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- Tags: RAF East Kirkby
Peter Hazeldene memoir
Flt Lt J B P 'Tuesday' Spencer, 20 years, Pilot from Greenside, Co Durham
Sgt W D E West, 21 years, Mid Upper Gunner, from Barking, Essex
Sgt H…
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 57 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; final resting place; flight engineer; heirloom; killed in action; Lancaster; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Husbands Bosworth; Red Cross; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Note awarding Medals to WF Martin
Michael Beetham's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 50 Squadron; 57 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Halifax; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; pilot; RAF Church Lawford; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Desford; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Hunmanby Moor; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Morton Hall; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Memories of a Lancaster Bomber Raid
Tags: 57 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; H2S; Lancaster; pilot; RAF East Kirkby; wireless operator
Memorials at Lincolnshire Airfields
#1 is 617 squadron memorial at RAF Woodhall Spa.
#2 is 44 squadron memorial at RAF Waddington.
#3 and 4 is a plaque at 'The Wild Life' pub at Skellingthorpe.
#5 is a memorial at East Kirkby.
#6 is a close up of the…
Tags: 101 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 9 Squadron; final resting place; memorial; RAF Bardney; RAF Binbrook; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Honington; RAF Kirmington; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; RAF Woodhall Spa
Memoir Flight Lieutenant Gordon Cruickshank D.F.M. RAFRO
Tags: 44 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Bombing of Augsburg (17 April 1942); bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Distinguished Flying Medal; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; Lancaster; Manchester; Mosquito; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bradwell Bay; RAF Cardington; RAF Cranwell; RAF Credenhill; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Evanton; RAF Felixstowe; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Warmwell; searchlight; superstition; training; Victoria Cross; Whitley
Letter to Mrs K Hobbs from officer commanding 630 Squadron
Letter to Mrs Hobbs from RAF East Kirkby station padre
Letter to Frank Hobbs from Mrs Hobbs
Tags: RAF East Kirkby
Letter to Commanding Officer from Senior Medical Officer, 57 Squadron
Letter to Arthur Woolf's father from OC 630 Squadron
Letter from Frank Hobbs to his daughter
Tags: RAF East Kirkby
Letter from Arthur Woolf to his parents
Tags: RAF East Kirkby
Les Jackson memoir
Len Manning’s navigator’s air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 21 OTU; 57 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; evading; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; shot down; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Len Curtis' Flying Log Book
Served at RAF Dumfries, RAF…
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 617 Squadron; 630 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 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 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); Botha; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Lancaster model
Photograph 2 is of Lancaster model flying captioned ' "Suedcoat Charlie" lives East Kirkby'.
Photograph 3 is of a large Lancaster model [?]E-C.
Photogrpah 4 is of…
Tags: arts and crafts; Lancaster; RAF East Kirkby
Lancaster before reassembly at East Kirkby
Tags: Lancaster; RAF East Kirkby
Keith Ganney's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot. Two
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Brough; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Penrhos; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Keith Ganney's After Lunch Speech
Tags: 57 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 630 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Cornell; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Woodbridge; Stirling; superstition; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
John Chatterton's pilot's flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 44 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 81 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Flying Training School; Halifax; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Meteor; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Sleap; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Tilstock; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
James Stewart’s flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 207 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; crash; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Silverstone; RAF Spilsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; take-off crash; training; Wellington
J Vasey’s pilot’s log book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Church Lawford; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Finningley; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
J Barnes’ pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1660 HCU; 630 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lysander; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Metheringham; RAF Netheravon; RAF Staverton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upavon; RAF Watton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington