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- Tags: 17 OTU
Dennis Denton's log book
Tags: 13 OTU; 139 Squadron; 17 OTU; 2 Group; 21 Squadron; 226 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-25; Blenheim; Botha; C-47; Defiant; Dominie; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bicester; RAF Evanton; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Methwold; RAF Oulton; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Upwood; RAF Watton; RAF West Raynham; RAF Yatesbury; training; Ventura; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
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
Conversation with Ted Mercer
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 44 Squadron; 5 BFTS; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Grantham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington
Conversation with Jim Lord and John Elliot
Tags: 1667 HCU; 17 OTU; 550 Squadron; 83 OTU; aircrew; bale out; Caterpillar Club; crash; crewing up; ground crew; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; nose art; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Silverstone; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Charles Cuthill’s pilots flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 12 OTU; 149 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 17 OTU; 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Catalina; Dominie; Flying Training School; Gee; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military discipline; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Gamston; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Methwold; RAF Shenington; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
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
B W Allen’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 207 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silverstone; RAF Spilsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; Stirling; training; Wellington
Aviation Memory
Tags: 102 Squadron; 14 OTU; 17 OTU; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 619 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Albemarle; Anson; bale out; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bomb struck; 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 Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Botha; Caterpillar Club; civil defence; crewing up; Dominie; FIDO; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Home Guard; incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; master bomber; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Cottesmore; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Kirkham; RAF Madley; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Melbourne; RAF North Coates; RAF North Weald; RAF Padgate; RAF Pocklington; RAF Saltby; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Eval; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Tempsford; RAF Turweston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wigtown; RAF Wittering; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; superstition; training; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Arthur John Tindall’s navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 84 OTU; 97 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Botha; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; master bomber; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Desborough; RAF Mona; RAF Silverstone; RAF Upwood; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Arthur Atkinson’s observers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 17 OTU; 61 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 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 the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Coningsby; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Alan Payne’s South African Air Force observers or air gunners log book
Tags: 1661 HCU; 1665 HCU; 17 OTU; 620 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 85 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; 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); Botha; C-47; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; prisoner of war; RAF Aqir; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Saltby; RAF Silverstone; RAF Torquay; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; training; Wellington
A conversation with Jim Lord and John Elliot
Tags: 1667 HCU; 17 OTU; 550 Squadron; 83 OTU; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bomb aimer; Caterpillar Club; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Silverstone; training; Wellington; wireless operator