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- Tags: 214 Squadron
Stirling with aircrew and ground crew
Geoffrey Shattock’s Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1657 HCU; 214 Squadron; 28 OTU; 77 Squadron; 82 OTU; 90 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bombing; C-47; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bircotes; RAF Castle Combe; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Melbourne; RAF Ossington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Wymeswold; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stearman; Stirling; training; Wellington
The story of the loss of Stirling BK767 June 1943
Tags: 214 Squadron; 26 OTU; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; crash; crewing up; Dulag Luft; final resting place; flight engineer; fuelling; Gee; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; killed in action; Me 110; memorial; meteorological officer; military service conditions; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Stradishall; RAF Wing; shot down; Stirling; target indicator; target photograph; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Summary by Geoff Shattock of the operations he flew in the "Battle of the Ruhr"
He defines The Battle of the Ruhr" as running from March 5th to July 18th 1943 and reports 4171 aircrew killed, 1347 missing, 1183 as POW, 1045 aircraft lost.
N for Nuts, a description of a Stirling operation in 1943
Tags: 214 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Gee; RAF Chedburgh; Stirling
One WAAF's war (Kathleen Reid)
Tags: 100 Squadron; 214 Squadron; B-17; B-24; entertainment; ground personnel; Lancaster; military discipline; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Bawtry; RAF Church Fenton; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Cranwell; RAF Grimsby; RAF Innsworth; RAF Oulton; RAF Sculthorpe; RAF Swannington; sanitation; Stirling; training; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
A E Travell’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 1660 HCU; 214 Squadron; 576 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Defiant; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Oxford; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Dalcross; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Marham; RAF Stradishall; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stirling; training; Wellington
H W Bennett’s RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book. One
Tags: 214 Squadron; 27 OTU; 81 OTU; 88 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Boston; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Coningsby; RAF Evanton; RAF Feltwell; RAF Lichfield; RAF North Coates; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Tilstock; training; Wellington; Whitley
The Offensive Phase
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Group; 101 Squadron; 109 Squadron; 141 Squadron; 169 Squadron; 171 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 223 Squadron; 239 Squadron; 3 Group; 4 Group; 462 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; B-17; B-24; Beaufighter; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); crash; Defiant; Do 217; Fw 190; Gee; Gneisenau; Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); He 111; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hudson; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 110; Me 410; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; radar; RAF Defford; RAF Downham Market; RAF Farnborough; RAF Foulsham; RAF Little Snoring; RAF North Creake; RAF Northolt; RAF Oulton; RAF Prestwick; RAF Sculthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Swannington; RAF Tempsford; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wittering; Scharnhorst; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Stirling; Tirpitz; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window
The Radio War Waged by the RAF Against Germany 1940-1945
Tags: 100 Group; 101 Squadron; 109 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 218 Squadron; Anson; B-17; B-24; Blenheim; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Do 217; Gee; Gneisenau; Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); ground personnel; H2S; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); He 111; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hudson; Ju 52; Ju 88; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Oboe; P-51; Pathfinders; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; radar; RAF Bawdsey; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Chivenor; RAF Defford; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Oulton; RAF St Athan; RAF Waddington; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley; Window; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Hastie DFC: The Life and Times of a Wartime Pilot
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Group; 101 Squadron; 157 Squadron; 2 Group; 214 Squadron; 223 Squadron; 3 Group; 4 Group; 6 Group; 8 Group; 85 Squadron; 88 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; B-25; bale out; Beaufighter; Bismarck; Botha; C-47; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; evacuation; Flying Training School; Gee; Gneisenau; Goldfish Club; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; He 111; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hudson; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; love and romance; Martinet; Me 109; Me 110; mine laying; Mosquito; Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945); navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; Proctor; radar; RAF Banff; RAF Catfoss; RAF Catterick; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dishforth; RAF Farnborough; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leuchars; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lyneham; RAF Manston; RAF North Coates; RAF Oulton; RAF Padgate; RAF Prestwick; RAF Riccall; RAF Silloth; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Eval; RAF Thornaby; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Windrush; RAF Woodbridge; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); Scharnhorst; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Whitley; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Air Gunner
