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- Tags: fear
Interview with Francis Shamus "Jim" Cahir
Interview with Dennis Kelly
Interview with Alan Pugh
Tags: 17 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; fear; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mess; military living conditions; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Silverstone; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Worksop; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Don Southwell
Tags: 29 OTU; 463 Squadron; 467 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; crewing up; fear; Lancaster; Me 262; memorial; mess; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; superstition; training; Wellington
Interview with Joe Stemp
Tags: 578 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); C-47; coping mechanism; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; faith; fear; Halifax; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; love and romance; navigator; recruitment; rivalry; superstition
Interview with Peter Fitt
Tags: 467 Squadron; aircrew; animal; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); briefing; crewing up; fear; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bottesford; RAF Finningley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Lesley Joseph Loosemoore
Tags: 61 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; crewing up; fear; Grand Slam; ground personnel; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 262; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Winthorpe; sanitation; service vehicle; Stirling; Tallboy; training; Wellington
Interview with Sidney Knott
Tags: 17 OTU; 467 Squadron; 582 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; animal; bombing; fear; ground personnel; Lancaster; Manchester; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bottesford; RAF Finningley; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Manby; RAF Scampton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Turweston; RAF Wainfleet; RAF Woodhall Spa; training; Wellington
Interview with Harry Rossiter
Tags: 115 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; air sea rescue; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Defiant; Dominie; entertainment; fear; Gee; Lancaster; memorial; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); perception of bombing war; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Madley; RAF Millom; RAF Witchford; RAF Yatesbury; training; Window; wireless operator
Interview with Sir Fitzroy Augier
Tags: African heritage; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; fear; RCAF Moncton; training
Interview with Inge Nicolis
Interview with an eye-witness of Milan bombings
From Andrew to Isabel's Aunts Mary and Margaret
Tags: aircrew; fear; military ethos; RAF Mepal
Interview with Rusty Waughman. One
Tags: 101 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); briefing; coping mechanism; faith; fear; flight engineer; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; mid-air collision; military ethos; military service conditions; navigator; pilot; RAF hospital Matlock; RAF Ludford Magna; superstition; target photograph; wireless operator
Interview with Bill Lucas. One
Flew 14…
Tags: 15 Squadron; 162 Squadron; 8 Group; 9 Squadron; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); fear; grief; ground crew; H2S; lack of moral fibre; military ethos; mine laying; Mosquito; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bourn; RAF Honington; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wyton; searchlight; Stirling; target indicator; training; Wellington; Whitley
Interview with Leslie Temple
Interview with Stuart Michael Heaton
Interview with Alfred Huberman
Tags: 576 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing of the Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 1944); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crewing up; fear; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Lancaster; Master Bomber; military ethos; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; physical training; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Wyton; training; V-3; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Frank Tolley
Tags: 625 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); fear; final resting place; ground personnel; H2S; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); perception of bombing war; RAF Kelstern; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; sanitation; Tiger Moth; training; Window
Interview with Harry Irons. One
Tags: 158 Squadron; 462 Squadron; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing of Augsburg (17 April 1942); bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); briefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; Gee; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Halifax; In the event of my death letter; Ju 88; Lancaster; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Nissen hut; radar; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Driffield; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Lissett; RAF Manby; Scarecrow; Spitfire; training
Interview with Ernie Patterson. One
He joined the Royal Air Force at the age of 19 in 1941, but whilst he was waiting to be called up, he was…
Tags: 635 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Catalina; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; Dominie; fear; FIDO; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Downham Market; RAF Millom; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Yatesbury; Sunderland; superstition; target indicator; training; Whitley; wireless operator
Interview with Bill Spence
Tags: 44 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); coping mechanism; crash; crewing up; fear; FIDO; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RCAF Bowden; RCAF Moncton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with John Harrison
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1660 HCU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bale out; bombing; Dulag Luft; fear; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; lynching; Operation Exodus (1945); prisoner of war; RAF Dalcross; RAF Metheringham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; shot down; Stalag Luft 6; strafing; training; Typhoon
An interesting war
Tags: 462 Squadron; 614 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; evacuation; fear; Gee; ground crew; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; memorial; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Bourn; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Woodhall Spa; Resistance; sanitation; searchlight; superstition; training; Wellington; Window