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EEllisELEllisH-[Fa]420623.pdf
Writes of posting to bombing and gunnery school in Paulson Manitoba. Provides a description of local area and camp, mentioning aircraft, training task, accommodation and food. Speculates he would be there for 3 months but did not know when he would…

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LSouterKP129001v1.pdf
Pilot's flying log book. One, for Ken Souter. Covering the period from 5 July 1939 to 27 April 1945. Detailing his flying training, operational flying and instructor duties. He was stationed No.43 Elementary and Reserve flying traing School at RAF…

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LHoldenJE173327v1.pdf
John Holden’s Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 20th June 1942 until 3rd May 1944. Trained as a pilot at 15 Elementary Flying Training School, 35 Elementary Flying Training School, 41 Service Flying Training School, 7 Elementary Flying Training School, 6…

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PHoldenJE2025.jpg
John is standing on the right wing of a Harvard at 41 SFTS RAF Weyburn, Saskatewan, Canada. He still has the aircrew under training flash in his hat.

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PEllisEL21010061.jpg
Left page - left - half -length image of a sergeant wearing tunic standing by car with another man in background.
Right - sergeant wearing tunic standing by a car, with another car behind.
Right page - a parked Harvard. Captioned 'North American…

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PEllisEL21010006.jpg
Left page - left - a Harvard on ground. Right - Bolingbroke on ground. Right page - left - view of lake from air. Captioned 'Oak lake'. Right - view of Tiger Moth in formation taken from another Tiger Moth. Captioned 'Formation flying in Tiger Moth'.

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EStevensonHEllisEL430818-0003.jpg
Comments that he had changed location to a station with single engine training. Writes about his new camp and flying Harvard as well as navigating in Anson. Mentions going solo.

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LForthHO19200321v4.pdf
Pilot's flying log book for Hugh Forth from 1 June 1953 to 28th May 1962.

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LForthHO19200321v3.pdf
Pilots flying log book three for H O Forth, covering the period from 2 January 1943 to 16 March 1946 and from 3 January 1950 to 20 May 1953. Detailing his flying training, instructor duties, operations flown, and post war flying with 77 Squadron. He…

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BLazenbyHJLazenbyHJv1.pdf
Harold Jack Lazenby's autobiography.

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LSweeneyAE573980v1.pdf
Alfred Sweeney’s RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 17 May 1942 to 30 July 1962 detailing training, operations and post-war duties as a pilot and instructor, including VIP duties. (Several logbooks bound into one volume).
He was stationed at RAF…

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LShattockGF1317240v1.pdf
Geoffrey Shattock’s RCAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 19 December 1941 to 21 June 1946, detailing training and operations as a pilot and flying instructor, including post-war duties in Transport Command. He was stationed at: Souther Field Americus…

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MBirdJH184015-180215-20.pdf
Notes kept by JH Bird during his training.

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LDixonGW1451238v2.pdf
Flying log book for Geoffrey Walter Dixon covering the period from 23 June 1942 to 2 May, 1943. Detailing his flying training. Includes various certificates, a telegram, Air Ministry Release of Log Books procedure and a photograph of G W Dixon in…

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LThirskTP1378816v1.pdf
Pilots flying log book for T P Thirsk, covering the period from 10 November 1944 to 4 October 1945. Detailing his flying training and flying duties with the Empire Air Navigation School. He was stationed at RAF Montrose and RAF Shawbury. Aircraft…

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AMilesR20090123-0001.mp3
Reg Miles's memoir in three parts. Part one Reg describes his childhood in St Peter’s on the Isle of Thanet, his family, school, lack of money, and holiday jobs. Reg joined the Royal Air Force as an apprentice, known as a ‘Brat’, in January 1939. He…

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MCuthillCR574146-180818-06.jpg
List all aircraft flown and hours. Includes United States navy training aircraft as well as Hastings post war.

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LJolliffeFSW197221v1.pdf
Flying log book for F S W Jolliffe, bombe aimer/navigator, covering the period from 11 December 1942 to 29 September 1952. Detailing his flying training, operations flown, instructor duties, Post war flying duties with 35 and 98 squadrons and RAE…

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LJolliffeFSW197221v2.pdf
Navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers log book 3 for F S W Jolliffe, navigator, covering the period from 7 October 1952 to 30 November 1956. Detailing his flying training and flying duties with experimental flying department, central…

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S102SqnRAF19170809v10004-0001.jpg
Author (probably Roy J de Niese) gives some information on recruitment and training of Ceylonese volunteers for the RAF. It includes his recruitment and initial training in Ceylon, travel to Great Britain, enlistment, elementary flying training and…

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LHitchcockJS740899v2.pdf
J.S. Hitchcock’s RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 5 December 1941 to 1 November 1945 detailing training and operations as a pilot and flying instructor. He was stationed at RAF Upavon (Central Flying School), RAF Little Rissington (No. 6 Flying…

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PHitchcockJS17050023.jpg
19 airmen arranged in two rows in front of a Harvard.

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PRosserLV19010017.jpg
Top left - newspaper cutting with b/w photograph of a wedding party with bride and groom (in RAF tunic with half brevet) and two other men and three bridesmaids. Caption mentions Pilot Officer C R Sugar.
Top right - newspaper cutting - long service…

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MLovattP1821369-190903-75.pdf
A detailed analysis of very early aircraft and their flying characteristics.

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BLovattPHastieRv2.pdf
A biography of Roy Hastie.

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