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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1943-12-03"
Alan Payne’s South African Air Force observers or air gunners log book
Tags: 1661 HCU; 1665 HCU; 17 OTU; 620 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 85 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; C-47; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; prisoner of war; RAF Aqir; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Saltby; RAF Silverstone; RAF Torquay; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; training; Wellington
Joseph Wilson's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 1663 HCU; 20 OTU; 624 Squadron; 76 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; C-47; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Me 109; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Penrhos; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rufforth; RAF Tempsford; training; Wellington
Jack Warner's account of first ten operations
Jack Warner’s navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 1664 HCU; 408 Squadron; 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
9 Squadron and Marignane
On the left page is a formal photograph of of 47 trainee airmen and one officer, arranged in 4 rows.
The righthand page is entitled '3rd DEC 1943 "9" SQUADRON 22ND MAY 1944'. It holds two…
James Wrigley's flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1656 HCU; 19 OTU; 199 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 81 OTU; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; 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; final resting place; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Binbrook; RAF Bourn; RAF Downham Market; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marham; RAF Pembrey; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Tilstock; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
John Chatterton's pilot's flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 44 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 81 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; 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); Flying Training School; Halifax; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Meteor; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Sleap; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Tilstock; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Pilot Officer A Baker's log book
Leonard Green’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing up; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; military service conditions; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; Proctor; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Manby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigtown; training; Wellington; wireless operator