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Peter Davies was a wireless operator in the 27th Armoured Brigade. He was born in Monmouth in South Wales, and moved as a boy to Hereford where he attended the Lord Scudamore School. He joined the RAF as a wireless operator, and trained in Blackpool, where he lived in...
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Edward (Ted) Brister was a fighter pilot in the Western Desert, Malta, Sicily and Italy. He also trained Gunners in Palestine . He had intended to enter dentistry, but in September 1940 witnessed the bombing of the London Docks, inspiring him to become a pilot. He...
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Sir Arthur Bonsall KCMG CBE worked at the National Codes and Cipher Centre at Bletchley Park. Sir Arthur was selected fresh from Cambridge University, where he studied modern languages, to work in the German Air Section under Josh Cooper. In the interview he recounted...
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Dennis Blythe was born 1924 in Norwich, Norfolk. He joined the RAF in 1943, aged just 19, opting to train as a wireless operator and air gunner. After passing a 6-month training course in Wiltshire and being recruited to a squadron consisting of men from all around...
