Heather Hughes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Heather Hughes]]> eng]]> Sound]]> France--Paris]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> South Africa]]> France]]> France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine)]]> 1944-06-07]]> Chris Brockbank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Heather Hughes]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> South Africa]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Scotland--Wigtownshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this item is available only at the University of Lincoln.]]>
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Bill returned to Scotland and converted to bomb aiming. He crewed up at RAF Castle Donington and went to RAF Sandtoft and RAF Hemswell to the Lancaster Finishing School. Bill was transferred to 166 Squadron at RAF Kirmington, flying Lancasters. They then went to RAF Scampton as 153 Squadron. Bill conducted 29 operations and one which was aborted because of engine problems. Bill then trained as an equipment officer, being sent to RAF Strubby. He then demobilised and returned to his job in local government.
The interview discusses relationships between commissioned and non-commissioned crew, Bill’s thoughts on Dresden, Bomber Command and Arthur Harris, and the awarding of medals. ]]>
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Bomber Command]]> Denmark]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Norway]]> South Africa]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> South Africa--Port Elizabeth]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> 1944-07-03]]> 1944-07-04]]> 1944-07-05]]> 1944-07-07]]> 1944-07-08]]> 1944-07-09]]> 1944-07-10]]> 1944-07-11]]> 1944-07-23]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1944-07-26]]> 1944-07-27]]> 1944-07-28]]> 1944-07-30]]> 1944-07-31]]> 1944-08-04]]> 1944-08-05]]> 1944-08-06]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-08-09]]> 1944-08-10]]> 1944-08-11]]> 1944-08-12]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-08-30]]> 1944-09-28]]> 1944-09-29]]> 1944-09-30]]> 1944-10-01]]> 1944-10-04]]> 1944-10-05]]> 1944-10-15]]> 1944-10-16]]> 1944-11-01]]> 1944-11-02]]> 1944-11-07]]> 1944-11-08]]> 1944-11-26]]> 1944-11-27]]> 1944-11-29]]> 1944-11-30]]> 1944-12-24]]> 1944-12-25]]> 1945-02-21]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-23]]> 1945-02-25]]> 1945-02-26]]> 1945-02-27]]> 1945-03-04]]> 1945-03-05]]> 1945-06-19]]> His pilots on operations were Flight Lieutenant Leavitt and Flight Lieutenant Price. Annotations include bombing the Tirpitz and an attack by an enemy jet aircraft. 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Top right air-to-air view of front quarter of a Wellington with a Spitfire close astern breaking off to the right.

Bottom left a ground to air view of a glider being towed from right to left by a C-47 in the distance.

Bottom right a side on view of a C-47 facing right parked on the grass the other side of a taxiway. In the foreground bushes and to the right below the taxiway a group of people, one with a bicycle.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending identification. Places]]> Pending geolocation]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]>

Bottom left a colour photograph of a crashed Wellington with nose to the left side. The cockpit roof is open and propellers on the right are bent. A man with a side cap is partially visible looking on at the bottom.

Bottom right a b/w photograph of the front section of crashed B-24 41-29254. The nose section shows considerable damage. Two possible un-exploded bombs lay below the engine on the left.

Identification kindly provided by Gianluca Mazzanti of the Archeologi dell’Aria research group.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Southery]]>

Top right front quarter view of a crashed B-24 41-29254 lying in open ground at Southery. Aircraft is titled slightly down to right and show broken fuselage just behind nose turret. Caption 'Crashed USAAF Liberator a./c, crashes in fens after releasing sea mine'.

Bottom right a side on view of crashed B-24 41-29254. There is damage to the nose area. Three figures are visible viewing the scene on the left.

Identification kindly provided by Gianluca Mazzanti of the Archeologi dell’Aria research group.



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IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Southery]]>
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