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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "Poland--Szczecin"
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
John Boden ’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1333 HTCU; 1657 HCU; 7 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); C-47; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Magister; master bomber; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Derby; RAF Dishforth; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF Edge Hill; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hullavington; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Oakington; RAF Pershore; RAF Riccall; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Snaith; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Talbenny; RAF Warboys; RAF Witchford; RAF Wymeswold; Stearman; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; USAAF Gunter Field; USAAF Souther Field; USAAF Turner Field; Wellington; York
Paul Edward Thompson DFC RAF
Tags: 14 OTU; 1660 HCU; 189 Squadron; 26 OTU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; final resting place; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wing; RCAF Trenton; shot down; training; Wellington
Edwin Jury's wartime log for British prisoners
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bomb aimer; Dulag Luft; final resting place; flight engineer; Halifax; He 111; Hurricane; Mosquito; navigator; observer; pilot; prisoner of war; prisoner of war arts and crafts; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; the long march; wireless operator
Edwin Jury’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Interview with Clement Murray Chown
Camp History of Stalag Luft III (Sagan)
Dixie Deans' POW record
William Thew Mayson’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book One
Tags: 109 Squadron; 11 OTU; 128 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 23 OTU; 7 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; B-24; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Defiant; Dominie; forced landing; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Light Night Striking Force; Mosquito; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; Proctor; RAF Alconbury; RAF Oakington; RAF Penrhos; RAF Pershore; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wyton; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stirling; training; Wellington
Maurice James Blower’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 1661 HCU; 19 OTU; 617 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); Flying Training School; forced landing; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Coningsby; RAF Forres; RAF Kinloss; RAF St Eval; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
142542 Flight Lieutenant Harry Richardson DFC
Tags: 149 Squadron; 159 Squadron; 232 Squadron; 27 OTU; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; forced landing; Gneisenau; mine laying; navigator; nose art; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Digri; RAF Lichfield; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Montrose; RAF Perth; Scharnhorst; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Five year diary
Tags: 15 OTU; 1658 HCU; 19 OTU; 23 OTU; 24 OTU; 7 Squadron; 76 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; Beaufighter; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; faith; grief; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; military living conditions; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Harwell; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lindholme; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Madley; RAF Pershore; RAF Riccall; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); sport; training; Whitley
Harry Robinson's recommendation for the D.F.C
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
Life after Metheringham - Memories of Coningsby from Feb 45 to VJ Day
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln.
Tags: 106 Squadron; 5 Group; 8 Group; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Cook’s tour; Distinguished Service Order; evading; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; Lincoln; master bomber; mess; Meteor; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operation Exodus (1945); Pathfinders; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Hemswell; RAF Metheringham; RAF Tangmere; RAF Warboys; RAF Westcott; RAF Wyton; target indicator; Tiger force
Harry George Mason Robinson's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 15 OTU; 156 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 23 OTU; 24 OTU; 76 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); crash; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; master bomber; mine laying; missing in action; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Harwell; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Madley; RAF Pershore; RAF Riccall; RAF Upwood; RCAF Mossbank; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); take-off crash; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
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
W J (Bill) Crimmin’s Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book. One
Training started at No. 4 British Flying Training School in Phoenix, Arizona. This continued at No. 3 Service Flying…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 161 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 25 OTU; 3 SFTS; 4 BFTS; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); British Flying Training School Program; Flying Training School; forced landing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Hornet Moth; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Martinet; mine laying; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bircotes; RAF East Wretham; RAF Finningley; RAF Foulsham; RAF Halton; RAF Ipswich; RAF Marham; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Newmarket; RAF Oakington; RAF South Cerney; RAF Tempsford; searchlight; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Norman Hamment observers and air gunners flying log book
He was stationed at RAF Morpeth (No. 4 Air Gunnery School), RAF…
Tags: 21 OTU; 29 OTU; 61 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; Harrow; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bourn; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Downham Market; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Morpeth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Scampton; RAF St Eval; RAF Syerston; RAF Upwood; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Urft Dam and Politze
4000 tons on Essen in heaviest day raid
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; Halifax; incendiary device; Lancaster; P-51; Pathfinders; pilot; Spitfire
Letter from the Air Ministry to Mrs A. Miller
It expresses regret that Sergeant Aubrey Harris Miller is missing as a result of his aircraft failing to return from operations. It…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Lancaster; missing in action; Red Cross