Susanne Pescott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Ian Whapplington]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Second generation]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France--Paris]]> 1944-02]]> 1944-05-07]]> 1944-08]]> Stanley Archer]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Chadderton]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1942]]> Squadron Leader 97 Squadron]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Waller]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Y Felinheli]]> 1944-06-10]]> Seamus Ruddy]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Bexhill]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Chester]]> England--Rutland]]> France]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> 1939-02-26]]> 1940-07]]> 1940-11]]> 1941-02-23]]> 1941-04-04]]> 1941-08-12]]> 1941-09-03]]> R Wareing]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Robin Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Bexhill]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Chester]]> England--Rutland]]> France]]> France--Brest]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> 1939-02-26]]> 1940-07]]> 1940-11]]> 1941-02-23]]> 1941-04-04]]> 1941-08-12]]> 1941-09-03]]> R Palk]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943-05-23]]> OC RAF Coningsby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943-06-18]]> Nigel Moore]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> 1942]]> Mike Connock]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Carmel Dammes]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Wales]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Somerset]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> Mick Jeffery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> South Africa]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Devon]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Torquay]]> England--Brighton]]> England--Harrogate]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> England--Eastbourne (East Sussex)]]> He tells of his training at Halton, and describes the different trades and his exams to become an Leading Aircraftsman 1st Class, where he was then transferred to a Repair and Inspection Unit (R&I) working on Spitfire engines.
Charles then went to India via the Suez Canal and then on to Ceylon to 121 Repair and Salvage Unit, looking after 2 squadrons of Beaufighters and 1 squadron of Spitfires, but he says that because he was an apprentice, he could turn his hand to anything.
He was posted to instruct at a Motor Transport Unit, and spent time learning about the maintenance of other equipment including diesel engines.
Charles was posted to 109 Maintenance Unit, repairing Merlin engines, however at this time the V Bombers were coming into service. He trained as a Crew Chief and after passing these exams he was assigned to the Avro Vulcan XA908, at RAF Waddington.
Charles related the stories of the work he did when the Vulcan had hydraulic failure at Goose Green, the bombing competition in Florida where the aircraft suffered broken bomb bay doors and a cracked bomb aimers window, and the trip home from Bermuda with no fuel in one tank and a broken bogie beam.
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Margaret Dixon]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Devon]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> 1926-09-26]]> 1945]]> 1946-09-26]]>
M Warburton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> Canada]]> Australia]]> England--Greater Manchester]]> England--Bolton (Greater Manchester)]]> 1944-01-27]]> M Warburton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Hannover]]> 1944-01-26]]> 1944-01-27]]> 1945-02-06]]> L P Moyna]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Laura Morgan]]> Royalty-free permission to publish]]> Cheshire, Leonard. Correspondence]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Iver]]> 1943-12-12]]> ]]> Keith Ganney]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Canada]]> Manitoba]]> Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ)]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Norway--Trondheim]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany]]> Norway]]> Russia (Federation)]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Julian Maslin]]> This Interview was recorded by Aviation Heritage Lincolnshire.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending OH summary]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1943-06]]>