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- Tags: RAF Shawbury
Eric Parker's Biography
Tags: 12 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 242 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 47 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-29; Blenheim; bomb aimer; C-47; Cornell; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; flight engineer; ground personnel; hangar; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lincoln; love and romance; Me 109; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Blyton; RAF Dishforth; RAF Eastleigh; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Lyneham; RAF Marham; RAF Oakington; RAF Paignton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Snaith; RAF Sywell; RAF Upwood; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wyton; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force; York
Biography of Squadron Leader Lighton Verdon-Roe DFC RAFVR -156 (PFF) Squadron
Tags: 156 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 83 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Flying Training School; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; intelligence officer; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; Oboe; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Breighton; RAF Shawbury; RAF South Cerney; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; target indicator; training; Wellington
L Valentine’s pilots flying log book. One
John A Kell’s Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for pilots
Tags: 101 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 20 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Halifax; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Blyton; RAF Dallachy; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Shawbury; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Biography of Reg Miles
Tags: 346 Squadron; 347 Squadron; 420 Squadron; 425 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 432 Squadron; 6 Group; 77 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; C-47; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); control caravan; crash; crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; dispersal; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; FIDO; fitter engine; flight engineer; Fw 190; Gee; Grand Slam; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Hampden; hangar; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); home front; Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; love and romance; Manchester; Master Bomber; Me 109; mess; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; P-51; Pathfinders; perimeter track; pilot; promotion; RAF Carnaby; RAF Dishforth; RAF East Moor; RAF Elvington; RAF Halton; RAF Langar; RAF Lyneham; RAF Manston; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Prestwick; RAF Shawbury; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF St Athan; RAF St Eval; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Tilstock; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; runway; Scarecrow; searchlight; Second Tactical Air Force; service vehicle; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; target indicator; Tiger Moth; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force; York
D A Robinson’s pilot’s flying log book
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 21 OTU; 26 OTU; 28 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Grantham; RAF Lissett; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Mount Hampden; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stradishall; RAF Wing; RAF Wymeswold; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Ken Hook's RAF flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers. Two
Tags: 49 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Lincoln; RAF Eastleigh; RAF Shawbury; RAF Upwood
Henry Pollock with 20 Men and One Woman
Tags: aircrew; observer; pilot; RAF Shawbury
Dennis Moore flying log book. Two
Tags: aircrew; Anson; C-47; Lincoln; Meteor; navigator; Proctor; RAF Defford; RAF Lindholme; RAF Pershore; RAF Shawbury; Shackleton; Wellington
Dennis Moore Autobiography
Tags: 12 OTU; 15 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 5 Group; 52 Squadron; 6 Group; 8 Group; 82 Squadron; 90 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; arts and crafts; bomb aimer; C-47; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; entertainment; flight engineer; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Master Bomber; memorial; mess; Meteor; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; padre; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Catterick; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Farnborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Honington; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Lindholme; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Mepal; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Shawbury; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Stradishall; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wigtown; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; RCAF Moncton; RCAF Rivers; Shackleton; Spitfire; Stirling; Sunderland; Tiger force; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator; York
Dennis Moore List of Experience
Tags: 12 OTU; 15 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 52 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; C-47; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Master Bomber; Meteor; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Carlisle; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Pershore; RAF Shawbury; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Wigtown; RCAF Rivers; Shackleton; Stirling; training; Wellington; York
Clarence Hughes observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 19 OTU; 20 OTU; 21 OTU; 427 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Croft; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leeming; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Millom; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Shawbury; RAF Torquay; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley
Horace Coombes' Royal Canadian Air Force pilot’s flying log book. Three
Detailing his flying training and operations flown as pilot. He was stationed at RAF Shawbury (CNCS), RAF Wildenrath, RAF Manby (RAFFC) and RAF Cranwell…
Tags: aircrew; pilot; RAF Cranwell; RAF Manby; RAF Shawbury
Horace Coombes' Royal Canadian Air Force pilot’s flying log book. Two
Detailing his flying training and operations flown as pilot. He was stationed at RAF Dalcross (8 AFTS), RAF Ternhill (6 FTS), RAF Hullavington (1 ANS),…
A H G Dicker’s Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 205 Squadron; 52 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; B-25; bomb aimer; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Harvard; Lancaster; Lincoln; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Calshot; RAF Shawbury; RAF St Eval; RAF Thorney Island; Sunderland; training; Wellington; York
North Shropshire Hunt and Robbie and Family
Photo 3 is Robbie, Win & Family on a sofa, Germany 1957.
Tags: aircrew; animal; pilot; RAF Shawbury
Autumn Ball Shawbury 2nd November 1956
Photo 2 is Horace standing beside his seated wife.
Photo 3 is Horace bent over beside his wife who is obscured by another guest.
Tags: entertainment; mess; RAF Shawbury
Shawbury NF10s October 1956
Photo 2 is a starboard side view of the front of a Vampire in close formation.
Tags: RAF Shawbury
Shawbury "Little Theatre" April 1956. "French Without Tears" and a Spanish Visa
Photo 2 is a Spanish Visa allowing Horace to cross from Gibraltar into Spain.
Tags: entertainment; RAF Shawbury
Autumn Ball, Shawbury, October 1955
Photo 2 is ten men and women dressed for the ball.
Tags: aircrew; entertainment; pilot; RAF Shawbury
Shawbury - July 1955- AOC Guard of Honour
Photo 2 is a rank of airmen being inspected by Air Vice Marshall Nicholetts.
Tags: aircrew; RAF Shawbury
AOC Inspection - Shawbury - July and Off-duty Swimming
Photo 3 and 4 are several children and men sitting in and around a fountain at a swimming pool.
Tags: aircrew; RAF Shawbury; sport
Shawbury - Vampire Squadron
On the reverse many of the airmen are named.
Tags: aircrew; ground crew; ground personnel; RAF Shawbury