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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "Germany--Essen"
Details of sorties carried out with 97 Squadron
Tags: 97 Squadron; bombing
Donald Briggs' log book
Tags: 156 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); flight engineer; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Upwood; tactical support for Normandy troops; V-1; V-weapon
Donald Chinery’s flying log book for observers and air gunners
Tags: 16 OTU; 1651 HCU; 17 OTU; 196 Squadron; 61 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Me 109; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Barford St John; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Coningsby; RAF Finningley; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Newmarket; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Turweston; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Donald Cochrane's operations
Tags: anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Halifax; Ju 88; Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; searchlight; target indicator
Donald Cochrane’s observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Binbrook; RAF Feltwell; RAF Seighford; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Douglas Hudson's observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 100 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 1662 HCU; 1667 HCU; 28 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Blyton; RAF Grimsby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Staverton; RAF Wymeswold; training; Wellington
Douglas Ross Arrowsmith’s pilots flying log book
Tags: 1656 HCU; 21 OTU; 27 OTU; 460 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
E J Haddow’s navigator’s air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1678 HCU; 17 OTU; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Talbenny; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; training; Wellington
Edward Allan McDonald's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunner, flight engineers
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 50 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Evanton; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Edward King's RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 15 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 29 OTU; 82 OTU; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Ossington; RAF Prestwick; RAF Riccall; RAF Stradishall; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; York
Edward Webster's Royal Air Force navigator’s, air bomber’s, air gunner’s and flight engineer’s flying log book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 61 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Scampton; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training
Ellis Edwards’ South African Air Force observers or air gunners log book
ER James War Diary
Tags: 576 Squadron; 582 Squadron; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; forced landing; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 262; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Manston; RAF Worksop; Spitfire; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; target photograph; wireless operator / air gunner
Eric Horace Woods’ observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 144 Squadron; 17 OTU; 61 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Albemarle; Anson; B-24; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; crash; Hampden; Harrow; Ju 88; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Cranage; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lyneham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Penrhos; RAF Upwood; RAF Watton; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wigtown; RAF Woolfox Lodge; training; York
Eric Horsham Flight Engineer
Eric Sinclair’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 11 OTU; 35 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); C-47; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Magister; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Fraserburgh; RAF Gamston; RAF Graveley; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Lichfield; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Meir; RAF Oakley; RAF Ossington; RAF Silloth; RAF Warboys; RAF Westcott; RCAF Penhold; training; Wellington; Whitley
Ernest Cutts’ air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 27 OTU; 466 Squadron; 467 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Battle; bombing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 410; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Driffield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Metheringham; training; Wellington
Ernest Smith's pilot's flying log book. Two
Tags: 100 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 144 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1662 HCU; 18 OTU; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; 626 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Magister; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Finningley; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wickenby; training; Wellington
Ernie Twells’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Siracourt V-weapon site (25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bramcote; RAF Swinderby; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
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Tags: aerial photograph; bombing; Cook’s tour
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Tags: aerial photograph; bombing; Cook’s tour