Rush, Reginald William
Title
Rush, Reginald William
Description
54 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant Reginald William Rush (b… 1912, 745976 Royal Air Force) and contains documents, maps and photographs.
He flew operations as a navigator with 101, 100, and 625 Squadrons.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Judith McGowan and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
He flew operations as a navigator with 101, 100, and 625 Squadrons.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Judith McGowan and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Date
2022-03-09
Publisher
IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Identifier
Rush, RW
Collection Items
Warrant Officer and Mrs Rush
On the left Mrs Rush and on the right Reginald Rush wearing tunic with observer brevet. Additional information about this item was kindly provided by the donor.
Page from flight magazine - awards
Page from magazine with announcement of awards of Distinguished Flying Medal. R W Rush in third column, 8th in list of DFM.
Newspaper cutting - award of DFM
Announces award of DFM to Reginald Rush after completing two tours as a navigator flying operations over Germany.
Newspaper cutting - DFM's two operational tours of duty
Announces award of DFM to Reginald Rush for completing two operational tours including flights over Berlin. Mentions other operations and facing frequent heavy opposition.
Reginald Rush Warrant Officer appointment
Issued 1st February 1944 signed 2nd March 1944 and signed by Archibald Sinclair.
Reginald Rush operations on 101, 142, 100 and 625 Squadrons
Complete list of operations from September 1940 until November 1943. Aircraft flown were Blenheim, Wellington and Lancaster. List includes target, squadron, aircraft, captain departure and recovery times (on second page). Additional information about…
100 Squadron operational record for attacks on Hamburg. 24/25 July 1943
List six aircraft with crew, up and down times and details of flight. Reginald Rush is navigator in first aircraft listed.
Flight logs 1943
List of operations with date, destination, squadron, ac number, letter, captain, departure time. For 100 and 625 Squadrons.
Squadron battle order
Lists five crews and reserve aircraft. Reginald Rush crew is last listed. Gives timings for pre-flight activities.
List of operations
List of 21 operations on 100 and 625 Squadrons, noting squadron, date, aircraft letter, target number of aircraft and number lost.
Operational navigation log - Modane
Squadron 625, pilot Canham, navigator Rush, lists other crew, aircraft JB122 'H'. List navigation points, fixes, times, other operational details and comments 'Last Trip'.
Operational navigation log - Mannheim
Pilot Pickles (RAAF), navigator Rush, aircraft W4999 'X'. List navigation points, fixes, times, other operational details and comments.
Operational navigation log - Berlin
Aircraft JB122, navigator Rush. List navigation points, fixes, times, other operational details and comments. Includes critical comments by supervisor.
Operational navigation log - Mönchengladbach
Aircraft JB122 'T'. Navigator Rush. List navigation points, fixes, times, other operational details and comments. Includes critical comments by supervisor.
Operational navigation log - Leverkusen
Navigator Rush, aircraft JB122 'T'. List navigation points, fixes, times, other operational details and comments.
Operational navigation log - Hamburg
One page of log. Pilot Canham, navigator Rush. Aircraft ED 647 'T'. List navigation points and times, fixes, other operational details and comments. Includes post flight critical comments from supervisor.
Operational navigation log - Essen
Aircraft ED647 ''. navigator Rush. List navigation points, fixes, times, other operational details and comments. Includes post flight critique and comments from supervisor.
Operational navigation log - Hamburg
Pilot Canham, navigator Rush, aircraft ED647 'T'. List navigation points, fixes, times, other operational details and comments.
Operational navigation log - Wuppertal
Pilot Canham, navigator Rush, lists other crew, aircraft ED647 'H', Squadron 100. List navigation points, fixes, times, other operational details and comments.
Operational navigation log - Mulheim
Navigator Rush, aircraft ED991 'K'. Lists navigation points, fixes, times, other operational details and comments. Includes post flight critique and comments from supervisor.
Operational navigation log - Cologne
Navigator Rush aircraft 'H'. List navigation points, fixes, times, other operational details and comments. Includes post flight critique and comments from supervisor.
Operational navigation log - Bochum
Navigator Rush aircraft 'H'. List navigation points, fixes, times, other operational details and comments. Includes post flight critique and comments from supervisor.
Collection Tree
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