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- Tags: 617 Squadron
Letter from Leonard Cheshire to Squadron Leader Noel Vincent
Letter from Leonard Cheshire to Rolls Royce
Letter from Leonard Cheshire to Barnes Wallis
Letter to Barnes Wallis from Leonard Cheshire
Letter from Leonard Cheshire to Pilot Officer A J Ward
Letter from Leonard Cheshire to Barnes Wallis
Letter from Leonard Cheshire to Air Commodore A C H Sharpe
Letter to Group Captain Sir Louis Greig from Leonard Cheshire
Letter from Leonard Cheshire to G W H Gardiner
Letter from Leonard Cheshire to Wing Commander H J Wilson
Letter from Leonard Cheshire to G W H Gardiner
A short history of 640 Squadron
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Tags: 4 Group; 617 Squadron; 640 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bouncing bomb; debriefing; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); entertainment; final resting place; flight engineer; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; love and romance; memorial; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; operations room; pilot; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; superstition; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tirpitz; wireless operator
Ernie Twells' decorations
Colin Cole's navigator's, air bomber's, air gunner's and flight engineer's flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Me 262; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Guzzle; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Mona; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; submarine; Tiger force; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Dam Busters 617 Squadron
Tags: 617 Squadron; Lancaster
Sydney Grimes' observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1661 HCU; 1668 HCU; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Botha; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Balderton; RAF Bardney; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Evanton; RAF Madley; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Ernie Twells’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Siracourt V-weapon site (25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bramcote; RAF Swinderby; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Ernie Twells' recommendation for D.F.C.
Bombing leaders instruction signal 22 April 1944
David Maltby's pilot's flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 617 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Flying Training School; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cranage; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Grantham; RAF Paignton; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training
Basil Ambrose’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 1660 HCU; 467 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; RAF Binbrook; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; training
James Wrigley's flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1656 HCU; 19 OTU; 199 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 81 OTU; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-29; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Dominie; final resting place; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Binbrook; RAF Bourn; RAF Downham Market; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marham; RAF Pembrey; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Tilstock; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
James Wrigley Service Record
D E Owen’s pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 149 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 617 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crash; Distinguished Service Order; flight engineer; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Scampton; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; training