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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "Manitoba--Portage la Prairie"
LAC T. Barber’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book. Two
He was stationed at RCAF Station Paulson (No. 7…
Tags: 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; 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 Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Norman Wilkins certificates of qualification
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Tags: 7 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; navigator; Pathfinders; RAF Oakington
Gerald McPherson air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 15 Squadron; 186 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Battle; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Turweston; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; training; Wellington
Portage from Above and Below
Photo 1 is an aerial oblique of Portage and its river.
Photo 2 is a pavement scene of shops and pedestrians.
Photo 3 is a the main street with cars, captioned 'Main Drag'.
Photo 4 is a river with trees on the bank,…
Tags: aerial photograph
Jack Jarmy’s Royal Canadian Air Force observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book. One
Tags: 218 Squadron; 75 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Meteor; mine laying; navigator; operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mepal; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Westcott; Shackleton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Portage la Prairie [place]
James Stewart’s flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 207 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; mine laying; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Silverstone; RAF Spilsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; take-off crash; training; Wellington
Interview with a navigator from 101 Squadron
Tags: 101 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); briefing; C-47; coping mechanism; flight engineer; Gee; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; mid-air collision; military ethos; navigator; operational training unit; perception of bombing war; pilot; RAF Blyton; RAF Wymeswold; shot down; superstition; training; Wellington; wireless operator