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Harold Batchelder's Pilot's flying log book
Tags: 102 Squadron; 19 OTU; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Distinguished Flying Medal; Flying Training School; forced landing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Lancaster; Me 110; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Brough; RAF Cranfield; RAF Dalton; RAF Driffield; RAF Forres; RAF Kinloss; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Topcliffe; searchlight; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Harold Batchelder's personal history
Tags: 102 Squadron; 19 OTU; Distinguished Flying Medal; Dulag Luft; Flying Training School; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; Operational Training Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Brough; RAF Cranfield; RAF Driffield; RAF Kinloss; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Torquay; shot down; Stalag 357; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 6; the long march; training; Typhoon; Whitley
Biography of Harold Emery Batchelder
Search for the death-ray discovered an echo
Tags: aircrew; Bismarck; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; navigator; Oboe; Pathfinders; radar; Scharnhorst; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Copy of 18 Squadron Operational records.
Tags: 18 Squadron; bombing; RAF Oulton
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
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
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
Reginald Rush operations on 101, 142, 100 and 625 Squadrons
Tags: 100 Squadron; 101 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 625 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Lancaster; navigator; pilot; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); 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
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
N Goodfellow's flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1656 HCU; 1660 HCU; 1661 HCU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Mona; RAF Pocklington; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Upper Heyford; RCAF Rivers; Stirling; training; Wellington
Lancaster ED562
Tags: 100 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 576 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); flight engineer; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Grimsby; RAF North Killingholme; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); tactical support for Normandy troops; V-1; V-3; V-weapon; wireless operator
Leslie Turner's flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 19 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Forres; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Jack Wakefield’s Royal New Zealand Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Initial training at No. 1 Air Observers School, RNZAF, followed by 5 Operational Training Unit. Posted to 75 (New…
Tags: 15 OTU; 23 OTU; 38 Squadron; 75 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Defiant; forced landing; Hudson; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Aston Down; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Limavady; RAF Pershore; RAF Shallufa; RNZAF Delta; RNZAF Ohakea; training; Wellington
Z F Klatkiewicz’s pilots flying log book. Two
David Vandervord’s Royal Air Force Pilots Flying Log Book
Recollections of a flight engineer. Version Two
Tags: 1658 HCU; 640 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; animal; bomb aimer; bombing; crewing up; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Meteor; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); pilot; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Hemswell; RAF Leconfield; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Riccall; RAF St Athan; RAF Torquay; training; wireless operator
Alf Morrill's RAF Navigator’s Air Bomber’s Air Gunner’s Flight Engineer’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 232 Squadron; 51 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; bale out; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Leconfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Palam; RAF Snaith; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; York
Bomber Command reunion dinner
Guy Sharp’s Royal Air Force Pilots Flying Log Book (Extracts)
Tags: 20 OTU; 214 Squadron; 23 OTU; 29 OTU; 70 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Flying Training School; Initial Training Wing; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Castle Combe; RAF Cranfield; RAF Honington; RAF Kabrit; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Pershore; RAF Polebrook; RAF Rochester; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Raynham; training; Wellington
Alfred Jack Coman's Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 31 Squadron RAF; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bramcote; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Madley; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Metheringham; RAF Millom; RAF Nuneaton; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
J K Leigh’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 12 OTU; 150 Squadron; 16 OTU; 601 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; B-24; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; crash; Dominie; forced landing; observer; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Benson; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Cranwell; RAF Newton; RAF Penrhos; RAF Snaith; RAF Stapleford Tawney; RAF Tangmere; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wainfleet; RAF West Freugh; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
