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- Tags: mess
RAF Riccal No 2 Sergeants' Mess Christmas Dinner Menu
RAF Topcliffe Christmas Menu
Tags: aircrew; mess; RAF Topcliffe
RAF Waddington Temporary Meal Permit
RAF Waterbeach Christmas Dinner 1944
Letter to William Emery from Ray Lawley
Tags: mess; RAF Bourn; RAF St Athan; sport
Biography of Reg Miles
Tags: 346 Squadron; 347 Squadron; 420 Squadron; 425 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 432 Squadron; 6 Group; 77 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; C-47; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); control caravan; crash; crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; dispersal; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; FIDO; fitter engine; flight engineer; Fw 190; Gee; Grand Slam; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Hampden; hangar; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); home front; Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; love and romance; Manchester; Master Bomber; Me 109; mess; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; P-51; Pathfinders; perimeter track; pilot; promotion; RAF Carnaby; RAF Dishforth; RAF East Moor; RAF Elvington; RAF Halton; RAF Langar; RAF Lyneham; RAF Manston; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Prestwick; RAF Shawbury; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF St Athan; RAF St Eval; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Tilstock; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; runway; Scarecrow; searchlight; Second Tactical Air Force; service vehicle; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; target indicator; Tiger Moth; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force; York
Three WAAFs and two Airmen
Dance Invitation
Farewell Dinner and Smoker
ACW Pitts Invitation to Dance at Waddington's Sergeants' Mess
Letter to Arthur Steainstreet from Steel, Peech & Tozer
Tags: aircrew; mess; RAF Cranwell
If Love were all...the story of a Second World War bomber crew
Tags: 12 Squadron; 15 OTU; 1667 HCU; 30 OTU; 626 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; ditching; evading; final resting place; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Gee; ground personnel; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; love and romance; lynching; Me 110; memorial; mess; missing in action; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; RAF Binbrook; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Leeming; RAF Mepal; RAF Seighford; RAF Shellingford; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Watchfield; RAF Wickenby; RCAF Calgary; Red Cross; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Spitfire; sport; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
My life in the Royal Air Force Bomber Command
Tags: 1661 HCU; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; Boston; briefing; crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; fitter airframe; flight engineer; flight mechanic; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; intelligence officer; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; Me 109; memorial; mess; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; perception of bombing war; promotion; RAF Benson; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Burtonwood; RAF Cosford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Fiskerton; RAF High Wycombe; RAF Manston; Raf Mauripur; RAF Padgate; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wyton; recruitment; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); searchlight; shot down; Stirling; training
My life in the Royal Air Force Bomber Command (35 pages) - Thomas Page.
Tags: 1661 HCU; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; Boston; briefing; crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; fitter airframe; flight engineer; flight mechanic; ground crew; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; Me 109; memorial; mess; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; perception of bombing war; promotion; RAF Benson; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Burtonwood; RAF Cosford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Fiskerton; RAF High Wycombe; RAF Manston; Raf Mauripur; RAF Padgate; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wyton; recruitment; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); searchlight; shot down; Stirling; training
Letter from Terry Ford to his family
Tags: aircrew; entertainment; mess; RAF Calveley
Telegram to Don Gray
Tags: aircrew; mess; RAF Binbrook; RAF Tangmere; RAF Wroughton
The Kriegie August 1988
Tags: 107 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 619 Squadron; 70 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; bale out; Battle; Blenheim; Boston; C-47; Catalina; Caterpillar Club; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Dulag Luft; entertainment; Goldfish Club; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; Horsa; Hurricane; Ju 88; Me 109; Me 110; memorial; mess; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Elvington; RAF Hendon; RAF Leeming; RAF Lissett; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Shipdham; RAF Ternhill; Red Cross; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag 8B; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
The Kriegie December 2000
Tags: 37 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 75 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bale out; Blenheim; bombing; C-47; crash; Dulag Luft; evading; Gneisenau; Goldfish Club; ground personnel; Halifax; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hurricane; Ju 87; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 110; memorial; mess; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; prisoner of war; RAF Cosford; RAF Dunsfold; RAF Harwell; Red Cross; Scharnhorst; Stalag 357; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; the long march; Tiger Moth; Typhoon; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force