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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "Germany--Bochum"
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
Flight logs 1943
List of operations
Operational navigation log - Bochum
Operational navigation log - Bochum
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
John (Jack) Clyde's Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book
He was stationed at RAF Yatesbury (No. 2 Signals…
Tags: 10 OTU; 10 Squadron; 1663 HCU; 19 OTU; 24 OTU; aerial photograph; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; air sea rescue; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Botha; C-47; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Kinloss; RAF Long Marston; RAF Melbourne; RAF Rufforth; RAF St Eval; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); searchlight; target photograph; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Tommy's first tour
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
Tommy Fairclough's flying log book for observers and air gunners. Two
Tags: 100 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 1668 HCU; 28 OTU; 30 OTU; 550 Squadron; 82 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; Cook’s tour; Dominie; evading; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bircotes; RAF Bottesford; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Finningley; RAF Gamston; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Ossington; RAF Pembrey; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wing; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); shot down; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Tommy Fairclough's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers. One
Tags: 100 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 1668 HCU; 26 OTU; 30 OTU; 550 Squadron; 82 OTU; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bombing; C-47; Dominie; evading; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Bircotes; RAF Bottesford; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Finningley; RAF Gamston; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Ossington; RAF Pembrey; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wing; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); shot down; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Navigation chart
Frank King's Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book
Tags: 156 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 1656 HCU; 460 Squadron; 76 Squadron; air gunner; Air Transport Auxiliary; aircrew; Anson; B-25; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mine laying; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Ringway; RAF Stormy Down; RAF White Waltham; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington; York
Donald Andrew’s Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 207 Squadron; 49 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Saltby; RAF Spilsby; RAF Staverton; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Stanislaw Sewerin's Pilots Flying Log Book. Two
Tags: 1662 HCU; 18 OTU; 300 Squadron; aircrew; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Aston Down; RAF Blyton; RAF Cosford; RAF Dishforth; RAF Dunsfold; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Finningley; RAF Glatton; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Sturgate; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wroughton; 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
Albert Millson’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Posted to 12 Operational Training Unit…
Tags: 101 Squadron; 102 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1652 HCU; 21 OTU; aircrew; animal; Anson; B-17; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); C-47; Distinguished Flying Medal; Flying Training School; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Benson; RAF Broadwell; RAF Desford; RAF Grantham; RAF Honington; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Oakington; RAF Pocklington; RAF Ratmalana; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF West Raynham; Scharnhorst; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
List of Jamie Barr's operations
Tags: 29 OTU; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Operational Training Unit; RAF Coningsby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Woodhall Spa; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington
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
Lionel Horner’s Royal Air Force Air Navigator’s Flying Log Book
Navigation training at the Pan American Airways Navigation Section, Miami and then Advanced Flying Unit in England. Posted to 29…
Tags: 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; military discipline; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Sturgate; training; Wellington
Robert Kirkbright’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book. Two
Tags: 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 1657 HCU; 199 Squadron; 30 OTU; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Flying Training School; Halifax; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Hixon; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Arthur Mace's diary 8th January 1942 to 15th March 1944
There is a second diary for 1943 only and its contents are identical to the first diary.
A third diary covers 1944.
Tags: 214 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bombing; Botha; crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; flight engineer; Halifax; hangar; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); incendiary device; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; Lysander; medical officer; mess; mine laying; missing in action; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Driffield; RAF Evanton; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Lasham; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Madley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; RAF St Eval; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tangmere; RAF Yatesbury; searchlight; sport; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
The First Crew
Tags: 1652 HCU; 19 OTU; 35 Squadron; 4 Group; 78 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; final resting place; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Breighton; RAF Cardington; RAF Dalton; RAF Driffield; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Padgate; Stalag 357; training; Window; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
78 Squadron history
A second copy is a typed version of this.
Tags: 10 Squadron; 102 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 150 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 1658 HCU; 1659 HCU; 1663 HCU; 187 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 297 Squadron; 346 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 4 Group; 405 Squadron; 408 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 58 Squadron; 6 Group; 617 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 78 Squadron; 9 Squadron; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Breighton; RAF Croft; RAF Dalton; RAF Dishforth; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; Tirpitz; training; Whitley
Harold Arthur Mace’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 78 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; B-17; bombing; Botha; Dominie; Halifax; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Evanton; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Marston Moor; RAF St Eval; RAF Stanton Harcourt; shot down; training; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner