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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-06"
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
"Ted" Lewis - Gunner
On the reverse 'E.G. "Ted" Lewis Spare Gunner June 1944'.
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Halifax
"Ted" Lewis with Mid under gun
On the reverse 'E.G. "Ted" Lewis with .5 showing free standing mount on bottom of gun. To escape the .5 must be thrown out. June 1944'.
A second image shows the gun in position. On the reverse 'E.G. "Ted"…
Tags: 420 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Halifax
429 Squadron Crest
467 Squadron RAAF
Tags: 467 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; flight engineer; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; RAF Waddington; shot down; wireless operator
A F Hill’s flying log book extract
Air alarms log 21 June 1944 to 03 July 1944
Tags: bombing; civil defence
Aircrew with the Queen and Princess Elizabeth
Airmen and Stirling
Black and white landscape photograph of 620 squadron at Fairford taken in front of a Short Stirling Mk4, K Watson is in the front row 8th…
Tags: 620 Squadron; aircrew; ground crew; RAF Fairford; Stirling
Alan Edgar's Operations
Tags: 49 Squadron; 83 Squadron; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 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 Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Coningsby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Woodbridge; V-1; V-weapon
Annotated Chart of Western Europe
Within a compass rose is a key to the symbols used on the map.
Tags: bombing
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
Arthur Tindall's service and operations
Tags: 44 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); 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); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; RAF Chipping Norton; RAF Coningsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Witchford; target indicator; V-weapon; wireless operator
Bill Gracie and cousin Jean Muir
Tags: aircrew
Bill Gracie and Jean Muir
Tags: aircrew
Charles Godfrey's operations notes
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
D Day C-47 and gliders
Below a ground to air photograph showing a stream of C-47s flying from right to left towing gliders. In the bottom right the roof of a building.…
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
Diary of Neill Chapman, Bomb Aimer
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 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
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
Ernie Twells' Operations
Tags: 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 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 Siracourt V-weapon site (25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944)
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Flashback 1. Mentions first operation on 300 Squadron at RAF Faldingworth. Continues…