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Ronald Mogg Interview
Tags: anti-Semitism; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Dulag Luft; Eisenhower, Dwight D. (1890 - 1969); entertainment; escaping; Gresse incident (19 April 1945); Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Lancaster; medical officer; navigator; Red Cross; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); shot down; Spitfire; sport; Stalag 357; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 6; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); the long march; Typhoon; Wellington
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; Auster; B-17; B-24; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Defiant; Dominie; forced landing; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; 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
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
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
142542 Flight Lieutenant Harry Richardson DFC
Tags: 149 Squadron; 159 Squadron; 232 Squadron; 27 OTU; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; forced landing; Gneisenau; Instructor; mine laying; navigator; nose art; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Digri; RAF Lichfield; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Montrose; RAF Perth; Scharnhorst; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Hampdens, Wimpeys and Barbed Wire
Tags: 1 Group; 102 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 25 OTU; 3 Group; 4 Group; 427 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 6 Group; 617 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Blenheim; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Botha; briefing; crash; debriefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Do 217; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); entertainment; forced landing; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Gneisenau; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; hangar; Harrow; intelligence officer; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; Me 110; mess; military discipline; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Oboe; observer; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Croft; RAF Digby; RAF Evanton; RAF Finningley; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Manby; RAF Metheringham; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Coates; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Padgate; RAF Pocklington; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Thornaby; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Wick; recruitment; Scharnhorst; searchlight; shot down; sport; Stalag 8B; Stirling; strafing; Swordfish; take-off crash; the long march; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Alphabetical extract of pilot losses
Tags: aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); evading; final resting place; Hampden; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; memorial; mid-air collision; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; prisoner of war
Kaiserlautern
Operations flown By Sergeant Matthew Bean HOLDEN R.A.F. Bomber Command
Each operation occupies a page and includes date, aircraft, target, take off and landing times, crew list, remarks and…
All Ruhr going down in dust
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
Pathways in the Sky
Tags: 207 Squadron; 5 Group; 57 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bomb aimer; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; final resting place; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Gee; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); H2S; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; navigator; Oboe; Pathfinders; pilot; promotion; propaganda; RAF Bourn; RAF Langar; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Scampton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Torquay; searchlight; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Stirling; submarine; target indicator; training; Window; 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 Cromie’s Royal Australian Air Force Observer’s, Air Gunner’s and W/T Operator’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1656 HCU; 27 OTU; 460 Squadron; 550 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 109; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; prisoner of war; RAAF Ballarat; RAAF Sale; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Millom; shot down; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Kenneth Steven's citation for Distinguished Flying Cross
Tags: aircrew; Distinguished Flying Cross; pilot
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
John Vere Hopgood’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 25 OTU; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Flying Training School; Fw 190; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lysander; Manchester; Martinet; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bircotes; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranage; RAF Cranwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Ford; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Lindholme; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; RAF Watchfield; shot down; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Notes on accidents
Tags: 10 Squadron; 102 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 1663 HCU; 347 Squadron; 466 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 640 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bomb aimer; bomb disposal; bombing; crash; ditching; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Carnaby; RAF Catfoss; RAF Croft; RAF Driffield; RAF Elvington; RAF Foulsham; RAF Harwell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lissett; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manston; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Pershore; RAF Riccall; RAF Rufforth; RAF Snaith; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF West Malling; RAF Westcott; RAF Wickenby; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Letter to Flight Lieutenant A D Webb
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
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
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
Chan Chandler's biography
He flew 95 operations as Wireless Operator / Air Gunner, Gunnery Leader and Cameraman with 49 and 617 Squadrons and survived nine days adrift in the North Sea. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and a rare Soviet…
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
Interview with Colin Bell
Colin talks of his entry interview into the RAF, his time at an…
Tags: 608 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; crewing up; fear; FIDO; Fw 190; ground crew; ground personnel; Initial Training Wing; Me 262; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; RAF Downham Market; RAF Grantham; RAF Prestwick; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; recruitment; searchlight; Stearman; superstition; training; V-weapon
Frank Pearson’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners, Flight Engineers. One
Trained at No. 1 Air Gunnery School, No. 85 Operational Training Unit, 1662 Heavy Conversion Unit. Posted to 626 Squadron in…
Tags: 1662 HCU; 189 Squadron; 626 Squadron; 85 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lincoln; mine laying; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bardney; RAF Blyton; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Khormaksar; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Luqa; RAF Metheringham; RAF Pembrey; RAF Shawbury; RAF Sturgate; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Tilstock; RAF Wattisham; RAF Watton; RAF Weeton; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wyton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington