Peter carried out a tour of 31 operations on Stirlings and Lancasters, followed by 17 operations on North American Mitchells.
Peter recounts a few incidents from his tours, describes the corkscrew evasion method and how he coped with the cold in the mid-upper turret. They held a positive view of Arthur Harris.
Although he left the RAF in 1946, Peter returned as a sergeant air gunner and gunnery instructor. He flew in Shackletons.]]>
Judy Hodgson]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Sally Coulter]]>
Pending review]]>
Pending revision of OH transcription]]>
Sound]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Shropshire]]>
England--Suffolk]]>
1943]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
David Bloomfield]]>
Steve Baldwin]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Norfolk]]>
Belgium]]>
Belgium--Ghent]]>
France]]>
France--Caen]]>
1942-05]]>
1942-10]]>
1943-01-11]]>
1943-05]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Royal Australian Air Force]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Norfolk]]>
1942-11-22]]>
1944-04-26]]>
1944-04-27]]>
1944-04-28]]>
1981-01]]>
Glen Turner]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Jennie Mitchell]]>
Tricia Marshall]]>
Pending review]]>
Pending revision of OH transcription]]>
eng]]>
Sound]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]>
Germany]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Buckinghamshire]]>
England--Cambridgeshire]]>
1943]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Physical object. Decoration]]>
Physical object]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
98 Squadron]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Service material]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Germany]]>
Germany--Hamburg]]>
1945-05-02]]>
Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
Mike French]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Text. Log book and record book]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]>
Royal Canadian Air Force]]>
Belgium]]>
Germany]]>
Great Britain]]>
England--Buckinghamshire]]>
England--Cambridgeshire]]>
England--Lincolnshire]]>
England--Yorkshire]]>
France--Dunkerque]]>
Germany--Bramsche (Osnabruck)]]>
Germany--Bremen]]>
Germany--Geldern]]>
Germany--Grevenbroich]]>
Germany--Hamburg]]>
Germany--Itzehoe]]>
Germany--Kassel]]>
Germany--Kevelaer]]>
Germany--Oldenburg]]>
Germany--Wassenberg]]>
Germany--Weeze]]>
Germany--Wegberg]]>
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Germany--Xanten]]>
Netherlands--Zutphen]]>
Scotland--Highlands]]>
France]]>
Netherlands]]>
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1941]]>
1942]]>
1943]]>
1944]]>
1945]]>
1942-08-28]]>
1942-08-29]]>
1945-01-03]]>
1945-01-13]]>
1945-01-21]]>
1945-01-22]]>
1945-01-23]]>
1945-01-29]]>
1945-02-03]]>
1945-02-08]]>
1945-02-09]]>
1945-02-10]]>
1945-02-11]]>
1945-02-13]]>
1945-02-16]]>
1945-03-04]]>
1945-03-30]]>
1945-04-11]]>
1945-04-18]]>
1945-04-19]]>
1945-04-21]]>
1945-04-24]]>
1945-04-25]]>
1945-04-26]]>
1945-05-02]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Germany]]>
1949-02-01]]>
Squadron Leader Cook]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text. Service material]]>
Text]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Germany]]>
Germany--Cologne]]>
1949-01-11]]>
Squadron Lader Cook]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]>
eng]]>
Text. Service material]]>
Text]]>
Royal Air Force]]>
Germany]]>
Germany--Cologne]]>
1948-05-25]]>