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Bill Foskett Biography Chapter Two
Bill Foskett Biography Chapter Three
The first two chapters used Bill's words but the third is written by an anonymous friend.
Tags: 100 Group; 15 OTU; 214 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Absent Without Leave; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; Battle; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); flight engineer; Flying Training School; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Me 110; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Downham Market; RAF Feltwell; RAF Harwell; RAF Honington; RAF Methwold; RAF Millom; RAF Oulton; RAF Ridgewell; RAF Sculthorpe; RAF Shipdham; RAF Stradishall; RAF Woodbridge; Stearman; Stirling; superstition; Tallboy; target indicator; Tiger Moth; training; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
Wellington, Air and Ground Crews
#1 and 4 are the same. Eight men standing under the front of their Wellington.
#2 Six airmen at the rear gun turret, One of the men is sat in the turret.
#3 Six airmen under the port engine of their Wellington.
#5 Seven airmen…
Tags: aircrew; ground crew; ground personnel; Wellington
Photograph Compilation
#1 is the group photograph, the signatures have been identified.
Arthur is back row, second left.
#2 is a squadron photograph with Arthur in the front row, sixth left. A typewritten caption reads 'RAF…
Tags: aircrew; ground crew; Stirling; Wellington
Conversation with Hamish Mahaddie. Two
Bob Butler in uniform with crew at RAF Waterbeach
Wellington Bomber Model
Tags: 99 Squadron; arts and crafts; Wellington
Harry Dawson's decorations
Tags: crash; ditching; killed in action; Wellington
Jack's Royal Air Force career
Tags: 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; flight mechanic; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground crew; Hurricane; killed in action; Lancaster; missing in action; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Weald; RAF Syerston; training; Wellington
Over the quarry
Tags: crash; Wellington
End of Jack's first operation to Germany
Tags: aircrew; bomb dump; crash; RAF Mildenhall; Wellington
The kite at Kabrit
Tags: RAF Kabrit; Wellington
In Malta
Bottom: A Wellington on the ground in a rocky…
Tags: aircrew; Wellington
Service life
Top right: Jack, standing far left with four other airmen in uniform in front of a pyramid.
Bottom left: A grounded Wellington with the covers off the port engine, There are…
Pilot Officer John Preston
Tags: aircrew; Anson; C-47; Catalina; pilot; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; Walrus; Wellington
Harrold Bratley - biography
Six aircrew
Tags: 9 Squadron; aircrew; Wellington
Description of operation
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; pilot; Wellington