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Interview with Harry Irons. Two
Tags: 158 Squadron; 462 Squadron; 466 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); briefing; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); coping mechanism; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; final resting place; Gee; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Martinet; memorial; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Driffield; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Lissett; RAF Waddington; Scarecrow; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Stirling; strafing; superstition; Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine
Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine
Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine
Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine
Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Walter Morris - 1939/45 War Record
Tags: 166 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bomb struck; crash; crewing up; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; final resting place; flight engineer; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; love and romance; military ethos; military living conditions; mine laying; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF East Kirkby; RAF Kirkham; RAF Kirmington; RAF Manby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wittering; RCAF Bowden; RCAF Moncton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Letter from Bill Akrill to Harry
Letter from Bill Akrill to Harry
Letter from Bill Akrill to Ros
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Excited that cadets now have own mess and, although not popular with the ground crew, aircrew need a special diet. Food is now much better and describes meals. Writes of flight up to near…
Letter from Bill Akrill to mother and family
They go to the zoo for their meals ('lot of monkeys').
Will on be at…
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Letter from Bill Akrill to mother, Mary and Nip
Includes orderly room administration duties, being captain of squadron running team, being issued with flying kit (which he details), exams, his visit to an…
Tags: faith; military living conditions; training
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Tags: aircrew; military living conditions; pilot; Tiger Moth; training
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Letter from Bill Akrill to Mary, his mother and all
Complains again about the lack of food and…