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Douglas 'Hank' Iveson's pilot's flying log books. One

LIvesonD19171121v1.pdf

Pilot's flying log book for Squadron Leader Douglas 'Hank' Iveson covering the period 3 June 1939 to 10 June 1947 and 13 June 1947 to 15 June 1958. Served with 76 Squadron, 77 Squadron and 462 Squadron in Europe and North Africa. Aircraft flown were…

Tags: 158 Squadron; 1663 HCU; 1669 HCU; 19 OTU; 462 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-26; B-29; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Flying Training School; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 109; Meteor; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Driffield; RAF Finningley; RAF Gaydon; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Kinloss; RAF Langar; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lissett; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stradishall; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Upavon; Scharnhorst; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; Whitley; York

Ivan Ure - The Years up to the Outbreak of the Second World War and How it Affected Me

BUreILUreILv2.pdf

A part autobiography of Ivan's pre-war life.

Tags: 10 Squadron; 4 Group; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Botha; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; ditching; Dominie; Dulag Luft; flight engineer; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lysander; Me 109; Me 110; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Hendon; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Madley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; RAF Padgate; RAF Wittering; RAF Yatesbury; Red Cross; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); Spitfire; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Stirling; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner

Halifax

Front quarter view from below of an airborne Handley Page Halifax.

Tags: Halifax

Hadrian

Rear view from of a Waco CG-4 glider (Hadrian in British service).

Boston

Side view from below of an airborne Douglas A-20 Havoc (Boston in RAF service).

Tags: Boston

Beaufighter

Front quarter view of airborne Bristol Beaufighter.

Tags: Beaufighter

Ivan Ure ... just ... Chapters in a Life .. and some History

BUreILUreILv1.pdf

A detailed autobiography by Ivan Ure.

Tags: 10 Squadron; 4 Group; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Blenheim; bomb aimer; Botha; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; Defiant; ditching; Dominie; Dulag Luft; entertainment; flight engineer; Goldfish Club; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lysander; Me 109; Me 110; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; physical training; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; radar; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Cosford; RAF Hendon; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Madley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; RAF Padgate; RAF Sywell; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Yatesbury; Red Cross; Spitfire; sport; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; Stirling; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force

Wellington

Side view of an airborne Vickers Wellington.

Tags: Wellington

Typhoon

Front view of an airborne Hawker Typhoon.

Tags: Typhoon

Mosquito

View from below of an airborne de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito.

Tags: Mosquito

Mitchell

Front quarter view of airborne North American B-25 Mitchell.

Tags: B-25

Liberator

Head on view of an airborne Consolidated B-24 Liberator.

Tags: B-24

Lancaster

Side view of an airborne Avro Lancaster.

Tags: Lancaster

Kittyhawk

Side view of airborne Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
Tomahawk / Kittyhawk.

Tags: P-40

Hurricane

Front quarter view of an airborne Hawker Hurricane.

Tags: Hurricane

Hudson

Front quarter view of an airborne Lockheed Hudson.

Tags: Hudson

Horsa

View from below of an airborne Airspeed AS.51 Horsa.

Tags: Horsa

Halifax

Side view of an airborne Handley Page Halifax.

Tags: Halifax

Hadrian

Front quarter view from below of a Waco CG-4 glider (Hadrian in British service).

Boston

Side view of an airborne Douglas A-20 Havoc (Boston in RAF service).

Tags: Boston

Beaufighter

Front quarter view of airborne Bristol Beaufighter.

Tags: Beaufighter

Wellington

View from below of an airborne Vickers Wellington.

Tags: Wellington

Typhoon

Side view of an airborne Hawker Typhoon.

Tags: Typhoon

Mustang

View from below of an airborne North American Aviation P-51 Mustang.

Tags: P-51

Mosquito

Head on view of an airborne de Havilland DH.98 Mosquito.

Tags: Mosquito

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