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Individual history of Avro Lancaster B Mk1 R5868/7325M
Tags: 467 Squadron; 8 Group; 83 Squadron; bombing; Cook’s tour; Fw 190; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; mine laying; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Pathfinders; RAF Bottesford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Metheringham; RAF Scampton; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Waddington; RAF Wroughton; RAF Wyton; V-weapon
Discussion with Peter Spoden 2 January 2011
Conversations with Peter Spoden
Tags: 100 Group; 158 Squadron; 227 Squadron; 300 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 462 Squadron; 578 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; bale out; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Fw 190; H2S; Halifax; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 110; Me 262; Mosquito; pilot; radar; Schräge Musik; shot down; target indicator; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
Alfred Jack Coman's Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 31 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bramcote; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Madley; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Metheringham; RAF Millom; RAF Nuneaton; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
Lionel Horner’s Royal Air Force Air Navigator’s Flying Log Book
Navigation training at the Pan American Airways Navigation Section, Miami and then Advanced Flying Unit in England. Posted to 29…
Tags: 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; military discipline; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Sturgate; training; Wellington
Interview with David Fellowes
Tags: 1656 HCU; 206 Squadron; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mid-air collision; mine laying; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; P-51; RAF Binbrook; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF Manston; RAF Scampton; Shackleton; training; Wellington
Transcript of conversation with David Fellowes
Tags: 1656 HCU; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; crewing up; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mid-air collision; mine laying; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; P-51; RAF Binbrook; RAF Hixon; RAF Ingham; RAF Lindholme; RAF Manston; RAF Scampton; Shackleton; training; Wellington
9 Squadron Operations Record Book. One
For each operation it includes many details of the target, routes, bomb load, crews, a description of results, and if any did not return.
The last…
Tags: 9 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; pilot; RAF Bardney; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943)
9 Squadron handwritten Operation Record Book. Two
Tags: 9 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Bardney; tactical support for Normandy troops
9 Squadron handwritten Operation Record Book. Four
Kenneth Munro Steven's pilot's flying log book
Tags: 1656 HCU; 81 OTU; 97 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lysander; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bourn; RAF Perth; RAF Sleap; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Tilstock; RAF Watchfield; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
H W Bratley - observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 1678 HCU; 7 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; escaping; evading; forced landing; Harrow; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dumfries; RAF Feltwell; RAF Honington; RAF Marham; RAF Oakington; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; Wellington
R W Barlett’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 1654 HCU; 29 OTU; 61 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; final resting place; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF South Cerney; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RCAF Medicine Hat; Stirling; training; Wellington
Letter from Noel to his sister, Mercia
[two pages are missing]
Tags: aircrew; bombing; entertainment
Douglas Ross Arrowsmith’s pilots flying log book
Tags: 1656 HCU; 21 OTU; 27 OTU; 460 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Award of the Distinguished Service Order
G W A White’s Royal Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 1662 HCU; 28 OTU; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Blyton; RAF Breighton; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Madley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pembrey; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Sturgate; RAF Waddington; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Last of the Tail Gun Charlies - Ronald Carter's Biography
At the age of 17, Ronald volunteered to join the Royal Air Force in November 1942. After basic training, Ronald was selected for gunnery and wireless operator training, becoming…
Tags: 44 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Caterpillar Club; crewing up; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); prisoner of war; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Ringway; RAF Waddington; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; tactical support for Normandy troops; the long march; training; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator / air gunner
Bob Butler's Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book
Served at RAF Jurby, RAF Bassingbourn, RAF Newmarket, RAF Waterbeach, RAF…
Tags: 11 OTU; 218 Squadron; 99 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; Hampden; Ju 88; Me 110; missing in action; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Jurby; RAF Manston; RAF Marham; RAF Newmarket; RAF Tempsford; RAF Waterbeach; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Jack Whymark’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Initial training at No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School and 225 Squadron. Posted to 149 Squadron for…
Tags: 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 225 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; evacuation; Harrow; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lysander; Martinet; mine laying; missing in action; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Oxford; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Glatton; RAF Ingham; RAF Kabrit; RAF Manby; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Syerston; RAF Tilshead; RAF West Freugh; training; Wellington
1945
William North's 1945 diary
Tags: aircrew; bombing; RAF Oakington
George Shepherd’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1657 HCU; 214 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Andreas; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Shenington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Witchford; Stirling; training; Wellington
Jack Crawford's trip book
Tags: 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; Catalina; ground personnel; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; love and romance; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; RAF Barford St John; RAF Coningsby; RAF Scampton; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Extract from the London Gazette
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; pilot