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- Tags: bombing up
Bombs being loaded into Halifax
Dare to Discover: World War II experiences of V T Hilton
Tags: 192 Squadron; aircrew; arts and crafts; bomb trolley; bombing up; crewing up; FIDO; fuelling; H2S; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operational Training Unit; petrol bowser; RAF Foulsham; RAF Rufforth; service vehicle; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
Eight Air and Ground Crew and a Bomb Load
Behind is a Lancaster 'P', identified in the Inventory as 'KB760 NA-P'.
Ground and aircrew with a Lancaster
Photograph 2 is of an aircrew under the nose of a Lancaster. The nose displays a number of operation symbols.
Groundcrew, Lancaster and bomb
Halifax
Tags: 420 Squadron; bomb trolley; bombing up; Halifax; service vehicle
Halifax Bombing Up
Halifax Refuelling and Bombing Up
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Interview with Alma Leedham
Tags: 57 Squadron; 617 Squadron; animal; bomb dump; bomb trolley; bombing up; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); ground personnel; hangar; Lancaster; love and romance; Manchester; military living conditions; military service conditions; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Scampton; service vehicle; tractor; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Charles Parker
He tells of ‘crewing up’ in September 1943 as a 21 year old, his near miss with a Mosquito from 1409 Met…
Interview with Don Watson
Interview with Edward George Key
Tags: 514 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing up; crash; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military service conditions; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF St Athan; RAF Waterbeach; Scarecrow; Stirling; training
Interview with Eric Peel
Interview with Frank Gerald Bassett
Interview with Frank Saunston
Interview with John Hanks
Interview with Ken Marshall
Interview with Kenneth Shelton Green
He trained as an engineer after he was unable to fly due to eye…
Interview with Peter Morris
Tags: 106 Squadron; 120 Squadron; 42 Squadron; 90 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; bombing; bombing up; ground personnel; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lincoln; navigator; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Kinloss; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wyton; Shackleton; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-weapon
Interview with Thomas Jordan
Interview with Thomas Waller
Tags: 138 Squadron; 156 Squadron; bombing; bombing up; crash; final resting place; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Lancaster; memorial; military living conditions; Mosquito; Pathfinders; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; sanitation; Special Operations Executive; target indicator
Interview with Vera Willis
John Joseph Parker's service
Tags: 1 Group; bombing up; incendiary device