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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "Italy--La Spezia"
Whereabouts of British paratroopers captured at Montebello
Tags: Resistance
La Spezia area situation assessment
Tags: Resistance
Hedley Madgett RAF Diary 1943
Details from log book of Henry Townsley DFM
Tags: 15 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 8 Group; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Ju 88; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Woodhall Spa; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 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
Tommy Fairclough's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers. One
Tags: 100 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 1668 HCU; 26 OTU; 30 OTU; 550 Squadron; 82 OTU; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bombing; C-47; Dominie; evading; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Bircotes; RAF Bottesford; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Finningley; RAF Gamston; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Ossington; RAF Pembrey; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wing; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); shot down; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
9 Squadron Operations Record Book. One
For each operation it includes many details of the target, routes, bomb load, crews, a description of results, and if any did not return.
The last…
Tags: 9 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; pilot; RAF Bardney; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943)
Peter Baxter’s Flying Log Book as Flight Engineer.
After pre-aircrew…
Tags: 12 Squadron; 153 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 50 Squadron; 57 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; mine laying; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Faldingworth; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Penrhos; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); sport; training; Whitley
Rowland Kethro’s Royal Canadian Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book.
Tags: 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 189 Squadron; 44 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Battle; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Manchester; mine laying; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington
Ron Riding's Royal Canadian Air Force observers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 242 Squadron; 52 Squadron; Air Observers School; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; bale out; Battle; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Cook’s tour; evading; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Lancaster; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Blida; RAF Dishforth; RAF Lindholme; RAF Northolt; RAF Oakington; RCAF Caron; RCAF Rivers; Second Tactical Air Force; shot down; Stirling; submarine; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Fred Richardson's log book. Two
Kenneth Gill’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; missing in action; navigator; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stearman; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Keith Thiele - Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot's flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1661 HCU; 22 OTU; 405 Squadron; 467 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Dominie; Flying Training School; forced landing; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Ju 52; Lancaster; Magister; Me 109; Me 262; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bottesford; RAF Hendon; RAF Hullavington; RAF Lympne; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Tangmere; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Waddington; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF West Malling; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Scharnhorst; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Ventura; Wellington; Whitley
Extracts from Alastair Lang's pilot's flying log book
Wally Layne's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 50 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); crash; Dominie; Gneisenau; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Bourn; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Lindholme; RAF Penrhos; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Scharnhorst; shot down; target indicator; training; Whitley; wireless operator
Thomas Other Prickett’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 103 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 5 BFTS; aircrew; Anson; B-17; B-26; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); British Flying Training School Program; C-47; Catalina; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lysander; Magister; Martinet; Mosquito; Oxford; pilot; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hullavington; RAF Kumalo; RAF Lindholme; RAF Netheravon; RAF Sealand; RAF Sywell; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Spitfire; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
J D Harris’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 11 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1661 HCU; 49 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; Cook’s tour; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Oakley; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stirling; training; Wellington
John Mitchell flying log book. Two
Tags: 1653 HCU; 1661 HCU; 19 OTU; 207 Squadron; 7 Group; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Cook’s tour; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lysander; Operational Training Unit; pilot; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Forres; RAF Kinloss; RAF Langar; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Spilsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF Winthorpe; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Thomas Page's navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s log book
Tags: 1661 HCU; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Dominie; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Magister; Manchester; mine laying; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wyton; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stirling; Tiger Moth; training
James Lee’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 467 Squadron; 99 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; arts and crafts; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); C-47; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; missing in action; Oxford; prisoner of war; RAF Bottesford; RAF Dishforth; RAF Lyneham; RAF Ossington; RAF Scampton; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; York
George Dunmore’s RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying log book
Jo Lancaster’s pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 12 Squadron; 20 OTU; 22 OTU; 28 OTU; 40 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Flying Training School; Halifax; Lancaster; Magister; Martinet; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Binbrook; RAF Desford; RAF Kirmington; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Sealand; RAF Sywell; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upavon; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wymeswold; RAF Wyton; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Spitfire; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Albert Edward Edmunds’ pilots flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 27 OTU; 30 OTU; 608 Squadron; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; B-25; bombing; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Manchester; Martinet; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Barford St John; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Dishforth; RAF Downham Market; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Hatfield; RAF Hixon; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; RAF Prestwick; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Tiger Moth; training; Ventura; Wellington
Hedley R Madgett’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 61 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Harvard; killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; missing in action; Oxford; pilot; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Syerston; RAF Wattisham; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Arthur Norman Hollis’ Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 BFTS; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); British Flying Training School Program; C-47; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Manchester; Martinet; mid-air collision; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cranwell; RAF Little Rissington; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Turweston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wattisham; RAF Westcott; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stearman; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington