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Letter from the Imperial War Graves Commission to Herbert Jennings's father
Tags: final resting place
Sketch of crashed aircraft
Tags: crash
Sketch map of Deurne crash site
Tags: crash
Raymond Frederick John Heath’s Royal Air Force Pilots flying log book. Two
Attack and crash report
Casualty report
Tags: 61 Squadron; air gunner; final resting place
Ron Goebel’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
He served at RAF Bardney flying Lancasters.
He flew two night bombing operations with 9 Squadron. His…
Tags: 9 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; crash; Lancaster; RAF Bardney; shot down
Ken Johnson’s Royal Air Force Observers and Air Gunners Flying Log Book
Trained at No. 2 Air Gunners School, 29 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Conversion Unit, and No 5 Lancaster…
Tags: 1654 HCU; 29 OTU; 61 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Dalcross; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; Tallboy; training; Wellington
W Harrison’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners, Flight Engineers
Tags: 1661 HCU; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; crash; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Oxford; RAF Bardney; RAF Binbrook; RAF Lindholme; RAF Salbani; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Worksop; Stirling; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training
F Hooper’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Trained at No. 2 Air Gunners School, followed by 29 Operational Training Unit, 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster…
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; P-40; RAF Bardney; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Dalcross; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Harry Denton’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Served at RAF Bardney flying Lancasters.
He flew five bombing operations (one day and four night) with 9…
George Milson's memoir
Tags: 13 OTU; 18 Squadron; 2 Group; 211 Squadron; 84 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Catalina; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; escaping; Gneisenau; Hampden; Harvard; Hudson; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Magister; Me 109; mess; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Abu Sueir; RAF Bicester; RAF Bodney; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Cardington; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cosford; RAF Cranfield; RAF Farnborough; RAF Ford; RAF Great Massingham; RAF Halton; RAF Hendon; RAF Hinton; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Lydda; RAF Oulton; RAF Polebrook; RAF Portreath; RAF Skegness; RAF Upwood; RAF Watton; RAF West Raynham; Red Cross; Scharnhorst; sport; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Newspaper cutting - shot down, escaped, awarded DFM
James Pickford RAF observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 207 Squadron; 25 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Battle; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Harrow; Lancaster; Lysander; Manchester; Martinet; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Bottesford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Evanton; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Kenley; RAF Langar; RAF Manston; RAF Middle Wallop; RAF North Weald; RAF Northolt; RAF Pembrey; RAF Saltby; RAF Scampton; RAF Spilsby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Amsterdam
Tags: aerial photograph
Amsterdam
Tags: aerial photograph
Amsterdam
Tags: aerial photograph
Vic Izzard’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
In Australia attended No 1. Recruit Depot, No. 1 Wireless Air Gunnery School, No. 1 Initial…
Tags: 1654 HCU; 27 OTU; 467 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; P-51; RAAF Ascot Vale; RAAF Ballarat; RAAF Bradfield Park; RAAF Parkes; RAAF Port Pirie; RAAF Somers; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Lichfield; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Rotterdam
Tags: aerial photograph; bombing
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