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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "France--Brest"
"Zola" - and the little yellow bombs
15 Squadron Wyton, 1651 HCU Waterbeach and 214 Squadron operations
75 Squadron News Story
Item 1 is a newspaper cutting about 75 Squadron, dated 1943.
Item 2 is a vertical aerial photograph taken during a training exercise, annotated ' C.1. N.U. 10-3-45 F7" F/Lt Guinane' and captioned ' "G.H." Simulated…
A bomber pilot’s journey through WWII
Tags: 11 OTU; 1660 HCU; 1668 HCU; 196 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 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 Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 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); Boston; C-47; Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; final resting place; Flying Training School; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Grand Slam; grief; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Meteor; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; P-51; Pathfinders; pilot; promotion; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Church Lawford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cranage; RAF Cranwell; RAF Driffield; RAF Leconfield; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upavon; RAF Wainfleet; RAF Woodhall Spa; Spitfire; Stirling; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-3; V-weapon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington
A Tour of Operations with RAF Bomber Command No XV/15 Squadron Mildenhall
Covers his operational tour and bombing operations.
Tags: 1 Group; 115 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 186 Squadron; 195 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 5 Group; 514 Squadron; 6 Group; 617 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 8 Group; 90 Squadron; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; escaping; flight engineer; Gee; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Ju 88; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Master Bomber; Me 109; mess; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; radar; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mepal; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Sealand; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Weston Zoyland; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Wyton; Spitfire; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; target photograph; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Account of 144 Squadron attack on Scharnhorst
Tags: 144 Squadron; RAF St Eval; Scharnhorst
Air Gunner
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Tags: 1 Group; 100 Group; 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 105 Squadron; 114 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 141 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 162 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 1665 HCU; 18 Squadron; 180 Squadron; 2 Group; 208 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 239 Squadron; 3 Group; 301 Squadron; 304 Squadron; 342 Squadron; 6 Group; 6 Squadron; 620 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 8 Group; 9 Squadron; 90 Squadron; 97 Squadron; 99 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; B-24; B-25; bale out; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Boston; Caterpillar Club; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; evading; final resting place; Gee; Gneisenau; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Horsa; Hurricane; Ju 87; killed in action; Lancaster; Lysander; Manchester; Me 109; Meteor; mid-air collision; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; propaganda; radar; RAF Bicester; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Bottesford; RAF Bourn; RAF Bradwell Bay; RAF Bramcote; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coltishall; RAF Drem; RAF Driffield; RAF Duxford; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Fairford; RAF Finningley; RAF Great Massingham; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Harwell; RAF Hendon; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Honington; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Kenley; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Leconfield; RAF Leuchars; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Little Snoring; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Manston; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Newmarket; RAF Newton; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Penrhos; RAF Pershore; RAF Ridgewell; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Sleap; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tangmere; RAF Tempsford; RAF Tilstock; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF West Raynham; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Wyton; Resistance; Scharnhorst; Special Operations Executive; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; Tiger force; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Alan Edgar's Operations
Tags: 49 Squadron; 83 Squadron; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 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 Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Coningsby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Woodbridge; V-1; V-weapon
Alan Green's Royal Canadian Air Force observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 OTU; 20 OTU; 218 Squadron; 27 OTU; 3 Group; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Gneisenau; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Benson; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Marham; Scharnhorst; Stirling; training; Wellington
An ode to the Daylighters of 106
Tags: 106 Squadron; arts and crafts; bombing; Gneisenau; Me 109; Spitfire
Andrew Deytrikh’s pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 66 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; B-25; B-26; bombing; Boston; Flying Training School; Fw 190; Hurricane; Magister; Me 109; Me 110; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Brough; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Kenley; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-weapon
Angas M Hughes’ Royal Australian Air Force observer’s air gunner’s and wireless operator’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 27 OTU; 467 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Lichfield; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Arthur John Tindall’s navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 84 OTU; 97 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Botha; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Desborough; RAF Mona; RAF Silverstone; RAF Upwood; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Arthur Tindall's service and operations
Tags: 44 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; RAF Coningsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Witchford; target indicator; V-weapon; wireless operator
Battle-Axe Blenheims
Behind Enemy Lines
Tags: 218 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Battle; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Dulag Luft; entertainment; escaping; Gneisenau; Hurricane; Me 110; memorial; navigator; prisoner of war; RAF Marham; RAF Tangmere; Scharnhorst; shot down; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; the long march; training; Wellington
Berlin and Brest
Photograph 2 shows a mostly rural area, much obscured by anti-aircraft fire and light flare. Captioned 'T.K.A.…
Bill Burnett’s Flight Engineer’s Log Book
Bomb aimers briefing 1 August 1944 - Brest
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Master Bomber; Mosquito; target indicator; Window
Bomb aimers briefing 14 August 1944 - Brest
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing
Bomb aimers briefing 20 August 1944 - Brest Docks
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Window
Bomb aimers briefing 21 August 1944 - Brest
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Mosquito; target indicator