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- Tags: RAF Wyton
RAF service record
Reginald Rush RAF personnel document
1945 Russian at Wyton
Interview with Colin Bell
Colin talks of his entry interview into the RAF, his time at an…
Tags: 608 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; crewing up; fear; FIDO; Fw 190; ground crew; ground personnel; Initial Training Wing; Me 262; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; RAF Downham Market; RAF Grantham; RAF Prestwick; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; recruitment; searchlight; Stearman; superstition; training; V-weapon
Stanislaw Sewerin's Pilots Flying Log Book, Four
Tags: 1662 HCU; 18 OTU; 300 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; Anson; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Aldergrove; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Binbrook; RAF Booker; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Brawdy; RAF Castle Bromwich; RAF Chivenor; RAF Colerne; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Croydon; RAF Debden; RAF Dishforth; RAF Downham Market; RAF Eastleigh; RAF Exeter; RAF Farnborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Gaydon; RAF Grimsby; RAF Halton; RAF Hamble; RAF Harrogate; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Hatfield; RAF Hawarden; RAF Hemswell; RAF Henlow; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Hullavington; RAF Hurn; RAF Jurby; RAF Kenley; RAF Kidlington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lulsgate Bottom; RAF Lyneham; RAF Manston; RAF Merryfield; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Northolt; RAF Odiham; RAF Shawbury; RAF Silloth; RAF Southend; RAF St Athan; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Staverton; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; RAF Tangmere; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Upwood; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Watton; RAF Wyton; training
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Tags: air gunner; Blenheim; pilot; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hamble; RAF Wyton; training; Wellington
Engine and Airframe mechanics B Flight, 83 Squadron
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Individual history of Avro Lancaster B Mk1 R5868/7325M
Tags: 467 Squadron; 8 Group; 83 Squadron; bombing; Cook’s tour; Fw 190; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; mine laying; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Pathfinders; RAF Bottesford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Metheringham; RAF Scampton; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Waddington; RAF Wroughton; RAF Wyton; V-weapon
Flight Lieutenant Michael Myers Wayman (version one)
Tags: 103 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 21 Squadron; 90 Squadron; B-17; Blenheim; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; final resting place; Gneisenau; Hampden; killed in action; love and romance; Me 109; Mosquito; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); RAF Bicester; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Watton; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; sport; training; Wellington
Flight Lieutenant Michael Myers Wayman (version two)
Tags: 103 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 21 Squadron; 90 Squadron; B-17; Blenheim; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; final resting place; Gneisenau; Hampden; killed in action; love and romance; Me 109; Mosquito; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); RAF Bicester; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Watton; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; sport; training; Wellington
Flight Lieutenant Jamie Barr DFC
Tags: 12 OTU; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; propaganda; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coningsby; RAF Dumfries; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Wyton; Tiger force; training; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
My Crew
Tags: 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Gee; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; propaganda; RAF Colerne; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wyton; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Wimpey Nights - the life and times of Pilot Officer Gerry Stone RAF
Tags: 115 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 20 OTU; 38 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb trolley; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing up; debriefing; final resting place; forced landing; ground personnel; Halifax; Harrow; intelligence officer; killed in action; Me 110; mine laying; observer; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Alconbury; RAF Church Fenton; RAF Cranwell; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; recruitment; Scharnhorst; service vehicle; shot down; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
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
Ray Lippiard note of postings and locations
Conversation with Ray Lippiard
Interview with Alastair Price
Alistair Price is the son of…
Tags: 12 OTU; 139 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 83 Squadron; aircrew; Battle; Blenheim; escaping; Hampden; Lancaster; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; prisoner of war; RAF Catterick; RAF Wyton; Red Cross; Resistance; shot down; sport; Stalag Luft 3; the long march; training
Conversation with Jo Lancaster. Part one
Tags: 12 Squadron; 20 OTU; 22 OTU; 40 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crewing up; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 110; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Alconbury; RAF Binbrook; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Cranwell; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Sealand; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upavon; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wymeswold; RAF Wyton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Conversation with Jo Lancaster
Tags: 12 Squadron; 20 OTU; 22 OTU; 40 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crewing up; Flying Training School; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 110; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Alconbury; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Sealand; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upavon; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wymeswold; RAF Wyton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Fighting the war sitting down
Tags: 156 Squadron; 2 Group; 49 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 99 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; Blenheim; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Hampden; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Hemswell; RAF Oakington; RAF Scampton; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with George Dunn
Tags: 10 Squadron; 109 Squadron; 18 OTU; 20 OTU; 608 Squadron; 76 Squadron; aircrew; bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Barford St John; RAF Downham Market; RAF Finningley; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Rufforth; RAF Worksop; RAF Wyton; training; Wellington
Norman Piercy - Research Notes
Tags: 101 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 405 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 8 Group; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; final resting place; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; Pathfinders; RAF Alconbury; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington
Dan Nash memoir
Tags: 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 27 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); briefing; crewing up; demobilisation; Dominie; entertainment; evacuation; Initial Training Wing; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; Proctor; promotion; propaganda; RAF Bottesford; RAF Cosford; RAF Cranwell; RAF Hednesford; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lichfield; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Locking; RAF Marham; RAF Metheringham; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Pembrey; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Wyton; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; searchlight; service vehicle; sport; Stirling; superstition; target photograph; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner