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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-02-16"
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
Operations order 15 February 1944
Bomb aimers briefing 16 February 1944
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Pathfinders; target indicator; Window
Operations order 16 February 1944
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
Frank Hobbs’ observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); crash; Dominie; final resting place; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF East Kirkby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Pembrey; RAF Penrhos; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Yatesbury; superstition; take-off crash; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Ronald Mathers pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 1660 HCU; 1661 HCU; 17 OTU; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bardney; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Morton Hall; RAF Shawbury; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Sywell; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Arthur Pearce Diary 1944
Harold Blow’s pilots flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 1661 HCU; 17 OTU; 29 OTU; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; Meteor; mid-air collision; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bardney; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Carlisle; RAF Church Fenton; RAF Finningley; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Shawbury; RAF Silverstone; RAF Sywell; RAF Tangmere; RAF Winthorpe; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
John Ormerod’s flight engineers flying log book. Incomplete
Berlin
Tags: 101 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Lancaster; navigator; RAF Ludford Magna
David Geach's flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1665 HCU; 1678 HCU; 30 OTU; 623 Squadron; 7 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lincoln; Me 110; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; propaganda; RAF Downham Market; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hixon; RAF Upwood; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RCAF Rivers; shot down; Stirling; training; Wellington
Keith Thompson's flying log book
Tags: 101 Squadron; 1659 HCU; 1662 HCU; 192 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 28 OTU; 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bircotes; RAF Blyton; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hixon; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF North Creake; RAF Shawbury; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Watton; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wymeswold; Shackleton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Alexander Gilbert’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 149 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 514 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); C-47; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Oxford; RAF Bardney; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Methwold; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Watton; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woolfox Lodge; training; York
Reg Lane’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilot’s flying log book
He was stationed at RCAF…
Tags: 10 OTU; 35 Squadron; 405 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; B-25; B-29; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); C-47; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Harvard; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Master Bomber; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Driffield; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Linton on Ouse; RCAF Dauphin; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Richard Starkey’s flying log book for pilots
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); final resting place; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Manchester; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Desford; RAF Grantham; RAF Metheringham; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; RAF Winthorpe; RCAF Caron; shot down; Tiger Moth; 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
Barry Wright’s navigator’s air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 166 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 110; Oxford; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Lindholme; RAF Ossington; RAF St Athan; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
John Mitchell flying log book. Two
Tags: 1653 HCU; 1661 HCU; 19 OTU; 207 Squadron; 7 Group; aircrew; Anson; Cook’s tour; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lysander; Operational Training Unit; pilot; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Kinloss; RAF Langar; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Spilsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF Winthorpe; training; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Ken Hook's RAF observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book. One
Tags: 12 OTU; 13 OTU; 1651 HCU; 49 Squadron; 75 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); crash; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lincoln; Martinet; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bicester; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Dalcross; RAF Eastleigh; RAF Manby; RAF Mepal; RAF Newmarket; RAF Penrhos; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wittering; Stirling; training; Wellington
Don Cameron’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1656 HCU; 1678 HCU; 17 OTU; 242 Squadron; 26 OTU; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Dishforth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Oakington; RAF Silverstone; RAF Snaith; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Windrush; RAF Wing; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; York
Stanley Bradford’s Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1660 HCU; 57 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb struck; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Defiant; Do 217; Fw 190; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Cottesmore; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Swinderby; training; Wellington; Whitley
Details of death of those signing the book
Tags: 158 Squadron; 19 OTU; 26 OTU; 35 Squadron; 405 Squadron; 408 Squadron; 419 Squadron; 420 Squadron; 424 Squadron; 425 Squadron; 426 Squadron; 427 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 429 Squadron; 432 Squadron; 433 Squadron; 434 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Anson; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Halifax; Hampden; killed in action; Lancaster; Operational Training Unit; RAF Balderton; RAF Croft; RAF Dishforth; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Moor; RAF Elvington; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Middleton St George; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Snaith; RAF Syerston; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; training; Whitley
J D Cotter’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 20 OTU; 28 OTU; 640 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; 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); Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; RAF South Cerney; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Wymeswold; RCAF Caron; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington