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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-04-21"
W G Anderson's observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 101 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 18 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Dominie; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Binbrook; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Millom; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Don Cameron’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1656 HCU; 1678 HCU; 17 OTU; 242 Squadron; 26 OTU; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Dishforth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Oakington; RAF Silverstone; RAF Snaith; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Windrush; RAF Wing; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; York
Reg Miles flying log book for flight engineers
Tags: 1664 HCU; 242 Squadron; 420 Squadron; 432 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 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); flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Me 109; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Dishforth; RAF East Moor; RAF Lyneham; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Stoney Cross; RAF Tholthorpe; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; York
Ken Hook's RAF observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book. One
Tags: 12 OTU; 13 OTU; 1651 HCU; 49 Squadron; 75 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); crash; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lincoln; Martinet; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bicester; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Dalcross; RAF Eastleigh; RAF Manby; RAF Mepal; RAF Newmarket; RAF Penrhos; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wittering; Stirling; training; Wellington
J Millar’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 61 Squadron; 620 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 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); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Me 109; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Coningsby; RAF Leicester East; RAF Newmarket; RAF Pembrey; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Donald Chinery’s flying log book for observers and air gunners
Tags: 16 OTU; 1651 HCU; 17 OTU; 196 Squadron; 61 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 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); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Me 109; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Barford St John; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Coningsby; RAF Finningley; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Newmarket; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Turweston; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Henry Simpson’s RAF navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 166 Squadron; 1662 HCU; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Blyton; RAF Kirmington; training
E J Haddow’s navigator’s air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1678 HCU; 17 OTU; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Talbenny; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; training; Wellington
Basil 'Harry' Harrington's flying log book
George Hutton’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1651 HCU; 180 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 514 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-25; bale out; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Martinet; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); propaganda; RAF Andreas; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Pembrey; RAF Waterbeach; Stirling; training; Wellington
George Alexander Mackie’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 11 OTU; 1651 HCU; 214 Squadron; aircrew; animal; arts and crafts; B-17; B-24; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); C-47; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; military living conditions; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Downham Market; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Oulton; RAF Prestwick; RAF Sculthorpe; RAF Stoney Cross; RAF Tempsford; RAF Waterbeach; Stirling; training
Sam Saunders's flying log book
Tags: 128 Squadron; 15 OTU; 16 OTU; 216 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 40 Squadron; 627 Squadron; 692 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Hudson; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Graveley; RAF Harwell; RAF Hendon; RAF Marham; RAF Oakington; RAF Shallufa; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wyton; RCAF Rivers; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Flight Engineer William Gracie's log book
Tags: 1664 HCU; 425 Squadron; 431 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Croft; RAF Tholthorpe; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Reg Lane’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilot’s flying log book
He was stationed at RCAF…
Tags: 10 OTU; 35 Squadron; 405 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; B-25; B-29; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); C-47; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Harvard; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Master Bomber; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Driffield; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Linton on Ouse; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Richard Franklin’s navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 22 OTU; 24 OTU; 427 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); 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); Botha; C-47; Dominie; forced landing; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Me 109; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Atherstone; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Leeming; RAF Madley; RAF Stoney Cross; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF Wigtown; RAF Wymeswold; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Homer Lawson’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1663 HCU; 19 OTU; 77 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Llandwrog; Raf Mauripur; RAF Melbourne; RAF Penrhos; RAF Rufforth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Arthur Atkinson’s observers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 17 OTU; 61 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; 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); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Coningsby; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Keith Thompson's flying log book
Tags: 101 Squadron; 1659 HCU; 1662 HCU; 192 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 28 OTU; 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bircotes; RAF Blyton; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hixon; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF North Creake; RAF Shawbury; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Watton; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wymeswold; Shackleton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Cologne
Tags: 101 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Lancaster; navigator; RAF Ludford Magna
Gordon Cruickshank's observers and air gunners flying log book. One
Tags: 10 OTU; 100 Squadron; 11 OTU; 17 OTU; 199 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Botha; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Spilsby; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Westcott; training; Wellington; Whitley
John Ormerod’s flight engineers flying log book. Incomplete
Alan Payne’s South African Air Force observers or air gunners log book
Tags: 1661 HCU; 1665 HCU; 17 OTU; 620 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 85 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; C-47; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; prisoner of war; RAF Aqir; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Saltby; RAF Silverstone; RAF Torquay; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; training; Wellington
Douglas Hudson's observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 100 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 1662 HCU; 1667 HCU; 28 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Blyton; RAF Grimsby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Staverton; RAF Wymeswold; training; Wellington
Jack Warner’s navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 1664 HCU; 408 Squadron; 428 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Croft; RAF Leeming; RAF Middleton St George; RAF St Athan; RAF Topcliffe; Scharnhorst; training; Window