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Tags: 1 Group; 100 Group; 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 105 Squadron; 114 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 141 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 162 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 1665 HCU; 18 Squadron; 180 Squadron; 2 Group; 208 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 239 Squadron; 3 Group; 301 Squadron; 304 Squadron; 342 Squadron; 6 Group; 6 Squadron; 620 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 8 Group; 9 Squadron; 90 Squadron; 97 Squadron; 99 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; B-24; B-25; bale out; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Boston; Caterpillar Club; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; evading; final resting place; Gee; Gneisenau; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Horsa; Hurricane; Ju 87; killed in action; Lancaster; Lysander; Manchester; Me 109; Meteor; mid-air collision; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; propaganda; radar; RAF Bicester; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Bottesford; RAF Bourn; RAF Bradwell Bay; RAF Bramcote; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coltishall; RAF Drem; RAF Driffield; RAF Duxford; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Fairford; RAF Finningley; RAF Great Massingham; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Harwell; RAF Hendon; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Honington; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Kenley; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Leconfield; RAF Leuchars; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Little Snoring; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Manston; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Newmarket; RAF Newton; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Penrhos; RAF Pershore; RAF Ridgewell; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Sleap; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tangmere; RAF Tempsford; RAF Tilstock; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF West Raynham; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Wyton; Resistance; Scharnhorst; Special Operations Executive; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; Tiger force; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Baling Out - Douglas Waters' Escape
Douglas Wilmott Waters CPM
Tags: 214 Squadron; 3 Group; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Battle; bombing; crash; crewing up; Dulag Luft; final resting place; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Lancaster; Lysander; Me 110; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Cosford; RAF Dunsfold; RAF Harwell; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Stradishall; RAF Yatesbury; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; strafing; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Douglas Wilmott Waters - An autobiography
Tags: 214 Squadron; 3 Group; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Battle; bombing; crash; crewing up; Dulag Luft; final resting place; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Lancaster; Lysander; Me 110; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Cosford; RAF Dunsfold; RAF Harwell; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Stradishall; RAF Yatesbury; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; strafing; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
561197 Warrant Officer Charles Eade (Bill) Lutwyche
Tags: 114 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 49 Squadron; aircrew; killed in action; mid-air collision; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bicester; RAF Eastchurch; RAF Finningley; RAF Halton; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Leuchars; RAF Oulton; RAF Scampton; RAF Tangmere; RAF Thornaby; RAF Waddington; RAF Wattisham; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wyton; training; Wellington
Eric Hannath's flying Log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 148 Squadron; 15 OTU; 214 Squadron; 216 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; crash; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Benson; RAF El Adem; RAF Harwell; RAF Heliopolis; RAF Kabrit; RAF Luqa; RAF Penrhos; RAF Stradishall; RAF West Freugh; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Walter Perkins flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Letter to Mr W P Perkins from officer commanding 214 Squadron
Tags: 214 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; missing in action; RAF Oulton
Sergeant Walter Perkins details of last operation
Letter to Mr W Perkins from Air Ministry Casualty Branch
Tags: 214 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; missing in action
15 Squadron Wyton, 1651 HCU Waterbeach and 214 Squadron operations
Michael Beetham pilot's flying log book. Four
Tags: 214 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; pilot; RAF High Wycombe; RAF Marham; RAF Mildenhall
Michael Beetham pilot's flying log book. Three
Water under the bridge
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 3 Group; 620 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Transport Auxiliary; aircrew; Anson; B-17; B-24; bale out; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; C-47; coping mechanism; crewing up; debriefing; Defiant; Do 217; Dominie; Dulag Luft; evading; fuelling; Fw 190; Gee; gremlin; ground personnel; Halifax; intelligence officer; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; Me 110; meteorological officer; military discipline; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; P-51; padre; Pathfinders; petrol bowser; prisoner of war; Proctor; promotion; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Cardington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Marham; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Penrhos; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tangmere; RAF Turweston; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; Red Cross; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Schräge Musik; searchlight; service vehicle; Stirling; strafing; tractor; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator