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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-02-16"
No 100 (S.D.) Group - intelligence raid analysis
Ananda Kularatne - RAF personnel form
Tags: 102 Squadron; aircrew; killed in action; pilot
Operations
Below - two documents giving accounts of these two operations with types of aircraft used, losses, enemy fighter operations, weather,…
Accounts of three operations
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Frank Hobbs’ observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); crash; Dominie; final resting place; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF East Kirkby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Pembrey; RAF Penrhos; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Yatesbury; superstition; take-off crash; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Bomb aimers briefing 16 February 1944
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Pathfinders; target indicator; Window
To war in a Wimpy - the life and times of Flight Sergeant Ron Williams RAF
Chapter 1 - early life, enlistment and training.
Chapter 2 - operational training. Describes activities during training OTU including naming his crew and flying out to…
Tags: 150 Squadron; 205 Group; 21 OTU; 216 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; Boston; C-47; crewing up; Dominie; hangar; Hudson; Lancaster; Lysander; military living conditions; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Padgate; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Wigtown; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Robert Creamer's Operations and Wartime Memories
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Squadron; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; mine laying; missing in action; navigator; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Blyton; RAF Grimsby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Sandtoft; searchlight; target indicator; training; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Details of death of those signing the book
Tags: 158 Squadron; 19 OTU; 26 OTU; 35 Squadron; 405 Squadron; 408 Squadron; 419 Squadron; 420 Squadron; 424 Squadron; 425 Squadron; 426 Squadron; 427 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 429 Squadron; 432 Squadron; 433 Squadron; 434 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Halifax; Hampden; killed in action; Lancaster; Operational Training Unit; RAF Balderton; RAF Croft; RAF Dishforth; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Moor; RAF Elvington; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Middleton St George; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Snaith; RAF Syerston; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Whitley
Berlin
Biographical letter from John Maunsell
Tags: 1654 HCU; 223 Squadron; 29 OTU; 57 Squadron; 630 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-24; bale out; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; 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); briefing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; crewing up; debriefing; evading; final resting place; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Fw 190; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; intelligence officer; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mid-air collision; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Oulton; RAF Swinderby; Resistance; Schräge Musik; shot down; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; the long march; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
A biography of John Maunsell
Tags: 1654 HCU; 223 Squadron; 57 Squadron; Anson; B-24; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); crash; final resting place; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; pilot; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Oulton; RAF Swinderby; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
John Glashan’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 1661 HCU; 26 OTU; 29 OTU; 82 OTU; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bardney; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Ossington; RAF Sywell; RAF Warboys; RAF Wing; RCAF Pearce; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Dennis Dowdeswell's navigator's, air bombers and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 101 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 170 Squadron; 27 OTU; 81 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Botha; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF Catfoss; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ingham; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Morpeth; RAF Sleap; training; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley
Lionel Horner’s Royal Air Force Air Navigator’s Flying Log Book
Navigation training at the Pan American Airways Navigation Section, Miami and then Advanced Flying Unit in England. Posted to 29…
Tags: 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; military discipline; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Sturgate; training; Wellington
James Douglas Crew's log book
Tags: 142 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 242 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 82 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); C-47; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Binbrook; RAF Bircotes; RAF Church Lawford; RAF Coltishall; RAF Dishforth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Gamston; RAF Jurby; RAF Lyneham; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Millom; RAF Netheravon; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Ossington; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Eval; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator; York
9 Squadron handwritten Operation 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
G W A White’s Royal Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 1662 HCU; 28 OTU; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Blyton; RAF Breighton; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Madley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pembrey; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Sturgate; RAF Waddington; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Frederick Chadwick’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book. Log book one.
Tags: 144 Squadron; 16 OTU; 29 OTU; 37 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Hampden; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lysander; Martinet; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Dumfries; RAF Kinloss; RAF Luqa; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Scampton; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Yatesbury; Shackleton; shot down; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
G E Stevens’ Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
From 1660 Conversion Unit posted to 50 Squadron for operations. Posted Aircrew School and then to 1654 Conversion…
Tags: 156 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 35 Squadron; 50 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Finningley; RAF Graveley; RAF Scampton; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wyton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training
W Redding’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1667 HCU; 28 OTU; 30 OTU; 626 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Seighford; RAF Wickenby; training; Wellington
James Kerevan’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1665 HCU; 26 OTU; 90 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Millom; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Wing; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator