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- Tags: 625 Squadron
Bessie Birkby and ground crew
Bessie Birkby's wedding photograph
Interview with Geoff Green
Tags: 100 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 28 OTU; 625 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); coping mechanism; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 262; military service conditions; nose art; Operational Training Unit; operations room; pilot; RAF Kelstern; searchlight; superstition; training; Whitley
Interview with Alan Avery Farr
Tags: 100 Squadron; 12 OTU; 460 Squadron; 625 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Battle; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; FIDO; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; love and romance; mid-air collision; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Grimsby; RAF Lichfield; RAF Waterbeach; recruitment; training; Wellington
Interview with Len Doward
Tags: 550 Squadron; 625 Squadron; aircrew; animal; bomb struck; bombing; Halifax; Harvard; Lancaster; pilot; RAF Mingaladon; training; Wellington
Interview with Cyril Edwin Bailey
Arthur Atkins’ flying log book for pilots
Tags: 1662 HCU; 1667 HCU; 27 OTU; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Andover; RAF Blyton; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lichfield; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Westcott; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Jack Hayley’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 1667 HCU; 170 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 83 OTU; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Magister; Meteor; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Defford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Madley; RAF Peplow; RAF Peterborough; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Windrush; RCAF Estevan; RCAF Moncton; Shackleton; Spitfire; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
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 F N Larard
Tags: 1 Group; 625 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; control tower; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; ground personnel; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mess; perception of bombing war; RAF Binbrook; RAF Dalcross; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lindholme; RAF Peplow; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Derek Carington Evans
Tags: 18 OTU; 625 Squadron; Absent Without Leave; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Dominie; FIDO; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military discipline; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; superstition; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Dr Maurice Brook Interview
Tags: 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); coping mechanism; crewing up; Gee; H2S; Halifax; memorial; military service conditions; mine laying; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Kelstern; RAF Millom; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; searchlight; training; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Bessie Birkby
Interview with Jack Hayley
Tags: 170 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 83 OTU; 83 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; love and romance; Magister; Meteor; military living conditions; Mosquito; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Defford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Madley; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Windrush; RCAF Estevan; Spitfire; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Interview with Frank Tolley
Tags: 625 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); fear; final resting place; ground personnel; H2S; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); perception of bombing war; RAF Kelstern; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; sanitation; Tiger Moth; training; Window
Interview with Ian Denver
Frank Tolley's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 1667 HCU; 21 OTU; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Glatton; RAF Kelstern; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Sandtoft; RCAF Fingal; training; Wellington
Frank Tolley's aircrew and seven ground crew
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Frank Tolley's crew in front of a Lancaster
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Interview with Arthur Atkins
Interview with Desmond Hawkins
Des Hawkins' service history and list of operations
Tags: 44 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; mine laying; navigator; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Kelstern; RAF Kirmington; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Waddington; training; Wellington
1934 Singer Lemans
Tags: 625 Squadron; Nissen hut; RAF Kelstern