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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
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
W E Lucas’ pilots flying log book
Tags: 139 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 162 Squadron; 19 OTU; 20 OTU; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; Magister; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Alconbury; RAF Bourn; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Honington; RAF Hullavington; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley
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 T Hilton’s observer’s air gunner’s and w/t operators flying log book
The Story of Flight Lieutenant John J Blair, DFC
John was born in 1919 to a poor…
Tags: 102 Squadron; 216 Squadron; 4 Group; 78 Squadron; African heritage; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; crewing up; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; Gee; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); incendiary device; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; medical officer; mid-air collision; military service conditions; mine laying; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; radar; RAF Kinloss; RAF Oakington; RAF Pocklington; RAF Tangmere; RCAF Moncton; searchlight; sport; training; Whitley; wireless operator
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
Stephen Dawson's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 14 OTU; 25 OTU; 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Flying Training School; Hampden; Initial Training Wing; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Finningley; RAF Hatfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Rissington; RAF St Athan; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; Tiger Moth; training
Stanley Bradford’s Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1660 HCU; 57 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb struck; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Defiant; Do 217; Fw 190; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Cottesmore; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Swinderby; training; Wellington; Whitley
Service record John Henry (Jack) Thomas
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 21 OTU; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; crewing up; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Hullavington; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Service history of Sergeant Alfred Edward "Teddy" Cosgrove
Tags: 1 Group; 11 OTU; 12 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; crash; final resting place; ground personnel; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; memorial; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Binbrook; RAF Evanton; RAF Odiham; RAF Padgate; RAF Ringway; RAF Wickenby; sport; training; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Service history
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1662 HCU; 28 OTU; 626 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; crash; Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Bridlington; RAF East Wretham; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wittering; RAF Wymeswold; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Sergeant A P Brander’s RAF observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Sam Saunders's flying log book
Tags: 128 Squadron; 15 OTU; 16 OTU; 216 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 40 Squadron; 627 Squadron; 692 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Hudson; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Graveley; RAF Harwell; RAF Hendon; RAF Marham; RAF Oakington; RAF Shallufa; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wyton; RCAF Rivers; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Sam Saunders 692 Squadron
There is a photograph of the squadron arranged in front of two Mosquitoes.
Sam Saunders 128 Squadron
There is a photo of Arthur Harris giving the salute.
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
Robert McClement's Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners, Flight Engineers
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 20 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); FIDO; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Melbourne; RAF Pembrey; RAF Riccall; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Robert Creamer's Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 100 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 1667 HCU; 1668 HCU; 18 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Cook’s tour; Defiant; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Martinet; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Blyton; RAF Bottesford; RAF Finningley; RAF Grimsby; RAF Leconfield; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Stormy Down; training; Wellington; Whitley
Robert Creamer's Operations and Wartime Memories
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Squadron; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; mine laying; missing in action; navigator; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Blyton; RAF Grimsby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Sandtoft; searchlight; target indicator; training; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Rex Searle's flying log book.
Tags: 120 Squadron; 1666 HCU; 206 Squadron; 210 Squadron; 42 Squadron; 432 Squadron; 47 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 7; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; RAF Abingdon; RAF Colerne; RAF Dishforth; RAF East Moor; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leconfield; RAF St Athan; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Wombleton; Shackleton; training
Reg Lane’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilot’s flying log book
He was stationed at RCAF…
Tags: 10 OTU; 35 Squadron; 405 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; B-25; B-29; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); C-47; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Harvard; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Master Bomber; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Driffield; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Linton on Ouse; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Recollections of a Flight Engineer
He also recounts…