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- Tags: Wellington
Interview with Frederick Harold Shepherd
Tags: 15 Squadron; 218 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bomb struck; Flying Training School; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; propaganda; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Dumfries; RAF Feltwell; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Marham; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with William Horace Shaw
Interview with Douglas Robinson
Tags: 158 Squadron; aircrew; animal; bale out; bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; forced landing; Gee; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; military discipline; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; strafing; submarine; Sunderland; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Iain Urquhart Robertson
Interview with John Wakeford Quine
Tags: 170 Squadron; 582 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; bomb dump; bombing; Cook’s tour; coping mechanism; crewing up; Halifax; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; love and romance; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF Harrogate; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Peplow; sanitation; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Thomas Peter Payne. Two
Tags: 15 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 26 OTU; 90 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; Cook’s tour; crash; crewing up; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Flying Training School; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; love and romance; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; promotion; RAF Brough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Torquay; RAF Tuddenham; RCAF Moncton; sanitation; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Window
Interview with Reg Payne. One
Tags: 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bomb struck; bombing; crewing up; demobilisation; Dominie; Lancaster; love and romance; memorial; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; physical training; Proctor; RAF North Coates; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Hugh Parry. One
Tags: 11 OTU; 1651 HCU; 3 Group; 75 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aerial photograph; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; animal; Anson; bombing; crewing up; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; guard room; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; Me 163; military ethos; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; P-51; perception of bombing war; physical training; RAF Bridlington; RAF Mepal; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silloth; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Westcott; RAF Woolfox Lodge; reconnaissance photograph; Spitfire; training; Wellington
Interview with Geoff Paine
Tags: 100 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Cornell; demobilisation; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); Flying Training School; Harvard; incendiary device; Initial Training Wing; Oxford; pilot; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021); RAF Ansty; RAF Bentley Priory; RAF Bircham Newton; RAF Grimsby; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hendon; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Lyneham; RAF Oakington; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Valley; recruitment; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; York
Interview with Frank Page
Interview with Peter Rowland Ruthven Neech
Interview with Bluey Mottershead
Tags: 158 Squadron; aircrew; bomb struck; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; love and romance; memorial; military ethos; Oboe; Oxford; pilot; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Honington; RAF Lissett; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Marham; RAF Riccall; RAF Scampton; recruitment; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Window
Interview with Walter Morris
Tags: 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; crewing up; home front; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); perception of bombing war; RAF East Kirkby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; Stirling; Tiger force; training; Wellington
Interview with Edward Allan McDonald
Tags: 14 OTU; 50 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crash; decoy site; Fw 190; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Winthorpe; sanitation; shot down; Stirling; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Ronald Marlow
Tags: 14 OTU; 466 Squadron; 50 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crash; crewing up; demobilisation; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; memorial; military discipline; military ethos; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Driffield; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Skellingthorpe; searchlight; superstition; training; Wellington
Interview with Lesley Joseph Loosemoore
Tags: 61 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; crewing up; fear; Grand Slam; ground personnel; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 262; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Winthorpe; sanitation; service vehicle; Stirling; Tallboy; training; Wellington
Interview with Frederick Limer
Tags: 149 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Gee; guard room; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; mess; Mosquito; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Methwold; RAF Staverton; RCAF Fingal; RCAF Moncton; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with F N Larard
Tags: 1 Group; 625 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; control tower; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; ground personnel; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mess; perception of bombing war; RAF Binbrook; RAF Dalcross; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lindholme; RAF Peplow; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Maurice Kemp
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1653 HCU; air gunner; aircrew; Cook’s tour; crewing up; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Coningsby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Witchford; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with John Joyner
Interview with Bob Hughes
Tags: 149 Squadron; 23 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 70 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; Botha; Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; Lancaster; Lysander; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; promotion; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Pershore; RAF Skellingthorpe; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Alfred Huberman
Tags: 576 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing of the Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 1944); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crewing up; fear; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Lancaster; Master Bomber; military ethos; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; physical training; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Wyton; training; V-3; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Eric Hookings
Interview with Ian Hawkins
Tags: 214 Squadron; 299 Squadron; aircrew; Harvard; Oxford; pilot; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Norman Gregory
Tags: 101 Squadron; 28 OTU; aircrew; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Dulag Luft; final resting place; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Lancaster; Master Bomber; memorial; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Ansty; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Cosford; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington