Gordon (34:00-47:51) discusses family members emigrating to Canada and returning during the war. One served at 426 Squadron at RAF Linton on Ouse, a rear gunner on a Halifax who was lost in the North Sea. Gordon discusses his friendship with Harold and recollects seeing Bomber Command aircraft flying out and coming back during the war.]]> Heather Hughes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Graham Emmet]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Wehrmacht. Kriegsmarine]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> British Army]]> Germany]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Canada]]> 1945]]> On their 20th operation, they were hit by anti-aircraft fire upon which they bailed out near Dordrecht, and the pilot was killed in action. The crew were then held at German headquarters in Frankfurt for interrogation and eventually sent to Stalag Luft 7. He reports that when the Russians reached the camp they gave them rifles to kill as many Germans as they could. They took back six heads to prove that they had killed them.
He flew back in June 1945. After three weeks leave, he completed further training before being posted to RAF Cottam, where he stayed until 1948. Rose recounts his life after demobilisation, including working in South Africa and keeping in touch with his crew.
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Steve Cooke]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Royal Navy]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> 1941]]> 1943]]> 1945]]> Ian Locker]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Christine Kavanagh]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> 1943]]> 1944]]>