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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1942"
W R P Perry pilot's flying log book. One
Me - William Roy Peter Perry DFC
Tags: 106 Squadron; 227 Squadron; 5 Group; aircrew; Cook’s tour; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Manchester; Operation Dodge (1945); operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Balderton; RAF Metheringham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Ossington; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Tiger force; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
History of 106 Squadron
Tags: 106 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; Battle; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; FIDO; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; Pathfinders; RAF Abingdon; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Finningley; RAF Metheringham; RAF Syerston; Tallboy; target indicator; V-weapon
History of RAF Syerston
Royal Air Force - airman's record sheet
Tags: 106 Squadron; aircrew; pilot; training
Banff and RAF Woolfox Lodge
Left - two airmen wearing flying jackets standing in woods. Captioned 'Doug and Dickie, Woolfox Lodge 43'.
Right - and…
Tags: aircrew; RAF Woolfox Lodge
W G Didcote’s South African Air Force observer’s or air gunner’s log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 186 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Coningsby; RAF Manby; RAF Millom; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Dare to Discover: World War II experiences of V T Hilton
Tags: 192 Squadron; aircrew; arts and crafts; bomb trolley; bombing up; crewing up; FIDO; fuelling; H2S; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; operational training unit; petrol bowser; RAF Foulsham; RAF Rufforth; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
M A Niman’s RAF observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
John L Kennedy’s pilots flying log book
J Flint's RAF pilot’s flying log book. One
Detailing his flying training and operations flown as pilot. He was stationed at RAF Tollerton (27 E&RFTS), RAF Hanworth (5 EFTS), RAF Yatesbury (10 EFTS), RAF Brize…
Robert Brown’s South African Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
W B Baker’s observers and air gunners flying log book
Poems
Service history
Tags: 115 Squadron; 626 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; crash; Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; killed in action; Lancaster; mine laying; operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Bridlington; RAF East Wretham; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wittering; RAF Wymeswold; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Jack Penswick’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bombing; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Manchester; Martinet; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Morpeth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Marion Clark and Colleagues
#1 is Marion standing in the snow at the tail of a Wellington, code 'GR', 301 Squadron.
#2 is Marion and a colleague standing at the tail of the same aircraft, code 'GR-H'. The ground is snow covered.
#3 is an airman in flying…