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- Tags: Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943)
Letter from Officer Commanding 101 Squadron to Mr Gadd
George Edward Gadd biography
It also states that his name can be found on the Dunstable War memorial and…
James Bibby’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Trained at No. 2 Signals School, No. 2 Air Gunners School, 17 Operational Training Unit, 28 Operational…
Tags: 16 OTU; 17 OTU; 28 OTU; 51 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bombing; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Lancaster; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Coningsby; RAF Pembrey; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; RAF Upwood; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Wymeswold; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Special Operations Executive; training; Wellington; wireless operator
W Gall’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 16 OTU; 1661 HCU; 26 OTU; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Penrhos; RAF Sturgate; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wing; RAF Winthorpe; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington
Sydney Fox’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Trained at No. 4 School of Technical Training, followed by operational posting to 460…
Reginald Rush operations on 101, 142, 100 and 625 Squadrons
Tags: 100 Squadron; 101 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 625 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Lancaster; navigator; pilot; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Wellington
Flight logs 1943
List of operations
Operational navigation log - Wuppertal
Operational navigation log - Mulheim
Operational navigation log - Cologne
Operational navigation log - Bochum
Operational navigation log - Düsseldorf
Operational navigation log - Bochum
Operational navigation log - Duisburg
Operational navigation log - Dortmund
Patrick Barry’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 19 OTU; 467 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Botha; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bottesford; RAF Kinloss; RAF Metheringham; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Whitley
Chan Chandler's biography
He flew 95 operations as Wireless Operator / Air Gunner, Gunnery Leader and Cameraman with 49 and 617 Squadrons and survived nine days adrift in the North Sea. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross and a rare Soviet…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air sea rescue; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; Battle; Bismarck; Blenheim; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); briefing; C-47; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; forced landing; Gee; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Gneisenau; Goldfish Club; H2S; Halifax; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; Manchester; master bomber; Me 109; mess; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Oboe; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; RAF Andover; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Castle Combe; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Coningsby; RAF Croydon; RAF Earls Colne; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Honington; RAF hospital Rauceby; RAF Kinloss; RAF Manston; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Middle Wallop; RAF Northolt; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Scampton; RAF Tangmere; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Freugh; RAF White Waltham; RAF Wittering; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Scharnhorst; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; Sunderland; Tallboy; target indicator; target photograph; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-2; V-3; V-weapon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner
Willy Welsh’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
Served at RAF…
John (Jack) Clyde's Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book
He was stationed at RAF Yatesbury (No. 2 Signals…
Tags: 10 OTU; 10 Squadron; 1663 HCU; 19 OTU; 24 OTU; aerial photograph; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; air sea rescue; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Botha; C-47; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Kinloss; RAF Long Marston; RAF Melbourne; RAF Rufforth; RAF St Eval; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); searchlight; target photograph; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Sergeant H. Brewer’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Trained in Canada at No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School, No. 3 Air…
Tags: 14 OTU; 1660 HCU; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Manby; RAF Saltby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wigtown; RCAF Lethbridge; RCAF Regina; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington
Tommy's first tour
Lancaster ED562
Tags: 100 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 576 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); flight engineer; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Grimsby; RAF North Killingholme; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); tactical support for Normandy troops; V-1; V-3; V-weapon; wireless operator
Tommy Fairclough's flying log book for observers and air gunners. Two
Tags: 100 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 1668 HCU; 28 OTU; 30 OTU; 550 Squadron; 82 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; Cook’s tour; Dominie; evading; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bircotes; RAF Bottesford; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Finningley; RAF Gamston; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Ossington; RAF Pembrey; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wing; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); shot down; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Tommy Fairclough's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers. One
Tags: 100 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 1668 HCU; 26 OTU; 30 OTU; 550 Squadron; 82 OTU; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bombing; C-47; Dominie; evading; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Bircotes; RAF Bottesford; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Finningley; RAF Gamston; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Ossington; RAF Pembrey; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wing; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); shot down; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner