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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3053/56750/LHeathRFJ1390925v1.pdf
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Title
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Heath, Raymond Frederick John
Description
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27 items. The collection concerns Raymond Frederick John Heath (b. 1921 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books and target photographs.
He flew operations as a pilot with 61 Squadron.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Margaret Wild and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
Date
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2018-07-13
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Heath, RFJ
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Title
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Raymon Frederick John Heath’s South African Air Force Pilots flying log book. One
Description
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South African Air Force Pilots flying log book one, for Raymond Frederick John Heath, covering the period from 26 May 1942 to 26 June 1944. Detailing his flying training. He was stationed at 7 Air School SAAF Kroonstad, 23 Air School SAAF Waterkloof, 26 Air School SAAF Pietersburg, 6 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Little Rissington and RAF Windrush, 1525 BAT Flight RAF Docking, 29 Operational Training Unit RAF Bruntingthorpe, 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF Wigsley and 5 Lancaster Finishing School RAF Syerston. Aircraft flown in were Tiger Moth, Hart, Hind, Oxford, Wellington, Martinet, Stirling and Lancaster.
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1942
1943
1944
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Great Britain
South Africa
England--Gloucestershire
England--Leicestershire
England--Norfolk
England--Nottinghamshire
South Africa--Kroonstad
South Africa--Polokwane
South Africa--Pretoria
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Format
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One booklet
Contributor
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Mike Connock
Identifier
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LHeathRFJ1390925v1
Conforms To
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Review Oct 2024
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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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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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1753/47885/LWhalleyJ1113651v1.2.pdf
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Title
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Whalley, Jack
John Whalley
J Whalley
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2020-09-11
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Walley, J
Description
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Four items. The collection concerns (Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, quote from Bob Hope and two photographs. He flew operations as an observer on Meteorological flights with 521 Squadron.
The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Neil Sproates and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff.
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Title
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Jack Whalley’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Identifier
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LWhalleyJ1113651v1
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Description
An account of the resource
Jack Whalley’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 9th July 1941 until 10th October 1952. Initial training at No. 9 Air Observers School as an air observer, navigator, air gunner and bomb aimer. Further training as navigator at 6 Operational Training Unit. In March 1942 posted to 1401 Meteorological Flight for operations where he carried out weather observations over the North Sea.
In August 1942, his section of 1401 Meteorological Flight became 521 Squadron. May 1943 saw 521 Squadron once again designated as 1401 Meteorological Flight, only to revert back to 521 Squadron in September.
Posted to No. 3 School of General Reconnaissance from October 1943. In May 1944 he was posted to No. 47 Air Navigation School, Queenstown in South Africa undertaking staff navigator training which finished in September 1944. From October 1945 posted to Empire Air Navigation School for further staff navigator training.
During 1951 and 1952 attended 18 Reserve Flying School for navigator training.
Served at RAF Penrhos, RAF Thornaby, RAF Bircham Newton, RAF Docking, RAF Squires Gate, Queenstown, RAF Shawbury, RAF Fairoaks.
Aircraft flown were Anson, Blenheim, Defiant, Botha, Hudson, Mosquito, Hampden, Wellington, Halifax, Tiger Moth.
With 1401 Flight and 521 Squadron he flew 117 day long range meteorological reconnaissance operations over the North Sea mainly to Position 6 but also to Positions 3, 5 and 9 (the latter which included Lille, Prestskjaer and Egero). These were known as Rhombus duties. He also flew one photographic reconnaissance and meteorological photography (PAMPA) operation covering Romilly, Tours and Le Havre.
His pilots for these operations were: Sergeants Pethick and Ayrton, Flight Sergeants Farrell and Workman, Warrant Officer Garthwaite, Pilot Officers Price, Mottram, Hatton and Spencer, Flying Officers Marshall, De Jace, Mascall and Bispham, Flight Lieutenant Williams and Squadron Leader Braithwaite.
On the 18 Aug 1942 he was attacked by JU-88 which was observed to hit the sea.
On three occasions his aircraft crashed on take-off. These were on 1 November 1942, 19 November in which he was slightly injured, and 30 January 1943.
