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- Tags: RAF Lossiemouth
V T Hilton’s observer’s air gunner’s and w/t operators flying log book
A J Allam - pilots flying log book No 2
Tags: 1669 HCU; 20 OTU; 227 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Balderton; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Dalcross; RAF Graveley; RAF Langar; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Strubby; RAF Syerston; RAF Sywell; RAF Wilmslow; RAF Wyton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Robert Palmer's pilot's flying log book. One
Robert Palmer's pilot's flying log book. Two
Tags: 109 Squadron; 15 OTU; 20 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Lancaster; Lysander; Magister; Martinet; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Hullavington; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Marham; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Leonard William Fairbanks' Observer' and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book
Tags: 20 OTU; 223 Squadron; 25 OTU; 408 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Dominie; Halifax; Hampden; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Balderton; RAF Finningley; RAF Leeming; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Oulton; RAF Stormy Down; training; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator
Keith Hailey's Royal Air Force navigator’s, air bombers and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 20 OTU; 24 OTU; 433 Squadron; 635 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Downham Market; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manby; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Warboys; RAF West Freugh; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Interview with John Derek "Bill" Bailey. Two
Towards the end of the war, Derek did various bomber instructor courses and became a bombing instructor at RAF Lossiemouth on Wellingtons for Free French aircrew…
Tags: 103 Squadron; 166 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb disposal; bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Master Bomber; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bicester; RAF Blyton; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Kirmington; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Swinderby; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Frederick Parker
Interview with John Derek "Bill" Bailey. One
Tags: 103 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; crewing up; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lysander; Master Bomber; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Swinderby; RAF Torquay; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Maurice Roberts
Interview with Oluwole Hyde
... just ... Chapters in a Life .. and some History
Tags: 10 Squadron; 4 Group; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Blenheim; bomb aimer; Botha; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; Defiant; ditching; Dominie; Dulag Luft; entertainment; flight engineer; Goldfish Club; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lysander; Me 109; Me 110; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; physical training; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; radar; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Cosford; RAF Hendon; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Madley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; RAF Padgate; RAF Sywell; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Yatesbury; Red Cross; Spitfire; sport; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; Stirling; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
The Years up to the Outbreak of the Second World War and How it Affected Me
Tags: 10 Squadron; 4 Group; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Botha; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; ditching; Dominie; Dulag Luft; flight engineer; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lysander; Me 109; Me 110; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Hendon; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Madley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; RAF Padgate; RAF Wittering; RAF Yatesbury; Red Cross; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); Spitfire; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Stirling; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Bill Ballantyne
Leonard William Fairbank's service history
Tags: 100 Group; 20 OTU; 223 Squadron; 25 OTU; 408 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; B-17; B-24; bombing; Dominie; Halifax; Hampden; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Balderton; RAF Finningley; RAF Leeming; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Oulton; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Syerston; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Interview with Richard William Lambert
Tags: 101 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; entertainment; flight engineer; ground crew; Initial Training Wing; pilot; RAF Cosford; RAF Credenhill; RAF Hednesford; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirton in Lindsey; RAF Lindholme; RAF Locking; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Scampton; RAF St Athan; RAF Ternhill; RAF Thorney Island; Tiger Moth; training
JF Neilson's memoir
He joined the Local Defence Volunteers at first then realised he did not want to become infantry. He did mount road blocks and fire watches. He applied to join the RAF and was accepted. Training was at Blackpool,…
Tags: 4 Group; 640 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bale out; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); C-47; civil defence; crewing up; Dulag Luft; entertainment; evading; firefighting; flight engineer; Flying Training School; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Home Guard; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Manchester; Me 110; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bicester; RAF Church Fenton; RAF Cosford; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Padgate; RAF Riccall; RCAF Rivers; Red Cross; Spitfire; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Bill Macrae
Interview with Colin Cole
Memories of WWII
Tags: 115 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); coping mechanism; crash; Dominie; fear; final resting place; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military ethos; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; Proctor; promotion; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Witchford; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; training; Wellington; wireless operator
My Life and Time by Ken Turnham
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1669 HCU; 20 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); civil defence; Dominie; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Home Guard; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military service conditions; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Witchford; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Philip James MBE
H Jack Lazenby DFC
Tags: 1654 HCU; 20 OTU; 207 Squadron; 4 Group; 5 Group; 57 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); briefing; Catalina; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); entertainment; flight engineer; flight mechanic; Flying Training School; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Hampden; hangar; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Hurricane; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; Manchester; Master Bomber; Me 110; Me 262; mechanics engine; mess; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; radar; RAF Barkstone Heath; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Benson; RAF Bourn; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Colerne; RAF Cosford; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Elvington; RAF Fairford; RAF Halton; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Melton Mowbray; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Padgate; RAF Pershore; RAF Scampton; RAF Silverstone; RAF St Athan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Swinderby; RAF Talbenny; RAF Tangmere; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Valley; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wing; recruitment; Resistance; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; target indicator; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Victoria Cross; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Letter to Wing Commander C DV Willis from Flying Officer M R Leask
Interview with William Anderson
Tags: 1656 HCU; 166 Squadron; bombing; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Lindholme; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF St Athan; RAF Torquay; recruitment; searchlight; training; York