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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-10-07"
Emmerich
Westkapelle Dyke and Dortmund
Photo 1 is Westkapelle dyke which was bombed to flood Walchern Island, which was below sea level.
Photo 2 is a night attack on Dortmund, most of the image obscured by anti-aircraft fire and target indicators.
Emmerich and Terry Ford's crew
Robert Mitchell’s flying log book
Herbert Tinning’s Royal Australian Air Force Observer’s Air Gunner’s And W/T Operator’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 27 OTU; 51 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Desford; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Snaith; RAF West Freugh; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Christopher George McVickers' flying log book
Tags: 100 Squadron; 101 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 1657 HCU; 192 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 205 Squadron; 210 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 220 Squadron; 82 OTU; 90 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-29; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Binbrook; RAF Bircotes; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Feltwell; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Methwold; RAF Millom; RAF Ossington; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Stradishall; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Watton; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RAF Wratting Common; Shackleton; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Henry Pollock’s navigator’s, air bombers and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1663 HCU; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Martinet; Meteor; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Andreas; RAF Breighton; RAF Feltwell; RAF Rufforth; RAF Stanton Harcourt; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Whitley
J Vasey’s pilot’s log book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Church Lawford; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Finningley; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Ian Grant Henderson’s navigator’s flying log book
Tags: 153 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Blyton; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; training; Wellington
List of Bert Adams operations
Tags: 467 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; incendiary device; Ju 88; navigator
Robert Smith flying log book
Flight Sergeant G Jarmy's bomb aimer log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; RCAF Fingal; Stirling; training; Wellington
Sergeant E Marrs air gunner/wireless operator's flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 4 Group; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Dominie; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Madley; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Mona; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
G J Mellefont air gunner log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 50 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Andreas; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Scampton; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
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
Leslie Davies observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Castle Bromwich; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
G J Mellefont’s flying log book for navigator’s air bomber air gunner’s flight engineers
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 50 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; RAF Andreas; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Scampton; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; strafing; training; Wellington; Window
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
Jim Tease’s pilots flying log book
Formation of 153 Squadron
Tags: 153 Squadron; 166 Squadron
Recollection of the navigator of a Lancaster which took part in the bombing of Dresden on 13/14 February 1945
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
Copy of Peter Potter's flying log book
Tags: 30 OTU; 626 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947); fear; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 262; military ethos; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; Operational Training Unit; RAF Hixon; RAF Pembrey; RAF Wickenby; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Main Ops - with crew only
Tags: 12 Squadron; 626 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); ground crew; ground personnel; intelligence officer; Ju 88; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Me 109; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; P-51; Pathfinders; searchlight; Spitfire; superstition; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Sergeant W. Dixon’s RAF Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 61 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Banff; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Carnaby; RAF Evanton; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Netheravon; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner