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- Temporal Coverage starts with "1944-03"
Interview with Gino Lanni
Tags: bombing; childhood in wartime; fear
Bombing of Porto Nogaro
Label reads “96”;…
Tags: arts and crafts; B-24; bombing
Interview with Mario Miniussi
Interview with Gualtiero Silvio Cosolo
Tags: bombing; childhood in wartime; civil defence; home front; Pippo; Resistance; round-up; shelter
In remembrance of S/Ldr Kenneth George Bickers DFC (Age 21)
Interview with Helmut Köhler
Five airmen
'57 sqn Bomber Command
Lanc JB474 15 March 1944
Crew (part)
Standing L to R
Sgt Reeve (survived) P/O Atcheson D.F.C. KIA P/O McCall KIA
Front F/Sgt…
Tags: 57 Squadron; aircrew; killed in action; Lancaster
15 air gunners
Tags: air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; RAF Pembrey; training
Derrick Allen
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; training
Interview with Ernest Cutts
Interview with Douglas Reed
Tags: 156 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); crash; ground crew; Halifax; Intelligence Officer; Ju 88; Lancaster Finishing School; Master Bomber; mess; military ethos; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; RAF Upwood; take-off crash; target indicator; training; Wellington
Interview with Ernest Truman
Nurnburg
Frankfurt
Herbert O'Hara's South African Air Force observers or air gunners log book
Tags: 12 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 26 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); C-47; Dominie; evading; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; missing in action; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; prisoner of war; RAF Binbrook; RAF Feltwell; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Penrhos; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wing; shot down; Stirling; training; Wellington
John Firth's navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 50 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
VIPs at RAF Hartford Bridge
Photograph 1 is of six airmen officers and a woman. The airmen are standing at attention. Behind is an Anson. Captioned 'Rt Hon Mrs Sinclair.'
Photograph 2 is of three airmen officers walking past…
Search for survivors of SS Tarifa in the Indian Ocean
Tags: 621 Squadron; Wellington
Oliver Gomersal's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Photography section
Photograph 2 is of the…
Tom Jones’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 622 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Dishforth; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Oakington; RAF Riccall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Warboys; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; York