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E E Stalley’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
Trained at No. 12 Air Gunners School, 17 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing…
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 50 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); 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 Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Silverstone; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
EW Cropper's Log Books
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1656 HCU; 1662 HCU; 57 Squadron; 7 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; forced landing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mid-air collision; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Oxford; Proctor; RAF Blyton; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hemswell; RAF High Wycombe; RAF Jurby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Scampton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Excerpt of Bob Cooke's Log Book
Extract from log book of Squadron Leader Alan Gibson AFC DFM RNZAF
His pilot on his first operation was Flight Sergeant Burnett. Pilot Officer Allen also flew on one operation with him.
Extracts from the log book of Flight Lieutenant Charles Martin
Tags: 166 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 61 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); 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); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); RAF Blyton; RAF Kirmington; RAF Sturgate; training
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
Flight Lieutenant Michael Myers Wayman (version one)
Tags: 103 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 21 Squadron; 90 Squadron; B-17; Blenheim; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; final resting place; Gneisenau; Hampden; killed in action; love and romance; Me 109; Mosquito; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); RAF Bicester; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Watton; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; sport; training; Wellington
Flight Lieutenant Michael Myers Wayman (version two)
Tags: 103 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 21 Squadron; 90 Squadron; B-17; Blenheim; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; final resting place; Gneisenau; Hampden; killed in action; love and romance; Me 109; Mosquito; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); RAF Bicester; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Watton; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; sport; training; Wellington
Flying log - Allan Edwards
Tags: 514 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; master bomber; missing in action; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Window
Flying Officer John Waugh "Target" flight tracks
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Tags: 467 Squadron; bombing; bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; RAF Waddington; tactical support for Normandy troops
Frank Howkins’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 27 OTU; 467 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 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); Dominie; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Castle Bromwich; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Lichfield; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Geoffrey North’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 15 OTU; 1659 HCU; 1664 HCU; 35 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 76 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; missing in action; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Catfoss; RAF Dalton; RAF Dishforth; RAF Driffield; RAF Graveley; RAF Harwell; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); shot down; training; Wellington; Whitley
George Holmes sortie record sheet 9 and 50 Squadrons
George Holmes' navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 50 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Botha; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mid-air collision; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Harold Wilson's flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bomb aimer; 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 the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Service Medal; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; memorial; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Bardney; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Jurby; RAF Manby; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Middleton St George; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Saltby; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; training; Wellington
Harrold Wakefield's navigator's, air bombers and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 51 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Grand Slam; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 262; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; promotion; RAF Lyneham; RAF Marston Moor; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; training; Whitley; York
Harry George Mason Robinson's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 15 OTU; 156 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 23 OTU; 24 OTU; 76 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); crash; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; master bomber; mine laying; missing in action; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Harwell; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Madley; RAF Pershore; RAF Riccall; RAF Upwood; RCAF Mossbank; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); take-off crash; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Harry Whittaker's flying log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 17 OTU; 19 OTU; 35 Squadron; 635 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Botha; crash; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); Halifax; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Magister; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Downham Market; RAF Dumfries; RAF Graveley; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley
Homer Lawson's Biography
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 1663 HCU; 19 OTU; 77 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Forres; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Melbourne; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Rufforth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Homer Lawson’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1663 HCU; 19 OTU; 77 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Forres; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Llandwrog; Raf Mauripur; RAF Melbourne; RAF Penrhos; RAF Rufforth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Hugh Forth’s pilots flying log book. One
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 Millar’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 61 Squadron; 620 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); 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); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Me 109; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Coningsby; RAF Leicester East; RAF Newmarket; RAF Pembrey; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; 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
Jim Hardy’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book One
Posted to No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School, 14 Operational Training Unit. Operational posting…
Tags: 14 OTU; 24 OTU; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Hampden; Lysander; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Long Marston; RAF Scampton; RAF West Freugh; take-off crash; training; Walrus; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner