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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-06-19"
F Sowerby’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Bobbington; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Manby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RCAF Mount; RCAF Picton; Stirling; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
S A Morris’ Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book
Trained at No. 31 Bombing and Gunnery School, No. 33 Air Navigation School, 17 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Heavy…
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Binbrook; RAF Salbani; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; RCAF Mount Hope; RCAF Picton; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
E E Stalley’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
Trained at No. 12 Air Gunners School, 17 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing…
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 50 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Silverstone; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
S E L Stephens’ Flying Log Book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1660 HCU; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; 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); Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Bobbington; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Manby; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Penrhos; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Harry Brabin memoir
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 27 OTU; 4 Group; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); briefing; crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; entertainment; faith; fear; flight engineer; forced landing; Fw 190; Gee; gremlin; ground crew; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; love and romance; master bomber; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); Me 109; Me 262; Me 410; military discipline; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; physical training; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; propaganda; radar; RAF Gamston; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF West Freugh; RCAF Mossbank; recruitment; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Spitfire; sport; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Victory in Europe Day (8 May 1945); Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Letter to Leonard Cheshire from Flight Lieutenant K W Hole
A bomber pilot’s journey through WWII
Tags: 11 OTU; 1660 HCU; 1668 HCU; 196 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 4,000 lb Cookie bomb; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 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 Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 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); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Boston; C-47; Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; final resting place; Flying Training School; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Grand Slam; grief; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Meteor; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; P-51; Pathfinders; pilot; promotion; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Church Lawford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cranage; RAF Cranwell; RAF Driffield; RAF Leconfield; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upavon; RAF Wainfleet; RAF Woodhall Spa; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Spitfire; Stirling; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-3; V-weapon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington
Rear view - Ralph Briars memoir
Tags: 1661 HCU; 49 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 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 Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); control caravan; control tower; Cook’s tour; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Me 109; mid-air collision; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Dalcross; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Scarecrow; searchlight; service vehicle; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Window
Letter to Henry Simpson's father from the RAF Benevolent Fund
Tags: missing in action
Letter to Ron Riding's Parents from W Wall
Tags: aircrew; missing in action
Bomb aimers briefing 19 June 1944
Ernie Twells' Operations
Tags: 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 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); Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944)