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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "Germany--Leipzig"
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
Partial list of C L Woolley's operations
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
Bomber command operations
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Group; 189 Squadron; 207 Squadron; 227 Squadron; 463 Squadron; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 6 Group; 61 Squadron; 619 Squadron; 7 Group; 8 Group; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; B-24; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; final resting place; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Hurricane; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; master bomber; mine laying; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Skellingthorpe; Spitfire; Window; wireless operator
Peter Hopper's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 11 OTU; 1669 HCU; 50 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Langar; RAF Oakley; RAF Pembrey; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Westcott; training; Wellington
Main force route
Tags: bombing; RAF Skellingthorpe
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
Edward Gearon’s pilots flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1658 HCU; 78 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Carlisle; RAF Riccall; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Valley; RAF Wrexham; Stearman; training; Whitley
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
Oscar Woolner’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners and Flight Engineers
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 619 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Pembrey; RAF Strubby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; Stirling; training; Wellington
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
Service history of Richard Stuart
Richard took part in 22 operations to Berlin, Frankfurt, Hagen, Hannover, Kassel, Leipzig, Mannheim,…
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 61 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Beaufighter; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); crash; final resting place; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; missing in action; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Catfoss; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; searchlight; training; wireless operator
Letter to George Thomson from his father
Tags: bombing; incendiary device; propaganda
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
61 Squadron operations 1943
Tags: 1660 HCU; 1661 HCU; 61 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; pilot; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); searchlight; target indicator; training; wireless operator
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
Conversation with Bob O'Dell
Tags: 1664 HCU; 408 Squadron; 6 Group; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; Oxford; pilot; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Dalton; RAF Dishforth; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Kenley; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Locking; RAF St Athan; Tiger Moth; training; wireless operator
Alfred Jack Coman's Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 31 Squadron RAF; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bramcote; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Madley; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Metheringham; RAF Millom; RAF Nuneaton; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
If Love were all...the story of a Second World War bomber crew
Tags: 12 Squadron; 15 OTU; 1667 HCU; 30 OTU; 626 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; ditching; evading; final resting place; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Gee; ground personnel; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; love and romance; lynching; Me 110; memorial; mess; missing in action; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; RAF Binbrook; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Leeming; RAF Mepal; RAF Seighford; RAF Shellingford; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Watchfield; RAF Wickenby; RCAF Calgary; Red Cross; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Spitfire; sport; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
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
Conversation with Les Giddings
Leslie Giddings memoir
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 207 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); final resting place; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Me 110; prisoner of war; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF St Athan; Red Cross; shot down; Stalag 357; Stalag Luft 6; training