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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-06"
Letter to his wife from Herbert Gray.
Charles Godfrey's operations notes
Interview with Frederick Donovan Say
429 Squadron Crest
Interview with Frederick Joseph Keith Martin
Tags: 300 Squadron; 626 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); crash; crewing up; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; propaganda; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Calveley; RAF Cranfield; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Sandtoft; RAF South Cerney; RAF Ternhill; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wickenby; RAF Yatesbury; take-off crash; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Tribute to a Pathfinder captain
Tags: 156 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing up; crewing up; debriefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; fear; flight engineer; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Master Bomber; Me 110; military service conditions; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; perimeter track; pilot; promotion; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; superstition; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; target photograph; training; V-1; V-weapon; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
David and the RAF
Tags: 100 Group; 149 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 3 Group; 57 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; FIDO; forced landing; Gee; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; heavy conversion unit; Hudson; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; Mosquito; operational training unit; P-38; Pathfinders; pilot; propaganda; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Evanton; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Warboys; RAF West Raynham; target indicator; training; Wellington; Window
Interview with John Martin
Tags: 166 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; C-47; Dominie; Dulag Luft; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; operational training unit; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Cosford; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Yatesbury; shot down; training; Wellington; wireless operator
John Firth's navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 50 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
M R Barry air gunner Logbook
Ronald G Britt’s navigator’s air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 103 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Greenock; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Wymeswold; Sunderland; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Recommendation for Honours and Awards
Henry Pollock’s navigator’s, air bombers and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 78 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); C-47; Halifax; Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Martinet; Meteor; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Feltwell; RAF Rufforth; RAF Stanton Harcourt; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
Arthur John Tindall’s navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 97 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Botha; Dominie; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Mona; RAF Upwood; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Donald Chinery’s flying log book for observers and air gunners
Tags: 61 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Coningsby; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Newmarket; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
J Millar’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 61 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 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 the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Coningsby; RAF Newmarket; RAF Pembrey; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
A F Hill’s flying log book extract
Chris Scrimshaw's RAF navigator’s, air bombers and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 61 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); 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 Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Lancaster; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; RAF Finningley; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Worksop; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
J R Davies’ Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 166 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); forced landing; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
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
S A Windmill’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 158 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Siracourt V-weapon site (25 June 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lissett; RAF Riccall; RAF Shawbury; RAF Upavon; Stearman; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Edward King's RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Detailing his flying training and operations flown as Navigator. He was stationed at RAF Prestwick (3 RS), RAF Wrexham and RAF Honiley (96 Squadron),…
Tags: 15 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); observer; operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Ossington; RAF Riccall; RAF Stradishall; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Wellington; York
George Bilton - observers and air gunners log book
Tags: 156 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 434 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); operational training unit; RAF Croft; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RAF Wyton; tactical support for Normandy troops; Wellington
Ivon Warmington’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 166 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; 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); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Halifax; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Blyton; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; RAF Upper Heyford; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington