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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "Czech Republic"
Dixie Deans' POW record
Stanley Wareing’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book Two
Tags: 23 OTU; 57 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Flying Training School; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; Prentice; RAF Bourn; RAF Doncaster; RAF Pershore; RAF Scampton; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Five year diary
Tags: 15 OTU; 1658 HCU; 19 OTU; 23 OTU; 24 OTU; 7 Squadron; 76 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; Beaufighter; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; faith; grief; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; military living conditions; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Harwell; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lindholme; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Madley; RAF Pershore; RAF Riccall; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); sport; training; Whitley
Harry Robinson's recommendation for the D.F.C
Peter Hoare - Flying Timeline
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln.
Norman Hamment observers and air gunners flying log book
He was stationed at RAF Morpeth (No. 4 Air Gunnery School), RAF…
Tags: 21 OTU; 29 OTU; 61 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; Harrow; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bourn; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Downham Market; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Morpeth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Scampton; RAF St Eval; RAF Syerston; RAF Upwood; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
RAF Onslaught - 25 bombers missing
Four more operations are detailed.
Tags: aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Halifax; Lancaster; mine laying
William (Bill) Shutler’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1660 HCU; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; crash; Fw 190; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Prinz Eugen; RAF Bardney; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Metheringham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; Stirling; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
J F Lane’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
Training starts at No. 12 Air Gunners School, 29 Operational Training Unit, 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing…
Tags: 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Operational Training Unit; Prinz Eugen; RAF Bardney; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; Tallboy; training; Wellington
F Sowerby’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Bobbington; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Manby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RCAF Mount; RCAF Picton; Stirling; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Pathways in the Sky
Tags: 207 Squadron; 5 Group; 57 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bomb aimer; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; final resting place; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Gee; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); H2S; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; navigator; Oboe; Pathfinders; pilot; promotion; propaganda; RAF Bourn; RAF Langar; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Scampton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Torquay; searchlight; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Stirling; submarine; target indicator; training; Window; wireless operator
Warum es mit Hitler keinen Frieden gibt
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
James Bibby’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Trained at No. 2 Signals School, No. 2 Air Gunners School, 17 Operational Training Unit, 28 Operational…
Tags: 16 OTU; 17 OTU; 28 OTU; 51 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bombing; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Lancaster; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Coningsby; RAF Pembrey; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; RAF Upwood; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Wymeswold; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Special Operations Executive; training; Wellington; wireless operator
W Harrison’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners, Flight Engineers
Tags: 1661 HCU; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; crash; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Oxford; RAF Bardney; RAF Binbrook; RAF Lindholme; RAF Salbani; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Worksop; Stirling; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training
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
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
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; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Siracourt V-weapon site (25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); Boston; C-47; Defiant; Dominie; Halifax; Hampden; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); 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 Wainfleet; RAF West Freugh; RAF Woodhall Spa; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
Patrick Barry’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 19 OTU; 467 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Botha; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bottesford; RAF Kinloss; RAF Metheringham; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Whitley
Newspaper cutting - Lancaster bomber display in Edinburgh
Sergeant H. Brewer’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Trained in Canada at No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School, No. 3 Air…
Tags: 14 OTU; 1660 HCU; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Manby; RAF Saltby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wigtown; RCAF Lethbridge; RCAF Regina; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington
Oscar Woolner’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners and Flight Engineers
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 619 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Pembrey; RAF Strubby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; Stirling; training; Wellington
Individual history of Avro Lancaster B Mk1 R5868/7325M
Tags: 467 Squadron; 8 Group; 83 Squadron; bombing; Cook’s tour; Fw 190; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; mine laying; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Pathfinders; RAF Bottesford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Metheringham; RAF Scampton; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Waddington; RAF Wroughton; RAF Wyton; V-weapon