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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-05-09"
Joseph Bradburn's last flight and crew
Tags: aircrew; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; RAF Dunholme Lodge
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; Auster; 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
Leslie Silver's observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
R Skepper’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 21 OTU; 31 Squadron RAF; 76 OTU; 99 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; C-47; ditching; Goldfish Club; Initial Training Wing; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Aberporth; RAF Agartala; RAF Aqir; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Eastbourne; RAF Ein Shemer; RAF Jessore; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Moreton Valance; RAF Portreath; RAF Staverton; RAF Torquay; training; Wellington; wireless operator
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
Letter from Charles Leonard Woolley to his mother
Lancaster ED562
Tags: 100 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 576 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); flight engineer; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Grimsby; RAF North Killingholme; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); tactical support for Normandy troops; V-1; V-3; V-weapon; wireless operator
Letter to George Thomson from his mother
Tags: RAF Stradishall
Letter to George Thomson from his father
Tags: RAF Stradishall
John Waugh’s Royal Australian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 27 OTU; 467 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAAF Lowood; RAAF Narrandera; RAF Fairoaks; RAF Feltwell; RAF Kidlington; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lulsgate Bottom; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; RCAF Moncton; Stirling; Sunderland; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
The log-books of Ted Milligan RAF 152506
Tags: 1667 HCU; 21 OTU; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Flying Training School; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Bottesford; RAF Cardington; RAF Carnaby; RAF Hixon; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wigtown; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; 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
Thomas Sproulle’s Royal Canadian Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 11 OTU; 466 Squadron; 640 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); crash; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Ju 88; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Driffield; RAF Leconfield; RAF Manby; RAF Oakley; RAF Steeple Morden; RCAF Fingal; RCAF London; RCAF Pennfield Ridge; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); searchlight; training; Wellington
George Cook’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 205 Squadron; 49 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Catalina; Hampden; Hornet Moth; Lancaster; mine laying; Oxford; RAF Alness; RAF Carew Cheriton; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Koggala; RAF Oban; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; Sunderland; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
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
Thomas Kimberley's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 101 Squadron; 180 Squadron; 320 Squadron; 463 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 88 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-25; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); Boston; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Hudson; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; propaganda; RAF Ballykelly; RAF Bardney; RAF Farnborough; RAF Ford; RAF Foulsham; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Lasham; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Northolt; RAF Pembrey; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Woodhall Spa; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tirpitz; training
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
Last of the Tail Gun Charlies - Biography of Warrant Officer Ronald Carter's (1620578 Royal Air Force)
Tags: 44 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Caterpillar Club; crewing up; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); prisoner of war; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Ringway; RAF Waddington; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; tactical support for Normandy troops; the long march; training; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator / air gunner
Norman Mackie’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book. Two
Tags: 29 OTU; 571 Squadron; 83 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; bale out; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; escaping; Lancaster; Lysander; Manchester; Me 110; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Hullavington; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; shot down; target indicator; Tiger Moth; training; Ventura; Wellington; Window
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
Bill Foskett’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot (Log Book 3)
Tags: 15 OTU; 1657 HCU; 214 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Battle; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Harwell; RAF Millom; RAF Sculthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington; Window
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
Harold Wilson's flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Service Medal; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; memorial; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Bardney; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Jurby; RAF Manby; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Middleton St George; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Saltby; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; training; Wellington
Joseph Forster Mills flying log book
Tags: 61 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Northolt; RAF Saltby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Staverton; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York