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- Tags: RAF Boscombe Down
The Radio War Waged by the RAF Against Germany 1940-1945
Tags: 100 Group; 101 Squadron; 109 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 218 Squadron; Anson; B-17; B-24; Blenheim; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Do 217; Gee; Gneisenau; Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); ground personnel; H2S; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); He 111; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hudson; Ju 52; Ju 88; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Oboe; P-51; Pathfinders; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; radar; RAF Bawdsey; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Defford; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Oulton; RAF St Athan; RAF Waddington; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley; Window; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Terence Leedham's life
Targets and A&AEE Boscombe Down
Top left - a note 'got to here'. Top right - an aerial oblique view of a city-scape with some large buildings and some damage visible. Captioned 'Essen' on the reverse 'Essen'.
Middle - an aerial oblique view of a…
Stephen Dawson's pilot's flying log book. Two
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 97 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; B-25; B-26; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Boston; Defiant; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Bourn; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wigsley; training; Wellington
Stephen Dawson's pilot's flying log book. Three
Stephen Dawson's memoir notebook
Seeding the Storm
Tags: 19 OTU; 207 Squadron; 220 Squadron; 58 Squadron; 6 Group; air gunner; aircrew; animal; anti-aircraft fire; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; Harvard; Lancaster; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operational Training Unit; pilot; promotion; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Driffield; RAF Kinloss; RAF Langar; RAF Morton Hall; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Pocklington; RAF Spilsby; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Worthy Down; Shackleton; sport; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley; wireless operator
My War Story
Tags: 22 OTU; 420 Squadron; 425 Squadron; 431 Squadron; 434 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; animal; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; arts and crafts; bale out; bomb aimer; C-47; Caterpillar Club; crash; crewing up; Dulag Luft; final resting place; flight engineer; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hurricane; Ju 88; lynching; mess; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; P-51; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cosford; RAF Dishforth; RAF Elvington; RAF Gaydon; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Inverness; RAF Manston; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; Red Cross; sanitation; service vehicle; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 6; strafing; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wellington; Whitley; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
John Mitchell's flying log book. One
Tags: 19 OTU; 58 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; crash; forced landing; Operational Training Unit; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Driffield; RAF Kinloss; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; training; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
Jo Lancaster’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: aircrew; Albemarle; Anson; B-17; B-24; B-25; B-26; Beaufighter; Blenheim; Boston; C-47; Defiant; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; Hudson; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lincoln; Martinet; Me 410; Meteor; Mosquito; Oxford; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF Boscombe Down; Spitfire; Stirling; Sunderland; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; Typhoon; Ventura; Wellington; York
JE Hanson flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 44 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 76 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Botha; crash; Distinguished Flying Medal; Hampden; killed in action; Lancaster; Lysander; Manchester; Me 109; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Coningsby; RAF Finningley; RAF Lindholme; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Warmwell; take-off crash; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Ted Stocker. Two
Tags: 102 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; fitter engine; flight engineer; fuelling; ground crew; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; Master Bomber; military service conditions; Oboe; Pathfinders; promotion; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Halton; target indicator
Interview with Ted Stocker. Three
Although he wanted to be a pilot, Ted’s skills were needed as a flight engineer. He was…
Tags: 102 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; Distinguished Service Order; fitter engine; flight engineer; fuelling; ground crew; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Lancaster; Lancastrian; military service conditions; Pathfinders; promotion; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Halton; RAF Linton on Ouse; Shackleton; Stirling; Wellington
Interview with Robert Norman William Didwell. Two
Interview with Ralph Wild
Tags: 10 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; C-47; crewing up; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Hurricane; Intelligence Officer; love and romance; military ethos; mine laying; navigator; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Church Fenton; RAF Cranwell; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF North Weald; Spitfire; training
Interview with Kenneth Walter Prowse Symonds
Interview with Jo Lancaster. Two
Tags: 12 Squadron; 150 Squadron; 20 OTU; 22 OTU; 40 Squadron; aircrew; B-25; B-26; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crewing up; Grand Slam; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 110; Meteor; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Alconbury; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wyton; recruitment; Spitfire; Tallboy; training; Walrus; Wellington; Whitley
Interview with Eric Peel
Interview with Charles Bland
He tells of his training at Halton, and describes the different trades and his exams to become an Leading Aircraftsman 1st Class, where he…
Tags: Beaufighter; C-47; fitter airframe; fitter engine; ground crew; ground personnel; Meteor; military discipline; military service conditions; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Coningsby; RAF Finningley; RAF Halton; RAF Kirton in Lindsey; RAF Waddington; RAF Worksop; service vehicle; Spitfire; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force; York
Hurricane
Tags: Hurricane; Meteor; RAF Boscombe Down
Hugh Forth’s pilots flying log book. One
Handley Page Halifax
Half a Life, Half Remembered
Tags: 101 Squadron; 115 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 2 Group; 3 Group; 311 Squadron; 4 Group; 5 Group; 7 Squadron; 9 Squadron; 99 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Boston; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; fitter airframe; flight engineer; Flying Training School; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gneisenau; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; hangar; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harrow; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hudson; Hurricane; incendiary device; Lancaster; love and romance; Magister; Manchester; Me 109; Me 110; mess; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; observer; Operational Training Unit; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; pilot; radar; RAF Benson; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Catterick; RAF Cosford; RAF Cranwell; RAF Debden; RAF Duxford; RAF Finningley; RAF Grantham; RAF Halton; RAF Hendon; RAF Henlow; RAF Honington; RAF Leeming; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manston; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Netheravon; RAF Newmarket; RAF Oakington; RAF Sealand; RAF Silloth; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Eval; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tangmere; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Waddington; RAF Warmwell; RAF Waterbeach; RAF West Freugh; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wittering; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; shot down; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
H W Bennett’s RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book. One
Tags: 214 Squadron; 27 OTU; 81 OTU; 88 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Boston; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Coningsby; RAF Evanton; RAF Feltwell; RAF Lichfield; RAF North Coates; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Tilstock; training; Wellington; Whitley
Fairey Battle
Tags: 88 Squadron; Battle; RAF Boscombe Down