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- Temporal Coverage starts with "1942-05"
'Reaping the whirlwind'
1000 bomber raid on Cologne
1000 bomber raids
106 Squadron
15 Squadron Wyton, 1651 HCU Waterbeach and 214 Squadron operations
19/20th May 1942 Target Mannheim
40,000 firebombs hit Mannheim at once
Tags: bombing; Halifax; Hampden; incendiary device; Lancaster; Manchester; Stirling; Wellington
50 Squadron losses April - June 1942
95 Squadron
Second is of George Ellams and with Abu Kamara, captioned 'No 95 Squadron R.A.F. Station Jui, Freetown, B.W. Africa, Abu Kamara and self'.…
Tags: 95 Squadron; African heritage
A dedication to AVM Ekanayake Edward (Rohan) Amerasekera DFC & Bar, R.Cy.A.F
Tags: 158 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 640 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; navigator; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Graveley; RAF Lissett; training; Whitley; wireless operator
A memoir of life in the WAAF during the war
Tags: 105 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 2 Group; 427 Squadron; 429 Squadron; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); ground personnel; Halifax; Lancaster; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Leeming; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Wilmslow; training; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Account of German witness to crash of John Valentines aircraft
Airman receiving decoration
Tags: aircrew; pilot; RAF Lindholme
Alan Green's Royal Canadian Air Force observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 OTU; 20 OTU; 218 Squadron; 27 OTU; 3 Group; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Gneisenau; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Benson; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Marham; Scharnhorst; Stirling; training; Wellington
Albany Cinema
A second photograph is taken in darker lighting and has 'Albany Cinema by night'.
Tags: entertainment
An die Zivilbevölkerung der deutschen Industriegebiete
Tags: bombing; propaganda
Appendix VI- Table of Raids
Tags: bombing
AVM Ekanayake Edward (Rohan) Amerasekera DFC & Bar, R.Cy.A.F.
Tags: 158 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 640 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; navigator; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Graveley; RAF Lissett; training; Whitley; wireless operator
Avro Manchester
The caption describes two 1000 bomber operations that the aircraft took part in.
Bertie Foxlee’s flying log book for observer’s and air gunners
Tags: 14 OTU; 25 OTU; 27 OTU; 455 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 81 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Catalina; Dominie; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Finningley; RAF Lichfield; RAF Saltby; RAF Scampton; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Tilstock; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
Bill Bailey's Cadet's Flight Log
Tags: Tiger Moth; training