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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "Germany--Hamburg"
Newspaper cutting - DFM's two operational tours of duty
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
100 Squadron operational record for attacks on Hamburg. 24/25 July 1943
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; Blenheim; bombing; Boston; C-47; Defiant; Dominie; Lancaster; Manchester; Mosquito; 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 West Freugh; RAF Woodhall Spa; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
Flight logs 1943
List of operations
Operational navigation log - Hamburg
Operational navigation log - Hamburg
Chan Chandler's biography
Tags: 115 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air sea rescue; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; Battle; Bismarck; Blenheim; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); briefing; C-47; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; forced landing; Gee; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Gneisenau; Goldfish Club; H2S; Halifax; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; Manchester; master bomber; Me 109; mess; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Oboe; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; RAF Andover; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Castle Combe; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Coningsby; RAF Croydon; RAF Earls Colne; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Honington; RAF hospital Rauceby; RAF Kinloss; RAF Manston; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Middle Wallop; RAF Northolt; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Scampton; RAF Tangmere; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Freugh; RAF White Waltham; RAF Wittering; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Scharnhorst; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; Sunderland; Tallboy; target indicator; target photograph; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-2; V-3; V-weapon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner
Lancaster - Hamburg operation 24/25 July 1943
Hamburg
On the reverse 'Hamburg April 1945'.
Tags: aerial photograph; bombing
Operation night of 20/21 March 1945
Tags: bombing
Light flak
On the reverse 'Light flak Hamburg Docks April 1941'.
There is a second copy with 'Flak Hamburg' on the reverse.
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
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
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
William Caruthers' navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 207 Squadron; 29 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Metheringham; RAF Spilsby; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Sidney (Laurie) Davis's Navigator's, Air Bomber's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book
Tags: 17 OTU; 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Silverstone; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Tibenham; RAF Waddington; Tiger force; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Jack Genney’s Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bombers and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 7 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; 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; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; prisoner of war; RAF Oakington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Warboys; RAF Wratting Common; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); searchlight; shot down; Stirling; training
Frederick Sawyer’s RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 434 Squadron; 81 OTU; 82 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Croft; RAF Dalton; RAF Docking; RAF Gamston; RAF Harrogate; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Ossington; RAF Topcliffe; RCAF Moncton; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
The record bomber crew
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; animal; bomb aimer; bombing; flight engineer; navigator; pilot; wireless operator
Bomber crew's 228 operational record flights
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; animal; bomb aimer; bombing; flight engineer; navigator; pilot; wireless operator
Newspaper with article Folkestone man in record crew
Tags: aircrew; animal; bomb aimer; bombing; flight engineer; navigator; pilot; wireless operator
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