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- Tags: RAF Uxbridge
Interview with Rita Brooks
Tags: 12 Squadron; 460 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Binbrook; RAF Kenley; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Wickenby; Tiger force; training; wireless operator
Curriculum Vitae Barry Michael Smith
Interview with Harry James
Letter from David Boldy to his father
Letter from David Boldy to his mother
Tags: RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Uxbridge; rivalry; training
Eric Hookings's life story book 1
John and Ursula Valentine
Memoir Flight Lieutenant Gordon Cruickshank D.F.M. RAFRO
Tags: 44 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Bombing of Augsburg (17 April 1942); bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Distinguished Flying Medal; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; Lancaster; Manchester; Mosquito; RAF Abingdon; RAF Cardington; RAF Cranwell; RAF Credenhill; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Evanton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Warmwell; superstition; Victoria Cross; Whitley
Letter to Wally Layne's wife from the RAF war casualties account department
Tags: prisoner of war; RAF Uxbridge
Interview with Jack Marshall
David Maltby's pilot's flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; heavy conversion unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Oxford; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cranage; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Paignton; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training
Douglas Hudson Royal Air Force personnel document
Norman Jackson's Service Record
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
EC Stewart Service Record
Tags: aircrew; pilot; RAF Cranwell; RAF Feltwell; RAF Northolt; RAF Uxbridge; training
Letter to Edward Webster Advising of his Promotion
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer; promotion; RAF Uxbridge
A Love Story by Grandad
First page:…
Jim Taylor's RAF Memoirs 1932-1939
Letter from John Valentine to his wife Ursula
Letter from John Valentine to his wife Ursula
Letter from John Valentine to his wife Ursula
Tags: bombing; love and romance; RAF Uxbridge; training
Interview with Monty Felton
Tags: 10 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bombing; briefing; coping mechanism; crewing up; debriefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Gee; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; military service conditions; navigator; Oxford; perception of bombing war; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Carnaby; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Kinloss; RAF Melbourne; RAF Rufforth; RAF Torquay; RAF Uxbridge; training; Whitley; Window
Sam Saunders, Training in Canada
The text describes his early training then transfer to Canada learning on Ansons in the snow.
Photo 1 is Sam standing in the snow outside a hut.
Photo 2 is a ship.
Photo 3 is Sam and friend leaning on an…
Tags: aircrew; Anson; navigator; RAF Uxbridge; training
Peter Hattersley's Service Diary
Tags: 1 Group; 106 Squadron; 44 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; arts and crafts; Battle; C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Hampden; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bawtry; RAF Blyton; RAF Catfoss; RAF Cosford; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Evanton; RAF Finningley; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Manston; RAF Netheravon; RAF Oakington; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Thornaby; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Waddington; Stalag Luft 3; training
The Offensive Phase
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Group; 101 Squadron; 109 Squadron; 141 Squadron; 169 Squadron; 171 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 223 Squadron; 239 Squadron; 3 Group; 4 Group; 462 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 8 Group; B-17; B-24; Beaufighter; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); crash; Defiant; Do 217; Fw 190; Gee; Gneisenau; Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); He 111; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hudson; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 110; Me 410; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; operational training unit; P-51; Pathfinders; radar; RAF Defford; RAF Downham Market; RAF Farnborough; RAF Foulsham; RAF Little Snoring; RAF North Creake; RAF Northolt; RAF Oulton; RAF Prestwick; RAF Sculthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Swannington; RAF Tempsford; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wittering; Scharnhorst; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Stirling; Tirpitz; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; Wellington; Window
My life in the Royal Air Force bomber command
Tags: 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; aircrew; Battle; bombing; Boston; briefing; crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; fitter airframe; flight engineer; flight mechanic; ground crew; heavy conversion unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; Me 109; memorial; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; perception of bombing war; promotion; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Burtonwood; RAF Cosford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Manston; RAF Scampton; RAF St Athan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wyton; recruitment; shot down; Stirling; training