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- Tags: RAF Lissett
Four aircrew behind a Halifax
Tags: 158 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; Halifax; navigator; RAF Lissett
Lost over Hanover
Transcript of conversations with Jack Bromfield
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1659 HCU; 21 OTU; 6 Group; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; crewing up; Dominie; Dulag Luft; evading; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Cosford; RAF Dalton; RAF Evanton; RAF Ford; RAF Lissett; RAF Madley; RAF Melksham; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; Red Cross; shot down; Stalag Luft 1; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Aubrey Coles’ Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 10 OTU; 158 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 20 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Magister; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Lissett; RAF Lossiemouth; RCAF Caron; RCAF Estevan; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Flying Officer Aubrey "Tommy" Coles DFC
Tags: 158 Squadron; 4 Group; 640 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Banff; RAF Bramcote; RAF Finningley; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Marston Moor; RCAF Estevan; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interviews with Aubrey Coles
Tags: 158 Squadron; 20 OTU; 640 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Lissett; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Marston Moor; training; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator