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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "France--Soligny-la-Trappe"
Trappes, Edward King's 14th operation of his tour
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
Extracts from war diaries and information on aircraft crews and lists of bombing operations
Tags: 158 Squadron; 4 Group; 466 Squadron; 640 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; Halifax; mess; military living conditions; navigator; observer; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Wymeswold; Wellington; wireless operator
Soligny-la-Trappe [place]
Herbert Tinning’s Royal Australian Air Force Observer’s Air Gunner’s And W/T Operator’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 51 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; 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; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; heavy conversion unit; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Snaith; RAF West Freugh; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
V Group News, November 1944
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; 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 Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Gee; gremlin; H2S; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); pilot; radar; rivalry; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; wireless operator
Reg Manning's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 462 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 614 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Gneisenau; Halifax; Harrow; Lancaster; Lincoln; Magister; Me 110; Meteor; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; RAF Binbrook; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Finningley; RAF Henlow; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Medmenham; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Scampton; RAF Snaith; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Swanton Morley; Scharnhorst; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tirpitz; Wellington; Whitley