City of Lincoln]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sandra Jones]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincoln]]> Civil Defence]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> 1939]]> Ken Turnham]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> 1924]]> 2018]]> He joined the Local Defence Volunteers at first then realised he did not want to become infantry. He did mount road blocks and fire watches. He applied to join the RAF and was accepted. Training was at Blackpool, then Bicester, then Fairoaks.
At Heaton Park he was assessed as a future Navigator and was sent to Canada via New York on the Queen Elizabeth.
Then they were sent by train to Three Rivers, Manitoba via Moncton.
On completion of that stage of the training he came back via Liverpool. Further training was at Lossiemouth then operations at Leconfield. His aircraft engines started losing power on the way to Stuttgart and he bailed out. After some time they were captured by Germans.
They were sent by train to Frankfurt for interrogation then onwards to Stalag Luft VII. As the Russians advanced they were marched to Stalag III. They were eventually helped to escape by the Americans and he ended up in Brussels before being flown to the UK. This section ends with photographs taken during his training.
The Long March.
A document written by a Senior British Officer to the Russian authorities. Food supplies were inadequate and the Russians refused to allow the Americans to release the prisoners.
Report of a Forced March made by Occupants of Stalag Luft 7, Germany.
The report describes in detail the miseries endured by the POWs on a daily basis.]]>
JF Neilson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Blackpool]]> Scotland--Gourock]]> United States]]> New York (State)--New York]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> Manitoba]]> England--Liverpool]]> Wales--Anglesey]]> Ireland]]> Atlantic Ocean--Firth of Clyde]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Scotland--Edinburgh]]> France]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Poland]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--London]]> Scotland--Airdrie]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Europe--Elbe River]]> Scotland--Stirling (Stirling)]]> Germany]]> New Brunswick]]>
Jack Darby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Banbury (Oxfordshire)]]> 1944-08]]> Jack Darby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> 1944-06]]> Jack Darby]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> 1944-03]]> F T Dunn]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending review]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Dunn, Frederick Thomas. My life in the RAF]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--London]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Stratford-upon-Avon]]> England--West Kirby]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Liverpool]]> Sierra Leone]]> Sierra Leone--Freetown]]> South Africa]]> South Africa--Durban]]> South Africa--Johannesburg]]> South Africa--Centurion]]> South Africa--Gauteng]]> Zimbabwe]]> Zimbabwe--Bulawayo]]> England--Swindon (Wiltshire)]]> 1941-02]]> 1941-10]]> 1942-01-14]]> F T Dunn]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> Dunn, Frederick Thomas. My life in the RAF]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--London]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Stratford-upon-Avon]]> England--West Kirby]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Liverpool]]> Sierra Leone]]> Sierra Leone--Freetown]]> South Africa]]> England--Swindon (Wiltshire)]]> 1941-02]]> 1941-10]]> Their farm was close to RAF Kirton in Lindsey which was used as a rest home for men from the Battle of Britain. They worked on the harvest to help them recuperate. Jan was aware of the Lancasters at RAF Scampton. They had two evacuees from Sheffield for a short time. Towards the end of the war, Jan also recalls having two German Prisoners of War from the camp in Pingley, near Brigg, to help on the farm.
When the war ended, Jan enjoyed being a member of the Young Farmers Club and met her husband. There were dances and tennis parties before her husband went to agricultural college and became a farmer. After marrying in 1952, they lived in the rectory at Hackthorn where they incubated chicks in the dining room. They moved to a farm in Binbrook. Jan helped with the Pony Club and was a marriage guidance counsellor for 40 years.
Jan talks about the changes in farming and how change accelerated after the war.
At the age of 80, she put on a three-day handiwork exhibition in the church.]]>
Dan Ellin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sally Coulter]]> Julie Williams]]> Carolyn Emery]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Binbrook]]> England--Hackthorn]]> 1940]]> 1952]]>
All'intervista segue una breve registrazione (00:19:19) nella quale Claudio Rosati riflette sui temi comuni che emergono dalle interviste. 

The interviewee is Ermanno Marraccini, born in Pistoia on 26 July 1903, who was a residential warden. The interview was conducted by Claudio Rosati in Pistoia on 16 October 1984, at his house.
During the first bombing, Ermanno Marraccini was at home with family and, as he couldn’t make it to the shelter, he took cover nearby, close to the city centre. He emerged after the all-clear signal and went to Orti Capecchi, which he believed to be a more secure place. Ermanno saw plenty of rubble on his way. He remembers the death of the Mariottis. A residential warden during wartime, he points to the lack of preparedness of the civil defence organisation. They had placed anti-aircraft machine guns on top on the city walls near Viale Matteotti. The Marraccinis were then evacuated to Ponte Calcaiola, and eventually, after the Piteccio bombing, to San Vito near Torbecchia.

The interview segues into a short recorded piece (00:19:19) in which Claudio Rosati elaborates on recurring themes emerging from interviews.]]>
Claudio Rosati]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> ita]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Italy]]> Italy--Pistoia]]> 1943-10-24]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Nottingham]]> England--Beeston (Nottinghamshire)]]> 1957-03-21]]> M Gourlay]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Beeston (Nottinghamshire)]]> 1957-04-04]]> W R P Perry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Transport Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Tunbridge Wells]]> England--Cornwall (County)]]> England--Devon]]> England--Plymouth]]> England--Oxfordshire]]> England--Oxford]]> England--London]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Scarborough]]> England--Warwickshire]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Calgary]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Rutland]]> Germany]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Italy]]> Italy--Turin]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Alberta]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1941-03-26]]> 1941-04]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1945-03]]> 1957-01]]> Chingford Air Cadet Station]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1940-07-05]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Harry Bartlett]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Surrey]]> England--Norfolk]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> 1943]]> 1944-08-17]]> 1945]]> Corporation of London]]> Home secretaary]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Physical object]]> Physical object. Decoration]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> 1943-12-01]]> 1939]]> 1945]]> Great Britain. Ministry of Information]]> H M Government]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> G H A Bilton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Hull]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Durham (County)]]> England--Leicestershire]]> Burma]]> Germany]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> England--Berkshire]]> France]]> France--La Rochelle]]> France--Lille]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Caen]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> France--Paris]]> France--Creil]]> France--Falaise]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> France--Brest]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> Italy]]> Italy--Bari]]> Denmark]]> Denmark--Copenhagen]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Chantilly Forest]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1946]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Aylesbury]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Aylesbury]]> 1940]]> Tom Payne]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Bradbury]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Hemel Hempstead]]> England--Herefordshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Physical object]]> Civilian]]>