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Hampdens, Wimpeys and Barbed Wire
Tags: 1 Group; 102 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 25 OTU; 3 Group; 4 Group; 427 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 6 Group; 617 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Blenheim; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Botha; briefing; crash; debriefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Do 217; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); entertainment; forced landing; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Gneisenau; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; hangar; Harrow; intelligence officer; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; Me 110; mess; military discipline; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Oboe; observer; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Croft; RAF Digby; RAF Evanton; RAF Finningley; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Manby; RAF Metheringham; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Coates; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Padgate; RAF Pocklington; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Thornaby; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Wick; recruitment; Scharnhorst; searchlight; shot down; sport; Stalag 8B; Stirling; strafing; Swordfish; take-off crash; the long march; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Ken Rogers' operations early 1944
Notes on Norman Hamment's operations
Tags: 21 OTU; 61 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Lancaster; master bomber; Me 110; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Syerston; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Victoria Cross; Wellington
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
S E L Stephens’ Flying Log Book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1660 HCU; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Bobbington; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Manby; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Penrhos; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
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
William Haydn Price’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
Trained at No. 11 Air Gunners School, 14 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster…
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; Operational Training Unit; RAF Andreas; RAF Bardney; RAF hospital Rauceby; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; 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
Arthur Kenneth Wrigley's Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book
Tags: 14 OTU; 144 Squadron; 44 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Dominie; Hampden; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Manchester; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; propaganda; RAF Cottesmore; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Penrhos; RAF Scampton; RAF Waddington; RAF Yatesbury; training; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Raymon Frederick John Heath’s South African Air Force Pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 1654 HCU; 29 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Docking; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Windrush; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
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
Interview with Stan Mellor
Ken Johnson’s Royal Air Force Observers and Air Gunners Flying Log Book
Trained at No. 2 Air Gunners School, 29 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Conversion Unit, and No 5 Lancaster…
Tags: 1654 HCU; 29 OTU; 61 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Prinz Eugen; RAF Bardney; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Dalcross; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; Tallboy; training; Wellington
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
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
William Richards's Royal Australian Air Force flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 26 OTU; 54 OTU; 622 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAAF Bradfield Park; RAF Dallachy; RAF Desborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Lulsgate Bottom; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Wing; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
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
Douglas’ manifold notebook
Tags: 120 Squadron; 206 Squadron; 78 Squadron; 86 Squadron; aircrew; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; ditching; flight engineer; Halifax; Horsa; Lancaster; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bramcote; RAF Crosby-on-Eden; RAF Desborough; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Leicester East; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Nuneaton; RAF Oakington; RAF Riccall; RAF Saltby; RAF Snaith; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; RAF Tempsford; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Valley; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Welford; RAF Winthorpe; runway; Wellington; wireless operator
No. 4 Group Monthly summary. July 1945
Tags: 10 Squadron; 102 Squadron; 150 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 4 Group; 462 Squadron; 464 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 578 Squadron; 640 Squadron; 70 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 81 OTU; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb disposal; dispersal; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bramcote; RAF Breighton; RAF Broadwell; RAF Carnaby; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Crosby-on-Eden; RAF Down Ampney; RAF Driffield; RAF Elvington; RAF Filton; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Greenham Common; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Leconfield; RAF Leicester East; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; RAF Nuneaton; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Odiham; RAF Ossington; RAF Pocklington; RAF Prestwick; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Tempsford; RAF Tilstock; RAF Valley; RAF Welford; RAF Wymeswold; sport; training
Diary 1944
Tags: 578 Squadron; 640 Squadron; 78 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; crash; dispersal; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; hangar; Hurricane; killed in action; missing in action; Mosquito; Oxford; pilot; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Henlow; RAF Leconfield; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rufforth; RAF Snaith; RAF Wymeswold
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
Ken Hampton’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Trained with No. 24 Bombing, Gunnery and Navigation School.…
Tags: 1654 HCU; 1675 HCU; 178 Squadron; 205 Group; 76 OTU; 85 OTU; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Wigsley; target photograph; training; Wellington
Peter Hopper's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 11 OTU; 1669 HCU; 50 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Langar; RAF Oakley; RAF Pembrey; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Westcott; training; Wellington