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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1943-12-16"
W R P Perry pilot's flying log book. Three
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 227 Squadron; 242 Squadron; 29 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); C-47; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Balderton; RAF Metheringham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Ossington; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; York
J G B Burnside navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 1661 HCU; 619 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; RAF Balderton; RAF Coningsby; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; training
A D Hope’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book. One
Tags: 16 OTU; 1660 HCU; 50 Squadron; aircrew; C-47; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; lynching; Manchester; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Madley; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wymeswold; shot down; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Len Curtis' Flying Log Book
Served at RAF Dumfries, RAF…
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 617 Squadron; 630 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 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 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); Botha; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Harold Wilson's flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Service Medal; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; memorial; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Bardney; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Jurby; RAF Manby; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Middleton St George; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Saltby; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; training; Wellington
A Woolley’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Jack Crawford's trip book
Tags: 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; Catalina; ground personnel; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; love and romance; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; RAF Barford St John; RAF Coningsby; RAF Scampton; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Mervyn Adder diary 1943
James Gordon Bennet (Lucky Jim) Burnside - biography
Part 2 - war service of Flying Officer James Gordon Bennett Burnside flight engineer. Covers training as flight engineer. Then follows short descriptions. listing…
Tags: 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; 627 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Cook’s tour; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Halifax; Lancaster; Mosquito; RAF Balderton; RAF North Luffenham; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; target indicator; training; Wellington
Robert Creamer's Operations and Wartime Memories
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Squadron; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; mine laying; missing in action; navigator; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Blyton; RAF Grimsby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Sandtoft; searchlight; target indicator; training; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Flight Lieutenant William Alfred Colson DFM (141402) - Biography
Reg Jaques biography
Reg Jaques
Tags: aircrew; killed in action; navigator
Next of kin Lancaster JB670 'Q' - 16 December 1943
Page of loss or damage to some No 75 (NZ) Squadron aircraft
Service history
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1662 HCU; 28 OTU; 626 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; crash; Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Bridlington; RAF East Wretham; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wittering; RAF Wymeswold; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Crew photograph and list of operations
Tags: 138 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); flight engineer; killed in action; Lancaster; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; tactical support for Normandy troops; wireless operator