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RAF photography permit
Tags: propaganda; RAF West Raynham
Stephen Dawson's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 14 OTU; 25 OTU; 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Flying Training School; Hampden; Initial Training Wing; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Finningley; RAF Hatfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Rissington; RAF St Athan; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; Tiger Moth; training
Stephen Dawson's pilot's flying log book. Two
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 97 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; B-25; B-26; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Boston; Defiant; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Bourn; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wigsley; training; Wellington
Peter Hattersley's pilot's flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 199 Squadron; 44 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; C-47; Catalina; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Hampden; Harvard; Hudson; Lysander; Magister; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bawtry; RAF Bircham Newton; RAF Blyton; RAF Catfoss; RAF Cosford; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Evanton; RAF Finningley; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Manston; RAF Netheravon; RAF Oakington; RAF Shawbury; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Thornaby; RAF Upavon; RAF Waddington; RAF Wymeswold; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Charles Godfey's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 15 OTU; 20 OTU; 37 Squadron; 635 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Defiant; Dominie; evading; Hampden; killed in action; Lancaster; Martinet; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Andover; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Blyton; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Carlisle; RAF Church Fenton; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Downham Market; RAF Graveley; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ingham; RAF Leconfield; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manby; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melton Mowbray; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Newmarket; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF St Eval; RAF Sywell; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Warboys; RAF Westcott; RAF Wittering; RAF Wyton; shot down; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Victoria Cross; Wellington; wireless operator
Charles Godfrey medal entitlement certificate
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
Notes on flights in 1944 and 1945
Interview with Tony Adams
Interview with Winifred Barker
Denis Clyde-Smith's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 115 Squadron; 15 OTU; 218 Squadron; 27 OTU; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Flying Training School; Hurricane; Lysander; Magister; Operational Training Unit; pilot; Proctor; RAF Benson; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Calshot; RAF Farnborough; RAF Harwell; RAF Henlow; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marham; RAF Ringway; RAF Sealand; RAF Sywell; RAF Weston Zoyland; RAF Wing; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; training; Walrus; Wellington
Interview with Donald Chinery
His first station was RAF Bircham Newton, where he did his training, and flew in…
Aircraft histories of Tiger Moth aircraft flown by Denis Clyde-Smith
Interview with Jack Brown Franklin
Tags: 109 Squadron; bombing; civil defence; crash; demobilisation; fitter engine; flight mechanic; ground crew; ground personnel; home front; Home Guard; Hurricane; Lancaster; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; Oboe; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Marham; RAF Wyton; Spitfire
Interview with Kenneth Locke Brown
Between leaving school and joining the Royal Air Force, Kenneth worked as a bank clerk, before signing…
Interview with John Philip Lambourn
He was classed as working in a reserved occupation, but joined the Air Training…
Tags: 514 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; crewing up; demobilisation; fear; flight engineer; Gee; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military ethos; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Kirton in Lindsey; RAF Padgate; RAF St Athan; RAF Waterbeach; recruitment; Scarecrow; service vehicle; Stirling; target indicator; training
Interview with Stuart Stephenson MBE
In the early 1970s the Lancaster PA474 was flown to RAF Waddington from RAF Henlow ostensibly to be a gate guardian. In 1973 the Lincolnshire Echo announced that it was to…
Tags: Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947); childhood in wartime; Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Lancaster; perception of bombing war; petrol bowser; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); RAF Coltishall; RAF Coningsby; RAF Waddington; service vehicle; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979)
Interview with Peter Fitt
Tags: 467 Squadron; aircrew; animal; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); briefing; crewing up; fear; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bottesford; RAF Finningley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Dennis James Gill
Interview with Peter Charles Hearmon
After RAF Padgate, Peter was selected as…
Tags: 61 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; fuelling; Gee; Harvard; Meteor; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; perimeter track; pilot; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Chivenor; RAF Cranwell; RAF Driffield; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Hullavington; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marham; RAF Padgate; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Upwood; RAF Wittering; RAF Wyton; training
Interview with Bernie How
Interview with Frederick Limer
Tags: 149 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Gee; guard room; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; mess; Mosquito; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Methwold; RAF Staverton; RCAF Fingal; RCAF Moncton; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with Dick Maywood
Tags: 608 Squadron; 692 Squadron; 8 Group; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Beaufighter; Bolingbroke; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Gee; Initial Training Wing; Master Bomber; Me 262; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Oxford; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Banff; RAF Blyton; RAF Credenhill; RAF Desford; RAF Downham Market; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Upper Heyford; sanitation; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training
Interview with Peter Miller
Initially posted to 527 Squadron, which was …