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Lone British Bomber Bombs Bonn
Douglas Victor Conlon
Arnold Louis Christian's Biography
Tags: 104 Squadron; 105 Squadron; 13 OTU; 207 Squadron; 218 Squadron; aircrew; Blenheim; Flying Training School; Halifax; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bicester; RAF Bircham Newton; RAF Debden; RAF Grantham; RAF Hendon; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Netheravon; RAF Sealand; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; training
Eric Quinn Biographies
Tags: 11 OTU; 1651 HCU; 75 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; missing in action; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakley; RAF West Freugh; RAF Westcott; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Accounts of three operations
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Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; flight engineer; navigator; pilot; wireless operator
Notes on prisoner of war life -John Goldby
Tags: prisoner of war; Red Cross; Stalag Luft 1; V-2; V-weapon
Centurion Lancaster ME746 Roger Squared
Tags: 166 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; ground crew; ground personnel; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Lancaster; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); pilot; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; wireless operator
Shot down and taken prisoner
A POWs Memories
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bombing; Dulag Luft; evading; Lancaster; pilot; prisoner of war; Red Cross; shot down; Stalag Luft 7
Bill Eyles service history
RAF Hixon
Tags: crewing up; RAF Hixon; training; Wellington
Conversion to 4 engines and posting
Tags: 626 Squadron; Halifax; Lancaster; nose art; RAF Hemswell; RAF Wickenby; training
Westkapelle
Tags: bombing; home front; Window
Training
Two stories from Pembrey
Tags: faith; RAF Pembrey
Bridlington
Bombing
Tags: anti-aircraft fire; bombing; mine laying
After ops
Tags: bombing
Main Ops - with crew only
Tags: 12 Squadron; 626 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); ground crew; Ju 88; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Me 109; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; P-51; Pathfinders; searchlight; Spitfire; superstition; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Friendly fire
Tags: love and romance
Description of operational flying
Snippets
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bombing; sanitation
Kiel Canal operation
Tags: aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; fear; military discipline