If this is slightly "off message" I apologise in advance. As well as my keen interest in the MEANWELL family history I am also a volunteer researcher and oral history interviewer for the International Bomber Command Centre (Lincoln). As well trying to track down and contacting aircrew and ground crew who served in Bomber Command in Lincolnshire and beyond, the project is also keen to interview the men and women who worked in factories, on farms and in the villages near RAF stations and those who experienced the bombing war in any way If you or someone you know of, served in Bomber Command, or experienced the bombing war I'd love to hear from you. For every aircrew member on a bomber station there were up to ten people who worked on the ground to keep them flying. At this stage, the vast majority of the oral history interviews we've conducted have been with those who flew. Whilst we definitely want to contact surviving aircrew we also need help to put us in touch with RAF ground crew, ground personnel and WAAFs. People from 62 nations served in Bomber Command. As an international project we need to record their stories, the stories of those in occupied Europe, as well as German and Italian military personnel and civilians. / All/ these stories are important. If you can help please get in touch with me at my email address and I'll contact you with some more information. Thanks. Regards, David David Meanwell

If this is slightly "off message" I apologise in advance. As well as my keen interest in the MEANWELL family history I am also a volunteer researcher and oral history interviewer for the International Bomber Command Centre (Lincoln). As well trying to track down and contacting aircrew and ground crew who served in Bomber Command in Lincolnshire and beyond, the project is also keen to interview the men and women who worked in factories, on farms and in the villages near RAF stations and those who experienced the bombing war in any way If you or someone you know of, served in Bomber Command, or experienced the bombing war I'd love to hear from you. For every aircrew member on a bomber station there were up to ten people who worked on the ground to keep them flying. At this stage, the vast majority of the oral history interviews we've conducted have been with those who flew. Whilst we definitely want to contact surviving aircrew we also need help to put us in touch with RAF ground crew, ground personnel and WAAFs. People from 62 nations served in Bomber Command. As an international project we need to record their stories, the stories of those in occupied Europe, as well as German and Italian military personnel and civilians. / All/ these stories are important. If you can help please get in touch with me at my email address and I'll contact you with some more information. Thanks. Regards, David David Meanwell

Hi David Hope you are well. Sorry I can't help you with bombers. My lot were 'brown jobs' in WW2. One of my uncles was a signaller and did forward airfield defence in Normandy for a while - and was on the receiving end of some bombing from the other lot. Regards Geoff Blyth -----Original Message----- From: eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:eng-lincsgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of David Meanwell via Sent: 22 July 2016 17:23 To: eng-lincsgen@rootsweb.com Subject: [LIN] RAF Heritage If this is slightly "off message" I apologise in advance. As well as my keen interest in the MEANWELL family history I am also a volunteer researcher and oral history interviewer for the International Bomber Command Centre (Lincoln). As well trying to track down and contacting aircrew and ground crew who served in Bomber Command in Lincolnshire and beyond, the project is also keen to interview the men and women who worked in factories, on farms and in the villages near RAF stations and those who experienced the bombing war in any way If you or someone you know of, served in Bomber Command, or experienced the bombing war I'd love to hear from you. For every aircrew member on a bomber station there were up to ten people who worked on the ground to keep them flying. At this stage, the vast majority of the oral history interviews we've conducted have been with those who flew. Whilst we definitely want to contact surviving aircrew we also need help to put us in touch with RAF ground crew, ground personnel and WAAFs. People from 62 nations served in Bomber Command. As an international project we need to record their stories, the stories of those in occupied Europe, as well as German and Italian military personnel and civilians. / All/ these stories are important. If you can help please get in touch with me at my email address and I'll contact you with some more information. Thanks. Regards, David David Meanwell ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ENG-LINCSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message