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Lancaster crew at war
Tags: 467 Squadron; 5 Group; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bomb dump; bomb struck; bombing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Fw 190; ground crew; ground personnel; incendiary device; intelligence officer; Lancaster; master bomber; Mosquito; navigator; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Waddington; Scarecrow; searchlight; Spitfire; wireless operator
Hand written memoir - Eric Baldwin
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Raymond Frederick John Heath’s Royal Air Force Pilots flying log book. Two
F Hooper’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Trained at No. 2 Air Gunners School, followed by 29 Operational Training Unit, 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster…
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; P-40; RAF Bardney; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Dalcross; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
John Glashan’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 1661 HCU; 26 OTU; 29 OTU; 82 OTU; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bardney; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Ossington; RAF Sywell; RAF Warboys; RAF Wing; RCAF Pearce; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
W Gall’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 16 OTU; 1661 HCU; 26 OTU; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Penrhos; RAF Sturgate; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wing; RAF Winthorpe; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington
Max Caven’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
From 29th June he undertook Tiger Force training.
Served at RAF Bardney.
Aircraft flown were…
Biographical letter from John Maunsell
Tags: 1654 HCU; 223 Squadron; 29 OTU; 57 Squadron; 630 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-24; bale out; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); briefing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; crewing up; debriefing; evading; final resting place; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Fw 190; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; intelligence officer; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mid-air collision; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Oulton; RAF Swinderby; Resistance; Schräge Musik; shot down; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; the long march; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
John Maunsell's Observer's and Flying Log Book
Tags: 100 Group; 1654 HCU; 223 Squadron; 29 OTU; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-17; B-24; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); evading; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Brize Norton; RAF East Kirkby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oulton; RAF Syerston; RAF Sywell; RAF Wigsley; shot down; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; Sunderland; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Window
Lancaster LM 115 DX-M Crash site
Tags: 57 Squadron; crash; Lancaster
List of operations
Tags: Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Lancaster; Manchester; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); tactical support for Normandy troops
James Pickford RAF observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 207 Squadron; 25 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Battle; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Harrow; Lancaster; Lysander; Manchester; Martinet; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Bottesford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Evanton; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Kenley; RAF Langar; RAF Manston; RAF Middle Wallop; RAF North Weald; RAF Northolt; RAF Pembrey; RAF Saltby; RAF Scampton; RAF Spilsby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
John Maunsell's false passport
Tags: evading; Resistance
Douglas' notebook
Tags: 10 Squadron; 102 Squadron; 140 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 346 Squadron; 347 Squadron; 466 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 578 Squadron; 640 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; crash; dispersal; ditching; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; killed in action; missing in action; navigator; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF Breighton; RAF Carnaby; RAF Catfoss; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coningsby; RAF Croft; RAF Dishforth; RAF Downham Market; RAF Driffield; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Elvington; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Gaydon; RAF Great Massingham; RAF Grimsby; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Kelstern; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Manston; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Newmarket; RAF Oakley; RAF Ossington; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; RAF Rufforth; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Snaith; RAF Spilsby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Malling; RAF Westcott; RAF Woodbridge; shot down; training; Wellington; wireless operator
J F D Savill’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Training started at No. 3 Air Observers’ School, followed by posting to 78 Squadron in September 1939. Further training at the School of Air Navigation before returning to 78…
Tags: 10 OTU; 527 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; crash; demobilisation; Dominie; Flying Training School; Hornet Moth; Lysander; Magister; Martinet; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; radar; RAF Abingdon; RAF Aldergrove; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Castle Camps; RAF Digby; RAF Dishforth; RAF Drem; RAF Driffield; RAF Fowlmere; RAF Kinloss; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF North Weald; RAF Ouston; RAF Shawbury; RAF Snailwell; RAF St Athan; RAF Stapleford Tawney; RAF Sywell; RAF Usworth; RAF Watton; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley
Vic Izzard’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
In Australia attended No 1. Recruit Depot, No. 1 Wireless Air Gunnery School, No. 1 Initial…
Tags: 1654 HCU; 27 OTU; 467 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; P-51; RAAF Ascot Vale; RAAF Ballarat; RAAF Bradfield Park; RAAF Parkes; RAAF Port Pirie; RAAF Somers; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Lichfield; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
A biography of John Maunsell
Tags: 1654 HCU; 223 Squadron; 57 Squadron; Anson; B-24; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); crash; final resting place; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; pilot; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Oulton; RAF Swinderby; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
Command routine orders
Tags: aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; ground crew; ground personnel; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); meteorological officer; military ethos; military service conditions; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); perception of bombing war; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; pilot; searchlight; submarine; training; V-weapon; Victory in Europe Day (8 May 1945); Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
E B Chandler’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 49 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; Boston; C-47; Defiant; Dominie; Lancaster; Manchester; Mosquito; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Coningsby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Woodhall Spa; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
List of operations
Tags: bombing
Chan Chandler's biography
He flew 95 operations as Wireless Operator / Air Gunner, Gunnery Leader and Cameraman with 49 and 617 Squadrons and survived nine days adrift in the North Sea. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and a rare Soviet…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air sea rescue; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; Battle; Bismarck; Blenheim; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); briefing; C-47; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; forced landing; Gee; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Gneisenau; Goldfish Club; H2S; Halifax; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; Manchester; master bomber; Me 109; mess; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Oboe; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; RAF Andover; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Castle Combe; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Coningsby; RAF Croydon; RAF Earls Colne; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Honington; RAF hospital Rauceby; RAF Kinloss; RAF Manston; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Middle Wallop; RAF Northolt; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Scampton; RAF Tangmere; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Freugh; RAF White Waltham; RAF Wittering; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Scharnhorst; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; Sunderland; Tallboy; target indicator; target photograph; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-2; V-3; V-weapon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner
Recollections of RAF Croft
Tags: 76 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); killed in action; military living conditions; missing in action; navigator; pilot; promotion; RAF Croft; RAF Middleton St George; sport; training; Whitley; wireless operator