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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-09-10"
Albert Edward Brown’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 100 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 18 OTU; 214 Squadron; 81 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; B-17; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Defiant; Fw 190; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Martinet; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; P-40; RAF Grimsby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Oulton; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Tilstock; RAF Worksop; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington; Whitley; Window
Le Havre
Raymond Frederick John Heath’s Royal Air Force Pilots flying log book. Two
Ken Johnson’s Royal Air Force Observers and Air Gunners Flying Log Book
Trained at No. 2 Air Gunners School, 29 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Conversion Unit, and No 5 Lancaster…
Tags: 1654 HCU; 29 OTU; 61 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); 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 Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Prinz Eugen; RAF Bardney; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Dalcross; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; Tallboy; training; Wellington
Vic Izzard’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
In Australia attended No 1. Recruit Depot, No. 1 Wireless Air Gunnery School, No. 1 Initial…
Tags: 1654 HCU; 27 OTU; 467 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; P-51; RAAF Ascot Vale; RAAF Ballarat; RAAF Bradfield Park; RAAF Parkes; RAAF Port Pirie; RAAF Somers; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Lichfield; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Ken Hampton’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Trained with No. 24 Bombing, Gunnery and Navigation School.…
Tags: 1654 HCU; 1675 HCU; 178 Squadron; 205 Group; 76 OTU; 85 OTU; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Wigsley; target photograph; training; Wellington
N Goodfellow's flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1656 HCU; 1660 HCU; 1661 HCU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Mona; RAF Pocklington; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Upper Heyford; RCAF Rivers; Stirling; training; Wellington
Tommy Fairclough's flying log book for observers and air gunners. Two
Tags: 100 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 1668 HCU; 28 OTU; 30 OTU; 550 Squadron; 82 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; Cook’s tour; Dominie; evading; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bircotes; RAF Bottesford; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Finningley; RAF Gamston; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Ossington; RAF Pembrey; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wing; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); shot down; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Tommy Fairclough's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers. One
Tags: 100 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 1668 HCU; 26 OTU; 30 OTU; 550 Squadron; 82 OTU; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bombing; C-47; Dominie; evading; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Bircotes; RAF Bottesford; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Finningley; RAF Gamston; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Ossington; RAF Pembrey; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wing; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); shot down; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Leslie Turner's flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 19 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Forres; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
Letter to George Thomson from his father
Alf Morrill's RAF Navigator’s Air Bomber’s Air Gunner’s Flight Engineer’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 232 Squadron; 51 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; bale out; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Leconfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Palam; RAF Snaith; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; York
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
George Thomas Hagues’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 625 Squadron; 83 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Peplow; RAF Stormy Down; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Postcard home from Doug Box 10 September 1944
Tags: prisoner of war
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
Le Havre
It is captioned '792 NKL 10.9.44// 8" 9000
Postcards sent each time sent on operation
Operation to Le Havre
Tags: 15 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Gee; navigator; pilot
George Shepherd’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1657 HCU; 214 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Andreas; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Shenington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Witchford; Stirling; training; Wellington
Jack Crawford's trip book
Tags: 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; Catalina; ground personnel; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; love and romance; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; RAF Barford St John; RAF Coningsby; RAF Scampton; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Robert Blamires' South African Air Force observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 28 OTU; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Millom; RAF Scampton; RAF Wymeswold; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Thomas Wilfred Peter 'Peter' Clifford's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 101 Squadron; 1662 HCU; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; RAF Blyton; RAF Brackla; RAF Dishforth; RAF Hemswell; RAF Holmsley South; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Lyneham; RAF Manby; RAF Manston; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; RAF Waddington; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; York
Fred 'Eddie' Edmondson's navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 1663 HCU; 35 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 78 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Breighton; RAF Elvington; RAF Graveley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Rufforth; RAF Upwood; tactical support for Normandy troops; training