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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-03-18"
Kenneth Harris's Navigator's, Air Bomber's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 35 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; missing in action; RAF Graveley; RAF Lissett; RAF Riccall; RAF Upwood; training
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
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
John Maunsell's Observer's and Flying Log Book
Tags: 100 Group; 1654 HCU; 223 Squadron; 29 OTU; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-17; B-24; 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); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); evading; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Brize Norton; RAF East Kirkby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oulton; RAF Syerston; RAF Sywell; RAF Wigsley; shot down; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; Sunderland; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Window
List of operations
Tags: Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); 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); Lancaster; Manchester; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); tactical support for Normandy troops
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
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
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; Blenheim; bombing; Boston; C-47; Defiant; Dominie; Lancaster; Manchester; Mosquito; 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 West Freugh; RAF Woodhall Spa; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
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
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Donald Andrew’s Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 207 Squadron; 49 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Saltby; RAF Spilsby; RAF Staverton; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
The two paintings of Stalag IVB
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
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
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 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
Arthur Ward’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1651 HCU; 199 Squadron; 27 OTU; 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; Botha; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Dumfries; RAF Hixon; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Lichfield; RAF North Creake; RAF Waterbeach; Stirling; training; Wellington; Window
Charles Hilder's observers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1665 HCU; 218 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Botha; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Downham Market; RAF Waterbeach; RAF West Freugh; RAF Witchford; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RCAF Lethbridge; RCAF Winnipeg; Stirling; training; Wellington
Harrison Sproates’ Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 13 OTU; 178 Squadron; 244 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Blenheim; bombing; C-47; Dominie; Halifax; Hudson; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF El Adem; RAF Pembrey; RAF Shandur; RAF Sharjah; RAF Yatesbury; Sunderland; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
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
Letter to Doug Box from his parents
Tags: aircrew; prisoner of war; Stalag 4B
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
Jack Whymark’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Initial training at No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School and 225 Squadron. Posted to 149 Squadron for…
Tags: 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 225 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; evacuation; Harrow; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lysander; Martinet; mine laying; missing in action; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Oxford; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Glatton; RAF Ingham; RAF Kabrit; RAF Manby; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Syerston; RAF Tilshead; RAF West Freugh; training; Wellington
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
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