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Spatial Coverage
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Great Britain
England--Lancashire
England--Norfolk
England--Shropshire
England--Surrey
England--Yorkshire
Wales--Gwynedd
Atlantic Ocean--North Sea
France
France--Le Havre
France--Lille
France--Romilly-sur-Seine
France--Tours
Norway
South Africa
South Africa--Queenstown
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Royal Air Force. Coastal Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Log book and record book
Format
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One booklet
Contributor
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Nick Cornwell-Smith
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1941
1942-03-21
1942-03-23
1942-03-24
1942-03-25
1942-03-28
1942-03-31
1942-04-02
1942-04-03
1942-04-06
1942-04-08
1942-04-10
1942-04-12
1942-04-14
1942-04-16
1942-04-18
1942-04-19
1942-04-22
1942-04-25
1942-04-29
1942-05-03
1942-05-06
1942-05-09
1942-05-10
1942-05-13
1942-05-31
1942-06-03
1942-06-04
1942-06-08
1942-06-11
1942-06-13
1942-06-15
1942-06-16
1942-06-18
1942-06-20
1942-06-23
1942-06-25
1942-06-29
1942-07-05
1942-07-08
1942-07-11
1942-07-14
1942-07-16
1942-08-02
1942-08-04
1942-08-06
1942-08-09
1942-08-11
1942-08-13
1942-08-16
1942-08-19
1942-08-22
1942-08-26
1942-08-28
1942-09-01
1942-09-02
1942-09-06
1942-09-10
1942-09-12
1942-09-16
1942-09-17
1942-09-19
1942-09-21
1942-10-04
1942-10-06
1942-10-11
1942-10-14
1942-10-17
1942-10-20
1942-10-24
1942-10-28
1942-10-30
1942-11-01
1942-11-03
1942-11-08
1942-11-17
1942-11-19
1942-11-24
1942-11-29
1942-12-06
1942-12-08
1942-12-20
1942-12-21
1942-12-23
1942-12-25
1942-12-28
1943-01-01
1943-01-06
1943-01-11
1943-02-10
1943-02-16
1943-02-19
1943-02-22
1943-03-04
1943-03-06
1943-03-08
1943-03-11
1943-03-13
1943-03-15
1943-04-10
1943-05-06
1943-05-19
1943-05-21
1943-05-26
1943-05-28
1943-05-29
1943-05-30
1943-06-15
1943-06-18
1943-06-20
1943-07-07
1943-07-14
1943-07-17
1943-07-29
1943-08-21
1943-08-27
1944
1945
1951
1952
Conforms To
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Review Oct 2024
521 Squadron
air gunner
Air Observers School
aircrew
Anson
Blenheim
bomb aimer
Botha
crash
Defiant
Halifax
Hampden
Hudson
Ju 88
Mosquito
navigator
observer
Operational Training Unit
RAF Bircham Newton
RAF Docking
RAF Fairoaks
RAF Penrhos
RAF Shawbury
RAF Squires Gate
RAF Thornaby
reconnaissance photograph
take-off crash
Tiger Moth
training
Wellington
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https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2576/51254/LSawyerFCA174215v1.pdf
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Title
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Sawyer, Frederick Charles Archibald
F C A Sawyer
Description
An account of the resource
57 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Frederick Charles Archibald Sawyer (174215 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, and <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2872">an album</a> with 39 items. He flew operations as a pilot with 434 Squadron and was killed 29 July 1944. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Evelyn Gratton and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. <br /><br />Additional information on Frederick Charles Archibald Sawyer is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/224882/">IBCC Losses Database.</a>
Date
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2019-01-17
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Rights
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Sawyer, FCA
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Frederick Sawyer’s RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Description
An account of the resource
Frederick Sawyer’s RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 22 April 1942 to 28 July 1944, detailing training and operations as a pilot. He was stationed at RAF Theale (No. 26 Elementary Flying Training School), Souther Field (Primary Flying Training School), Cochran Field (Basic Flying Training School), Moody Field (Advanced Flying Training School), RAF Little Rissington (No. 6 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit), RAF Docking (No. 1525 Beam Approach Training Flight), RAF Whitchurch Heath (No. 81 Operational Training Unit), RAF Gamston and RAF Ossington (No. 82 Operational Training Unit), RAF Topcliffe (No. 1659 Conversion Unit), RAF Croft (No. 434 Squadron). Aircraft flown: DH.82, PT17 Stearman, BT13A, AT10, Oxford, Whitley, Wellington, Halifax.
Records 11 operations (5 night, 6 day, final entry states “Missing”), targets in France and Germany were: Trouville, Le Clipon, ‘P’ Plane sites (‘Pilotless Planes’ - V1 flying bombs), Gorenflos, Wizernes, Biennais, Mont-Candon, Anderbelk, Hamburg.
His first pilot on first operation was Flight Lieutenant Flewelling.
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1942
1943
1944-05-24
1944-05-25
1944-05-27
1944-05-28
1944-06-21
1944-06-25
1944-06-27
1944-06-28
1944-07-01
1944-07-04
1944-07-05
1944-07-09
1944-07-20
1944-07-28
1944-07-29
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
France
Germany
Great Britain
United States
England--Berkshire
England--Durham (County)
England--Gloucestershire
England--Norfolk
England--Nottinghamshire
England--Shropshire
England--Yorkshire
France--Abbeville
France--Dunkerque
France--Trouville-sur-Mer
France--Neuville-aux-Bois
France--Seine-Maritime
Georgia--Americus
Georgia--Macon
Georgia--Valdosta
Germany--Hamburg
England--Theale (West Berkshire)
England--Lincolnshire
England--Oxfordshire
France--Gorenflos
France--Le Clipon
France--Biennais
France--Mont-Candon
France--Anderbelk
France--Wizernes
France--Wizernes
Coverage
The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant
Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Text. Log book and record book
Format
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One booklet
Conforms To
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Review Oct 2024
Identifier
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LSawyerFCA174215v1
Rights
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This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Contributor
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David Leitch
1659 HCU
434 Squadron
81 OTU
82 OTU
Advanced Flying Unit
aircrew
Flying Training School
Halifax
Halifax Mk 2
Halifax Mk 3
Halifax Mk 5
Heavy Conversion Unit
missing in action
Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944)
Operational Training Unit
Oxford
pilot
RAF Croft
RAF Dalton
RAF Docking
RAF Gamston
RAF Harrogate
RAF Heaton Park
RAF Hemswell
RAF Lindholme
RAF Little Rissington
RAF Ossington
RAF Tilstock
RAF Topcliffe
RCAF Moncton
Stearman
Tiger Moth
training
Wellington
Whitley