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- Spatial Coverage is exactly "Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)"
Politz
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
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
Citation for meritorious service - Flying Officer Ian George Nicklin
Tags: aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; pilot
Recollection of the navigator of a Lancaster which took part in the bombing of Dresden on 13/14 February 1945
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
V Group News, January 1945
V Group News, December 1944
Christmas Card and crew notes
Tags: bombing; crash; Lancaster; RAF Milltown; RAF Wick
Raid Assessments
Malcolm Staves, 207 Squadron Veteran
Tags: 106 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 207 Squadron; aircrew; animal; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); entertainment; Lancaster; memorial; Operation Dodge (1945); Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Dumfries; RAF Madley; RAF Metheringham; RAF Spilsby; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; wireless operator
George Holmes' navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 50 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Botha; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mid-air collision; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Twenty second operation Politz
Tags: bombing; propaganda
Eighteenth and nineteenth operations Politz and Merseburg
relevant newspaper cuttings titled 'R.A.F. bomber shot down by Swedes' and 'The great air assault is mounting. Heavy blows at Germany's oil'.
Tags: anti-aircraft fire; bombing; propaganda
Bomb aimers briefing 13 January 1945 - Politz
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Master Bomber; Window
Bomb aimers briefing 8 February 1945 - Politz synthetic oil plant
Tags: 44 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Mosquito; RAF Spilsby; target indicator; Window
Police [place]
Politz Oil Refinery
Tags: bombing
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
Malcolm Staves' List of Operations
Leslie Alfred Davies and crew
Tags: 10 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 50 Squadron; 6 BFTS; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bomb trolley; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); British Flying Training School Program; C-47; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; FIDO; flight engineer; Flying Training School; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Me 262; memorial; military service conditions; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; petrol bowser; pilot; RAF Banff; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; reconnaissance photograph; service vehicle; Stirling; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Ian Henderson's diary 1944
Tags: anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Halifax; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Me 110; P-47; P-51; searchlight; shot down; V-1; V-2; V-weapon
463 & 467 Squadron Notes on Ops
Tags: 463 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 5 Group; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Cook’s tour; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Grand Slam; H2S; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; RAF Waddington; searchlight; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy
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; RCAF Moncton; Stearman; Stirling; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York