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- Tags: Lancaster
Interview with Maureen and Sidney Stevens
Tags: 57 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Air Raid Precautions; aircrew; bombing; civil defence; control tower; crewing up; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; home front; Lancaster; love and romance; Manchester; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Scampton; RAF Wigsley; training; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Maurice Bailey
Tags: 227 Squadron; aircrew; crash; flight engineer; Lancaster; RAF Balderton; Stirling
Interview with Maurice Barrick
Interview with Maurice Hatch
Tags: 630 Squadron; 8 Group; 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; crewing up; demobilisation; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); FIDO; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Lancaster; Me 109; memorial; navigator; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Coningsby; Stirling; Tiger force; training; Wellington
Interview with Maurice Kemp
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1653 HCU; air gunner; aircrew; Cook’s tour; crewing up; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Coningsby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Witchford; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with Maurice Snowball
Interview with Maurice Stoneman
Tags: 57 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; crash; ditching; flight engineer; Gneisenau; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mess; military ethos; military service conditions; mine laying; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); prisoner of war; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Swinderby; training
Interview with Maurice William Marriott
Tags: 110 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 21 OTU; aircrew; Anson; C-47; crewing up; forced landing; Gee; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Harrogate; RAF Leicester East; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Wigsley; RCAF Rivers; training; Wellington
Interview with Max Barry
Tags: 27 OTU; 463 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bombing; crewing up; Dulag Luft; evading; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; perception of bombing war; prisoner of war; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Lichfield; RAF Waddington; Red Cross; Resistance; shot down; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; the long march; training; Wellington
Interview with Max Spence
Interview with Merv Owen
Interview with Mervyn Jones
Tags: 106 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Metheringham; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Swinderby; RAF Yatesbury; searchlight; Stirling; superstition; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Mick Kettleborough
Interview with Mike Chatterton
Interview with Murray Valentine
Interview with Norm Maconachie
Interview with Norman Edward Wilkins
Interview with Norman George Smith
Interview with Norman Goodfellow
Interview with Norman Gregory
Tags: 101 Squadron; 28 OTU; aircrew; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Dulag Luft; final resting place; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Lancaster; Master Bomber; memorial; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Ansty; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Cosford; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Norman Neilson
Tags: 103 Squadron; 582 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); flight engineer; Lancaster; memorial; military discipline; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Little Staughton; submarine; training
Interview with Norman William Smith
Interview with Olive Crowther
Tags: bombing; entertainment; home front; Lancaster