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- Tags: Initial Training Wing
Interview with Colin Bell
Tags: 608 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; crewing up; fear; FIDO; Fw 190; ground crew; ground personnel; Initial Training Wing; Me 262; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; RAF Downham Market; RAF Grantham; RAF Prestwick; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; recruitment; searchlight; Stearman; superstition; training; V-weapon
Stanley Abbott’s Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Permission to be absent
Tags: Initial Training Wing; training
Brief history of George Thomson's RAF career
Tags: 11 OTU; 15 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; Dulag Luft; evading; flight engineer; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; navigator; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Westcott; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; the long march; training; Wellington
My Bomber Command experience - George Thomson
Tags: 15 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; crewing up; evading; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; Red Cross; shot down; Stirling; the long march; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Initial Training Wing course photograph
Tags: Initial Training Wing; training
Interview with Leslie Turner
Tags: 10 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; C-47; crewing up; demobilisation; entertainment; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; home front; Home Guard; Initial Training Wing; love and romance; military living conditions; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Melbourne; sport; training; Whitley
Stanislaw Sewerin's Pilots Flying Log Book, Four
Tags: 1662 HCU; 18 OTU; 300 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; Anson; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Aldergrove; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blackbushe; RAF Booker; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Brawdy; RAF Castle Bromwich; RAF Chivenor; RAF Colerne; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Croydon; RAF Debden; RAF Dishforth; RAF Downham Market; RAF Eastleigh; RAF Exeter; RAF Farnborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Gaydon; RAF Grimsby; RAF Halton; RAF Hamble; RAF Harrogate; RAF Hatfield; RAF Hawarden; RAF Hemswell; RAF Henlow; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Hullavington; RAF Hurn; RAF Jurby; RAF Kenley; RAF Kidlington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lulsgate Bottom; RAF Lyneham; RAF Manston; RAF Merryfield; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Northolt; RAF Odiham; RAF Shawbury; RAF Silloth; RAF Southend; RAF St Athan; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Staverton; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; RAF Tangmere; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Upwood; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Watton; RAF Wyton; training
5 ITW No 1 Squadron C Flight
A second copy has Denis circled, named and service number annotated.
Tags: aircrew; Initial Training Wing; RAF Torquay; training
Trainees
No 9 Initial Training Wing
On the reverse many of the men have signed their names, dated May 1942. A post-it states 'Idwal front 3rd from left'.
Tags: aircrew; Initial Training Wing; training
D Flight, No 2 Squadron, 3 ITW
Tags: aircrew; Initial Training Wing; RAF Torquay; training
Recollections of a flight engineer. Version Two
Tags: 1658 HCU; 640 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; animal; bomb aimer; bombing; crewing up; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Meteor; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); pilot; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Hemswell; RAF Leconfield; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Riccall; RAF St Athan; RAF Torquay; training; wireless operator
Flight Lieutenant Jamie Barr DFC
Tags: 12 OTU; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; propaganda; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coningsby; RAF Dumfries; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Wyton; Tiger force; training; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Story of my war
Tags: 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; 95 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb struck; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; flight engineer; ground personnel; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; Ju 52; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; propaganda; RAF Bardney; RAF Bridlington; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Burn; RAF Dalcross; RAF Kinloss; Stirling; submarine; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Three airmen aboard a toy stuffed donkey
Tags: aircrew; Initial Training Wing; training
Guy Sharp’s Royal Air Force Pilots Flying Log Book (Extracts)
Tags: 20 OTU; 214 Squadron; 23 OTU; 29 OTU; 70 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Flying Training School; Initial Training Wing; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Castle Combe; RAF Cranfield; RAF Honington; RAF Kabrit; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Pershore; RAF Polebrook; RAF Rochester; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Raynham; training; Wellington
Frank Truswell's service history
The log-books of Ted Milligan RAF 152506
Tags: 1667 HCU; 21 OTU; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Flying Training School; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Bottesford; RAF Cardington; RAF Carnaby; RAF Hixon; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wigtown; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Conversation with Ted Mercer
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 44 Squadron; 5 BFTS; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Grantham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington
Frank Truswell's service record
Tags: aircrew; Initial Training Wing; training
A Flight, No 1 Squadron, No 11 ITW January 1944
Annotated: 'Back row, left to right - Cadets Wylde J, Marshall R J, Bailey E H, Rushton D T, Watkin G, Ewart R R, Willoughby J A, Baldwin R H, Browne R C, Randall K W,…
Tags: aircrew; Initial Training Wing; training
Flight Sergeant Francis Hickling's service history
Brian Clarke service summary
"B" Flight, "2" Squadron No 14 ITW
A second copy has the names of each individual listed.