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- Tags: pilot; 617 Squadron
Hampdens, Wimpeys and Barbed Wire
Tags: 1 Group; 102 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 25 OTU; 3 Group; 4 Group; 427 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 6 Group; 617 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Blenheim; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Botha; briefing; crash; debriefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Do 217; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); entertainment; forced landing; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Gneisenau; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; hangar; Harrow; intelligence officer; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; Me 110; mess; military discipline; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Oboe; observer; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Croft; RAF Digby; RAF Evanton; RAF Finningley; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Manby; RAF Metheringham; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Coates; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Padgate; RAF Pocklington; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Thornaby; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Wick; recruitment; Scharnhorst; searchlight; shot down; sport; Stalag 8B; Stirling; strafing; Swordfish; take-off crash; the long march; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Bomber Command Career 1942-49
A second copy includes some photographs.
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln.
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 8 Group; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Cook’s tour; Cornell; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; ditching; entertainment; FIDO; Flying Training School; Gee; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; mess; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; navigator; Nissen hut; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; radar; RAF Binbrook; RAF Cardington; RAF Carlisle; RAF Castel Benito; RAF Coningsby; RAF Dumfries; RAF Harrogate; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hunmanby Moor; RAF Lindholme; RAF Lissett; RAF Metheringham; RAF Shallufa; RAF Shawbury; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; RCAF Brandon; RCAF Caron; RCAF Estevan; RCAF Moncton; sport; Stirling; target indicator; Tiger force; Tiger Moth; training; Victoria Cross; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
Crewing Up - June 44 - November 45
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln.
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 617 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; crewing up; flight engineer; hangar; Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; mess; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF Coningsby; RAF Metheringham; RAF Scampton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; Tiger force; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Ryedale Family History Group biographies
It contains biographies of the following:
Tags: 100 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 120 Squadron; 150 Squadron; 21 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 24 Squadron; 248 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 405 Squadron; 419 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 517 Squadron; 544 Squadron; 59 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; 620 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 82 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; ditching; final resting place; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Martinet; memorial; mid-air collision; mine laying; missing in action; Mosquito; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Bodney; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Downham Market; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Graveley; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Middleton St George; RAF St Athan; RAF St Eval; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Watton; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wombleton; shot down; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Experiences and Reminisces of Flight Lieutenant William Douglas Tweddle DFC
Tags: 1654 HCU; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; bomb aimer; bombing; 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); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Fw 190; Grand Slam; ground crew; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; P-51; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bardney; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Carnaby; RAF Church Lawford; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Woodhall Spa; Shackleton; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; Tiger force; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
Roy Chadwick and Guy Gibson
John Vere Hopgood’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 25 OTU; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Flying Training School; Fw 190; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lysander; Manchester; Martinet; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bircotes; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranage; RAF Cranwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Ford; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Lindholme; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; RAF Watchfield; shot down; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
617 Squadron Order of Battle 1 April 1943
Chan Chandler's biography
He flew 95 operations as Wireless Operator / Air Gunner, Gunnery Leader and Cameraman with 49 and 617 Squadrons and survived nine days adrift in the North Sea. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and a rare Soviet…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air sea rescue; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; Battle; Bismarck; Blenheim; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); briefing; C-47; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; forced landing; Gee; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Gneisenau; Goldfish Club; H2S; Halifax; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; Manchester; master bomber; Me 109; mess; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Oboe; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; RAF Andover; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Castle Combe; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Coningsby; RAF Croydon; RAF Earls Colne; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Honington; RAF hospital Rauceby; RAF Kinloss; RAF Manston; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Middle Wallop; RAF Northolt; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Scampton; RAF Tangmere; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Freugh; RAF White Waltham; RAF Wittering; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Scharnhorst; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; Sunderland; Tallboy; target indicator; target photograph; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-2; V-3; V-weapon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner
Flight Lieutenant Jamie Barr DFC
Tags: 12 OTU; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; propaganda; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coningsby; RAF Dumfries; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Wyton; Tiger force; training; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
My Crew
Tags: 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Gee; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; propaganda; RAF Colerne; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wyton; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Story of my war
Tags: 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; 95 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb struck; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; flight engineer; ground personnel; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; Ju 52; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; love and romance; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; propaganda; RAF Bardney; RAF Bridlington; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Burn; RAF Dalcross; RAF Kinloss; Stirling; submarine; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Seven aircrew in front of a Lancaster
Tags: 617 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; Lancaster; navigator; pilot
Conversation with Jo Lancaster. Part one
Tags: 12 Squadron; 20 OTU; 22 OTU; 40 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crewing up; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 110; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Alconbury; RAF Binbrook; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Cranwell; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Sealand; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upavon; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wymeswold; RAF Wyton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
DJH Maltby Officer's service record
Speech by Ken Brown
Ken Brown, a Canadian pilot was serving with 44 Squadron when he was told he was being transferred to 617 Squadron at RAF Scampton. He undertook his training with the squadron in preparation…
A Tour of Operations with RAF Bomber Command No XV/15 Squadron Mildenhall - Third book of memoirs by Bob Smith
Tags: 1 Group; 115 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 186 Squadron; 195 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 5 Group; 514 Squadron; 6 Group; 617 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 8 Group; 90 Squadron; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; escaping; flight engineer; Gee; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Ju 88; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; master bomber; Me 109; mess; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; radar; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mepal; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Sealand; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Weston Zoyland; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Wyton; Spitfire; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; target photograph; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Married quarters
Andover's Lancasters
Tags: 156 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); crash; ditching; flight engineer; Grand Slam; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; military discipline; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bardney; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF hospital Rauceby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; Spitfire; take-off crash; Tallboy; Tirpitz; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
57 Squadron Crew Record
A short history of 640 Squadron (George Keeling)
Tags: 4 Group; 617 Squadron; 640 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bouncing bomb; debriefing; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); entertainment; final resting place; flight engineer; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; love and romance; memorial; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; operations room; pilot; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; superstition; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tirpitz; wireless operator
Lancaster JB139 Dark Victor
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Tags: 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Lancaster; mess; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Coningsby; RAF Woodhall Spa; Resistance; Spitfire; Tallboy; target indicator; target photograph; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Bombing Instructions
Below is a list of heights of each of the five lines of aircraft.
Tags: 617 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Lancaster; pilot
