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- Tags: RAF Woodhall Spa
Training as a flight engineer on Lancasters
This stone was unlaid at Wilhelmshaven by 97 Sqdn
97 Squadron operation honours, Turin 28/29 November 1942
97 Squadron operation honours, Milan, 14/15 February 1943
Colin Cole and crew in front of a Lancaster
Interview with Colin Cole
Colin Cole's navigator's, air bomber's, air gunner's and flight engineer's flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Me 262; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Guzzle; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Mona; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; submarine; Tiger force; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Basil Ambrose
Tags: 1660 HCU; 467 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Beaufighter; bombing; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; promotion; RAF Bridlington; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; target indicator; target photograph; training
Interview with Charles Henry Clarke. Three
Tags: 619 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-Semitism; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Botha; crewing up; Dulag Luft; escaping; final resting place; Lancaster; perception of bombing war; prisoner of war; RAF Heaton Park; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Woodhall Spa; searchlight; shot down; Stalag Luft 3; the long march; Wellington
Interview with Johnny Johnson. Two
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bouncing bomb; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Lancaster; love and romance; memorial; operations room; RAF Scampton; RAF Woodhall Spa; sanitation; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979)
Interview with Les Munro
Tags: 617 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bouncing bomb; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); fear; Flying Training School; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; memorial; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Scampton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; take-off crash; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Arthur Spencer
Tags: 16 OTU; 97 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; crewing up; ground crew; Master Bomber; military ethos; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bourn; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wainfleet; RAF Woodhall Spa; Resistance; searchlight; target indicator; training; Ventura; Wellington; Window
An interesting war
Tags: 462 Squadron; 614 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; evacuation; fear; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; intelligence officer; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; memorial; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Bourn; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Woodhall Spa; Resistance; sanitation; searchlight; superstition; training; Wellington; Window
Interview with Syd Grimes
Tags: 106 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crewing up; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Manchester; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); RAF Balderton; RAF Bardney; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; wireless operator
Sydney Grimes' observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1661 HCU; 1668 HCU; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Botha; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Balderton; RAF Bardney; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Evanton; RAF Madley; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Ernie Twells’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 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 Siracourt V-weapon site (25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bramcote; RAF Swinderby; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Ernie Twells' Obituary and letter from the King
A letter from the King awarding Ernie Twells his Distinguished Flying Cross.
Tags: 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; aircrew; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Distinguished Flying Cross; fitter engine; flight engineer; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; Lancaster; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); RAF Swinderby; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tirpitz; V-1; V-2; V-weapon
Interview with Jamie (Jim) Barr
Tags: 12 OTU; 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 50 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bombing; Cook’s tour; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; military service conditions; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Colerne; RAF Gatow; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Wyton; shot down; training; Wellington
Interview with Benny Goodman. Two
Tags: 51 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Grand Slam; ground personnel; Halifax; Harvard; intelligence officer; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Magister; Me 262; military discipline; military living conditions; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); perimeter track; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Leconfield; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; sanitation; Stirling; submarine; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Interview with Victor Harding
Interview with Kenneth Trent
Tags: 576 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 625 Squadron; Absent Without Leave; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; faith; FIDO; Grand Slam; Halifax; Lancaster; military discipline; Operation Dodge (1945); Oxford; pilot; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lindholme; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Woodhall Spa; recruitment; sanitation; take-off crash; Tallboy; training; Wellington
Interview with Charles Henry Clarke. One
Interview with Charles Henry Clarke. Two
Charles Henry Clarke's crew and Lancaster
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Basil Ambrose’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 1660 HCU; 467 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; RAF Binbrook; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; training