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- Tags: Pathfinders
Application for temporary release
Tags: 100 Group; 149 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 3 Group; 57 Squadron; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Evanton; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Warboys; RAF West Raynham; training; Wellington
Interview with Thomas Waller
Tags: 138 Squadron; 156 Squadron; bombing; bombing up; crash; final resting place; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Lancaster; memorial; military living conditions; Mosquito; Pathfinders; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; sanitation; Special Operations Executive; target indicator
Interview with James Froud. One
Interview with James Froud. Two
Summary of medals and Royal Air Force Service for David and Joyce Donaldson
Tags: 100 Group; 149 Squadron; 15 OTU; 1667 HCU; 18 OTU; 192 Squadron; 3 Group; 57 Squadron; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; ground personnel; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Lancaster; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Bentley Priory; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Evanton; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Warboys; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wyton; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
David Donaldson's CV
Tags: 100 Group; 149 Squadron; 15 OTU; 156 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 3 Group; 57 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; fear; Hudson; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Evanton; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Warboys; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); training; Wellington
Book 5, Return to UK
Tags: 115 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 1678 HCU; 196 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 30 OTU; 514 Squadron; 623 Squadron; 90 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Catalina; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; fear; flight engineer; Gee; ground personnel; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Me 110; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Downham Market; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Seighford; RAF Tangmere; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Red Cross; sanitation; searchlight; Stirling; target indicator; target photograph; training; Typhoon; Victoria Cross; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Ted Stocker. Three
Although he wanted to be a pilot, Ted’s skills were needed as a flight engineer. He was…
Tags: 102 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; Distinguished Service Order; fitter engine; flight engineer; fuelling; ground crew; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Lancaster; Lancastrian; military service conditions; Pathfinders; promotion; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Halton; RAF Linton on Ouse; Shackleton; Stirling; Wellington
Interview with Ken Oatley
Tags: 106 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1660 HCU; 617 Squadron; 627 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); civil defence; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Home Guard; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Master Bomber; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Manston; RAF Marham; RAF Metheringham; RAF Scampton; RAF Sealand; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; target indicator; Tiger force; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Neil Ramsey
Interview with Ernest James White
Tags: 44 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 8 Group; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Botha; Cook’s tour; Lancaster; Lysander; memorial; military service conditions; Oboe; Pathfinders; RAF Bourn; RAF Graveley; RAF Morpeth; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Woodhall Spa; sanitation; searchlight; Window
Interview with Peter Banting
Tags: 7 Squadron; 75 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; crewing up; fear; Gee; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Master Bomber; memorial; Mosquito; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; target indicator; Tiger force; Tiger Moth; training
Interview with Peter Thompson
David Philip Storey's operations
This item was provided, in digital form, by a…
Tags: 158 Squadron; 51 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); fear; Gee; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Me 109; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; radar; RAF Abingdon; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lissett; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rufforth; RAF Snaith; RAF Worksop; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
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
Certificate for award of Pathfinder badge
Interview with John Alan Ottewell
Don Briggs, a brief description of wartime service
Tags: 156 Squadron; aircrew; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; fitter engine; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Hampden; Lancaster; Manchester; Master Bomber; military service conditions; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; promotion; RAF Finningley; RAF Halton; RAF Hemswell; RAF St Athan; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Wittering; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Tribute to a Pathfinder captain
Tags: 156 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing up; crewing up; debriefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; fear; flight engineer; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Master Bomber; Me 110; military service conditions; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; perimeter track; pilot; promotion; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; searchlight; superstition; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; target photograph; training; V-1; V-weapon; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
A few statistics
Donald Cochrane's operations
Tags: anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Halifax; Ju 88; Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; searchlight; target indicator
ER James War Diary
Tags: 576 Squadron; 582 Squadron; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; forced landing; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 262; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Manston; RAF Worksop; Spitfire; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; target photograph; wireless operator / air gunner
It happened one night
Bomb Aimer's Notes
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Pathfinders; target indicator
Bomb Aimer's Notes
Also aircraft call sign and radio code…
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Mosquito; Pathfinders; target indicator