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Interview with Monty Felton
Tags: 10 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bombing; briefing; coping mechanism; crewing up; debriefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; Gee; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Oxford; perception of bombing war; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Carnaby; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Kinloss; RAF Melbourne; RAF Rufforth; RAF Torquay; RAF Uxbridge; training; Whitley; Window
Interview with John James Smith
Interview with Andrew Barron. Three
Interview with Andrew Barron. Two
Sortie navigation log - Witten
Tags: 51 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; navigator; Window
Sortie navigation log - Heligoland
Interview with Harry Hooper
Interview with Syd Marshall
Dare to Discover: World War II experiences of V T Hilton
Tags: 192 Squadron; aircrew; arts and crafts; bomb trolley; bombing up; crewing up; FIDO; fuelling; H2S; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operational Training Unit; petrol bowser; RAF Foulsham; RAF Rufforth; service vehicle; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
A retrospective - Bomber Command No 625 Squadron
Tags: 1 Group; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; briefing; coping mechanism; crewing up; debriefing; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; love and romance; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Nissen hut; nose art; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; P-51; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Kelstern; RAF Millom; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; searchlight; target photograph; training; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Bob Smith
Tags: 15 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; Gee; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); observer; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mildenhall; RAF West Freugh; recruitment; searchlight; Special Operations Executive; Stirling; training; Wellington; Window
H Jack Lazenby DFC
Tags: 1654 HCU; 20 OTU; 207 Squadron; 4 Group; 5 Group; 57 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); briefing; Catalina; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); entertainment; flight engineer; flight mechanic; Flying Training School; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Hampden; hangar; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Hurricane; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; Manchester; Master Bomber; Me 110; Me 262; mechanics engine; mess; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; radar; RAF Barkstone Heath; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Benson; RAF Bourn; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Colerne; RAF Cosford; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Elvington; RAF Fairford; RAF Halton; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Melton Mowbray; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Padgate; RAF Pershore; RAF Scampton; RAF Silverstone; RAF St Athan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Swinderby; RAF Talbenny; RAF Tangmere; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Valley; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wing; recruitment; Resistance; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; target indicator; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Victoria Cross; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
A year in the Life
Tags: 12 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 18 OTU; 460 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 626 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; evading; FIDO; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Ju 88; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 110; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Cardington; RAF Dumfries; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF hospital Rauceby; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lindholme; RAF Manby; RAF Manston; RAF Methwold; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wigtown; RAF Woodbridge; searchlight; Spitfire; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
Interview with Sheila Wilmet
Tags: bomb dump; bombing; FIDO; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground personnel; home front; meteorological officer; military living conditions; Nissen hut; perception of bombing war; radar; RAF Bottesford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Langar; RAF Spilsby; shelter; Window; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
An account of John Joyner's time in the RAF
Post war his squadron took part in the repatriation of Army personnel from Italy and his unit was in India at around the time…
Interview with George Crooks
162 Squadron Light Night Striking Force Battle Orders
1311249 Flt Sgt Williamson, Air Gunner Lancaster
Tags: 106 Squadron; 5 Group; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Master Bomber; Me 110; mine laying; Mosquito; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Croft; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Kirkham; RAF Metheringham; RAF Morpeth; RAF Saltby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; target indicator; target photograph; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window
Interview with Kenneth White
Tags: 169 Squadron; 214 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; bombing; memorial; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Oulton; training; Window
Interview with Sam Price
Tags: 195 Squadron; 35 Squadron; aircrew; bomb struck; bombing; C-47; crewing up; faith; flight engineer; Gee; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); Ju 88; Lancaster; Lincoln; memorial; military living conditions; military service conditions; Nissen hut; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Colerne; RAF Graveley; RAF Wratting Common; searchlight; training; Wellington; Window
Henry Wagner's life story. Part one
Tags: 1652 HCU; 51 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; briefing; C-47; Caterpillar Club; coping mechanism; crewing up; debriefing; Dulag Luft; evading; final resting place; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Gee; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; killed in action; Master Bomber; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; missing in action; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Snaith; RAF West Freugh; recruitment; Red Cross; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; target indicator; target photograph; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley; Window
An account of the briefing for an operation to Essen
Tags: 100 Group; 3 Group; 4 Group; 51 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; briefing; debriefing; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; incendiary device; Intelligence Officer; Lancaster; meteorological officer; Oboe; Pathfinders; propaganda; RAF Snaith; reconnaissance photograph; target indicator; target photograph; Window
Pilot to Navigator - Where are we?
Tags: 100 Group; 4 Group; 425 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 77 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bale out; bomb aimer; C-47; Caterpillar Club; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; entertainment; evading; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; Me 110; military service conditions; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Bottesford; RAF Cosford; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Manston; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; RAF Snaith; RAF St Eval; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wing; Red Cross; Resistance; shot down; sport; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; Sunderland; target indicator; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Harry Brabin memoir
He sailed on the SS Johan Van Barneve to San Francisco and…
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 27 OTU; 4 Group; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; arts and crafts; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); briefing; crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; entertainment; faith; fear; flight engineer; forced landing; Fw 190; Gee; gremlin; ground crew; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; love and romance; Master Bomber; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); Me 109; Me 262; Me 410; military discipline; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; physical training; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; propaganda; radar; RAF Gamston; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF West Freugh; RCAF Mossbank; recruitment; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Spitfire; sport; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force