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Interview with Bessie Thomas
Letter and transcript of telephone interview
Tags: 15 Squadron; 3 Group; 622 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); control caravan; crewing up; fear; flight engineer; forced landing; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Me 110; military discipline; military service conditions; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Mildenhall; RAF St Athan; RAF Woodbridge; Scarecrow; searchlight; service vehicle; Stirling; superstition; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Window
Samuel Guyan comments and memoirs
Samuel Guyan flew an operational tour with 90 Squadron and a second tour with 115…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 90 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 110; military discipline; Operational Training Unit; RAF Benson; RAF Dalcross; RAF Farnborough; RAF Penrhos; RAF Shenington; RAF Wratting Common; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; superstition; training; Wellington; Window
Interview with Jack Robson
Tags: civil defence; home front; Home Guard; radar; RAF Hucknall; searchlight; training; Window
Interview with Bernie Harris. Two
Tags: 515 Squadron; 622 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); entertainment; faith; Flying Training School; Gee; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Holocaust; home front; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hixon; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Window
Interview with Harry Irons. Two
Tags: 158 Squadron; 462 Squadron; 466 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); briefing; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); coping mechanism; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; final resting place; Gee; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Martinet; memorial; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Driffield; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Lissett; RAF Waddington; Scarecrow; searchlight; Stirling; strafing; superstition; Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Harold Kirby. Two
Tags: 156 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bomb struck; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); briefing; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Lancaster; military ethos; Pathfinders; RAF Binbrook; RAF Coningsby; RAF Waddington; Stirling; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Window
World War II service History of Flight Lieutenant WH Brooker DFC
Initially he served on Wellingtons at Snaith. He describes…
Tags: 27 OTU; 463 Squadron; 467 Squadron; Air Transport Auxiliary; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Beaufighter; bombing; Fw 190; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; Meteor; mine laying; Mosquito; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); RAF Bottesford; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Lichfield; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Snaith; RAF Swinderby; RAF Waddington; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); searchlight; Spitfire; training; Wellington; Window
More war memories. The RAF bombing raids on Revigny
Tags: 1 Group; 103 Squadron; 5 Group; 576 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bombing; dispersal; Dulag Luft; H2S; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Me 110; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); prisoner of war; RAF Elsham Wolds; sanitation; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; tactical support for Normandy troops; the long march; Window
467 Squadron Order of Battle for 24 April 1945
Tags: 467 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; RAF Waddington; Window
Bomb aimers briefing - Nuremberg
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; target indicator; Window
Bomb aimers briefing 1 June 1944
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Mosquito; target indicator; Window
Bomb aimers briefing 31 May 1944
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Master Bomber; Mosquito; Pathfinders; target indicator; Window
Bomb aimers briefing 26 May 1944
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; mine laying; Mosquito; Window
Bomb aimers briefing 25 May 1944
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; target indicator; Window
Bomb aimers briefing 22 May 1945
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Window
Bomb aimers briefing 21 May 1944
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; mine laying; Window
Bomb aimers briefing 19 May 1944
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Master Bomber; target indicator; Window
Bomb aimers briefing 11 May 1944
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; target indicator; Window
Bomb aimers briefing 9 May 1944
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Master Bomber; Mosquito; target indicator; Window
Bomb aimers briefing 3 May 1944
Bomb aimers briefing 1 May 1944
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Master Bomber; Mosquito; target indicator; Window
Bomb aimers briefing 28 April 1944
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; RAF Fiskerton; target indicator; Window
Bomb aimers briefing Schweinfurt
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Master Bomber; Mosquito; target indicator; Window