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- Temporal Coverage starts with "1944-07"
Telegram to Jack Wainwright's Mother
625 Squadron Battle Order 18 July 1944
Operational notes
Tags: 514 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Master Bomber; missing in action; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Window
Navigation chart - operation number 16
Navigation log - Op No 16
Navigation chart - operation number 17
Navigation log - Op No 17
Navigation log - Op No 18 (Dijon)
Navigation chart - operation number 19 (Tours)
Navigation log - Op No 19 (Tours)
Navigation chart - operation number 20
Navigation log - Op No 20
Navigation chart - operation number 21
Tags: aircrew; bombing; navigator; RAF Wickenby
Navigation log - Op No 21
Tags: aircrew; bombing; navigator; RAF Wickenby
Navigation chart - operation number 22 (Stuttgart)
Tags: aircrew; bombing; navigator; RAF Wickenby
Navigation log - Op No 22
Tags: 12 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; navigator; RAF Wickenby
Navigation chart - operation number 23
Navigation log - Op No 23
Time out for war
Tags: 1 Group; 12 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 1656 HCU; 3 Group; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; coping mechanism; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; faith; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Master Bomber; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Desborough; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Methwold; RAF Sturgate; RAF Torquay; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Flying Officer Arthur S Woolf - RAF career and experiences in WW2
Covers joining the RAF at age 19 and training at…
Tags: 5 Group; 630 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; C-47; crewing up; Dominie; Guinea Pig Club; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); military discipline; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; Proctor; promotion; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wroughton; RAF Yatesbury; shot down; Stirling; training; Walrus; Wellington; wireless operator
460 Squadron Operations
Letter from Alan North to his parents
Tags: aircrew; ground personnel; medical officer; training
P-38 crashing near Pocenia
Label reads “121”; signed by the author; caption reads “13 LUGLIO 1944. Cacciabombardiere…
Tags: anti-aircraft fire; arts and crafts; P-38; shot down