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- Tags: mess
Interview with Douglas Reed
Tags: 156 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); crash; ground crew; Halifax; Intelligence Officer; Ju 88; Lancaster Finishing School; Master Bomber; mess; military ethos; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; RAF Upwood; take-off crash; target indicator; training; Wellington
Extracts from war diaries and information on aircraft crews and lists of bombing operations
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 28 OTU; 4 Group; 466 Squadron; 640 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; mess; military living conditions; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Wymeswold; searchlight; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; mess; RAF Bishops Court; training
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; mess; RAF Bishops Court; training
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; mess; Nissen hut; RAF Tuddenham
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Interview with Oscar Goodall
Letter to Ronnie Abbott from Ham
Tags: aircrew; mess; RAF Halton; RAF Swinderby
Letter to Mrs Cahir from Jim Cahir
Letter to John Holden from Joey
The envelope is stamped return to sender.
Included is a printed note with a redirection comment and a free…
Tags: aircrew; mess; RAF Fiskerton
Interview with Alan George Buxton
Alan was posted to Bradfield Park for training and…
Tags: 467 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; bale out; bombing; crewing up; Gee; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster Finishing School; love and romance; mess; military living conditions; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; RAF Lichfield; RAF Metheringham; RAF Wigtown; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; submarine; superstition; Tallboy; training; Wellington
John Joyner's scrap book
Many of the entries are post war and a number refer…
Tags: 101 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; entertainment; flight engineer; Lancaster; mess; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; Tiger Moth; training; wireless operator
Part Letter from John Taplin to his Parents
Tags: aircrew; mess; RAF Leeming
Letter from John Taplin to his Mother
Tags: aircrew; entertainment; mess; RAF Melbourne
Letter from John Taplin to his Parents
Tags: 10 Squadron; aircrew; mess; RAF Leeming
Letter from John Taplin to his Parents
Tags: 10 Squadron; aircrew; mess; RAF Leeming
Letter from John Taplin to his Family
Tags: 10 Squadron; aircrew; mess; RAF Leeming
Letter from John Taplin to his Family
Tags: aircrew; bombing; mess; RAF North Weald; RAF Stanton Harcourt
Letter from John Taplin to his Family
Tags: 10 Squadron; aircrew; mess; RAF Leeming
Letter from John Taplin to his Family
Tags: aircrew; mess; RAF Melbourne