Right page: reports from the Henley Royal Regatta.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Henley-on-Thames]]> 1938-07-02]]> 1938-07-03]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1938]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> 1938-12]]> On the reverse 'Fulham 1938'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1938]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1938]]> George RI]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Egypt]]> Australia]]> Victoria--Melbourne]]> 1938-11-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bedford]]> England--London]]> Australia]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> England--Ramsgate]]> South Africa--King William's Town]]> India]]> South Africa--Durban]]> England--Kent]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1938]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Egypt]]> Australia]]> Northern Territory--Darwin]]> Germany]]> Iraq]]> Japan]]> Germany]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Libya--Tobruk]]> Africa--Rhodesia and Nyasaland]]> North Africa]]> Egypt--Ismailia (Province)]]> 1938]]> 1939-09-04]]> 1939-12-18]]> 1942]]> Peter first learnt to fly powered aircraft at Elementary Flying Training School and was then attached to the 9th United States Air Force. He flew in C-47s, then went back to C squadron, flying Hamilcars. When the war finished, Peter went to Fairford and converted onto Waco CG-4As to go to the Far East.
Peter discusses the time leading up to the Second World War, his views on Chamberlain and Churchill, and how prepared the country was for war. He describes his training and time as a boy soldier.
He trained at RAF Stoke Orchard on Hotspur gliders, towed off the ground by Master aircraft. When he left Glider Training School he went on Horsas, towed by C-47s. Hamilcars needed four-engined bombers: 38 Squadron Halifaxes. Peter describes flying these different gliders.
Peter recounts in some detail the Rhine crossing in which they were hit by anti aircraft fire and landed nose down before escaping to Hamminkeln and ultimately returning to RAF Brize Norton and then to his squadron at RAF Tarrant Rushton. He talks about his Bren gun.
Peter expresses his pride and the many friendships made. He also praises several generals for their roles in the war.
Peter discusses the VJ and VE Day celebrations and how warfare has since changed.]]>
Tom Ozel]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> British Army]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Dorset]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Germany]]> Rhine River]]> Germany--Hamminkeln]]> 1938]]> 1945-05-08]]> 1945-08-15]]>
Page one begins with the reformation of the squadron in 1936 and gives details of the aircraft operated, the stations flown from and the roles the squadron played in training and operations.
Page two describes three miscellaneous incidents that occurred on the squadron, including one where the mid-upper gunner accidentally shot and killed the rear gunner.
Page three contains details about three notable Lancasters.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Royall, George. No 166 Squadron]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--Lorient]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Netherlands]]> 1936-11]]> 1938-06]]> 1939-05]]> 1940-04]]> 1943-01-27]]> 1943-01-28]]> 1943-01-29]]> 1943-01-30]]> 1943-05]]> 1943-09-20]]> 1943-10-18]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1944-04-10]]> 1944-06-26]]> 1944-06-27]]> 1944-10-07]]> 1944-11-10]]> 1945-04-24]]> 1945-05-07]]> 1945-08-20]]> 1945-09-28]]> 1945-02-20]]> 1947-01-08]]>
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Bomber Command]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> Norway]]> Poland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Italy--Po River Valley]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Northumberland]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> France--Abbeville]]> France--Aube]]> France--Auberive]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> France--Brest]]> France--Condé-sur-Noireau]]> France--Eure]]> France--Evreux]]> France--Gironde Estuary]]> France--Loir-et-Cher]]> France--Mourmelon-le-Grand]]> France--Saint-Jean-de-Luz]]> France--Vernon (Eure)]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Neustadt an der Weinstrasse]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Osnabrück]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Wismar]]> Italy--Turin]]> Northern Ireland--Belfast]]> Norway--Trondheim]]> Poland--Gdynia]]> Scotland--Ross and Cromarty]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> 1937]]> 1938]]> 1939-11-30]]> 1940-01-09]]> 1940-06-06]]> 1940-06-08]]> 1940-06-10]]> 1940-06-11]]> 1940-06-14]]> 1941]]> 1942-01-09]]> 1942-01-10]]> 1942-04-11]]> 1942-04-27]]> 1942-04-28]]> 1942-04-29]]> 1942-05-02]]> 1942-05-03]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-05-31]]> 1942-06-23]]> 1942-06-24]]> 1942-06-25]]> 1942-06-26]]> 1942-06-27]]> 1942-06-28]]> 1942-06-29]]> 1942-06-30]]> 1942-07-02]]> 1942-07-03]]> 1942-07-13]]> 1942-07-14]]> 1942-07-26]]> 1942-07-27]]> 1942-07-30]]> 1942-07-31]]> 1942-08-24]]> 1942-08-25]]> 1942-08-27]]> 1942-08-28]]> 1942-09-10]]> 1942-09-11]]> 1942-09-13]]> 1942-09-14]]> 1942-09-15]]> 1942-09-16]]> 1942-09-17]]> 1942-09-18]]> 1942-09-19]]> 1942-10-01]]> 1942-10-02]]> 1942-10-06]]> 1942-12-04]]> 1942-09-05]]> 1942-12-06]]> 1942-12-07]]> 1942-12-08]]> 1942-12-09]]> 1942-12-10]]> 1942-12-17]]> 1942-12-20]]> 1942-12-31]]> 1943-01-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Glamorgan]]> Wales--Gower]]> 1938-08]]> P Field]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. 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