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Hugh Forth’s pilots flying log book. Two
Hugh Parry's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 11 OTU; 1651 HCU; 75 Squadron; 90 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakley; RAF Pembrey; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Westcott; RAF Woolfox Lodge; training; Wellington
Ian Henderson's diary 1944
Tags: anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Halifax; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Me 110; P-47; P-51; searchlight; shot down; V-1; V-2; V-weapon
Interview with Alan Payne
Tags: 630 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); coping mechanism; crewing up; debriefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Me 109; military living conditions; mine laying; Nissen hut; observer; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Silverstone; RAF Torquay; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; Scarecrow; superstition; target photograph; training; Wellington; Window; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Alec Stuart Dixon
Interview with Bill Moore. Three
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Tags: 138 Squadron; 161 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); briefing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); displaced person; fear; Gee; H2S; Hudson; Lancaster; Lysander; military service conditions; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); perception of bombing war; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Tempsford; RAF Tuddenham; Resistance; Special Operations Executive; training; Wellington
Interview with Clifford Watson. One
Interview with Colin Deverell
Tags: 51 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; H2S; Lancaster; Me 110; Mosquito; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); perception of bombing war; promotion; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Wratting Common; recruitment; Resistance; searchlight; Stirling; V-1; V-2; V-weapon
Interview with Douglas Arthur Smith
Tags: 10 OTU; 158 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 19 OTU; 76 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Kinloss; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lissett; RAF Riccall; RAF Shepherds Grove; searchlight; shot down; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Eric Horsham
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; Absent Without Leave; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; crewing up; demobilisation; FIDO; flight engineer; forced landing; H2S; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; love and romance; Master Bomber; military living conditions; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; radar; RAF Pocklington; RAF St Athan; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; runway; Scarecrow; Schräge Musik; searchlight; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
Interview with Geoffrey Whittle
Tags: 101 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 27 OTU; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); briefing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; Gee; H2S; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Meteor; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Operational Training Unit; RAF Lindholme; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF West Freugh; training; Wellington
Interview with Helga Wynne
Interview with Henry Moss
Tags: 138 Squadron; 1669 HCU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lysander; Martinet; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Langar; RAF Pembrey; RAF Tempsford; Resistance; Special Operations Executive; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Jack Jarmy
Tags: 11 OTU; 1651 HCU; 218 Squadron; 75 Squadron; aircrew; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Gee; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Intelligence Officer; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakley; RAF Shallufa; RAF Waterbeach; Shackleton; Stearman; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with Jack Pragnell
Interview with Joseph Musgrove
Tags: 102 Squadron; 214 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; animal; bale out; bombing; crewing up; Defiant; demobilisation; Dulag Luft; Halifax; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Madley; RAF Shenington; RAF Staverton; RAF Topcliffe; shot down; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; Stirling; strafing; the long march; training; wireless operator
Interview with Pauline Ferdinando
Interview with Raymond Moore
Tags: 408 Squadron; 426 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; faith; fear; flight engineer; lack of moral fibre; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; RAF Brackla; RAF Cosford; RAF East Moor; RAF Halton; RAF Lindholme; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF St Athan; recruitment; searchlight; sport; training
Interview with Taff Owen
Tags: 153 Squadron; 27 OTU; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; demobilisation; Dominie; Gee; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Master Bomber; military living conditions; navigator; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Peplow; RAF Scampton; RAF West Freugh; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; searchlight; submarine; Tiger force; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with William Anderson
Tags: 1656 HCU; 166 Squadron; bombing; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Lindholme; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF St Athan; RAF Torquay; recruitment; searchlight; training; York
Ivor William Ernest Foster’s flying log book for air gunner
Tags: 1651 HCU; 186 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 85 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Feltwell; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Woolfox Lodge; training; Wellington
J D Cotter’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 20 OTU; 28 OTU; 640 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; RAF South Cerney; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Wymeswold; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
J D Harris’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 11 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1661 HCU; 49 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; Cook’s tour; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Oakley; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
J F Latimer’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot
Tags: 100 Group; 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 21 OTU; 462 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Driffield; RAF Foulsham; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Mona; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Pocklington; RCAF Fingal; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
J G B Burnside navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 1661 HCU; 619 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; RAF Balderton; RAF Coningsby; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; training