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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "France--Le Havre"
Bomber Command reunion dinner
Alan Richardson’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book. One
Tags: 11 OTU; 148 Squadron; 211 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 70 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Harrow; Hudson; Me 109; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Allahabad; RAF Bandoeng; RAF Ismailia; RAF Jurby; RAF Luqa; RAF Marham; RAF Nakuru; RAF Palembang; RAF Penrhos; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator
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
Ray Lippiard note of postings and locations
Alf Taylor's Operations and crew
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; flight engineer; navigator; pilot; wireless operator
Le Havre
John Elliot 550 Squadron operations
Tags: 550 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; tactical support for Normandy troops; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; wireless operator
John Elliott’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book and commissioning scrolls
Trained as a wireless operator with No. 4 Radio School, No. 6 Advanced Flying Unit, 83 Operational Training Unit, 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 1…
Tags: 1667 HCU; 550 Squadron; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Dominie; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); Fw 190; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; promotion; RAF Carew Cheriton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Madley; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
Norman Piercy - Research Notes
Tags: 101 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 405 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 8 Group; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; final resting place; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; Pathfinders; RAF Alconbury; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington
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
Jack Whalley’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 521 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; Botha; crash; Defiant; Halifax; Hampden; Hudson; Ju 88; Mosquito; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bircham Newton; RAF Docking; RAF Fairoaks; RAF Penrhos; RAF Shawbury; RAF Squires Gate; RAF Thornaby; reconnaissance photograph; take-off crash; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
George Thomas Hagues’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 625 Squadron; 83 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Peplow; RAF Stormy Down; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Harry Brabin memoir
He sailed on the SS Johan Van Barneve to San Francisco and…
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 27 OTU; 4 Group; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; arts and crafts; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); briefing; crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; entertainment; faith; fear; flight engineer; forced landing; Fw 190; Gee; gremlin; ground crew; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; love and romance; Master Bomber; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); Me 109; Me 262; Me 410; military discipline; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; physical training; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; propaganda; radar; RAF Gamston; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF West Freugh; RCAF Mossbank; recruitment; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Spitfire; sport; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Le Havre
It is captioned '792 NKL 10.9.44// 8" 9000
Le Havre docks
It is captioned '688KLS 14/6/44//8" 20,000' -->H. H625'
On the…
James Inward's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 35 Squadron; 462 Squadron; 578 Squadron; 76 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Burn; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Riccall; RAF St Athan; training
Postcards sent each time sent on operation
1944 continued
Robert Victor Keeling's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 10 OTU; 21 OTU; 22 OTU; 51 Squadron; 7 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; Flying Training School; Hampden; Hudson; Hurricane; Lancaster; Magister; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Burnaston; RAF Cranage; RAF Dishforth; RAF Farnborough; RAF Hullavington; RAF Kemble; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Oakington; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; Spitfire; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley
Operation to Le Havre
Tags: 15 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Gee; navigator; pilot
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
Bob Smith's Memoirs Book 2
Covers his training.
Tags: 1653 HCU; 3 Group; 467 Squadron; 5 Group; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; crash; crewing up; flight engineer; Gee; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mess; mine laying; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Andover; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cardington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Cranwell; RAF Desborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Harrington; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Silloth; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tempsford; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; RAF White Waltham; RAF Wigtown; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
George Shepherd’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1657 HCU; 214 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Andreas; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Shenington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Witchford; Stirling; training; Wellington
Jack Crawford's trip book
Tags: 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; Catalina; ground personnel; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; love and romance; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; RAF Barford St John; RAF Coningsby; RAF Scampton; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner