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World War II service History of Flight Lieutenant WH Brooker DFC
Initially he served on Wellingtons at Snaith. He describes…
Tags: 27 OTU; 463 Squadron; 467 Squadron; Air Transport Auxiliary; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Beaufighter; bombing; Fw 190; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; Meteor; mine laying; Mosquito; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); RAF Bottesford; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Lichfield; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Snaith; RAF Swinderby; RAF Waddington; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); searchlight; Spitfire; training; Wellington; Window
World War II & Flying Memoirs
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1678 HCU; 17 OTU; 26 OTU; aircrew; bomb struck; bombing; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; crash; Flying Training School; Gee; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 2; love and romance; Me 110; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; promotion; RAF Dishforth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Silverstone; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Windrush; RAF Wing; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; searchlight; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Window; York
William Homewood's Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
William Homewood's Operations in 51 Squadron
William Daymont's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 100 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 466 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Driffield; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hemswell; RAF St Athan; training
Walter Braithwaite’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 171 Squadron; 21 OTU; 24 OTU; 77 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Battle; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Elvington; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF North Creake; RAF St Eval; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
Wally Layne's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 50 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); crash; Dominie; Gneisenau; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Bourn; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Lindholme; RAF Penrhos; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Scharnhorst; shot down; target indicator; training; Whitley; wireless operator
W G Didcote’s South African Air Force observer’s or air gunner’s log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 1678 HCU; 17 OTU; 186 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 90 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Botha; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 110; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Coningsby; RAF Manby; RAF Millom; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
W B Baker’s observers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 626 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; forced landing; killed in action; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Stormy Down; RAF Wickenby; training; Whitley
V Group News, May 1944
Tags: 5 Group; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; ditching; flight engineer; ground personnel; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; pilot; radar; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; rivalry; sport; Stirling; training; wireless operator
Trevor Saint diary/memoir
Tags: 514 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); ground crew; ground personnel; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Brackla; RAF Cardington; RAF Feltwell; RAF Halton; RAF Henlow; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF Waterbeach; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-2; V-weapon; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Trevor Saint air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 26 OTU; 514 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Feltwell; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Manby; RAF Morpeth; RAF Newmarket; RAF Stradishall; RAF Waterbeach; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wing; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Tom Wharmby's crew biographies
Flying Officer Ronald Herman Downes Cook, wireless operator/ air gunner;
Sergeant Ronald Hughes, navigator;
Sergeant John…
Tom Jones’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 622 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Dishforth; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Oakington; RAF Riccall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Warboys; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; York
To Cologne - Gremberg by Oboe - tribute to Squadron Leader Robert A.M.Palmer VC, DFC & Bar
Tags: 109 Squadron; 20 OTU; 582 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; B-24; B-26; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; C-47; crash; Dulag Luft; flight engineer; Fw 190; killed in action; Lancaster; Me 109; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-47; P-51; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Graveley; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Manston; shot down; training; Victoria Cross; wireless operator
Thomas Page's navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s log book
Tags: 1661 HCU; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Dominie; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Magister; Manchester; mine laying; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wyton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training
Thomas Other Prickett’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 103 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 5 BFTS; aircrew; Anson; B-17; B-26; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); British Flying Training School Program; C-47; Catalina; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lysander; Magister; Martinet; Mosquito; Oxford; pilot; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hullavington; RAF Lindholme; RAF Netheravon; RAF Sealand; RAF Sywell; Spitfire; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
This stone was unlaid at Duisburg by 50 Sqdn
The Offensive Phase
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Group; 101 Squadron; 109 Squadron; 141 Squadron; 169 Squadron; 171 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 223 Squadron; 239 Squadron; 3 Group; 4 Group; 462 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; B-17; B-24; Beaufighter; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); crash; Defiant; Do 217; Fw 190; Gee; Gneisenau; Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); He 111; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hudson; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 110; Me 410; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; radar; RAF Defford; RAF Downham Market; RAF Farnborough; RAF Foulsham; RAF Little Snoring; RAF North Creake; RAF Northolt; RAF Oulton; RAF Prestwick; RAF Sculthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Swannington; RAF Tempsford; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wittering; Scharnhorst; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Stirling; Tirpitz; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window
The lucky crew
Tags: 1657 HCU; 622 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; military living conditions; mine laying; navigator; Oboe; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Cardington; RAF Cosford; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Oakington; RAF Padgate; RAF St Athan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Warboys; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; training; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
The Kriegie March 2007
Tags: 102 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 138 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 150 Squadron; 18 Squadron; 207 Squadron; 32 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 78 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; ditching; Dulag Luft; flight engineer; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; memorial; mine laying; navigator; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Cosford; RAF Cranwell; RAF Halton; RAF Marham; RAF Northolt; RAF St Eval; RAF Wittering; Red Cross; Special Operations Executive; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; the long march; Typhoon; Wellington
The Crash of Halifax NP934
Page 1 simply states 'The Crash'.
Page 2 is a report of the crash in French and an eye witness report in English by Jean Bodart.
Page 3 is a copy of a photograph which appears on page…
Terry Ford’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilot’s flying log book. One
Tags: 1653 HCU; 20 OTU; 75 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Dalcross; RAF Desford; RAF Feltwell; RAF Filton; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Lyneham; RAF Mepal; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Teddy's Career in the RAFVR 9th September 1939 - 11th October 1941
Tags: 1 Group; 11 OTU; 12 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; crewing up; Defiant; ditching; flight engineer; Flying Training School; ground personnel; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; meteorological officer; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; pilot; propaganda; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Binbrook; RAF Evanton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Odiham; RAF Padgate; RAF St Athan; RAF Wickenby; recruitment; sport; Stirling; take-off crash; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator