Ted Neale
Damage to aircraft
Tags: 102 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; Whitley
Shrapnel
Tags: 102 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; Whitley