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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "Germany--Braunschweig"
William Thew Mayson’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book One
Tags: 109 Squadron; 11 OTU; 128 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 23 OTU; 7 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; B-24; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Defiant; Dominie; forced landing; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Light Night Striking Force; Mosquito; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; Proctor; RAF Alconbury; RAF Oakington; RAF Penrhos; RAF Pershore; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wyton; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stirling; training; Wellington
Maurice James Blower’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 1661 HCU; 19 OTU; 617 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); Flying Training School; forced landing; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Instructor; Lancaster; Manchester; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Coningsby; RAF Forres; RAF Kinloss; RAF St Eval; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
Ken Hemmings Autobiography
Tags: 100 Group; 1663 HCU; 192 Squadron; 463 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; Beaufighter; bomb aimer; briefing; C-47; Catalina; Cook’s tour; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; FIDO; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Harvard; He 111; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 110; Me 163; Me 262; Me 410; medical officer; mess; mid-air collision; military discipline; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Oxford; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; radar; RAF Benson; RAF Burnaston; RAF Calveley; RAF Foulsham; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Locking; RAF Melksham; RAF Paignton; RAF Rufforth; RAF St Athan; RAF St Eval; RAF Torquay; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Victory in Europe Day (8 May 1945); Wellington; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force; York
Albert Edward Brown’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 100 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 18 OTU; 214 Squadron; 81 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; B-17; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Defiant; Fw 190; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Martinet; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; P-40; RAF Grimsby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Oulton; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Tilstock; RAF Worksop; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington; Whitley; Window
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W J (Bill) Crimmin’s Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book. One
Training started at No. 4 British Flying Training School in Phoenix, Arizona. This continued at No. 3 Service Flying…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 161 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 25 OTU; 3 SFTS; 4 BFTS; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); British Flying Training School Program; Flying Training School; forced landing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Hornet Moth; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Martinet; mine laying; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bircotes; RAF East Wretham; RAF Finningley; RAF Foulsham; RAF Halton; RAF Ipswich; RAF Marham; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Newmarket; RAF Oakington; RAF South Cerney; RAF Tempsford; searchlight; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; 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
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
E Renfrey’s South African Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Trained at Nos. 43 and 45 Air Schools , 16 Operational Training Unit and 1660…
Tags: 156 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1660 HCU; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; master bomber; navigator; observer; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Bardney; RAF Barford St John; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; SAAF Oudtshoorn; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
S A Morris’ Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book
Trained at No. 31 Bombing and Gunnery School, No. 33 Air Navigation School, 17 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Heavy…
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Binbrook; RAF Salbani; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; RCAF Mount Hope; RCAF Picton; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
F Sowerby’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Bobbington; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Manby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RCAF Mount; RCAF Picton; Stirling; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Lancaster crew at war
Tags: 4,000 lb Cookie bomb; 467 Squadron; 5 Group; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bomb dump; bomb struck; bombing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Fw 190; ground crew; ground personnel; incendiary device; intelligence officer; Lancaster; master bomber; Mosquito; navigator; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Waddington; Scarecrow; searchlight; Spitfire; wireless operator
Keith Harris’ RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book
He was stationed…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1678 HCU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Magister; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Chipping Norton; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF East Wretham; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Little Snoring; RAF Perth; RAF Shenington; RAF Witchford; Tiger Moth; 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
W Gall’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 16 OTU; 1661 HCU; 26 OTU; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Penrhos; RAF Sturgate; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wing; RAF Winthorpe; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); 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
John Maunsell's Observer's and Flying Log Book
Tags: 100 Group; 1654 HCU; 223 Squadron; 29 OTU; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-17; B-24; 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); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); evading; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Brize Norton; RAF East Kirkby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oulton; RAF Syerston; RAF Sywell; RAF Wigsley; shot down; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; Sunderland; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Window
A biography of John Maunsell
Tags: 1654 HCU; 223 Squadron; 57 Squadron; Anson; B-24; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); crash; final resting place; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; pilot; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Oulton; RAF Swinderby; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
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
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
Dennis Dowdeswell's navigator's, air bombers and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 101 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 170 Squadron; 27 OTU; 81 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Botha; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF Catfoss; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ingham; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Morpeth; RAF Sleap; training; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley
Stanley Abbott’s Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Joseph Fear’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bomber, Air Gunners and Flight Engineers
Tags: 1654 HCU; 207 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Spilsby; RAF Syerston; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
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