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- Tags: bomb aimer
Interview with Johnny Johnson. Two
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bouncing bomb; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Lancaster; love and romance; memorial; operations room; RAF Scampton; RAF Woodhall Spa; sanitation; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979)
Interview with Johnny Johnson. One
Interview with Angas Hughes
Interview with Keith Ganney
Tags: 17 OTU; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; crewing up; entertainment; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Lancaster; love and romance; Me 109; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Penrhos; RAF Silverstone; Tiger Moth; training
Interview with Allan Joseph Couper
Interview with Frederick Cole
Tags: 57 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; training
Interview with Charles Henry Clarke. Three
Tags: 619 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-Semitism; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Botha; crewing up; Dulag Luft; escaping; final resting place; Lancaster; perception of bombing war; prisoner of war; RAF Heaton Park; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Woodhall Spa; searchlight; shot down; Stalag Luft 3; the long march; Wellington
Interview with Keith Campbell. Two
Tags: 466 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); coping mechanism; crewing up; Gee; H2S; Halifax; memorial; mid-air collision; military living conditions; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Driffield; RAF Leconfield; Red Cross; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; superstition; the long march; training
Interview with Keith Campbell. One
Interview with John Richard Bell
Tags: 617 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 1944); Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Grand Slam; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Tallboy; V-1; V-2; V-3; V-weapon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979)
Interview with John Derek "Bill" Bailey. Two
Towards the end of the war, Derek underwent various bomber instructor courses and became a bombing instructor on Wellingtons at RAF Lossiemouth, for Free French…
Tags: 103 Squadron; 166 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb disposal; bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Master Bomber; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bicester; RAF Blyton; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Kirmington; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Swinderby; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Nobby Clark
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer
Six aircrew by the tail of a Lancaster
Bill Thomas memoir
Tags: 153 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 28 OTU; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crewing up; ground personnel; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; promotion; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Strubby; RAF Wigtown; training; Wellington
Crew of Lancaster PM-C and Jack Round
F/O Lou Morgan Pilot
Russ Johnston Nav
Nobby Clark B/A
Ivor Cole Wop
Murray Ward A/G
Jack Round A/G
F/O Breheney Eng Leader
F/L Wymark Gunnery leader
S/L Van Rollagem flight com
F/O…
Crew of Lancaster PM-C
Photograph 2 is of Syd Marshall at his position, captioned 'Myself Syd Marshall F/E'.
Photograph 3 is of Nobby Clark standing by a gate, captioned '…
Tom Sayer's crew
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Bomb aimer in Lancaster's bomb aimer's cupola
Crew of Lancaster B DV396 - 467 Squadron Royal Australian Air Force
Frank Tolley's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 1667 HCU; 21 OTU; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Glatton; RAF Kelstern; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Sandtoft; RCAF Fingal; training; Wellington
Frank Tolley's aircrew and seven ground crew
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Frank Tolley's crew in front of a Lancaster
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Seven aircrew and crew bus driver in front of a Lancaster
Four aircrew
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; navigator; pilot; service vehicle; wireless operator
Six aircrew
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; navigator; pilot; wireless operator