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- Tags: RAF Waddington
Last of the Tail Gun Charlies - Ronald Carter's Biography
At the age of 17, Ronald volunteered to join the Royal Air Force in November 1942. After basic training, Ronald was selected for gunnery and wireless operator training, becoming…
Tags: 44 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Caterpillar Club; crewing up; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); prisoner of war; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Ringway; RAF Waddington; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; tactical support for Normandy troops; the long march; training; wireless operator / air gunner
Albert Thomas Smith's service record
Interview with Peter Scoley
Peter spent most of his life in and around farming near RAF Metheringham, which he…
Interview with Anthony Edward Mason
Peter Baxter’s Flying Log Book as Flight Engineer.
After pre-aircrew…
Tags: 12 Squadron; 153 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 50 Squadron; 57 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; mine laying; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Faldingworth; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Penrhos; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; sport; training; Whitley
Bob Smith's Memoirs
Tags: 106 Squadron; 115 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 166 Squadron; 3 Group; 4 Group; 44 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 619 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 640 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 78 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Beaufighter; bomb aimer; bombing; Boston; crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; flight engineer; H2S; Halifax; Hampden; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Master Bomber; mess; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Breighton; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cardington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Cranwell; RAF Desborough; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Feltwell; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Harrington; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Silloth; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tempsford; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; RAF White Waltham; RAF Wigtown; RAF Witchford; Red Cross; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; training; V-1; Wellington; wireless operator
Bob Smith's Memoirs Book 2
Covers his training.
Tags: 1653 HCU; 3 Group; 467 Squadron; 5 Group; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; crash; crewing up; flight engineer; Gee; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mess; mine laying; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Andover; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cardington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Cranwell; RAF Desborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Harrington; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Silloth; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tempsford; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; RAF White Waltham; RAF Wigtown; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
Bob Smith's Memoirs 1
Tags: 115 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 4 Group; 44 Squadron; 463 Squadron; 466 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 619 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 640 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 78 Squadron; aerial photograph; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; bomb aimer; Boston; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; H2S; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; observer; Operational Training Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Breighton; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Waddington; RAF Witchford; recruitment; Red Cross; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 7; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
Thomas Wilfred Peter 'Peter' Clifford
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive in…
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer; RAF Waddington
Thomas Wilfred Peter 'Peter' Clifford's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 101 Squadron; 1662 HCU; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; RAF Blyton; RAF Brackla; RAF Dishforth; RAF Hemswell; RAF Holmsley South; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Lyneham; RAF Manby; RAF Manston; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; RAF Waddington; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; York
Ronnie Abbott’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book. Two
Ronnie Abbott’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book. One
Tags: 50 Squadron; 8 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; pilot; RAF Waddington; training
Sympathetic communications to his wife on Hubert's death
Seven Airmen and a Lancaster
Hubert Tatley and his crew
The crew list is, Sgt Hazell, L.C, Pilot, Sgt Gardiner, E , Flight Engineer, Sgt Miller, W.T, Navigator, Sgt Tatley, H.T, Bomb Aimer, Sgt Sharples, E.F. Gunner, Sgt…
William Fisher Martin’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 50 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; ditching; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); RAF Binbrook; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; RCAF Rivers; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Excerpt from Robert George Sharland’s Log book
463 & 467 RAAF Squadrons servicing wing
Christmas greetings 1944
Tags: RAF Waddington
Bill Burnett’s Flight Engineer’s Log Book
467 Squadron (RAAF) Waddington 1943
ACW Pitts Invitation to Dance at Waddington's Sergeants' Mess
Charts and the log for an operation to Brux, Czechoslovakia
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Tags: 467 Squadron; bombing; Lancaster; RAF Waddington
Track charts and log for operation to Royan
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Tags: 467 Squadron; bombing; Lancaster; RAF Waddington
Track charts and log for an operation to the Dortmund-Ems Canal
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Tags: 467 Squadron; bombing; Lancaster; RAF Waddington