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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1943-11-03"
Jack Warner's account of first ten operations
Geoffrey Whittle's observers and air gunners flying log book. One
Detailing his flying training, instructor duties and post war flying. He was stationed at RAF West Freugh, RAF…
Tags: 101 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Meteor; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF Leeming; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Millom; RAF Upavon; RAF West Freugh; training; Walrus; Wellington; York
Jack Warner’s navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 428 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; heavy conversion unit; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Croft; RAF Leeming; RAF Middleton St George; RAF St Athan; RAF Topcliffe; Scharnhorst; training; Window
James Wrigley's flying log book
Tags: 199 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-29; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Binbrook; RAF Bourn; RAF Downham Market; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marham; RAF Pembrey; RAF Scampton; RAF St Athan; RAF Tilstock; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Ernie Twells’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Siracourt V-weapon site (25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); C-47; flight engineer; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); operational training unit; RAF Bramcote; RAF Swinderby; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
John Chatterton's pilot's flying logbook
Tags: 44 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Halifax; Harvard; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; Meteor; Operation Dodge (1945); Oxford; pilot; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Pilot Officer A Baker's logbook
Stephen Dawson's pilot's flying log book. Two
Tags: 97 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; B-25; B-26; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Boston; Defiant; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Mosquito; operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Bourn; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wigsley; training; Wellington
Leonard Green’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 83 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing up; Dominie; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; military service conditions; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); perception of bombing war; Proctor; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Manby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigtown; Wellington; wireless operator