Browse Items (214 total)
- Spatial Coverage is exactly "Germany--Hannover"
1,700 Tons on Hanover - Emden is Hit Again
Hanover A Blazing Ruin
Tags: B-17; bombing; Lancaster; propaganda
J G B Burnside navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
James Gordon Bennet (Lucky Jim) Burnside - biography
Part 2 - war service of Flying Officer James Gordon Bennett Burnside flight engineer. Covers training as flight engineer. Then follows short descriptions. listing…
Tags: 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; 627 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Cook’s tour; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Halifax; Lancaster; Mosquito; RAF Balderton; RAF North Luffenham; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; target indicator; training; Wellington
Peter Galan's (Thomas Blyth's navigator) - navigators flying log book
L V Rosser - private diary operations
Tags: 115 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Lancaster; pilot; Whitley
L V Rosser’s pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 35 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 58 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Defiant; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Lysander; Magister; Martinet; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Dishforth; RAF Gamston; RAF Kinloss; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Shenington; RAF Topcliffe; Wellington; Whitley
Halifax
Bottom - colour artwork card with front quarter view of a Halifax above cloud with squadron letters 'MP-L'. Captioned 'Halifax bomber,…
Tags: 76 Squadron; arts and crafts; Halifax
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; 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; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; Wellington; Window
Hastie DFC: The Life and Times of a Wartime Pilot
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Group; 101 Squadron; 157 Squadron; 2 Group; 214 Squadron; 223 Squadron; 3 Group; 4 Group; 6 Group; 8 Group; 85 Squadron; 88 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; B-25; bale out; Beaufighter; Bismarck; C-47; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; evacuation; Gee; Gneisenau; Goldfish Club; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; He 111; heavy conversion unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hudson; Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; love and romance; Martinet; Me 109; Me 110; mine laying; Mosquito; Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945); navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; Proctor; radar; RAF Banff; RAF Catfoss; RAF Catterick; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dishforth; RAF Farnborough; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leuchars; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lyneham; RAF Manston; RAF North Coates; RAF Oulton; RAF Padgate; RAF Prestwick; RAF Riccall; RAF Silloth; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Eval; RAF Thornaby; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Windrush; RAF Woodbridge; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); Scharnhorst; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-2; Whitley; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
W R P Perry pilot's flying log book. Three
Tags: 106 Squadron; 227 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); C-47; Cook’s tour; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Operation Dodge (1945); Oxford; pilot; RAF Balderton; RAF Metheringham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Ossington; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; York
W R P Perry pilot's flying log book. Two
Tags: 106 Squadron; 227 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); C-47; Cook’s tour; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Manchester; Operation Dodge (1945); operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Balderton; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Metheringham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Ossington; RAF Scampton; RAF Snaith; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Stirling; training; Wellington; York
Recommendation for non-immediate award of Distinguished Flying Cross
Tags: 106 Squadron; 5 Group; aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; pilot
Robert Brown’s South African Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Peter Lamprey
Bomber Command and Notes of Some of My Experiences During 1941-1945
Tags: 102 Squadron; 4 Group; 617 Squadron; 77 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Bismarck; bomb aimer; bomb trolley; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); heavy conversion unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Me 110; memorial; mid-air collision; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; missing in action; navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; operational training unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Driffield; RAF Elvington; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Jurby; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Melbourne; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rufforth; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Stearman; target indicator; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator
Extract from Reg Wilson's Logbook
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); Botha; 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
Jack Penswick’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bombing; Botha; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Manchester; Martinet; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Morpeth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Battle of France Starts in the Air
Nos Aviations
Air Marshal Sir Richard Peck describes large composition and successes of RAF during 1943 whilst underlining the threat still posed by Germany.
Les machines
Maintains Anglo-American aircraft production is four times…
Tags: aerial photograph; aircrew; B-17; B-24; B-25; B-26; Beaufighter; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; Boston; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Halifax; Hudson; Lancaster; Mosquito; P-51; Pathfinders; pilot; propaganda; reconnaissance photograph; Spitfire; Stirling; Sunderland; target indicator; training; Typhoon; York
Stan Hawes' Logbook
Eric Pick's Royal Air Force navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 227 Squadron; 57 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Balderton; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Millom; RAF Strubby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator