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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-05-08"
A K Witty’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; 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 Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; Gee; H2S; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); operational training unit; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Sturgate; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
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
Alfred Sweeney’s RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book
He was stationed at RAF…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 1669 HCU; 216 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 84 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 7; Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Horsa; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Meteor; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Aqir; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Feltwell; RAF Langar; RAF Lyneham; RAF Marham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Syerston; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Watton; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Shackleton; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Basil 'Harry' Harrington's flying log book
Bill Freeman's Logbook
Tags: 30 OTU; 300 Squadron; 550 Squadron; air gunner; Anson; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Manby; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Seighford; RAF Stormy Down; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
C Martin - operational tour of 30 operations 23 night 7 daylight
Cap Gris Nez, Edward King's 10th operation of his tour
Tags: 15 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; navigator; RAF Mildenhall
Charles Bertram Sandland’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilot’s flying log book
Based at: Marshall’s Flying…
Tags: 26 OTU; 514 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Feltwell; RAF Lyneham; RAF Waterbeach; Stearman; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Charles Godfey's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 37 Squadron; 635 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Defiant; Dominie; evading; Hampden; Lancaster; Martinet; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Blyton; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Downham Market; RAF Graveley; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ingham; RAF Leconfield; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manby; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Newmarket; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF St Eval; RAF Sywell; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Warboys; RAF Westcott; RAF Wittering; RAF Wyton; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Victoria Cross; Wellington
Croix de Guerre citation
Tags: 342 Squadron; aircrew; bombing
Croix de Guerre citation
Tags: 342 Squadron; aircrew; bombing
Croix de Guerre citation
Tags: 342 Squadron; aircrew; bombing
D A MacArthur's log book extracts
Details of death of those signing the book
Tags: 158 Squadron; 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; 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
Don Cameron’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 115 Squadron; 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; 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 Rissington; RAF Oakington; RAF Silverstone; RAF Snaith; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wing; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; York
Donald Cochrane’s observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 460 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); 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 Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Binbrook; RAF Feltwell; RAF Seighford; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
EW Cropper's Logbooks
Tags: 103 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); forced landing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mid-air collision; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; Proctor; RAF Blyton; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hemswell; RAF High Wycombe; RAF Jurby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Scampton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; V-1; Wellington
Flight Engineer William Gracie's log book
Tags: 425 Squadron; 431 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; heavy conversion unit; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Croft; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Flying Officer A F Thomas’ RAF navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 149 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Feltwell; RAF Methwold; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RAF Wratting Common; Special Operations Executive; Stirling; training
George Alexander Mackie’s pilots flying log book. Two
George Hutton’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1651 HCU; 180 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 514 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-25; bale out; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Martinet; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); propaganda; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Pembrey; RAF Waterbeach; Stirling; training; Wellington
Homer Lawson’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Llandwrog; Raf Mauripur; RAF Melbourne; RAF Rufforth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Interview with Harry Parkins. One
J Brennan's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 102 Squadron; 35 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); C-47; ditching; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; operational training unit; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Graveley; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Rufforth; RAF Wymeswold; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
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