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- Tags: RAF Dalcross
- Type is exactly "Text. Memoir"
Story of my war
Tags: 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; 95 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb struck; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; flight engineer; ground personnel; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; Ju 52; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; propaganda; RAF Bardney; RAF Bridlington; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Burn; RAF Dalcross; RAF Kinloss; Stirling; submarine; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Rear view - Ralph Briars memoir
Tags: 1661 HCU; 49 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); control caravan; control tower; Cook’s tour; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Me 109; mid-air collision; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Dalcross; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Scarecrow; searchlight; service vehicle; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Window
My War Story
Tags: 1664 HCU; 22 OTU; 420 Squadron; 425 Squadron; 431 Squadron; 434 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; animal; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; arts and crafts; bale out; bomb aimer; C-47; Caterpillar Club; crash; crewing up; Dulag Luft; final resting place; flight engineer; Flying Training School; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; lynching; mess; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; P-51; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cosford; RAF Dalcross; RAF Dishforth; RAF Elvington; RAF Gaydon; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Inverness; RAF Manston; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; Red Cross; sanitation; service vehicle; sport; Stalag 357; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 6; strafing; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wellington; Whitley; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force