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- Tags: RAF Hemswell
Frederick Davy's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 1656 HCU; 28 OTU; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Magister; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cranwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Grantham; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hullavington; RAF Kelstern; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Tilstock; RAF Torquay; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Watchfield; RAF Wymeswold; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Frederick Davy's pilot's flying log book. Three
Tags: 1656 HCU; 28 OTU; 625 Squadron; 81 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Cranwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Padgate; RAF Tilstock; RAF Torquay; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Wymeswold; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Frederick Davy's pilot's flying log book. Two
Tags: 1656 HCU; 28 OTU; 625 Squadron; 81 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Magister; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Cranwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hullavington; RAF Kelstern; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Tilstock; RAF Torquay; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Wymeswold; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley
General Memories
He describes training in London, Bridlington, Morpeth and Wymeswold. Later training as a crew was at Castle Donington, Lindholme and Hemswell. He describes in detail his crew, aircraft and operations.…
Tags: 12 Squadron; 626 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; escaping; flight engineer; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; Me 262; military ethos; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridlington; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirkham; RAF Lindholme; RAF Morpeth; RAF Tilstock; RAF Wickenby; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wymeswold; searchlight; superstition; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
Geoff Packham's Record of Service
Tags: 1667 HCU; 18 OTU; 550 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Acklington; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Cardington; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hurn; RAF Lindholme; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Torquay; RAF Wilmslow; RAF Worksop; training
Geoffrey Whittle's observers and air gunners flying log book. One
Tags: 101 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 27 OTU; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Meteor; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF Leeming; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Millom; RAF Paignton; RAF Upavon; RAF West Freugh; training; Walrus; Wellington; York
George C Dunn’s pilot's flying log book. Two
Tags: 109 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; C-47; Halifax; Harvard; Hurricane; Lancaster; Mosquito; Oxford; P-51; pilot; Proctor; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kasfereet; RAF Upwood; RAF Wickenby; RAF Woodhall Spa; Spitfire; Wellington; York
George Dennis's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 1662 HCU; 550 Squadron; 83 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ingham; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Pembrey; RAF Peplow; training; Wellington
George Holmes' navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 50 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Botha; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mid-air collision; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator
George Thomas Hagues’ diary
Tags: 625 Squadron; 83 OTU; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lindholme; RAF Peplow; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon
George Thomas Hagues’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 625 Squadron; 83 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Peplow; RAF Stormy Down; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
George Toombs’ flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 1667 HCU; 460 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Binbrook; RAF Hemswell; RAF Sandtoft; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
George Warren’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1667 HCU; 626 Squadron; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; missing in action; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Hemswell; RAF Millom; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wickenby; training; Wellington
Good Show Roger Squared
Tags: 1 Group; 166 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; flight engineer; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); pilot; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Manston; searchlight; training; wireless operator
Gordon Cruickshank's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers. Two
Tags: 10 OTU; 100 Squadron; 11 OTU; 17 OTU; 199 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Botha; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Spilsby; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Westcott; training; Wellington; Whitley
Gordon Cruickshank's observers and air gunners flying log book. One
Tags: 10 OTU; 100 Squadron; 11 OTU; 17 OTU; 199 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Botha; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Spilsby; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Westcott; training; Wellington; Whitley
Gordon Mills observer's and air gunner's log book
Tags: 149 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 1657 HCU; 218 Squadron; 26 OTU; 44 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; crash; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Martinet; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Mepal; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Penrhos; RAF Shallufa; RAF Stradishall; RAF Waddington; RAF Wing; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; take-off crash; training; Wellington
Gordon Mills record of service, educational and professional qualifications
Gordon Mills record of service, educational and professional qualifications
Gordon Prescott’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Dominie; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wickenby; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator
H O Cannon’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Hampdens over Hemswell
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Tags: 144 Squadron; Hampden; hangar; RAF Hemswell
Harry Parkins' flight engineer log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 199 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF East Kirkby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Scampton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stradishall; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-3; V-weapon
Herbert Davy's log book
Tags: 626 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Morpeth; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wymeswold; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Herbert Gray's navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 49 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); 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); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hemswell; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-3; V-weapon