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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-04-29"
Interview with Helga Cent-Velden
Tags: animal; bombing; civil defence; home front; shelter
Two postcards from Wally Layne to his wife
Bottom - reports arrival of mail from friends and that he heard they had had a son. He says he will be glad to get…
Tags: prisoner of war
Details from log book of Henry Townsley DFM
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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
Laurie Penn's pilots flying log book
Peter Hazeldene's Log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 57 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Battle; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Hampden; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lysander; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Finningley; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Polebrook; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Arthur Atkinson’s observers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 61 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); 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 Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Coningsby; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator
William Holmes' Royal Canadian Air Force pilot's flying log book
Tags: 149 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; heavy conversion unit; mine laying; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bowden; RAF Estevan; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Methwold; RAF Morecambe; RAF Northolt; RAF Shawbury; RAF Syerston; RAF Wratting Common; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Gordon Cruickshank's observers and air gunners flying log book. One
Tags: 100 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Botha; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; mine laying; operational training unit; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Spilsby; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Westcott; training; Wellington; Whitley
Abstract from Bomber Command quarterly review, June 1944
Alan Payne’s South African Air Force observers or air gunners log book
Tags: 620 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; C-47; Halifax; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; prisoner of war; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Saltby; RAF Silverstone; RAF Torquay; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; Wellington
David Storey's observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 51 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Me 109; navigator; operational training unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Kinloss; RAF Rufforth; RAF Snaith; RAF Westcott; RAF Wigtown; training; Wellington; Whitley
Ronald Mathers pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); 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 Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator