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Interview with Gerald Taylor
Gerald (Gerry) was part of the Air Training Corps and Officers’ Training Corps before the war. He volunteered for aircrew in 1942, was interviewed in Oxford and was put on deferred service. Gerry was accepted as an air observer. He was called up in…
Interview with Gordon Mellor. One
Gordon Mellor grew up in London and was interested in aviation. He volunteered for the Air Force and trained as a navigator in Canada. On his return to the UK he and his crew were posted to 103 Squadron. Returning from an operation they were attacked…
Interview with Harold James Richards
Harold Richards from Lincoln was working in the health industry before he volunteered for the RAF. After trying to be a pilot he trained as an observer. He was posted to 297 Squadron at Stoney Cross where he and his crew dropped supplies to the…
Interview with Harry Foster
Harold Gordon Foster (known as Harry) tells of his childhood, passing the eleven plus exam and his enjoyment of learning, and the need for him to earn money for his family rather than going to grammar school. He first worked for CL Equipments,…
Interview with Jim Wright. Two
John Wright was born in 1932. He was evacuated from West Ham during the War along with his Mother and two Brothers. Johns’ Father joined the Royal Air Force as an Observer Bomb Aimer with 207 Squadron. His aircraft was shot down over Switzerland on…
Interview with John Louis Goldby
John Goldby was born in Kent but the family moved to London the year after. He was inspired to join the RAF when a schoolfriend joined and became a Spitfire pilot. John believes that it was a mid-air collision with a night fighter that led to his…
Interview with Laurie Woods
Flying Officer Laurie Woods DFC was born in Deloraine, Tasmania, in 1922. He grew up in Tasmania, and at the age of eighteen, despite being in a reserved occupation, he volunteered for Air Crew in the Royal Australian Air Force. Initially training in…
Interview with Reg Freeth
Reg Freeth grew up in Wales and worked for the Civil Service in the Labour Exchange before he volunteered for the Royal Air Force. He trained as an observer in South Africa and flew operations served as a bomb aimer with 61 Squadron from RAF…
Interview with Thomas Charles Arthur Long
Thomas Charles Arthur Long was born in Quorn, England. He was in the Home Guard and worked at Brush as a draughtsman, also gaining a Higher National Certificate from Loughborough College. He decided to join the RAF being that the only way to get out…
Jack Darby's Observer Brevets
Jack's brevets.
Jack Penswick, Bob Everett and Dave Pearce
The three men are posed together, one behind each other.
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Jack Wainwright
A head and shoulders portrait of Jack with an Observer brevet.
Jack Whalley
Jack in uniform with Observers brevet standing outside a house.
Jack Whalley’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Jack Whalley’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 9th July 1941 until 10th October 1952. Initial training at No. 9 Air Observers School as an air observer, navigator, air gunner and bomb aimer. Further training as…
Jim Auton in tropical uniform
Head and shoulder portrait of Sergeant Jim Auton in tropical uniform with observer brevet.
Jocelyn “Joyce” Strawford and Sergeant Arthur Long
Jocelyn “Joyce” Strawford standing with Sergeant Arthur Long. They are both in uniform. They are in a garden just outside a porch in front of a house.
John and Ursula Valentine
Provides dates and family history from their engagement to after the war including John's time as prisoner of war and in hospital after his return. Lists letters and dates and provides locations of where they were written.
John Tait in front of a bungalow with an officer
Sergeant John Tait, standing in garden in front of a bungalow. At the left hand side, a flying officer with an observer’s brevet. Both are smoking cigarettes.
Kenneth and Vera Gill's Wedding photograph
Bride and groom, wearing tunic with half brevet, standing in centre of group with two men, one in uniform to the left and an woman and a man wearing civilian suit on the right. Captioned 'Tom Parsons (9 Sqn), Arthur Gill (cousin), Joan Lambert…
Lancaster and Crew
Six airmen standing at the front of their Lancaster. The image is annotated 'The plane & crew that brought us home Jan 1946'.
Large group of airmen
A large group of airmen wearing tunics or battledress, many with aircrew brevet squatting and standing in front of busses. Submitted with caption 'Port Adelaide'.
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Leonard Dorricott and five women
The group including Leonard Dorricott in uniform with observer's brevet, is sitting on a rock on a hillside.
Leonard Dorricott and three crew members
A group of four airmen standing in a wood. One is smoking, two are wearing gloves. On the reverse 'L Me Nav Bob Henderso [sic] Pilot Malcolm Whitehouse Bomb Aimer Tony Perron R.G. R'
Leslie Pickford's diary
The diary starts with a letter stating that Les is missing and believed killed. In reality he had become a prisoner of war. It is subtitled 'Diary June 3rd 1941 to Nov 6th 1943 Life as a POW'
Letter from Alan Green to his Family
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Alan writes during his training at Torquay. He had just heard about the bombing of Coventry, where his family lived. He has arranged leave to visit his family. His course has finished and he has been made Guard Commander.