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Interview with Jim Auton
Letter from David Boldy to his father
Letter from David Boldy to his father
Letter from David Boldy to his father
David Boldy in front of sleeping quarters
David Boldy relaxing on bed
Sleeping quarters after a party
Letter from David Boldy to his mother and brother
Letter to his sister from Ellis Edwards
Letter to his sister from Ellis Edwards
Letter to his wife from Herbert Gray
Letter to his wife from Herbert Gray
Letter to his wife from Herbert Gray
Letter to his wife from Herbert Gray
Four off duty airmen round a table
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; military living conditions; observer; pilot
Letter to his wife from George Wilson
John Baggs off duty
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We were only just beginning to enjoy our teenage years
Interview with Cyril Abbotts
Tags: 1654 HCU; 57 Squadron; African heritage; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; Cornell; crewing up; demobilisation; fear; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lincoln; Me 262; military discipline; military living conditions; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; P-51; physical training; pilot; promotion; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Carlisle; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Gamston; RAF Heaton Park; RAF St Athan; RAF Sywell; RAF Wigsley; RCAF Bowden; RCAF Estevan; recruitment; sanitation; Tiger force; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
Interview with Charlie Darby
Tags: 100 Group; 1658 HCU; 21 OTU; 462 Squadron; 466 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; memorial; military discipline; military ethos; military living conditions; Operational Training Unit; padre; perception of bombing war; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Carnaby; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Driffield; RAF Foulsham; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Riccall; sanitation; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Peter Bellingham
Tags: 11 OTU; 138 Squadron; 17 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; crewing up; FIDO; Flying Training School; Initial Training Wing; military living conditions; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Millom; RAF Silverstone; RAF Tempsford; RAF Turweston; RAF Woodbridge; Special Operations Executive; training
Interview with Gladys Gildersleve
SNCO's Mess Feltwell
SNCO's Mess Feltwell
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No 2 Senior N.C.O.'s quarters
Photograph 2 is of two men lying on their beds.
Photograph 3 is of an airman sitting on his bed.
Photographs 4 and 5 are of views in the quarters.
Captioned ' No. 2…