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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "France--Lorient"
The Air Ministry regrets
Tags: 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 540 Squadron; 627 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; Anson; arts and crafts; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; Dominie; evacuation; firefighting; flight engineer; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; Hurricane; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; mine laying; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Abu Sueir; RAF Benson; RAF Bentley Priory; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Debden; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Glatton; RAF Ingham; RAF Kabrit; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Luqa; RAF Manby; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Weald; RAF Northolt; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Pembrey; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Syerston; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Freugh; RAF Westcott; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Yatesbury; Spitfire; Swordfish; Tirpitz; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
The Kriegie June 2001
Tags: 10 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 40 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; B-24; bale out; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Catalina; Distinguished Flying Medal; Dulag Luft; escaping; flight engineer; Fw 190; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 110; medical officer; memorial; mess; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Halton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Henlow; RAF Jurby; RAF Leeming; RAF Lindholme; RAF Lyneham; RAF Melbourne; RAF St Athan; RAF Uxbridge; Red Cross; shot down; Spitfire; sport; Stalag 357; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 7; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
The Lancaster which knew its way home
The Offensive Phase
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Group; 101 Squadron; 109 Squadron; 141 Squadron; 169 Squadron; 171 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 223 Squadron; 239 Squadron; 3 Group; 4 Group; 462 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; B-17; B-24; Beaufighter; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); crash; Defiant; Do 217; Fw 190; Gee; Gneisenau; Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); He 111; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hudson; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 110; Me 410; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; radar; RAF Defford; RAF Downham Market; RAF Farnborough; RAF Foulsham; RAF Little Snoring; RAF North Creake; RAF Northolt; RAF Oulton; RAF Prestwick; RAF Sculthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Swannington; RAF Tempsford; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wittering; Scharnhorst; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Stirling; Tirpitz; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window
Thomas Sproulle’s Royal Canadian Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 11 OTU; 466 Squadron; 640 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); crash; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Ju 88; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Driffield; RAF Leconfield; RAF Manby; RAF Oakley; RAF Steeple Morden; RCAF Fingal; RCAF London; RCAF Pennfield Ridge; searchlight; training; Wellington
Two newspaper cuttings
Tags: 156 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 83 Squadron; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; Halifax; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Marham; Tirpitz; V-1; V-weapon
V Group News, August 1944
Tags: 5 Group; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; pilot; radar; rivalry; sport; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; wireless operator
W E Lucas’ pilots flying log book
Tags: 139 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 162 Squadron; 19 OTU; 20 OTU; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; Magister; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Alconbury; RAF Bourn; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Honington; RAF Hullavington; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley
Wally Layne's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 50 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); crash; Dominie; Gneisenau; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Bourn; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Lindholme; RAF Penrhos; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Scharnhorst; shot down; target indicator; training; Whitley; wireless operator