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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "England--Worcestershire"
Letter to George Thomson's mother from the Air Ministry
Tags: prisoner of war
Interview with Leslie Turner
Tags: 10 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; C-47; crewing up; demobilisation; entertainment; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; home front; Home Guard; Initial Training Wing; love and romance; military living conditions; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Melbourne; sport; training; Whitley
Gilbert Gard's war gratuity payment
Tags: killed in action
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
Guy Sharp’s Royal Air Force Pilots Flying Log Book (Extracts)
Tags: 20 OTU; 214 Squadron; 23 OTU; 29 OTU; 70 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Flying Training School; Initial Training Wing; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Castle Combe; RAF Cranfield; RAF Honington; RAF Kabrit; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Pershore; RAF Polebrook; RAF Rochester; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Raynham; training; Wellington
Conversation with Joe Petrie-Andrews with participation by Jack Bromfield (Halifax wireless operator 158 Squadron).
Jim Hardy’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book One
Posted to No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School, 14 Operational Training Unit. Operational posting…
Tags: 14 OTU; 24 OTU; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Hampden; Hereford; Lysander; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Long Marston; RAF Scampton; RAF West Freugh; take-off crash; training; Walrus; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Airman in front of Wellington
Conversation with Eric Clarke
Tags: 16 OTU; 23 OTU; 24 OTU; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Hampden; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Pershore; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; searchlight; training; wireless operator / air gunner
William Hugh Anthony Jackson's Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book. One
Tags: 105 Squadron; 17 OTU; 23 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bombing; Boston; Botha; Defiant; Flying Training School; Ju 88; Lysander; Magister; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Carlisle; RAF Church Lawford; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Luqa; RAF Pershore; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Upavon; RAF Upwood; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
William Hugh Anthony Jackson's Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book. Two
Tags: 15 OTU; 23 OTU; 232 Squadron; 355 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; bale out; bombing; C-47; Defiant; Halifax; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lysander; Martinet; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Kolar; RAF Palam; RAF Pershore; RAF Salbani; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
A' Flight RAF Defford April 1946
On the reverse -
'L to R
F/Lt "Joe" Collyer
F/O Wally Gibson
S/L John Beale
F/L 'Silk' Turner
W/O Jonny Harvey
S/L Ken Letford
F/L 'Wilbur'…
Tags: aircrew; pilot; RAF Defford
Airmen at a bar
Tags: aircrew; mess; RAF Defford
Airmen outside 'A' Flight dispersal hut
On the reverse ' 'A' Flight dispersal hut. RAF Defford Worcs.
L to R 'Joc' Conway, 'Silk' Turner, 'Wilbur' Wright, Taffy Davies, John Harvey, Ken Letford, 'Robbie' Robertson, F.Sgt Smith, Alan Rowe digging…
Tags: aircrew; RAF Defford
'A' Flight dance
'L to R 'Si' Turner, Gibson, Stephenson 'Diane' Jobling
GC MacDonald 'CBE' John Harvey'.
Airmen and women socialising, hut and men at a bar
#1 seven airmen and five women in a group.
#2 a view of airmen outside a hut.
#3 six men drinking at a bar.
Medals awarded to Alan Holman
Tags: aircrew; RAF Defford
Alan Holman’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 192 Squadron; 21 OTU; 54 OTU; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; Blenheim; Boston; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; Lancaster; Lincoln; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Church Fenton; RAF Defford; RAF Evanton; RAF Foulsham; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Staverton; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner; York
Letter to Alan Holman from the Air Ministry
Calculation from Honeybourne to Base
Tags: aircrew; Gee; navigator; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Mildenhall
Operation to Calais
Tags: 15 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Gee; navigator; pilot; RAF Honeybourne; wireless operator
Norman Mackie’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book. One
Tags: 14 OTU; 24 OTU; 29 OTU; 83 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Boston; Flying Training School; Gneisenau; Hampden; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranage; RAF Cranwell; RAF Honeybourne; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Scampton; RAF Upavon; RAF White Waltham; Scharnhorst; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley