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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "France--La Rochelle"
"J" Jonnie Lancaster
Bottom - Notes with list of operations.
Tags: bombing; gremlin; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; nose art
Service history
Tags: 115 Squadron; 626 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; crash; Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; killed in action; Lancaster; mine laying; operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Bridlington; RAF East Wretham; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wittering; RAF Wymeswold; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Fred Richardson's log book. Two
JE Hanson flying log book
Tags: 44 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 76 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crash; Distinguished Flying Medal; Hampden; killed in action; Lancaster; Lysander; Manchester; mine laying; operational training unit; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Coningsby; RAF Finningley; RAF Lindholme; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Warmwell; take-off crash; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
George Bilton - observers and air gunners log book
Tags: 156 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 434 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); operational training unit; RAF Croft; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RAF Wyton; tactical support for Normandy troops; Wellington
War Memoir - George Bilton
Tags: 427 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 434 Squadron; 6 Group; aerial photograph; Air Raid Precautions; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; C-47; civil defence; Cook’s tour; crewing up; flight engineer; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; military discipline; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Croft; RAF Harwell; RAF Middleton St George; RAF St Athan; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Warboys; RAF Woodbridge; target indicator; target photograph; training; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner
15 Squadron Wyton, 1651 HCU Waterbeach and 214 Squadron operations
460 Squadron Operations
I Flew with Nine Wing Commanders
Tags: 12 Squadron; 153 Squadron; 50 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing; Cook’s tour; coping mechanism; crash; crewing up; debriefing; dispersal; Distinguished Flying Medal; Do 217; entertainment; final resting place; fitter airframe; fitter engine; flight engineer; fuelling; ground crew; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 3; He 111; heavy conversion unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mess; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; nose art; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); pilot; promotion; RAF Cosford; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Halton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Scampton; RAF St Athan; RAF Sturgate; RAF Tilstock; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; recruitment; target photograph; training; Whitley; Window
Gordon Mills observer's and air gunner's log book
Tags: 149 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; crash; heavy conversion unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; Martinet; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mepal; RAF Methwold; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Stradishall; RAF Waddington; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; training; Wellington
Gordon Mills sortie record sheet no 1
Tags: 149 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 75 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Lancaster; mine laying; Stirling
Rear view - Ralph Briars memoir
Tags: 49 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); 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 Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); control caravan; control tower; Cook’s tour; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Me 109; mid-air collision; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); operational training unit; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; service vehicle; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; V-weapon; Wellington; Window
George Alexander Mackie’s pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 15 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; arts and crafts; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crash; He 111; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; love and romance; Magister; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Castle Combe; RAF Cranfield; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wyton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Homer Lawson’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Llandwrog; Raf Mauripur; RAF Melbourne; RAF Rufforth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Book 5, Return to UK
Tags: 115 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 196 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 623 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Catalina; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; fear; flight engineer; Gee; ground personnel; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Hurricane; incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Me 110; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; operational training unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Downham Market; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Seighford; RAF Tangmere; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Red Cross; sanitation; Stirling; target indicator; target photograph; training; Typhoon; Victoria Cross; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
La Rochelle [place]
Ernest Smith's pilot's flying log book. Two
Tags: 100 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 144 Squadron; 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 Wickenby; training; Wellington
Ian Archer Wynn diary
George Holmes sortie record sheet 83 Squadron
Geoffrey Whittle's observers and air gunners flying log book. One
Detailing his flying training, instructor duties and post war flying. He was stationed at RAF West Freugh, RAF…
Tags: 101 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Meteor; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF Leeming; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Millom; RAF Upavon; RAF West Freugh; training; Walrus; Wellington; York