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- Tags: heavy conversion unit
Operational notes
Tags: 514 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Master Bomber; missing in action; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Window
Sparks in the air - Jack Smith's wartime story
Tags: 189 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; military living conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Bramcote; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Milltown; RAF Padgate; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Sparks in the air - Jack Smith's wartime story
Tags: 189 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; love and romance; military living conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Bramcote; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Milltown; RAF Padgate; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Colin Fraser
Tags: 460 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bombing; C-47; crash; crewing up; Gee; H2S; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; military service conditions; navigator; operational training unit; perception of bombing war; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); prisoner of war; RAF Binbrook; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF West Freugh; shot down; superstition; training; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Lawrence Larmer
Tags: 51 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; coping mechanism; crewing up; debriefing; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); heavy conversion unit; mess; military discipline; military living conditions; operational training unit; pilot; RAF Lichfield; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; superstition; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with David Leicester
Tags: 158 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 640 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; forced landing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Master Bomber; mess; military ethos; military living conditions; operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Cranwell; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; superstition; target indicator; Tiger Moth; training
Interview with Lachie McBean
Interview with Donald McDonald
Tags: 466 Squadron; 578 Squadron; aircrew; coping mechanism; crash; crewing up; entertainment; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; mess; military discipline; military living conditions; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; perception of bombing war; pilot; RAF Burn; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Rufforth; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Interview with Alan Pugh
Interview with Tommy Knox
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; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; operational training unit; RAF Bottesford; RAF Finningley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Transcript of interview with Allan Edgar
Tags: 1 Group; 49 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Fw 190; ground personnel; He 111; heavy conversion unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; mess; navigator; operational training unit; pilot; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wittering; RAF Woodbridge; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Charles Mears
Tags: 218 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; ethnic or religious minorities; Gee; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; military ethos; navigator; Oxford; pilot; propaganda; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Fraserburgh; RAF Methwold; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Woodbridge; superstition; training; Wellington
Interview with Bill Leckie.
Interview with Dave Fellowes
Tags: 460 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Me 262; mid-air collision; military living conditions; military service conditions; operational training unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF Manston; taxiway; training; Wellington
Interview with George Dunn
Tags: 10 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); civil defence; crewing up; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Home Guard; military ethos; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Chipping Norton; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Melbourne; RAF Rufforth; Tiger Moth; training; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with David Fellowes. Two
Interview with Harry Winter
Tags: 427 Squadron; 431 Squadron; 6 Group; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Dulag Luft; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Home Guard; prisoner of war; RAF Cranwell; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Leeming; RAF Pershore; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Yatesbury; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; target indicator; the long march; training; Wellington; 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; ethnic or religious minorities; 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 Bowden; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with John Harrison
Interview with Len McNamara
Tags: 10 Squadron; 75 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crewing up; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; escaping; evading; final resting place; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Langar; RAF Lissett; RAF Melbourne; RAF Ringway; RAF Woolfox Lodge; recruitment; training; Whitley
Interview with Douglas Robinson
Tags: 158 Squadron; aircrew; animal; bale out; bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; forced landing; Gee; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; military discipline; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; strafing; submarine; Sunderland; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Service History of Benny Goodman
Tags: 617 Squadron; Anson; bombing; crewing up; fuelling; Grand Slam; ground crew; Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Martinet; Me 262; military discipline; military living conditions; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); operational training unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Cardington; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; sanitation; Stirling; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Interview with Bob Porteous
Tags: 622 Squadron; aircrew; Cook’s tour; entertainment; H2S; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Mildenhall; training; Wellington; Window