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Conversation with Hamish Mahaddie. Two
Hamish Mahaddie was selected during a tour of operations to become the recruiter for the Pathfinders working closely with Don Bennett. He discusses the changing technology of aircraft during the war years. He personally flew the Whitleys, Stirlings,…
Leonard Cheshire speech to British Legion Cambridge
Notes that he took part in annual general meeting of the organisation and makes some comment on their progress. States that he would loke to talk not just about the Legion but also associations, clubs, institutions and ceremonies that were born out…
Leonard Cheshire remembrance Sunday sermon
Great St Mary's Cambridge Remembrance Sunday sermon. Talks about remembrance Sundays in the past after WW1 and the unknown soldier. Gives some of his own history. Discusses two lessons taught him by the war: in war there is no such thing as…
Interview with Roy Berrill
Roy was born in Northampton and was evacuated from Becontree in London to Weston-super-Mare. He gained his degree from Queen Mary College, London, which was evacuated to Cambridge. After the Air Training Corps, Roy was called up to be a…
Interview with John Allbon Bonds
John Bonds was brought up in London and remembers bombs dropping nearby. He joined the RAF as an engine mechanic and, after training, worked on Spitfires before being posted to bombers. He was injured in a hangar accident and spent some time in…
Interview with Charles Philip Blackham
Philip Blackham became an apprentice engineer at diesel engine company, Mirrlees, Bickerton & Day, where he became a sales manager post war. He served in the Home Guard where he became a driver. In the summer of 1940, he enrolled for engineering with…