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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1941-06-30"
Hampdens, Wimpeys and Barbed Wire
Tags: 1 Group; 102 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 25 OTU; 3 Group; 4 Group; 427 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 6 Group; 617 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Blenheim; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Botha; briefing; crash; debriefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Do 217; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); entertainment; forced landing; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Gneisenau; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; hangar; Harrow; intelligence officer; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; Me 110; mess; military discipline; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Oboe; observer; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Croft; RAF Digby; RAF Evanton; RAF Finningley; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Manby; RAF Metheringham; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Coates; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Padgate; RAF Pocklington; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Thornaby; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Wick; recruitment; Scharnhorst; searchlight; shot down; sport; Stalag 8B; Stirling; strafing; Swordfish; take-off crash; the long march; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
George Milson's Log Book
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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
Letter to Chan Chandler's mother from RAF Records
Chan Chandler's biography
He flew 95 operations as Wireless Operator / Air Gunner, Gunnery Leader and Cameraman with 49 and 617 Squadrons and survived nine days adrift in the North Sea. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and a rare Soviet…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air sea rescue; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; Battle; Bismarck; Blenheim; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); briefing; C-47; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; forced landing; Gee; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Gneisenau; Goldfish Club; H2S; Halifax; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; Manchester; master bomber; Me 109; mess; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Oboe; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; RAF Andover; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Castle Combe; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Coningsby; RAF Croydon; RAF Earls Colne; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Honington; RAF hospital Rauceby; RAF Kinloss; RAF Manston; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Middle Wallop; RAF Northolt; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Scampton; RAF Tangmere; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Freugh; RAF White Waltham; RAF Wittering; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Scharnhorst; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; Sunderland; Tallboy; target indicator; target photograph; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-2; V-3; V-weapon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner
Letter from Chan Chandler to his mother
Tags: air sea rescue; aircrew; ditching; RAF Scampton
Albert Millson’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Posted to 12 Operational Training Unit…
Tags: 101 Squadron; 102 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1652 HCU; 21 OTU; aircrew; animal; Anson; B-17; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); C-47; Distinguished Flying Medal; Flying Training School; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Benson; RAF Broadwell; RAF Desford; RAF Grantham; RAF Honington; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Oakington; RAF Pocklington; RAF Ratmalana; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF West Raynham; Scharnhorst; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
William Hugh Anthony Jackson's Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book. One
Tags: 105 Squadron; 17 OTU; 23 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bombing; Boston; Botha; Defiant; Flying Training School; Ju 88; Lysander; Magister; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Carlisle; RAF Church Lawford; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Luqa; RAF Pershore; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Upavon; RAF Upwood; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
L V Rosser’s pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 10 OTU; 12 OTU; 1668 HCU; 19 OTU; 26 OTU; 35 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 58 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Defiant; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Lysander; Magister; Martinet; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Dishforth; RAF Gamston; RAF Grantham; RAF Kinloss; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Shenington; RAF Topcliffe; training; Wellington; Whitley
Letter to Douglas Hudson from his parents
Tags: prisoner of war
Letter from Hedley Madgett to his parents
Denis Clyde-Smith's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 115 Squadron; 15 OTU; 218 Squadron; 27 OTU; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Flying Training School; Hurricane; Lysander; Magister; Operational Training Unit; pilot; Proctor; RAF Benson; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Calshot; RAF Farnborough; RAF Harwell; RAF Henlow; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marham; RAF Ringway; RAF Sealand; RAF Sywell; RAF Watchet; RAF Weston Zoyland; RAF Wing; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; training; Walrus; Wellington
Stephen Dawson's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 14 OTU; 25 OTU; 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Flying Training School; Hampden; Initial Training Wing; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Finningley; RAF Hatfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Rissington; RAF St Athan; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; Tiger Moth; training