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John Martin's memoir
Tags: 166 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-29; bale out; bomb aimer; C-47; demobilisation; Do 217; Dulag Luft; evading; flight engineer; ground personnel; Halifax; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Lancaster; Lancastrian; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; radar; RAF Cosford; RAF Cranwell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Wing; Red Cross; Resistance; sport; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; the long march; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
John Dent's flying log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 44 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; RAF Aston Down; RAF Mepal; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Spilsby; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Upwood; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training
Jim Tyrie
Tags: 10 OTU; 4 Group; 77 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; C-47; Dulag Luft; escaping; Flying Training School; Lancaster; Lincoln; Meteor; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Chivenor; RAF Cranwell; RAF Shawbury; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Watton; RAF Worksop; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Jim Tease’s pilots flying log book
JF Neilson's memoir
He joined the Local Defence Volunteers at first then realised he did not want to become infantry. He did mount road blocks and fire watches. He applied to join the RAF and was accepted. Training was at Blackpool,…
Tags: 4 Group; 640 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bale out; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); C-47; civil defence; crewing up; Dulag Luft; entertainment; evading; firefighting; flight engineer; Flying Training School; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Home Guard; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Manchester; Me 110; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bicester; RAF Church Fenton; RAF Cosford; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Padgate; RAF Riccall; RCAF Rivers; Red Cross; Spitfire; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Jeff Brown's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 11 OTU; 149 Squadron; 1668 HCU; 576 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-29; Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Martinet; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Bottesford; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Burn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Dalcross; RAF Driffield; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Marham; RAF Oakley; RAF Sturgate; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF Westcott; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
James Stewart’s flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 207 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; crash; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Silverstone; RAF Spilsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; take-off crash; training; Wellington
Jack Whymark’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Initial training at No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School and 225 Squadron. Posted to 149 Squadron for…
Tags: 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 225 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; evacuation; Harrow; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lysander; Martinet; mine laying; missing in action; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Oxford; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Glatton; RAF Ingham; RAF Kabrit; RAF Manby; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Syerston; RAF Tilshead; RAF West Freugh; 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
Ivon Warmington’s pilots flying log book. Three
Interview with Ronald Indge
Interview with Ronald Gard
Tags: 463 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bombing; crash; crewing up; Dulag Luft; Lancaster; memorial; prisoner of war; RAF Barnham; RAF Bridlington; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; Red Cross; shot down; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; strafing; the long march; training; Wellington
Interview with John Cuthbert
Tags: 189 Squadron; 49 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; coping mechanism; crewing up; escaping; evading; fear; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military living conditions; military service conditions; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; radar; RAF Bardney; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Metheringham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wainfleet; Scarecrow; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Stirling; superstition; Tiger force; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner; York
Interview with James Mulhall. Two
Interview with Ian Henderson
Interview with Hilary Crozier
Interview with Francis Neville Selwood
Interview with Eddie Humes
Interview with David Berrie
Interview with Bob Frost. Two
Tags: 150 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; crash; evading; RAF Snaith; Resistance
interview with Annie Mary Blood
Interrogation of Pilot Officer Geoff Packham on his release from prisoner of war camp
Hastie DFC: The Life and Times of a Wartime Pilot
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Group; 101 Squadron; 157 Squadron; 2 Group; 214 Squadron; 223 Squadron; 3 Group; 4 Group; 6 Group; 8 Group; 85 Squadron; 88 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; B-25; bale out; Beaufighter; Bismarck; Botha; C-47; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; evacuation; Flying Training School; Gee; Gneisenau; Goldfish Club; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; He 111; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hudson; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; love and romance; Martinet; Me 109; Me 110; mine laying; Mosquito; Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945); navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; Proctor; radar; RAF Banff; RAF Catfoss; RAF Catterick; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dishforth; RAF Farnborough; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leuchars; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lyneham; RAF Manston; RAF North Coates; RAF Oulton; RAF Padgate; RAF Prestwick; RAF Riccall; RAF Silloth; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Eval; RAF Thornaby; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Windrush; RAF Woodbridge; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); Scharnhorst; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Whitley; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force