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Aircrew and ground crew at RAF Witchford
32 Squadron at Ein Shemer, Palestine
Tags: 32 Squadron; aircrew; ground crew; ground personnel; pilot; Spitfire
RAF Aqir
Top right - three men in tropical uniform. Two have rifles (with…
The Aircraft by Night and The Crew by Day
Photograph 2 is partly obscured. A group of airmen…
Southern California
Photograph 2 is a wooden building, captioned 'Typical Barracks at the Sixth Ferrying Group. Men assigned to the field are quartered in theses two-story structures.'
Photograph 3 is of…
Interview with Patrick Fergus Rowland
Interview with Alice Wrigley
Certificate of Competence to undertake First Line Servicing
Tags: 61 Squadron; ground crew; ground personnel; Lincoln
Certificate of Competence to undertake First Line serving
Tags: 61 Squadron; ground crew; ground personnel; Lincoln
517 Squadron RAF Chivenor June 1946
Bottom, shows two men in sports kit, running…
Tags: 517 Squadron; aircrew; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; RAF Chivenor; sport
Interview with Cyril Bristow Adams
Interview with an Anonymous Interviewee (An00086)
Tags: 222 Squadron; 419 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; coping mechanism; crash; evacuation; faith; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Lancaster; memorial; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Middleton St George; RAF St Athan; searchlight; Spitfire; training
Interview with Doug Beasley
Tags: 1652 HCU; 76 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; flight engineer; ground crew; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; propaganda; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Marston Moor; RAF St Athan; RAF Torquay; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with John Allbon Bonds
Tags: ground crew; ground personnel; hangar; RAF Biggin Hill; Spitfire
Interview with Frank Lawrence Boutcher
Two airmen sitting on a trailer
Interview with John Shipman
WO Donald Keith Fraser
Tags: 1 Group; 101 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 1668 HCU; aircrew; bomb trolley; bombing; bombing up; briefing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Cook’s tour; dispersal; Distinguished Flying Medal; fear; FIDO; fitter engine; flight engineer; flight mechanic; fuelling; Gee; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Intelligence Officer; Lancaster; memorial; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; perimeter track; petrol bowser; radar; RAF Bottesford; RAF Catfoss; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Sandtoft; RAF St Athan; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; runway; searchlight; service vehicle; Tiger force; Tirpitz; tractor; training; Window; wireless operator
Interview with Donald Fraser. Two
Halifax E Easy
Top, Halifax bomber, ladder present against port wing at least two ground crew present.
Upper-mid-left photograph,…
Tags: aircrew; evading; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; nose art
517 Squadron RAF Chivenor June 1946
Bottom, shows two men in sports kit, running across the…
Tags: 517 Squadron; aircrew; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; RAF Chivenor; sport
Interview with Martin Arthur Catty
Tags: 3 Group; 514 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; crewing up; entertainment; evacuation; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Intelligence Officer; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; love and romance; Manchester; military discipline; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Feltwell; RAF Stradishall; RAF Waterbeach; sanitation; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Percival Robert Court
Interview with Jean Culkin
Interview with Ronald Davis
Tags: 1661 HCU; 49 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 83 Squadron; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); displaced person; faith; fitter airframe; grief; ground crew; ground personnel; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; military service conditions; perception of bombing war; RAF Halton; RAF Scampton; runway; training