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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "Netherlands"
Extracts from Jack Crawford's diary
Letter to Richard from a researcher
Newspaper cutting - 'Flying Backwards - Jock Haire could see where he had been'.
Interview with Queenie Hall.
Tags: 75 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; childhood in wartime; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); entertainment; evacuation; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground personnel; home front; killed in action; love and romance; mess; military living conditions; RAF Felixstowe; RAF High Wycombe; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mepal; recruitment; training; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Norman Eley’s RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 11 OTU; 1668 HCU; 207 Squadron; 514 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); C-47; Cook’s tour; Cornell; Dominie; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lincoln; Magister; Meteor; Mosquito; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bottesford; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Leconfield; RAF Marham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Oakley; RAF Spilsby; RAF Sywell; RAF Waterbeach; RCAF Caron; RCAF Weyburn; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
James Darroch Crawford's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 139 Squadron; 627 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Mosquito; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Coltishall; RAF Cosford; RAF Defford; RAF Downham Market; RAF Farnborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hatfield; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hooton Park; RAF Kumalo; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manston; RAF Marham; RAF Montrose; RAF Newmarket; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Ringway; RAF Sealand; RAF Silloth; RAF Sturgate; RAF Ternhill; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wickenby; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Wyton; training
Daily Express - 17 April 1945
Tags: prisoner of war; shot down; Stalag 357; the long march
Eric Boumphey's grave
Letter from Graves Registration and Enquiries to C. Boumphrey
It identifies Boumphrey by rank, service number and squadron and states that…
Letter from the Burgomaster of Uden about the death of Eric Boumphrey
It gives the date when Boumphrey's aircraft crashed and describes precisely the location. The letter further states that, according to the German authorities, his possessions…
Tags: aircrew; killed in action
Account of the crash of Stirling W7580
The witness describes the stricken bomber as a "huge firebal [sic]". It goes on to describe the precise location of the…
Dixie Deans' POW record
Peter Hoare - Flying Timeline
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln.
Bomber Command Career 1942-49
A second copy includes some photographs.
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln.
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 8 Group; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Cook’s tour; Cornell; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; ditching; entertainment; FIDO; Flying Training School; Gee; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; mess; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; navigator; Nissen hut; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; radar; RAF Binbrook; RAF Cardington; RAF Carlisle; RAF Castel Benito; RAF Coningsby; RAF Dumfries; RAF Harrogate; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hunmanby Moor; RAF Lindholme; RAF Lissett; RAF Metheringham; RAF Shallufa; RAF Shawbury; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; RCAF Brandon; RCAF Caron; RCAF Estevan; RCAF Moncton; sport; Stirling; target indicator; Tiger force; Tiger Moth; training; Victoria Cross; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
My First Operation
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln.
Tags: 106 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; briefing; coping mechanism; Cornell; fear; Flying Training School; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Home Guard; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; master bomber; military ethos; military service conditions; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; RAF Cardington; RAF Dumfries; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Lissett; RAF Metheringham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; RCAF Estevan; RCAF Moncton; Spitfire; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
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
Ken Hemmings Autobiography
Tags: 100 Group; 1663 HCU; 192 Squadron; 463 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; Beaufighter; bomb aimer; briefing; C-47; Catalina; Cook’s tour; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; FIDO; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Harvard; He 111; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 110; Me 163; Me 262; Me 410; medical officer; mess; mid-air collision; military discipline; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Oxford; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; radar; RAF Benson; RAF Burnaston; RAF Calveley; RAF Foulsham; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Locking; RAF Melksham; RAF Paignton; RAF Rufforth; RAF St Athan; RAF St Eval; RAF Torquay; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Victory in Europe Day (8 May 1945); Wellington; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force; York
Biography of John James (Jack) Cox
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