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- Contributor is exactly "Cara Walmsley"
W G Didcote’s South African Air Force observer’s or air gunner’s log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 1678 HCU; 17 OTU; 186 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 90 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Botha; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 110; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Coningsby; RAF Manby; RAF Millom; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Ted Neale's observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 37 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Defiant; Hudson; navigator; training; Wellington
Southgate sergeant air-gunner reported missing
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; missing in action
Sortie report Freilssling [sic] (Freilassing )
Tags: 104 Squadron; bombing
Sortie report Brück
Tags: 104 Squadron; bombing
Sam Saunders's flying log book
Tags: 128 Squadron; 15 OTU; 16 OTU; 216 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 40 Squadron; 627 Squadron; 692 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Hudson; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Graveley; RAF Harwell; RAF Hendon; RAF Marham; RAF Oakington; RAF Shallufa; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wyton; RCAF Rivers; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Ronald Witty’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 1656 HCU; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; 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 Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Desborough; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Sturgate; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Ron Riding's Royal Canadian Air Force observers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 242 Squadron; 52 Squadron; Air Observers School; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; bale out; Battle; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Cook’s tour; evading; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Lancaster; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Dishforth; RAF Lindholme; RAF Northolt; RAF Oakington; RCAF Rivers; Second Tactical Air Force; shot down; Stirling; submarine; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Robert Miller’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1651 HCU; 1652 HCU; 1669 HCU; 51 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Master Bomber; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Langar; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Snaith; RAF West Freugh; RAF Woolfox Lodge; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Reginald Weeden's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 1653 HCU; 35 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Cook’s tour; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Desborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Graveley; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Mepal; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; training; Wellington; York
Postcard from George Shephard Johns
Tags: childhood in wartime; evacuation
Peter Thomas’s Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other that pilot
Tags: 149 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 85 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Methwold; RAF Millom; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Peter Galan's (Thomas Blyth's navigator) - navigators flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1658 HCU; 51 Squadron; aircrew; bomb struck; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; training; Whitley
Operation to Milan
No 8 (War) Signals Course
Tags: aircrew; training; wireless operator
Newspaper Cuttings
Item 1 is about Bombing-up the last Lancaster. Asterisked is a reference to Reg Hutton.
Item 2 and 3 refer to D-day viewed from a Lancaster by Flight Sergeant Hutton.
Item 4 and 5 refer to bombing of shore batteries by…
Newspaper cutting - Sgt Oscar Jensen killed last week on active service
Tags: aircrew; killed in action; wireless operator
Max Spence's flying log book
Tags: 1656 HCU; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF West Freugh; training; Wellington
Martin Catty's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot. Two
Tags: 12 OTU; 1653 HCU; 514 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing; C-47; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Benson; RAF Bramcote; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF Feltwell; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Melbourne; RAF Waterbeach; Stirling; training; Wellington