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- Tags: Stirling
Sparks in the air - Jack Smith's wartime story
Tags: 1661 HCU; 17 OTU; 189 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; military living conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Bramcote; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Milltown; RAF Padgate; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Sparks in the air - Jack Smith's wartime story
Tags: 1661 HCU; 17 OTU; 189 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; love and romance; military living conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Bramcote; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Milltown; RAF Padgate; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Stirling school flight engineer course notes
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer; Stirling; training
Stirling course notes
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer; Stirling; training
Flight engineer's log
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer; Stirling
Time out for war
Tags: 1 Group; 12 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 1656 HCU; 3 Group; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; coping mechanism; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; faith; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; heavy conversion unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Master Bomber; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Pathfinders; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Methwold; RAF Sturgate; RAF Torquay; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Flying Officer Arthur S Woolf - RAF career and experiences in WW2
Covers joining the RAF at age 19 and training at…
Tags: 5 Group; 630 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; C-47; crewing up; Dominie; Guinea Pig Club; Hampden; heavy conversion unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); military discipline; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; prisoner of war; Proctor; promotion; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wroughton; RAF Yatesbury; shot down; Stirling; training; Walrus; Wellington; wireless operator
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
50 years ago
Interview with Allan Joseph Couper
Interview with Dennis Kelly
Interview with Gerald McPherson
Tags: 15 Squadron; 186 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crewing up; faith; Gee; operational training unit; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Turweston; Stirling; superstition; training; Wellington
Interview with Frank Mottershead
Interview with Jean Smith
Tags: 27 OTU; aircrew; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); control caravan; control tower; crash; flight engineer; ground personnel; love and romance; memorial; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Lichfield; runway; service vehicle; Stirling; superstition; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Don Southwell
Tags: 29 OTU; 463 Squadron; 467 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; crewing up; fear; Lancaster; Me 262; memorial; mess; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; superstition; training; Wellington
Interview with Tommy Knox
Interview with Lesley Joseph Loosemoore
Tags: 61 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; crewing up; fear; Grand Slam; ground personnel; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Me 262; military service conditions; operational training unit; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Winthorpe; sanitation; service vehicle; Stirling; Tallboy; training; Wellington
Interview with Harry Hughes
Tags: 102 Squadron; 692 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; Anson; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bomb struck; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); briefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; faith; Fw 190; Gee; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Ju 88; Me 109; Me 110; Me 262; medical officer; meteorological officer; military service conditions; Mosquito; navigator; operational training unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); promotion; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Harwell; RAF Riccall; RAF Wombleton; Stirling; training; Wellington
Pilot's and Flight Engineer's Notes - Stirling
This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer; pilot; Stirling
A Reminiscence of the Flying Characteristics of Many Old Type Aircraft
Tags: aircrew; Anson; B-17; B-24; Battle; Blenheim; C-47; Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947); Defiant; Dominie; Fw 190; ground crew; Halifax; Harvard; Hudson; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lincoln; Lysander; Magister; Manchester; Me 109; Mosquito; Oxford; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; pilot; Proctor; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Eastchurch; RAF Hendon; RAF Henlow; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Pembrey; RAF Prestwick; RAF West Freugh; Spitfire; Stirling; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); York
Transcript of interview with Allan Edgar
Tags: 1 Group; 49 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Fw 190; ground personnel; He 111; heavy conversion unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; mess; navigator; operational training unit; pilot; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wittering; RAF Woodbridge; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
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 Bill Lucas. One
Flew 14…
Tags: 15 Squadron; 162 Squadron; 8 Group; 9 Squadron; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); fear; grief; ground crew; H2S; lack of moral fibre; military ethos; mine laying; Mosquito; Oboe; operational training unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bourn; RAF Honington; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wyton; Stirling; target indicator; training; Wellington; Whitley
Interview with Fred Young
Tags: 5 Group; 57 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Lancaster; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Melksham; RAF Oakington; RAF Padgate; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling