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Transcript of My life in the RAF
Transcript of F Dunn's memoir describing life before and after joining the RAF. Includes induction and starting off in the RAF in England and then sea voyage to South Africa and then initial training in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
Transcript of interview with Allan Edgar
The memoirs were recorded in 1980 at a reunion at Sudbrooke. He starts by describing crewing up at Silverstone. His opinion of the Stirling was that it was awful on the ground and in the air. His first operation was a second 'dickie' (an observer) to…
Training with Valentine Tank
In the foreground is a tank and behind is a squad of men. The location is identified as Blairgowrie in information supplied with the collection.
Training sorties
List of twenty-four pilot training sorties.
Training School
Top left - head and shoulders portrait of an airman wearing tunic with head resting on his hand. Captioned 'Another day over'.
Top right - view down the interior of a barrack with wooden posts and beams. In the foreground left part of a desk and…
Top right - view down the interior of a barrack with wooden posts and beams. In the foreground left part of a desk and…
Training programme for 12 February 1944
Lists training for 12 and 13 February 1944. Training includes flying and ground training. Flying involved check rides, cross country, formation flying and weapons ranges. Ground includes aircraft cleaning, link training, dinghy drills and 25 yard…
Training programme 11 December 1943
Details night flying training for six crews on 11 December. Details five crews for day training fighter affiliation and bombing for 12 December. Lists eight crews for link training. Details personnel for church parade on 12 December 1943.
Training photograph
Thirty three bareheaded men in uniform arranged in three rows; one row sitting with two rows standing behind. Four of the men are wearing armbands on their left sleeves. John is in the front row, fifth from the left. On reserve 'S. Rhodesia 12-1-43…
Training photograph
48 airmen in four rows in front of a building. On the reverse their names. Eric Sinclair is far right on the front row.
Training Notes on Fighter Tactics
Notes taken during training to understand fighter tactics.
Training Group
34 trainee airmen grouped in three rows. On the reverse each man has signed his name.
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This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Training course
A formal photograph of 46 trainee airmen, a corporal and a sergeant. All are seated or standing, in four rows, in front of a building and are wearing tunics. The trainee aircrew have a white stripe on their forage caps and are wearing white belts.…
Training at Crawford, Duns and Blairgowrie
Photo 1 is a squad of men being inspected by an officer, Crawford 1940.
Photo 2 is Churchill tanks at Duns, 1942.
Photo 3 is an inspection by General Wladyslaw Anders in 1942.
Photo 4 is a Valentine Mk III tank with Lt. Ludwik Makiello in the…
Photo 2 is Churchill tanks at Duns, 1942.
Photo 3 is an inspection by General Wladyslaw Anders in 1942.
Photo 4 is a Valentine Mk III tank with Lt. Ludwik Makiello in the…
Training as a flight engineer on Lancasters
Stanley Archer’s account of his training as one of the first flight engineers for Lancaster operations in 1942. First he attended an air gunnery course then transferred to 97 squadron at RAF Woodhall Spa. He comments on a daylight operation on…
Training aerial photographs
Two oblique aerial photographs with fields of view marked for 8" lens. #1 The image shows the coastline of Port Burwell, Ontario, Canada. #2 has similar marks but less annotation and shows fields. On the reverse of both 'On loan P&R Darby…
Training
Photo 1 is of a man and a boy in swimming trunks with a women wearing a grass skirt at a bar. captioned 'Bar at Matheson Hammock.'
Photo 2 is of an airman studying. Captioned 'sometimes we work.'
Photographs 3 - 5 are of airmen standing at the side…
Photo 2 is of an airman studying. Captioned 'sometimes we work.'
Photographs 3 - 5 are of airmen standing at the side…
Training
Photo 1 is of four airmen in front of trees.
Photo 2 is of two airmen in Sidcot Suits.
Photo 3 is of an airman wearing a beret.
Photo 4 is of four airmen in Sidcot Suits.
Photo 5 is of four airmen in uniform standing in front of a…
Photo 2 is of two airmen in Sidcot Suits.
Photo 3 is of an airman wearing a beret.
Photo 4 is of four airmen in Sidcot Suits.
Photo 5 is of four airmen in uniform standing in front of a…
Training
Covers some aspect of aircrew training including decompression chamber and parachute training.
Trainees at the University of Miami
Airmen in uniform are lying on a grass area, seen in the background through an arch at Miami University. Among them are people in civilian clothing. On the reverse 'Afternoon Break, University of Miami, April 2nd 1942'.
Trainees at Scarborough
Head and shoulders portrait group photograph of D Swains with two other aircrew cadets, captioned “Scarborough – June 1944” with handwritten details of the individuals.
Trainee Jimmy Oates
A half length portrait of Jimmy wearing a trainee's cap. On the reverse 'J. Oates'.
Trainee Group Photo
A large group of trainees arranged in four rows in front of a large building.
Trainee Airmen Relaxing
Three photographs from an album.
#1 Three airmen playing golf.
#2 One airman standing in a park.
#3 Four airmen cycling four abreast across a bridge.
#1 Three airmen playing golf.
#2 One airman standing in a park.
#3 Four airmen cycling four abreast across a bridge.
Trainee Airmen outside Aberystwyth old town hall
58 trainees arranged in four rows. On the reverse 'AE. Row 2 Far right'.
Trainee airmen in the snow
Photo 1 is nine airmen in gym kit standing outside a building. There is snow on the ground.
Photo 2 is 11 airmen in Sidcot suits and thick boots standing outside a building. Again there is snow on the ground.
Photo 2 is 11 airmen in Sidcot suits and thick boots standing outside a building. Again there is snow on the ground.