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Interview with David Griffin
Interview with Denis Kelly
interview with Derrick Allen's family
Interview with Dougie Marsh
Part 1.
Doug Marsh was the son of a Royal Navy officer and moved around quite a bit as a child between Kent and Lincolnshire. When his father retired from the Navy his parents bought a fish and chip shop in Grimsby but…
Interview with Douglas "Jim" James
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 Eddie Edmunds
Tags: 106 Squadron; 608 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bombing; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; forced landing; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Lancaster; Manchester; mid-air collision; Mosquito; navigator; Oxford; pilot; RAF Downham Market; RAF Syerston; training; Wellington
Interview with Eddie Worsdale
Interview with Eddy Smythe. One
Interview with Eric Evans
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 463 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Caterpillar Club; Dulag Luft; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 110; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Padgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; the long march; training; Wellington
Interview with Eric Hookings
Interview with Ernest Davenport
Interview with Ernest Frederick Gardiner
Interview with Ernest Townsend
Tags: 61 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; fear; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; lynching; radar; sport; Tiger Moth; training
Interview with Ernest Truman
Interview with Francesco and Maria Gigliola Rapozzi
Interview with Francis Shamus "Jim" Cahir
Interview with Frank Mannion
Interview with Frank Mouritz
Interview with Fred Hooker. One
Tags: 102 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; animal; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; briefing; crewing up; debriefing; Dulag Luft; faith; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; perimeter track; prisoner of war; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Dishforth; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Pocklington; RAF Stormy Down; Red Cross; shot down; Stalag Luft 7; the long march; training; Wellington
Interview with Fred Hooker. Two
Tags: 102 Squadron; 6 Group; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Caterpillar Club; Dulag Luft; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; perception of bombing war; prisoner of war; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Dishforth; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Pocklington; RAF Stormy Down; recruitment; Red Cross; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; the long march; training
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
Interview with Geoffrey Conacher
Interview with George Hutton
Interview with George Thomson. One
Tags: 15 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; crewing up; Dulag Luft; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); evading; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Lancaster; Me 110; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; prisoner of war; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mildenhall; Schräge Musik; shot down; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; Wellington