Heather Hughes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Christina Brown]]> Heather Hughes]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Norfolk]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> New York (State)]]> David Boldy]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Karl Williams]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> England--Devon]]> Great Britain]]> 1945-08]]> David Boldy]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland]]> England--Hastings]]> England--Sussex]]> 1940-06]]> David Boldy]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Baldwin]]> Andy Hamilton]]> Angus Bustin]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--East London]]> 1941-05]]> David Boldy]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anita Raine]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1940-07]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Great Britain]]> 1940-07]]> Letts Quikref Diaries Ltd]]> eng]]> Text. Diary]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1946]]> Andrew Sadler]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Katie Gilbert]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> China]]> Great Britain]]> Sri Lanka]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> China--Hong Kong]]> 1944-06-07]]>
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Donald Gould]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Adams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> Netherlands]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-04]]> 1945-05]]>
Adam Purcell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> ]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Schulze]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> Middle East]]> Egypt--Ismailia (Province)]]> Egypt--Alexandria]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Heather Hughes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> South Africa]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> 1939]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1947]]> Peter Lamprey]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> Peter Lamprey]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> Peter Lamprey]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text. Poetry]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Scotland--Highlands]]> Scotland--Inverness]]>

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Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hugh Donnelly]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Greece]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> South Africa]]> England--Essex]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Kent]]> South Africa--Makhanda]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Katie Gilbert]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Italy]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1942-10-24]]> 1942-10-17]]> Alessandro Pesaro]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> ita]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Italy]]> Italy--Po River Valley]]> Italy--Milan]]> 1944]]> 1944-10-20]]> After an unsuccessful attempt to run his family business, he applied for the civil service and worked until 1985 on radar development, auto triangulation, Cathode-Ray Direction Finder, Identification Friend or Foe, infrared devices, laser and chain radar stations.]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> Algeria]]> Austria]]> Austria--Mauthausen]]> Egypt]]> France]]> Germany]]> Rhine River]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Arnhem]]> Tunisia]]> North Africa]]> 1944]]> Eric’s first operation was in October 1941 to Hüls (Krefeld) and Bremen. He did twenty six operations on three different types of aircraft: Hampdens, Manchesters, and Lancasters. He preferred the Lancaster because he had much more space. He was stood down on the “Channel Dash” operation: the wireless operator borrowed his flying boots but never returned.
Eric became a senior signals leader and, after the tour, qualified as staff Pathfinder. He was mentioned in dispatches in 1944 and became a staff lecturer at No. 1 Bomber Command Instructors School at RAF Finningley. Eric was commissioned as a pilot officer and then flying officer.]]>
Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany]]> 1942-02]]> 1944]]>
He signed up for the Royal Air Force at the age of 18 in December 1941 and was called up in April 192 and posted to RAF Padgate to train as a Wireless Operator.
Stanley tells of his training at Padgate, including learning to use Morse Code, where he was unable to make 12 words a minute and was then posted to an RAF Radio Station in Elfin in Scotland.
He worked at offloading bombs and his job was to prepare them for distribution to units that they were to be used, however he then tells of his experiences there and what lead to his application to become the company typist.
Stanley tells of his interview to work for Bletchley Park, where he was based for six to seven weeks, and his posting to a radio station at Great Witcombe before being sent on embarkation leave. He tells of boarding a ship to Algiers and his experiences there and he also recalls his work in Algiers and Tunisia, passing messages along and learning of the Normandy invasion on D-Day.
He worked with British, French and American Army units as part of a signals unit. Once Bletchley Park closed, he returned to the RAF, using his later service life to study Economics, Mathematics and Physics.
After the war, Stanley returned to the mills where he worked in the office, studying textiles, taking his accountancy exams and working at various companies and after being made redundant at the age of 64, started his own driving school.]]>
Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> France--Vittel]]> Italy]]> Italy--Naples]]> France--Reims]]> France--Bastia]]> Tunisia]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Algiers]]>
Gary Rushbrooke]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Korea]]> 1947]]> 1956]]> Dan Ellin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Linda Saunders]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Staffordshire]]> England--Wiltshire]]> Scotland--Aberdeenshire]]> 1944]]> After leaving school at the age of 14, Derek delivered books in and around Doncaster before going down to the Royal Air Force Recruitment Centre in Doncaster and signing up for service after developing a love of aviation after seeing Vimmies and Heyfords.
Derek passed his exams for a pilot, however trained as a wireless operator because of his knowledge of Morse code. When he was crewed up, his team flew in Wellingtons at RAF Finningley, with 18 Operational Training Unit.
Derek then was transferred to a Heavy Conversion Unit at RAF Blyton, where he worked on Halifaxes, before being posted to 625 Squadron at RAF Kelstern, flying on Lancasters.
He completed operations to Essen, Dortmund, Cologne and also targeted the oil refineries. Derek also took part in Operation Manna, dropping supplies in Holland.]]>
Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Vivienne Tincombe]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Essen]]> Netherlands]]> Germany]]>