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Joseph Bradburn's service
Joseph Bradburn service history
Joseph Bradburn' service record
Ken Hemmings Autobiography
Tags: 100 Group; 1663 HCU; 192 Squadron; 463 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; Beaufighter; bomb aimer; briefing; C-47; Catalina; Cook’s tour; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; FIDO; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Harvard; He 111; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 110; Me 163; Me 262; Me 410; medical officer; mess; mid-air collision; military discipline; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Oxford; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; radar; RAF Benson; RAF Burnaston; RAF Calveley; RAF Foulsham; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Locking; RAF Melksham; RAF Paignton; RAF Rufforth; RAF St Athan; RAF St Eval; RAF Torquay; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Victory in Europe Day (8 May 1945); Wellington; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force; York
Albert Edward Brown’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 100 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 18 OTU; 214 Squadron; 81 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; B-17; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Defiant; Fw 190; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Martinet; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; P-40; RAF Grimsby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Oulton; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Tilstock; RAF Worksop; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington; Whitley; Window
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
Richard Hazlehurst and Ruth Hodding biographies
Ruth Laverton as WAAF as a spark plug tester. Also…
Transcript of Lancaster crew from RCAF 429 (RCAF) Squadron from recording made in 1984
Tags: 1666 HCU; 429 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; bomb aimer; bombing; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; military ethos; mine laying; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); perception of bombing war; pilot; RAF East Moor; RAF Leeming; RAF Manston; RAF Wombleton; training; wireless operator
Victor Garland’s RAF Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners, Flight Engineers.
Operational memoir by A L Joslin
Tags: 100 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 460 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); fear; flight engineer; gremlin; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; master bomber; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); P-47; P-51; Pathfinders; RAF Binbrook; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hemswell; RAF Wratting Common; Schräge Musik; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Window
Squadron postings
Sheet one covers December 1942
Sheet two covers…
Interview with W Pilling
Leslie Silver's observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
S E L Stephens’ Flying Log Book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1660 HCU; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; 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); Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Bobbington; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Manby; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Penrhos; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
E E Stalley’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
Trained at No. 12 Air Gunners School, 17 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing…
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 50 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Silverstone; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
William (Bill) Shutler’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1660 HCU; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; crash; Fw 190; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Prinz Eugen; RAF Bardney; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Metheringham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; Stirling; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
E Renfrey’s South African Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Trained at Nos. 43 and 45 Air Schools , 16 Operational Training Unit and 1660…
Tags: 156 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1660 HCU; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; master bomber; navigator; observer; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Bardney; RAF Barford St John; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; SAAF Oudtshoorn; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
William Haydn Price’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
Trained at No. 11 Air Gunners School, 14 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster…
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; Operational Training Unit; RAF Andreas; RAF Bardney; RAF hospital Rauceby; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
S A Morris’ Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book
Trained at No. 31 Bombing and Gunnery School, No. 33 Air Navigation School, 17 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Heavy…
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Binbrook; RAF Salbani; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; RCAF Mount Hope; RCAF Picton; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
J F Lane’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
Training starts at No. 12 Air Gunners School, 29 Operational Training Unit, 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing…
Tags: 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Operational Training Unit; Prinz Eugen; RAF Bardney; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; Tallboy; training; Wellington
Record of Service for William Slater
J O Christie’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 1660 HCU; 25 OTU; 50 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bircotes; RAF Finningley; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Warmwell; RCAF Calgary; RCAF Dafoe; searchlight; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Robert Walter Beales' observer's and air gunner's flying log book. Two
Raymon Frederick John Heath’s South African Air Force Pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 1654 HCU; 29 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Docking; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Windrush; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
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