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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "Germany--Rheydt"
William George Drinkell's Royal Canadian Air Force pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 18 OTU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bomb struck; bombing; C-47; Catalina; Commodore; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Fw 190; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wymeswold; Stearman; Stirling; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
V Group News, September 1944
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; flight engineer; fuelling; Gee; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); H2S; Lancaster; Master Bomber; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Pathfinders; petrol bowser; pilot; radar; RAF Wainfleet; rivalry; service vehicle; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; wireless operator
V Group News, December 1944
Track charts and log for an operation to Rheydt
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Tags: 467 Squadron; bombing; Lancaster; RAF Waddington
T Barber’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book. Two
Tags: 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Operational Training Unit; RAF Desborough; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Penrhos; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Sergeant W. Dixon’s RAF Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 61 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Banff; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Carnaby; RAF Evanton; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Netheravon; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Rheydt [place]
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'2533 SKELL 19/20.9.44 // NT (C) 8" 11000 ← 014° 2153
RHEYDT RD.Z. 1x2000, 12 'J' x 500. 21 secs. F/O.…
Rheydt
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Record of Flying Officer Kenneth Gill D.F.C (155097) RAFVR joined 1941
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; FIDO; Grand Slam; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 262; memorial; mine laying; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; P-51; promotion; RAF Bardney; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Metheringham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Spitfire; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Pilot - face to face
Tags: 625 Squadron; aircrew; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Gneisenau; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Hudson; Lancaster; love and romance; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Blyton; RAF Cranwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Leuchars; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Silloth; RAF St Eval; RAF Watchfield; RAF Worksop; Scharnhorst; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Operational history of Lancaster 1B R5868
Tags: 467 Squadron; 83 Squadron; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 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 the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Bottesford; RAF Scampton; RAF Waddington; RAF Wyton; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon
List of Bert Adams operations
Tags: 467 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; incendiary device; Ju 88; navigator
Kenneth Pope's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Kenneth Gill’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; missing in action; navigator; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stearman; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Kenneth Gill - service history
Tags: 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; crash; Grand Slam; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; navigator; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Ken Turnham's navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1669 HCU; 20 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Feltwell; RAF Langar; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Mona; RAF Witchford; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Ken Beard’s flying log book for air gunners
Tags: 10 OTU; 10 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 17 OTU; 20 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Blenheim; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manby; RAF Melbourne; RAF Pembrey; RAF Riccall; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stanton Harcourt; training; Wellington; Whitley
John Thorp's list of operations
J Vasey’s pilot’s log book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Church Lawford; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Finningley; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington