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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "Netherlands--Eindhoven"
George William Hodges' Royal Air Force Observers’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book.
Tags: 15 OTU; 156 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 22 OTU; 424 Squadron; 432 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Feltwell; RAF Gaydon; RAF Harwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Millom; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Arthur Close's Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1663 HCU; 466 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Driffield; RAF Elvington; RAF Rufforth; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
James Brown’s Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1660 HCU; 1661 HCU; 50 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); Botha; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Martinet; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Catfoss; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Manby; RAF Morpeth; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; training; Wellington
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; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Mosquito; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Feltwell; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Kumalo; RAF Newmarket; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Wyton; target indicator; Tiger Moth; training
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
Eindhoven airfield
F Sowerby’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Manby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RCAF Mount Hope; RCAF Picton; Stirling; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Letter from the Imperial War Graves Commission to Herbert Jennings's father
Tags: final resting place
Record for Lancaster 'LS-M' NF958
Tags: 115 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; pilot
Flight Lieutenant Michael Myers Wayman (version one)
Tags: 103 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 21 Squadron; 90 Squadron; B-17; Blenheim; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; final resting place; Gneisenau; Hampden; killed in action; love and romance; Me 109; Mosquito; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); RAF Bicester; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Watton; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; sport; training; Wellington
Flight Lieutenant Michael Myers Wayman (version two)
Tags: 103 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 21 Squadron; 90 Squadron; B-17; Blenheim; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; final resting place; Gneisenau; Hampden; killed in action; love and romance; Me 109; Mosquito; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); RAF Bicester; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Watton; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; sport; training; Wellington
'44-'84 Fortieth anniversary of "Market Garden"
Conversation with Heinz Rökke & Jack Bromfield
Tags: 100 Group; 158 Squadron; 4 Group; 408 Squadron; 426 Squadron; 6 Group; aircrew; anti-Semitism; bale out; Beaufighter; bomb aimer; decoy site; Do 217; evading; FIDO; Fw 190; Halifax; He 111; Ju 87; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 110; Me 163; Me 262; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Cranfield; RAF Elvington; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Pocklington; Schräge Musik; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag Luft 1; Stirling; target indicator; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Norman Piercy - Research Notes
Tags: 101 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 405 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 8 Group; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; final resting place; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; Pathfinders; RAF Alconbury; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington
Aubrey Coles’ Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 10 OTU; 158 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 20 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Magister; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Lissett; RAF Lossiemouth; RCAF Caron; RCAF Estevan; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
9 Squadron handwritten Operations Record Book. Two
Tags: 9 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Bardney; tactical support for Normandy troops
H W Bratley - observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 1678 HCU; 7 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; escaping; evading; forced landing; Harrow; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dumfries; RAF Feltwell; RAF Honington; RAF Marham; RAF Oakington; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; Wellington
P M Edge’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book. One
Tags: 15 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Desborough; RAF Dumfries; RAF Feltwell; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Prestwick; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Eindhoven valve factory
Tags: aerial photograph
Postcards sent each time sent on operation
1944 continued
Group Captain Leonard Trent VC DFC ADC
Tags: 15 Squadron; 17 OTU; 2 Group; 214 Squadron; 487 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; Battle; Blenheim; Boston; Distinguished Flying Cross; Ju 88; Me 109; Meteor; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Coltishall; RAF Feltwell; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Oakington; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wittering; RAF Wyton; Spitfire; Stalag Luft 3; training; Ventura; Victoria Cross
Operation to Eindhoven
Tags: 15 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Gee; master bomber; navigator; pilot; Window