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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1943-01-28"
Letter to John Leigh's wife from Air Ministry
Harrison Sproates’ Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 13 OTU; 178 Squadron; 244 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Blenheim; bombing; C-47; Dominie; Halifax; Hudson; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF El Adem; RAF Pembrey; RAF Shandur; RAF Sharjah; RAF Yatesbury; Sunderland; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Variety
No 166 Squadron history
Page one begins with the reformation of the squadron in 1936 and gives details of the aircraft operated, the stations flown from and the roles the squadron played in training and operations.…
Tags: 10 OTU; 103 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 150 Squadron; 153 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 166 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crash; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; mine laying; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Kirmington; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Scampton; take-off crash; training; Wellington; Whitley
J.S. Hitchcock’s RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book. Two
Tags: 10 OTU; 1658 HCU; 78 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Flying Training School; Halifax; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Hurricane; Magister; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Hullavington; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Riccall; RAF Shallufa; RAF Upavon; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Spitfire; Stirling; Sunderland; training; Wellington; Whitley
Letter to Lewis Rosser from A Rosser
Keith Thiele - Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot's flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1661 HCU; 22 OTU; 405 Squadron; 467 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Dominie; Flying Training School; forced landing; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Ju 52; Lancaster; Magister; Me 109; Me 262; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bottesford; RAF Hendon; RAF Hullavington; RAF Lympne; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Tangmere; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Waddington; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF West Malling; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Scharnhorst; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Ventura; Wellington; Whitley
Bombing training
#1 is annotated '1 OF 16 OTU 28.1.43 F/5" --> RR138'
#2 is annotated '2 OF 16 OTU 28.1.43 F/5" --> RR138'
Goole docks
The second is annotated '7 QU 16 OTU 28.1.43 F/5 --> RR137'
Albert Edward Edmunds’ pilots flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 27 OTU; 30 OTU; 608 Squadron; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; B-25; bombing; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Manchester; Martinet; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Barford St John; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Dishforth; RAF Downham Market; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Hatfield; RAF Hixon; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; RAF Prestwick; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Tiger Moth; training; Ventura; Wellington
Postcard from John Valentine to his wife Ursula
Tags: prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 3