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Interview with Cyril Peters
Cyril Peters joined the Royal Air Force at Cambridge in 1940 and trained as a pilot in Canada and the United States. On his return to Great Britain he served as an instructor before flying operations as a pilot with 77 Squadron. He became a teacher…
Interview with Ronald Davies
In spring 1940, Ronald Davies joined the RAF to train as a pilot. Following initial training, he was posted to America but was dismissed after crashing a Cessna. Following Pearl Harbour, he trained as a navigator in Port Albert, Canada, but upon…
Tags: 101 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; crash; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; RAF Ansty; RAF Blyton; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Wymeswold; Stearman; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Dr Derry Derrington
Dr Arnold Pearce Derrington grew up in Cornwall and joined the University Air Squadron at Exeter. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1942 and completed training at RAF Ansty, South Africa, RAF West Freugh and RAF Moreton in the Marsh, where he trained…
Interview with Jim Auton
Jim Auton grew up on Royal Air Force stations and joined the Royal Air Force at seventeen. He trained as a pilot navigator and bomber at RAF Ansty near Coventry, then in South Africa under the Empire Air Training Scheme. He trained on B-24s at Lidder…
Interview with Derry Derrington
Dr Arnold Pearce Derrington grew up in Cornwall and joined the University Air Squadron at Exeter. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1942 and completed training at RAF Ansty, South Africa, RAF West Freugh and RAF Moreton in the Marsh, where he trained…
Tags: 462 Squadron; 466 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Gee; H2S; heavy conversion unit; love and romance; memorial; navigator; operational training unit; perception of bombing war; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Driffield; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Shawbury; RAF West Freugh; sanitation; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington