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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1943-04-10"
Robert Kirkbright’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book. Two
Tags: 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 1657 HCU; 199 Squadron; 30 OTU; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Flying Training School; Halifax; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Hixon; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Officer's application for leave of absence
Jack Whalley’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 521 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; Botha; crash; Defiant; Halifax; Hampden; Hudson; Ju 88; Mosquito; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bircham Newton; RAF Docking; RAF Fairoaks; RAF Penrhos; RAF Shawbury; RAF Squires Gate; RAF Thornaby; reconnaissance photograph; take-off crash; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Postcard to John Taplin's Parents from John
Tags: aircrew; prisoner of war; Stalag 8B
Gordon Dennett's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 15 OTU; 196 Squadron; 298 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; B-24; bale out; bomb aimer; Botha; C-47; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 7; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Driffield; RAF Evanton; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Leconfield; RAF Salbani; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator
The Flannellers
Geoffrey Shattock’s Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1657 HCU; 214 Squadron; 28 OTU; 77 Squadron; 82 OTU; 90 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bombing; C-47; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bircotes; RAF Castle Combe; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Melbourne; RAF Ossington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Wymeswold; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stearman; Stirling; training; Wellington
Pilot Officer Reg Harding crew operations
Fred Richardson's log book. Two
Clifford and Dot's wedding photographs
Bottom left - full length image of an airman wearing flying jacket, helmet and goggles leaning against the…
Tags: aircrew; love and romance
Details from log book of Henry Townsley DFM
Tags: 15 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 8 Group; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); 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 Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Ju 88; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Woodhall Spa; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943)
Gordon Babbage's navigator's air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 100 Squadron; 102 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 1667 HCU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Defiant; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Pathfinders; RAF Driffield; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Grimsby; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; RAF Rufforth; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Whitley
Letter from Ron Dewey to his father
Tags: Lancaster; RAF Wigsley
Arthur Woolf record of service
Tags: 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 630 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; RAF Barford St John; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Padgate; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; training; wireless operator
Wally Layne's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 50 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); crash; Dominie; Gneisenau; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Bourn; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Lindholme; RAF Penrhos; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Scharnhorst; shot down; target indicator; training; Whitley; wireless operator
Ronald Carpenter’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 10 Squadron; 100 Group; 102 Squadron; 12 OTU; 223 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Botha; C-47; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Martinet; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Cranwell; RAF Evanton; RAF Manby; RAF Melbourne; RAF Oulton; RAF Pocklington; RAF Redhill; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington; Whitley
Correspondence concerning commission, award of Distinguished flying cross and list of operations carried out
Clarence Hughes observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 19 OTU; 20 OTU; 21 OTU; 427 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Croft; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leeming; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Millom; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Shawbury; RAF Torquay; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley
Clarence Hughes’ observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 19 OTU; 20 OTU; 21 OTU; 427 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Croft; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leeming; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Millom; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Shawbury; RAF Topcliffe; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley
Four newspaper cuttings
Bottom left - Airman to wed airman's widow. Alex Henshaw (test pilot) to wed widow of Count de Chateaubrun killed eight months after wedding in December 1937.…
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
Letter from John Valentine to his wife Ursula
Tags: prisoner of war; sanitation; Stalag Luft 3
David Donaldson's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 100 Group; 149 Squadron; 15 OTU; 156 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 192 Squadron; 57 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Flying Training School; Gee; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Lancaster; Magister; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; Proctor; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Evanton; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Warboys; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wyton; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Sydney Grimes' observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1661 HCU; 1668 HCU; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Botha; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Balderton; RAF Bardney; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Evanton; RAF Madley; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; wireless operator