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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…

Ken Johnson’s Royal Air Force Observers and Air Gunners Flying Log Book

Ken Johnson’s Flying Log Book as an air gunner from 23rd October 1943 until 17th July 1945. During this time trained as an air gunner.
Trained at No. 2 Air Gunners School, 29 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Conversion Unit, and No 5 Lancaster…

Biographical letter from John Maunsell

A letter from John Maunsell detailing his service and experiences with Bomber Command, including the training, his crew and operational duties. He was shot down in June 1944, evaded capture and returned to Britain in September 1944.

Tags: 1654 HCU; 223 Squadron; 29 OTU; 57 Squadron; 630 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-24; bale out; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; 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); briefing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; crewing up; debriefing; evading; final resting place; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Fw 190; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; intelligence officer; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mid-air collision; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Oulton; RAF Swinderby; Resistance; Schräge Musik; shot down; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; the long march; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator

John Maunsell's Observer's and Flying Log Book

Observer's and Flying Log Book for Flying Officer John Maunsell (1333451, 138134) covering 14 October 1942 to 11 June 1945 detailing training flights, air tests and operations. Aircraft flown in were Anson, Dakota, Fortress, Lancaster, Liberator,…

Tags: 100 Group; 1654 HCU; 223 Squadron; 29 OTU; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-17; B-24; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; 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); evading; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Brize Norton; RAF East Kirkby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oulton; RAF Syerston; RAF Sywell; RAF Wigsley; shot down; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; Sunderland; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Window

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…

Lancaster ED562

Operations in Lancaster ED562 by 100 and 550 Squadrons to Essen, Spezia, Duisburg, minelaying in the Baltic, Dortmund, Bochum, Dusseldorf, Oberhausen, Cologne, Krefeld, Mulheim, Elberfeld, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Mardyck, Hasselt, Orleans, Aachen,…

Joseph Fear’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bomber, Air Gunners and Flight Engineers

Joseph Fear’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book from 6th March 1944 until 17th July 1944 when listed as missing presumed dead. Trained as a flight engineer. Posted to 1654 Conversion Unit, No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School, and, in April 1944, to 207…

Tags: 1654 HCU; 207 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Spilsby; RAF Syerston; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training

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…

Thomas Sproulle’s Royal Canadian Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book

Thomas Sproulle’s Flying Log Book from 12th August 1941 until 23rd June 1944 as an Air Bomber. Trained at 4 Air Observers’ School then 4 Bombing and Gunnery School, 2 Air Navigation School, 3 Advanced Flying Unit, before being posted to 11…

John Elliott’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book and commissioning scrolls

John Elliott’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book from 20th June 1943 until 25th April 1945.

Trained as a wireless operator with No. 4 Radio School, No. 6 Advanced Flying Unit, 83 Operational Training Unit, 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 1…

9 Squadron handwritten Operation Record Book. Three

This is a handwritten record of the operations of 9 Squadron from 19th June to 22nd November 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…

Thomas Kimberley's observer's and air gunner's flying log book

Observer's and air gunner's flying log book for Thomas Kimberley covering the period 5 March 1943 to 25 September 1945. Details his training and operational duties. He flew 35 operations, 20 night time and 15 daylight, as cameraman / air gunner with…

Tags: 101 Squadron; 180 Squadron; 320 Squadron; 463 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 88 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-25; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); 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); Boston; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Hudson; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; propaganda; RAF Ballykelly; RAF Bardney; RAF Farnborough; RAF Ford; RAF Foulsham; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Lasham; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Northolt; RAF Pembrey; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Woodhall Spa; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tirpitz; training

George Thomas Hagues’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book

Navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book for George Thomas Hagues, air gunner, covering the period from 12 September 1943 to 12 September 1944, when he failed to return from operations. He was stationed at 7 Air Gunnery School RAF…

George Thomas Hagues’ diary

Air Force diary for 1944 containing names and addresses, records of lectures attended, letters received, his movements and comments about operations.

Tags: 625 Squadron; 83 OTU; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lindholme; RAF Peplow; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon

D Hinshelwood’s Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book

Pilot Officer Hinshelwood’s Log Book as an Air Gunner from 5th September 1943 until 6th October 1944. He started training at No. 2 Air Gunnery School and then 10 Operational Training Unit. Posted to 1658 Conversion Unit in March 1944. Operational…

Last of the Tail Gun Charlies - Biography of Warrant Officer Ronald Carter's (1620578 Royal Air Force)

Ronald volunteered to join the Royal Air Force in November 1942, aged 17. After basic training, Ronald was selected for gunnery and wireless operator training, becoming a Wireless Operator/Air Gunner. He was posted to RAF Waddington to form an…

James Inward's observer's and air gunner's flying log book

Observer's and air gunner's flying log book for James Inward covering the period 21 February 1942 to 30 September 1944. Details training and operations flown. He served at RAF Middleton St George, RAF Fayid, RAF Riccall and RAF Burn. Aircraft flown…

Bill Foskett’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot (Log Book 3)

Bill Foskett’s Flying Log Book as Bomb Aimer from 6th November 1942 until 3rd July 1945. Retrained in Canada as bomb aimer and air gunner at 31 Bombing and Gunnery School (Picton) and 31 Advanced Navigation School (Port Albert). Posted to 2 Advanced…

Donald Gray’s Flying Log Book

Donald Gray’s Flying Log Book as Flight Engineer from 1st February 1944 to 3rd October 1945. Completed training at 1662 Conversion Unit and No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School. Posted to 460 Squadron for operations in March 1944. After completing his…

57 Squadron Crew Record

A list of crew during the period April to September 1944. It records the captain and navigator and their fate.

Tags: 44 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); crash; killed in action; missing in action; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot

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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