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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1942-05-30"
Bill Bailey's Cadet's Flight Log
Tags: Tiger Moth; training
Dennis Raettig's wartime memoir
Tags: 104 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 4 Group; animal; B-24; Battle; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crash; fuelling; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; incendiary device; mechanics engine; military living conditions; military service conditions; RAF Driffield; RAF East Moor; RAF Harwell; RAF Leeming; RAF Lissett; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rufforth; runway; service vehicle; take-off crash; tractor; training; Wellington; Whitley
Memoir Flight Lieutenant Gordon Cruickshank D.F.M. RAFRO
Tags: 44 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Bombing of Augsburg (17 April 1942); bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Distinguished Flying Medal; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; Lancaster; Manchester; Mosquito; RAF Abingdon; RAF Cardington; RAF Cranwell; RAF Credenhill; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Evanton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Warmwell; superstition; Victoria Cross; Whitley
Gordon Cruickshank life on squadrons 1940-1944
Tags: 44 Squadron; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 630 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Augsburg (17 April 1942); bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; Distinguished Flying Medal; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; Lancaster; Manchester; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Pathfinders; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Westcott; training
G Cruickshank Memoir
Tags: 44 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 630 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Augsburg (17 April 1942); bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; Distinguished Flying Medal; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Manchester; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; RAF Abingdon; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Evanton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Westcott; training
Citation for award of Victoria Cross to Flying Officer Leslie Thomas Manser
Denis Clyde-Smith's pilot's flying logbook. One
Tags: 115 Squadron; 218 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Hurricane; Lysander; Magister; operational training unit; pilot; Proctor; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Farnborough; RAF Harwell; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marham; RAF Ringway; RAF Weston Zoyland; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; training; Walrus; Wellington
Ernest Smith's pilot’s flying log book. One
Mieczysław Stachiewicz's RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book
He was stationed at RAF Peterborough (No. 25 (Polish) Elementary Flying Training School),…
John Valentine's observers and air gunners flying log book
Peter Hazeldene's Log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 57 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Battle; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Hampden; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lysander; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Finningley; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Polebrook; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Letter informing Ursula Valentine that her husband is missing
Tags: aircrew; missing in action; navigator
George Ellams, Flying Log book
W E Lucas’ pilots flying log book
Tags: 139 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 162 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Cook’s tour; H2S; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Magister; mine laying; Mosquito; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Alconbury; RAF Bourn; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Honington; RAF Hullavington; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley
Reg Lane’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilot’s flying log book
He was stationed at RCAF…
Tags: 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); Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Harvard; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; 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
George Alexander Mackie’s pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 15 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; arts and crafts; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crash; He 111; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; love and romance; Magister; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Castle Combe; RAF Cranfield; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wyton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
H W Bennett’s RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book. One
Tags: 214 Squadron; 88 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Boston; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; navigator; observer; operational training unit; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Coningsby; RAF Evanton; RAF Feltwell; RAF Lichfield; RAF North Coates; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Tilstock; training; Wellington; Whitley
Interview with Reg Dunbar
Letter from John Valentine to father of his pilot
Letter from John Valentine to the father of his pilot
Letter from the caterpillar club
Tags: Caterpillar Club
Two newspaper cuttings
Tags: 156 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 83 Squadron; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; Halifax; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Marham; Tirpitz; V-1
Letter from Ursula Valentine to her husbands pilot's father
Flying Officer Leslie Thomas Manser, Victoria Cross
Reg Manning's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 462 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 614 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Gneisenau; Halifax; Harrow; Lancaster; Lincoln; Magister; Me 110; Meteor; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; RAF Binbrook; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Finningley; RAF Henlow; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Medmenham; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Scampton; RAF Snaith; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Swanton Morley; Scharnhorst; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tirpitz; Wellington; Whitley