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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "England--Gloucestershire"
Donald Andrew’s Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 207 Squadron; 49 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Saltby; RAF Spilsby; RAF Staverton; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; observer; RAF Hullavington; RAF Kemble
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Stanislaw Sewerin's Pilots Flying Log Book. Two
Tags: 1662 HCU; 18 OTU; 300 Squadron; aircrew; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Aston Down; RAF Blyton; RAF Cosford; RAF Dishforth; RAF Dunsfold; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Finningley; RAF Glatton; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Sturgate; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wroughton; training; Wellington
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Frederick Sawyer's airman's service pay book
Tags: RAF Harrogate; RAF Tilstock; RAF Windrush
Frederick Sawyer’s RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 434 Squadron; 81 OTU; 82 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Croft; RAF Dalton; RAF Docking; RAF Gamston; RAF Harrogate; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Ossington; RAF Topcliffe; RCAF Moncton; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Around the world
Tags: RAF Akeman Street; RAF Breighton; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Catfoss; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Croft; RAF Exeter; RAF Filton; RAF Finningley; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Gaydon; RAF Grove; RAF Halton; RAF Hatfield; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hendon; RAF High Ercall; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Holmsley South; RAF Honington; RAF Hurn; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Lichfield; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Lyneham; RAF Melbourne; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Molesworth; RAF Netheravon; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Ossington; RAF Peplow; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; RAF Ridgewell; RAF Saltby; RAF Shawbury; RAF Silverstone; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Staverton; RAF Stoney Cross; RAF Talbenny; RAF Wattisham; RAF Westcott; RAF Woolfox Lodge
To war in a Wimpy - the life and times of Flight Sergeant Ron Williams RAF
Chapter 1 - early life, enlistment and training.
Chapter 2 - operational training. Describes activities during training OTU including naming his crew and flying out to…
Tags: 150 Squadron; 205 Group; 21 OTU; 216 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; Boston; C-47; crewing up; Dominie; hangar; Hudson; Lancaster; Lysander; military living conditions; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Padgate; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Wigtown; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Albert Millson’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Posted to 12 Operational Training…
Tags: 101 Squadron; 102 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1652 HCU; 21 OTU; aircrew; animal; Anson; B-17; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); C-47; Distinguished Flying Medal; Flying Training School; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Benson; RAF Broadwell; RAF Desford; RAF Grantham; RAF Honington; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Oakington; RAF Pocklington; RAF Ratmalana; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF West Raynham; Scharnhorst; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Jack Wakefield’s Royal New Zealand Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Initial training at No. 1 Air Observers School, RNZAF, followed by 5 Operational Training Unit. Posted to 75…
Tags: 15 OTU; 23 OTU; 38 Squadron; 75 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Defiant; forced landing; Hudson; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Aston Down; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Limavady; RAF Pershore; RAF Shallufa; RNZAF Delta; RNZAF Ohakea; training; Wellington
Idwal Davies’ Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot
Tags: 1665 HCU; 620 Squadron; 644 Squadron; 81 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; Bombing and Gunnery School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 7; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Fairford; RAF Great Dunmow; RAF Millom; RAF Qastina; RAF Sleap; RAF Tilstock; RCAF Mount Hope; RCAF Picton; Second Tactical Air Force; Special Operations Executive; Stirling; training; Whitley
Old enemies new friends
The log-books of Ted Milligan RAF 152506
Tags: 1667 HCU; 21 OTU; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Flying Training School; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Bottesford; RAF Cardington; RAF Carnaby; RAF Hixon; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wigtown; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Letter from John Leigh to his wife
Alan Gwilliam’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book. One
Tags: 15 OTU; 214 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Flying Training School; Gneisenau; Initial Training Wing; Magister; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Brough; RAF Church Lawford; RAF Cranwell; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Heany; RAF Honington; RAF Kumalo; RAF South Cerney; RAF Stradishall; RAF Woodley; Scharnhorst; training; Wellington
Demonstration order
Tags: Lincoln; RAF Abingdon; RAF Andover; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Beaulieu; RAF Benson; RAF Booker; RAF Colerne; RAF Halton; RAF Hendon; RAF Hullavington; RAF Leighton Buzzard; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Lyneham; RAF Manston; RAF Melksham; RAF Nothwood; RAF Odiham; RAF South Cerney; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waterbeach; York
James Douglas Crew's log book
Tags: 142 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 242 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 82 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); C-47; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Binbrook; RAF Bircotes; RAF Church Lawford; RAF Coltishall; RAF Dishforth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Gamston; RAF Jurby; RAF Lyneham; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Millom; RAF Netheravon; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Ossington; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Eval; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator; York
This is ridiculous - we should bale out
Tags: 1667 HCU; 550 Squadron; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; crash; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Hemswell; RAF Madley; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Staverton; training; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator