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Whitleys at Middleton St George 1941
Photograph 1 is of eight airmen under the nose of a Whitley. Captioned 'Pilot Sgt B. Jones with his Ground Crew, Whitley. A/C.'
Photograph 2 is of a sergeant pilot wearing a flying helmet and pointing to…
78 Squadron Halifaxes
Photograph 3 is of the instrument panel of a Halifax showing damage. Captioned 'Halifax A/C, returned from a raid, Ruhr, Germany, damage to pilots…
Tags: 76 Squadron; 78 Squadron; aircrew; crash; ground personnel; Halifax; Lancaster; observer; RAF Croft
107 Squadron Bostons
Photograph 2 is an air-to-air view of five Bostons, port side.
Captioned 'R.A.F. West Raynham, 107 Sqd Boston A/C. Sept 1942.'
Photograph 3 is an air-to-air view of one Boston,…
RAF Hartford Bridge
Photograph 3 is the port side of a Boston 'D' with invasion…
RAF Vitry en Artois
Crashed aircraft in field
Tags: crash
Dennis Raettig's wartime memoir
Tags: 104 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 4 Group; animal; B-24; Battle; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crash; fuelling; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; incendiary device; mechanics engine; military living conditions; military service conditions; RAF Driffield; RAF East Moor; RAF Harwell; RAF Leeming; RAF Lissett; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rufforth; runway; service vehicle; take-off crash; tractor; training; Wellington; Whitley
Interview with John Derek "Bill" Bailey. One
Tags: 103 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 20 OTU; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; crewing up; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lysander; Master Bomber; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirkham; RAF Kirmington; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Penrhos; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Swinderby; RAF Torquay; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Jamie (Jim) Barr
Tags: 12 OTU; 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 50 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bombing; Cook’s tour; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; military service conditions; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Colerne; RAF Gatow; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Wyton; shot down; training; Wellington
Interview with David Bowker
Tags: 103 Squadron; 150 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; briefing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; demobilisation; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Hurricane; lack of moral fibre; Lysander; Magister; military living conditions; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cardington; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Pershore; RAF Rufforth; RAF Shawbury; RAF Snaith; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Royston Clarke and Diane Clarke
Interview with William Cooke
Tags: 1661 HCU; 49 Squadron; 99 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; B-24; bomb struck; crash; demobilisation; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military living conditions; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; radar; RAF Dhubalia; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Kolar; RAF Mahabaleshwar; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Winthorpe; training; Wellington
Interview with Jim Copus. One
Interview with Roy Eric Davidson
Crashed Mk 1 Blenheim and Hawker Henley target towing
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Blenheim; crash; training
Lifting crashed aircraft and Hawker Henley
Tags: crash; ground personnel
Interview with Jack Brown Franklin
Tags: 109 Squadron; bombing; civil defence; crash; demobilisation; fitter engine; flight mechanic; ground crew; ground personnel; home front; Home Guard; Hurricane; Lancaster; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; Oboe; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Marham; RAF Wyton; Spitfire; training
Interview with Basil Goldstraw
Interview with Rosemary Lapham
Interview with Jan Black. Two
Tags: 18 OTU; 300 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; crash; Defiant; Guinea Pig Club; Halifax; Lancaster; love and romance; Lysander; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); military ethos; Operational Training Unit; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021); RAF Bramcote; RAF Cosford; RAF Evanton; take-off crash; training; Wellington
Interview with Joan Watson
Tags: bombing; crash; entertainment; evacuation; firefighting; home front; prisoner of war
Interview with Bob Frost. Two
Tags: 150 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; crash; evading; RAF Snaith; Resistance