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- Tags: RAF Feltwell
Water under the bridge
Tags: 115 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 3 Group; 620 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-17; B-24; bale out; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); C-47; coping mechanism; crewing up; debriefing; Defiant; Do 217; Dominie; Dulag Luft; evading; fuelling; Fw 190; Gee; gremlin; ground personnel; Halifax; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Me 109; Me 110; meteorological officer; military discipline; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; P-51; Pathfinders; petrol bowser; prisoner of war; Proctor; promotion; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Cardington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Marham; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Turweston; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; Red Cross; service vehicle; Stirling; strafing; tractor; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
Interview with Charles Mears
Tags: 218 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; ethnic or religious minorities; Gee; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; military ethos; navigator; Oxford; pilot; propaganda; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Fraserburgh; RAF Methwold; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Woodbridge; superstition; training; Wellington
Interview with George Thomson. One
Tags: 15 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bale out; crewing up; Dulag Luft; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); evading; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Lancaster; Me 110; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; prisoner of war; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mildenhall; shot down; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; Wellington
Interview with James Thomas Bateman
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 James Christian Mortensen
Tags: 149 Squadron; aircrew; Blenheim; bombing; Distinguished Flying Medal; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; military ethos; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Bottesford; RAF Feltwell; RAF Madley; RAF Methwold; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Eric William Harrison
Tags: 195 Squadron; aircrew; bomb struck; bombing; fear; flight engineer; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; perception of bombing war; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Driffield; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hullavington; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Locking; RAF Manby; RAF St Athan; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; training
Interview with Alexander Lamb. One
Tags: 15 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Gee; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lincoln; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; RAF Feltwell; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with Alexander Charles Gilbert
Tags: 149 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; fitter airframe; flight engineer; ground crew; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Bardney; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Halton; RAF Methwold; RAF Morton Hall; RAF Scampton; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Winthorpe
Interview with John Philip Lambourn
Tags: 514 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; crewing up; demobilisation; fear; flight engineer; Gee; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; military ethos; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Padgate; RAF St Athan; RAF Waterbeach; recruitment; service vehicle; Stirling; target indicator; training
Interview with Kenneth Killeen
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); forced landing; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Me 410; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Feltwell; RAF Peplow; RAF Torquay; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Interview with Edward John Smith
Interview with Frederick Harold Shepherd
Tags: 15 Squadron; 218 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb struck; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Dumfries; RAF Feltwell; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training
World War II & Flying Memoirs
Tags: 115 Squadron; aircrew; bomb struck; bombing; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; crash; Gee; Harvard; heavy conversion unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 2; love and romance; Me 110; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; promotion; RAF Dishforth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Silverstone; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wing; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Window; York
Application for temporary release
Tags: 100 Group; 149 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 3 Group; 57 Squadron; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; heavy conversion unit; Hudson; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Evanton; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Warboys; RAF West Raynham; training; Wellington
Interview with Martin Arthur Catty
Tags: 3 Group; 514 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; crewing up; entertainment; evacuation; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; love and romance; military discipline; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Feltwell; RAF Stradishall; RAF Waterbeach; sanitation; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Summary of medals and Royal Air Force Service for David and Joyce Donaldson
Tags: 100 Group; 149 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 3 Group; 57 Squadron; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; ground personnel; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Hudson; Lancaster; operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Bentley Priory; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Evanton; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Warboys; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wyton; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
David Donaldson's CV
Tags: 100 Group; 149 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 3 Group; 57 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; fear; Hudson; operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Evanton; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Warboys; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); training; Wellington
Letter from David Donaldson to his mother
Interview with Jack Webster
Tags: 138 Squadron; 514 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Cook’s tour; Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Bottesford; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Dumfries; RAF Feltwell; RAF Madley; RAF Tuddenham; training; wireless operator
Interview with John Cooper
Tags: 101 Squadron; aircrew; Cornell; Harvard; Lancaster; Lincoln; Meteor; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF Feltwell; RAF Methwold; training; Wellington
Interview with John Alan Ottewell
Interview with Frances Elizabeth Secker
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Dennis Moore List of Experience
Tags: 15 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 52 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; C-47; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Master Bomber; Meteor; navigator; operational training unit; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Pershore; RAF Shawbury; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Wigtown; Shackleton; Stirling; training; Wellington; York