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- Tags: RAF Torquay
B Flight, 3 Squadron, No 21 ITW August 1943
Tags: aircrew; Initial Training Wing; RAF Torquay; training
Time out for war
Tags: 1 Group; 12 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 1656 HCU; 3 Group; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; coping mechanism; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; faith; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Master Bomber; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Desborough; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Methwold; RAF Sturgate; RAF Torquay; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Letter to his Family from Alan Green
Letter from Alan Green to his Family
Tags: aircrew; bombing; home front; observer; RAF Torquay; training
Bob Sharrock June 1943 - Feb 1946
Memories and Reminiscences of Bob Sharrock
Tags: 1664 HCU; 428 Squadron; 6 Group; aircrew; Beaufighter; crash; flight engineer; flight mechanic; ground crew; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; RAF Credenhill; RAF Dishforth; RAF Kinloss; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Padgate; RAF St Athan; RAF Torquay; recruitment; shelter; training
Interview with Alan Payne
Tags: 630 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); coping mechanism; crewing up; debriefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Me 109; military living conditions; mine laying; Nissen hut; observer; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Silverstone; RAF Torquay; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; Scarecrow; superstition; target photograph; training; Wellington; Window; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Reg Freeth
Interview with Bill Lucas. Two
Tags: 139 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 162 Squadron; 19 OTU; 20 OTU; 9 Squadron; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Initial Training Wing; Mosquito; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bourn; RAF Kinloss; RAF Torquay; RAF Upwood; RAF Wyton; sport; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with Thomas Peter Payne. Two
Tags: 15 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 26 OTU; 90 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; Cook’s tour; crash; crewing up; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Flying Training School; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; love and romance; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; promotion; RAF Brough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Torquay; RAF Tuddenham; RCAF Moncton; sanitation; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Window
Interview with Kenneth Killeen
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 83 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 410; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Feltwell; RAF Peplow; RAF Torquay; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Letter from David Boldy to his father
Letter from David Boldy to his father
Tags: aircrew; RAF Torquay; training
Letter from David Boldy to his father
Tags: entertainment; RAF Torquay; training
Letter from David Boldy to his mother and brother
Tags: evacuation; love and romance; RAF Torquay; training
Letter from David Boldy to his mother
Tags: bombing; RAF Torquay; training
Letter from David Boldy to his mother
Tags: RAF Torquay; training
Letter from David Boldy to his mother
Tags: entertainment; love and romance; RAF Torquay; sport; training
Interview with Robert Barnes. One
Tags: 50 Squadron; Air Raid Precautions; aircrew; bombing; civil defence; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Home Guard; Lancaster; memorial; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Torquay; Stirling; training; V-1; V-weapon
Interview with Doug Beasley
Tags: 1652 HCU; 76 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; flight engineer; ground crew; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; propaganda; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Marston Moor; RAF St Athan; RAF Torquay; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Percival Trotman
Tags: 150 Squadron; 692 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; final resting place; Flying Training School; forced landing; Initial Training Wing; military ethos; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF Cranwell; RAF Graveley; RAF Peplow; RAF Pershore; RAF Shawbury; RAF South Cerney; RAF Tilstock; RAF Torquay; RAF Towyn; recruitment; training; Wellington; Whitley
Flying Officer Douglas Petty Memoirs
Tags: 1659 HCU; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; FIDO; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 262; mine laying; RAF Leeming; RAF St Athan; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Torquay; RAF Woodbridge; training
Eric Horsham - Memories
Eric Horsham Flight Engineer
Geoff Packham's Record of Service
Tags: 1667 HCU; 18 OTU; 550 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Acklington; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Cardington; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hurn; RAF Lindholme; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Torquay; RAF Wilmslow; RAF Worksop; training