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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "France--Le Havre"
Ivon Warmington’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 128 Squadron; 16 OTU; 166 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 30 OTU; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 410; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Blyton; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Kirmington; RAF Paignton; RAF Peplow; RAF Upper Heyford; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
15 Squadron Wyton, 1651 HCU Waterbeach and 214 Squadron operations
1944 continued
460 Squadron Operations
463 & 467 Squadron Notes on Ops
Tags: 463 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 5 Group; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Cook’s tour; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Grand Slam; H2S; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; RAF Waddington; searchlight; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy
75 Squadron return to Mepal
Photo 1 is 14 aircraft over Mepal after an operation to Le Havre.
Photo 2 is Terry Ford at the ladder at the rear of his Lancaster.
Photo 3 is 15 Lancasters breaking formation to land at Mepal.
Photo 4 is six…
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; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); 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
A year in the Life
Tags: 12 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 18 OTU; 460 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 626 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; evading; FIDO; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Ju 88; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 110; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Cardington; RAF Dumfries; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF hospital Rauceby; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lindholme; RAF Manby; RAF Manston; RAF Methwold; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wigtown; RAF Woodbridge; searchlight; Spitfire; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
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
Alf Morrill's RAF Navigator’s Air Bomber’s Air Gunner’s Flight Engineer’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 232 Squadron; 51 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; bale out; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Leconfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Snaith; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; York
Alf Taylor's Operations and crew
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; flight engineer; navigator; pilot; wireless operator
Alfred Sweeney’s RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book
He was stationed at RAF…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 1669 HCU; 216 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-29; bombing; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 7; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Meteor; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Aqir; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Carlisle; RAF Church Lawford; RAF Desborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Kabrit; RAF Langar; RAF Lyneham; RAF Marham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Syerston; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Watton; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Shackleton; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Alvis 2 target area
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Alvis 2 target area
Alvis 4 target area
An Account of my Experiences in the RAF during my Long Service of 41 Years
Tags: 10 OTU; 10 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 215 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 58 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 78 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; briefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; fitter engine; Flying Training School; ground crew; ground personnel; Initial Training Wing; meteorological officer; military service conditions; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Brough; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dishforth; RAF Driffield; RAF Halton; RAF Leconfield; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Manston; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Coates; RAF Scampton; RAF Sealand; RAF Worthy Down; sport; Tirpitz; training; Whitley; wireless operator
An Airmans Tale
Chapter 1. Under Training.
Having been assessed in Birmingham Geoff sets off to London in August 1942 for training, at Lords. Initial training was at Bridlington then gunnery school at…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1651 HCU; 1678 HCU; 514 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 90 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; escaping; evading; flight engineer; ground personnel; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Me 109; Me 110; Me 410; Meteor; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Andreas; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cosford; RAF Croughton; RAF Downham Market; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Jurby; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Mepal; RAF Newmarket; RAF South Cerney; RAF Stradishall; RAF Ternhill; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; the long march; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
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 Atkins’ flying log book for pilots
Tags: 1662 HCU; 1667 HCU; 27 OTU; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Andover; RAF Blyton; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lichfield; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Westcott; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Arthur Pearce Air Force Diary 1945
Arthur Pearce Diary 1944
Arthur Pearce's air gunners flying log book
Tags: 12 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 170 Squadron; 30 OTU; 35 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Blyton; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Graveley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Ingham; RAF Kelstern; RAF Seighford; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wyton; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Bill Eyles observer's and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 20 OTU; 35 Squadron; 78 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Botha; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Dumfries; RAF Graveley; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Warboys; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-2; V-weapon; Whitley
Bill Freeman's Log Book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 30 OTU; 300 Squadron; 550 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Manby; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Seighford; RAF Stormy Down; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington