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- Tags: Lancaster Finishing School
Robert Haire's flying log book for navigators. air bombers, air gunners, and flight engineers
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 4,000 lb Cookie bomb; 467 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Selection board instruction and information
Harry Hicks’ Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 11 OTU; 149 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1657 HCU; 32 OTU; Admiral Scheer; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Cornell; Flying Training School; Gee; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Babdown Farm; RAF Brough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Methwold; RAF Oakley; RAF Ossington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Watchfield; RAF Westcott; RAF Wratting Common; RCAF Boundary Bay; RCAF Caron; RCAF Medicine Hat; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
John Searle’s Royal Air Force Pilots Flying Log Book
Tags: 153 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 28 OTU; 78 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); C-47; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cranwell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Lindholme; RAF Scampton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
H2S -aka "Town Finder", "Home Sweet Home", "Blind Navigation", "Y" and "Rotterdamgerat"
Tags: 106 Squadron; 5 Group; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; H2S; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; radar; RAF Coningsby; RAF Metheringham; RAF Shawbury; RAF Syerston; RAF Wainfleet; RAF Wigsley; Schräge Musik; Stirling; target indicator; training; Wellington
A Basic Air Navigation Course in 1943
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln.
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
My First Operation
In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln.
Tags: 106 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; briefing; coping mechanism; Cornell; fear; Flying Training School; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Home Guard; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; master bomber; military ethos; military service conditions; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; RAF Cardington; RAF Dumfries; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Lissett; RAF Metheringham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; RCAF Estevan; RCAF Moncton; Spitfire; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
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
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
Stanley Lester Dodwell's pilot's flying log book. Eight
Tags: 1 Group; 106 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1660 HCU; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 8 Group; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Bolingbroke; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Cornell; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Balderton; RAF Banff; RAF Barford St John; RAF Brough; RAF Coningsby; RAF Dallachy; RAF Desford; RAF Halton; RAF Hamble; RAF Metheringham; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Sywell; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Warboys; RCAF De Winton; RCAF Moncton; RCAF Pearce; RCAF Picton; RCAF Swift Current; RCAF Trenton; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
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 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
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
F Sowerby’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Manby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RCAF Mount; RCAF Picton; Stirling; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
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
Pages from William Taylor's log book
Ken Johnson’s Royal Air Force Observers and Air Gunners Flying Log Book
Trained at No. 2 Air Gunners School, 29 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Conversion Unit, and No 5 Lancaster…
Tags: 1654 HCU; 29 OTU; 61 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); 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); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Prinz Eugen; RAF Bardney; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Dalcross; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; Tallboy; training; Wellington
W Harrison’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners, Flight Engineers
Tags: 1661 HCU; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; crash; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Oxford; RAF Bardney; RAF Binbrook; RAF Lindholme; RAF Salbani; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Worksop; Stirling; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training
F Hooper’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Trained at No. 2 Air Gunners School, followed by 29 Operational Training Unit, 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster…
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; P-40; RAF Bardney; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Dalcross; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Biographical letter from John Maunsell
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
William Richards's Royal Australian Air Force flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 26 OTU; 54 OTU; 622 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAAF Bradfield Park; RAF Dallachy; RAF Desborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Lulsgate Bottom; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Wing; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington