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J W Moore’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Battle; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; 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; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAAF Port Pirie; RAF Bardney; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; V-weapon; Wellington
Service record - Flight Lieutenant Alfred Ellis Prior DFM
Tags: 10 OTU; 138 Squadron; 161 Squadron; 19 OTU; 51 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; Boston; crash; Distinguished Flying Medal; final resting place; flight engineer; Flying Training School; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Halifax; Hudson; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Lysander; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Dishforth; RAF Tempsford; shot down; Special Operations Executive; training; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Operations list
Tags: aircrew; bombing; killed in action; mine laying; pilot; shot down
Jared Lewis' observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 102 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 21 OTU; 4 Group; 77 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; crash; Defiant; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; killed in action; Martinet; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Blida; RAF Dalcross; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Kairouan; RAF Manby; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Pembrey; RAF Pocklington; RAF Turnhouse; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Harry Hicks’ Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 11 OTU; 149 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1657 HCU; 32 OTU; Admiral Scheer; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Cornell; Flying Training School; Gee; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Babdown Farm; RAF Brough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Methwold; RAF Oakley; RAF Ossington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Watchfield; RAF Westcott; RAF Wratting Common; RCAF Boundary Bay; RCAF Caron; RCAF Medicine Hat; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
John Searle’s Royal Air Force Pilots Flying Log Book
Tags: 153 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 28 OTU; 78 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); C-47; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cranwell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Lindholme; RAF Scampton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
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
Albert Reeks’ Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Trained at No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School, 12 Operational Training Unit.…
Tags: 103 Squadron; 12 OTU; 205 Group; 216 Group; 216 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Gneisenau; Hudson; Operational Training Unit; propaganda; RAF Agartala; RAF Benson; RAF Cairo West; RAF El Adem; RAF El Khanka; RAF Heliopolis; RAF Kemble; RAF Khartoum; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Newton; RAF Penrhos; RAF Pitreavie; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Watchfield; RAF West Freugh; RAF Yatesbury; Scharnhorst; searchlight; take-off crash; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
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
Ten-ton Tessies blast Ruhr
Four newspaper cuttings covering operations using the ten-ton bomb and its production. One cutting has Ken's Lancaster taken on a raid to Bergen. One of the cuttings has been folded over.
Tags: B-17; B-24; Grand Slam; Lancaster; Tallboy
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 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
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
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
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
Pages from flying log book
Tags: 622 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Lancaster; mine laying; pilot; RAF Mildenhall
William Richards's Royal Australian Air Force flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 26 OTU; 54 OTU; 622 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAAF Bradfield Park; RAF Dallachy; RAF Desborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Lulsgate Bottom; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Wing; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
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
4 Group Digest, February 1945
Tags: 10 Squadron; 102 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 1669 HCU; 346 Squadron; 347 Squadron; 466 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 640 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bale out; bombing; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; flight engineer; ground personnel; Halifax; hangar; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Me 109; Me 410; Military Medal; mine laying; pilot; RAF Breighton; RAF Burn; RAF Driffield; RAF Elvington; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; RAF Pocklington; RAF Snaith; training; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
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
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
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
William Baillie's observer's and air gunner's flying log book. Two
Willy Welsh’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
Served at RAF…