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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "France--Reims"
The Offensive Phase
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Group; 101 Squadron; 109 Squadron; 141 Squadron; 169 Squadron; 171 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 223 Squadron; 239 Squadron; 3 Group; 4 Group; 462 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; B-17; B-24; Beaufighter; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); crash; Defiant; Do 217; Fw 190; Gee; Gneisenau; Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); He 111; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hudson; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 110; Me 410; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; radar; RAF Defford; RAF Downham Market; RAF Farnborough; RAF Foulsham; RAF Little Snoring; RAF North Creake; RAF Northolt; RAF Oulton; RAF Prestwick; RAF Sculthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Swannington; RAF Tempsford; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wittering; Scharnhorst; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Stirling; Tirpitz; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window
K A L Killeen’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 83 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Feltwell; RAF Peplow; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
H K M Algar’s flying log book for aircrew other than pilots. One
Tags: 149 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 44 Squadron; 463 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-29; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marham; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Penrhos; RAF Shallufa; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Waddington; RAF Wyton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
1st Allied Airplane Crashed in Haute-Marne, Bomber Halifax Mk II DT515
Tags: 207 Squadron; 4 Group; 76 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; escaping; evading; final resting place; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Lancaster; navigator; pilot; RAF Linton on Ouse; Resistance; wireless operator
460 Squadron Operational Record
Frederick Davy's pilot's flying log book. Two
Tags: 1656 HCU; 28 OTU; 625 Squadron; 81 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Magister; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Cranwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hullavington; RAF Kelstern; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Tilstock; RAF Torquay; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Wymeswold; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley
Donald Gray’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 150 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 170 Squadron; 460 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ibsley; RAF Mingaladon; V-1; V-weapon
George Thomas Hagues’ diary
Tags: 625 Squadron; 83 OTU; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lindholme; RAF Peplow; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon
George Thomas Hagues’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 625 Squadron; 83 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Peplow; RAF Stormy Down; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Trip to Germany
Tags: prisoner of war; shot down; Stalag 7A; the long march
Conversation with Ray Lippiard
Ray Lippiard note of postings and locations
Warrant Officer Gerry Marion - mid-upper gunner 158 Squadron
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
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
Operational memoir by A L Joslin
Tags: 100 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 460 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); fear; flight engineer; gremlin; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; master bomber; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); P-47; P-51; Pathfinders; RAF Binbrook; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hemswell; RAF Wratting Common; Schräge Musik; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Window
Victor Garland war service and 429 Squadron
Tags: 1666 HCU; 429 Squadron; 6 Group; aircrew; bombing; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; mine laying; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); RAF East Moor; RAF Leeming; RAF St Athan; RAF Torquay; RAF Wombleton; training; Wellington
Life after Metheringham - Memories of Coningsby from Feb 45 to VJ Day
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln.
Tags: 106 Squadron; 5 Group; 8 Group; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Cook’s tour; Distinguished Service Order; evading; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; Lincoln; master bomber; mess; Meteor; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operation Exodus (1945); Pathfinders; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Hemswell; RAF Metheringham; RAF Tangmere; RAF Warboys; RAF Westcott; RAF Wyton; target indicator; Tiger force
