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- Tags: RAF Bridlington
Interview with Donald Raymond Harris
Tags: 625 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; crewing up; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Eastchurch; RAF Halton; RAF Scampton; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Douglas Joss
During his time as a Leading Aircraftsman, he tells of…
Tags: 626 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; fitter airframe; ground crew; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; RAF Bridlington; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Halton; RAF Honington; RAF Padgate; RAF Silverstone; RAF Upavon; RAF Wickenby; training; Wellington
Interview with Eric Evans
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 463 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Caterpillar Club; Dulag Luft; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 110; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Padgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; the long march; training; Wellington
Interview with Fred Hooker. One
Tags: 102 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; animal; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; briefing; crewing up; debriefing; Dulag Luft; faith; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; perimeter track; prisoner of war; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Dishforth; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Pocklington; RAF Stormy Down; Red Cross; shot down; Stalag Luft 7; the long march; training; Wellington
Interview with Fred Tiller
Interview with Geoff Payne
Tags: 115 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crewing up; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Me 109; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridlington; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Wyton; sport; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Gordon Mercier
Tags: 100 Group; 14 OTU; 171 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; animal; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; civil defence; crash; crewing up; demobilisation; FIDO; Halifax; Home Guard; Lancaster; Master Bomber; military discipline; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Dunsfold; RAF North Creake; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; RAF Stormy Down; searchlight; tactical support for Normandy troops; take-off crash; training; Whitley
Interview with Gordon Topham
Tags: aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb dump; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bouncing bomb; flight engineer; Halifax; incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; pilot; RAF Bridlington; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Scampton; RAF St Athan; training; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Interview with Harry Gough
Tags: 10 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; crewing up; guard room; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Initial Training Wing; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; promotion; RAF Bridlington; RAF Kinloss; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; RAF Shawbury; RAF Valley; training; Whitley
Interview with Harry Parkins. Two
Tags: aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; fear; flight engineer; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lincoln; military living conditions; military service conditions; Operation Exodus (1945); perception of bombing war; prisoner of war; RAF Bridlington; RAF East Kirkby; RAF St Athan; RAF Waddington; searchlight; Stirling; superstition; training
Interview with Hugh Parry. One
Tags: 11 OTU; 1651 HCU; 3 Group; 75 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aerial photograph; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; animal; Anson; bombing; crewing up; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; guard room; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; Me 163; military ethos; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; P-51; perception of bombing war; physical training; RAF Bridlington; RAF Mepal; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silloth; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Westcott; RAF Woolfox Lodge; reconnaissance photograph; Spitfire; training; Wellington
Interview with James Froud. One
Interview with John David Pennington Cotter
Interview with Joseph Henry Cook
Tags: 630 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bale out; bombing; crewing up; fear; Fw 190; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; Me 262; military ethos; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; propaganda; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Tarrant Rushton; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with Ken Beard
Interview with Louis Makens
Tags: 196 Squadron; 76 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bombing; evading; Fw 190; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; Lysander; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Bridlington; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Sealand; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Stradishall; RAF Witchford; shot down; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; Stirling; strafing; the long march; training; Wellington
Interview with Philip Batty
Tags: 226 Squadron; 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-29; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; crash; Distinguished Flying Medal; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Lincoln; military living conditions; military service conditions; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bridlington; RAF Coningsby; RAF Madley; RAF Sturgate; RAF Wattisham; RAF Wyton; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Richard Curnock
Tags: 425 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; demobilisation; Dulag Luft; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; lynching; Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; prisoner of war; RAF Bridlington; RAF Dishforth; RAF Tholthorpe; Red Cross; sanitation; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag Luft 6; strafing; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Ron Hemsworth
Tags: 76 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bombing; C-47; crewing up; Dulag Luft; escaping; fear; Halifax; military service conditions; mine laying; prisoner of war; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cosford; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Morpeth; RAF Swinderby; shot down; Stalag Luft 6; superstition; Whitley
Interview with Ronald Gard
Interview with Tony Gerard
Tags: 7 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; flight engineer; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; RAF Bridlington; RAF Burtonwood; RAF Scampton; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Valley; RAF Weston-super-Mare; Stirling; training
Jeff Brown's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 11 OTU; 149 Squadron; 1668 HCU; 576 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-29; Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Martinet; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Bottesford; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Burn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Dalcross; RAF Driffield; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Marham; RAF Oakley; RAF Sturgate; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF Westcott; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
John Philip Lambourn’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 1653 HCU; 514 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Bridlington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF St Athan; RAF Waterbeach; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Memories
My War Story
Tags: 22 OTU; 420 Squadron; 425 Squadron; 431 Squadron; 434 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; animal; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; arts and crafts; bale out; bomb aimer; C-47; Caterpillar Club; crash; crewing up; Dulag Luft; final resting place; flight engineer; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hurricane; Ju 88; lynching; mess; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; P-51; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cosford; RAF Dishforth; RAF Elvington; RAF Gaydon; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Inverness; RAF Manston; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; Red Cross; sanitation; service vehicle; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 6; strafing; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wellington; Whitley; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force