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James Brown’s Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book

James Brown’s Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 3rd May 1943 until 3rd June 1989. During this time trained as a wireless operator and air gunner. Trained at No. 4 Air Gunnery School, 14 Operational Training Unit, 5…

J W Moore’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book

J W Moore’s Flying Log Book from 6th May 1942 until 31st May 1945. Trained as a navigator and also qualified as a bomb aimer and air gunner. Trained at No. 2 Air Gunners School, No. 2 Bombing and Gunnery School, No. 2 Air Observers School, No. 4…

Tom Lofthouse’s Royal Australian Air Force Observer’s, Air Gunner’s, and W/T Operator’s Flying Log Book

Tom Lofthouse’s Observer’s, Air Gunner’s, and W/T Operator’s Flying Log Book from 16th January 1943 until 3rd May 1945. During this time trained as an air gunner. Trained at No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, 21 Operational Training Unit, 1652 Heavy…

Maurice James Blower’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book

Maurice Blower’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 29th June 1942 until 12th December 1945. During this time trained as a wireless operator and air gunner. Training as an air gunner started at No. 45 Air School in South Africa, and…

S E L Stephens’ Flying Log Book

S Stephens’ Flying Log Book from July 1943 until 9th December 1944. During this time trained as a bomb aimer. Trained at No. 3 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit, 14 Operational Training Unit, 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing…

E E Stalley’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book

E Stalley’s Flying Log Book from 9th September 1943 until 14th August 1945. During this time trained as an air gunner.

Trained at No. 12 Air Gunners School, 17 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing…

S A Morris’ Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book

S A Morris’ Flying Log Book from 14th May 1943 until 13th May 1946. During this time trained as a bomb aimer and air gunner.
Trained at No. 31 Bombing and Gunnery School, No. 33 Air Navigation School, 17 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Heavy…

E B Chandler’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book

Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for E B Chandler, wireless operator/air gunner. Covering the period from 13 November 1940 to 22 June 1945. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at 4…

Tags: 16 OTU; 49 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Siracourt V-weapon site (25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); Boston; C-47; Defiant; Dominie; Halifax; Hampden; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Coningsby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wainfleet; RAF West Freugh; RAF Woodhall Spa; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner

Chan Chandler's biography

A biography of Chan's life.
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

Stanley Abbott’s Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book

Stanley Abbott’s Flying Log Book from 12th July 1943 until 23rd June 1944. Trained as an air gunner at No. 7 Air Gunnery School, 14 Operational Training Unit, 1485 Flight, 1654 Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School. Operational posting…

Alf Morrill's RAF Navigator’s Air Bomber’s Air Gunner’s Flight Engineer’s Flying Log Book

D A Morill’s Flying Log Book covering the period from 14 February 1944 to 04 May 1946 1943, detailing his training and operations flown as Flight Engineer. He was stationed at RAF Marston Moor (1652 HCU), RAF Snaith (51 Squadron), RAF Leconfield (96…

John Waugh’s Royal Australian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book

John Waugh’s Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 9th March 1942 until 15th April 1945. Initial pilot training in Australia at 12 Elementary Flying Training School, 8 Elementary Flying Training School, then Canada at 8 Service Flying Training School. Posted…

James Douglas Crew's log book

Log book for James Douglas Crew covering the period 2 March 1943 to 24 September 949. Details his training and operations flown as wireless operator and navigator. He was stationed at RAF Binbrook (142 Squadron), RAF Swanton Morley (No4 RS), RAF…

Tags: 142 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 242 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 82 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); C-47; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Binbrook; RAF Bircotes; RAF Church Lawford; RAF Coltishall; RAF Dishforth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Gamston; RAF Jurby; RAF Lyneham; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Millom; RAF Netheravon; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Ossington; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Eval; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator; York

List of Ron Brown's operation on 218 Squadron and 75 Squadron

List 30 completed operations with 218 Squadron Stirling's from RAF Woolfox Lodge. List crew for these operations. Includes one glider towing operation on 6 June 1944. Transfers via heavy conversion unit onto Lancaster and flies a further 34…

9 Squadron handwritten Operations Record Book. Two

This is a handwritten record of the operations of 9 Squadron from 18th November 1943 to 16th June 1944. For each operation it includes many details of the target, routes, bomb load, a description of results, and if any did not return. Inserted is the…

Tags: 9 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Bardney; tactical support for Normandy troops

P M Edge’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book. One

P M Edge’s Flying Log Book as a bomb aimer from 20th March 1943 until 28th September 1944. Initial bombing and gunnery training at 41 Air School in South Africa, before posting back to the UK in September 1943. Further training at 10 Advanced Flying…

Harry Brabin memoir

Harry joined the Royal Australian Air Force on 25 June 1942 as a wireless operator/air gunner, receiving his initial training in Australia before going to Canada for trade training. He sailed on the SS Johan Van Barneve to San Francisco and recalls a…

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

Harold Wilson's flying log book

Harold Wilson’s Flying Log Book from 28/11/42 to 2/4/54, detailing training, operations and instructional duties as an Air Bomber (and later Navigator). Also contains various memorabilia including a photograph, reunion invitation and newspaper…

Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bomb aimer; 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 the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Service Medal; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; memorial; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Bardney; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Jurby; RAF Manby; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Middleton St George; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Saltby; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; training; Wellington

Douglas 'Hank' Iveson's pilot's flying log books. One

Pilot's flying log book for Squadron Leader Douglas 'Hank' Iveson covering the period 3 June 1939 to 10 June 1947 and 13 June 1947 to 15 June 1958. Served with 76 Squadron, 77 Squadron and 462 Squadron in Europe and North Africa. Aircraft flown were…

Tags: 158 Squadron; 1663 HCU; 1669 HCU; 19 OTU; 462 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-26; B-29; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Flying Training School; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 109; Meteor; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Driffield; RAF Finningley; RAF Gaydon; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Kinloss; RAF Langar; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lissett; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stradishall; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Upavon; Scharnhorst; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; Whitley; York

William Fisher Martin’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book

William Martin’s Flying Log Book as Air Navigator from 27th November 1942 until 27th June 1946. Trained as a navigator at No. 1 CNS Rivers, Canada,. Posted to Scotland to 4 AFU in 1943. Further training in 1660 and 1654 CUs. Posted for operations to…

Len Curtis' Flying Log Book

Len Curtis' Flying Log Book as Air Bomber from July 1942 until 5 August 1944 when he was reported as missing in action. Started at 15 EFTS then 10 AFU. 29 OTU, 1660 CU. Posted to 106, 630 and 617 Squadrons for operations.
Served at RAF Dumfries, RAF…

Tags: 106 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 617 Squadron; 630 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Botha; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington

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