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- Tags: faith
Interview with Ken Beard
"Fred" by Sylvia White (his cousin)
Tags: 101 Squadron; 620 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; animal; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Blenheim; Bombing and Gunnery School; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; faith; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gneisenau; killed in action; mid-air collision; military ethos; RAF Penrhos; Scharnhorst; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley
News Sheet No 42 May 1945
Interview with Bernie Harris. Two
Tags: 515 Squadron; 622 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); entertainment; faith; Flying Training School; Gee; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Holocaust; home front; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hixon; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Window
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
Interview with Muriel Stoves
Tags: aircrew; B-24; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); faith; home front; pilot
Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine
Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine
Tags: faith
Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine
Tags: entertainment; faith
Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine
Tags: bombing; faith; love and romance
Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husband John Valentine
Tags: faith
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Tags: faith; prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 3
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Tags: faith; firefighting; prisoner of war; Red Cross; Stalag Luft 3
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Tags: faith; prisoner of war; Red Cross; Stalag Luft 3
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Tags: faith; prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 3
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Excited that cadets now have own mess and, although not popular with the ground crew, aircrew need a special diet. Food is now much better and describes meals. Writes of flight up to near…
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother
Letter from Bill Akrill to mother, Mary and Nip
Includes orderly room administration duties, being captain of squadron running team, being issued with flying kit (which he details), exams, his visit to an…
Tags: faith; military living conditions; training