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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-06-12"
9 Squadron handwritten Operation Record Book. Two
Tags: 9 Squadron; 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 Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Bardney; tactical support for Normandy troops
D Hinshelwood’s Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1658 HCU; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Dalcross; RAF Riccall; RAF Stanton Harcourt; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
Last of the Tail Gun Charlies - Ronald Carter's Biography
At the age of 17, Ronald volunteered to join the Royal Air Force in November 1942. After basic training, Ronald was selected for gunnery and wireless operator training, becoming…
Tags: 44 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Caterpillar Club; crewing up; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); prisoner of war; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Ringway; RAF Waddington; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; tactical support for Normandy troops; the long march; training; wireless operator / air gunner
James Inward's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 35 Squadron; 462 Squadron; 578 Squadron; 76 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Burn; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Riccall; RAF St Athan; training
Robert Blamires' South African Air Force observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 28 OTU; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Millom; RAF Scampton; RAF Wymeswold; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
John Francis Bank's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Harold Wilson's flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); 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); C-47; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Service Medal; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; memorial; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Bardney; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Jurby; RAF Manby; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Middleton St George; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Saltby; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; training; Wellington
Joseph Forster Mills flying log book
Tags: 61 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Northolt; RAF Saltby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Staverton; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Gordon Dennett's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 15 OTU; 196 Squadron; 298 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; B-24; bale out; bomb aimer; Botha; C-47; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 7; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Driffield; RAF Evanton; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Leconfield; RAF Yatesbury; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Walter Braithwaite’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 171 Squadron; 21 OTU; 24 OTU; 77 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Battle; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Elvington; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF North Creake; RAF St Eval; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
57 Squadron Crew Record
William Fisher Martin’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 50 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; 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); Cook’s tour; ditching; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); RAF Binbrook; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; RCAF Rivers; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Gordon Mercier's navigators, air bombers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 1658 HCU; 171 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Fw 190; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Marston Moor; RAF North Creake; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
Keith Hailey's Royal Air Force navigator’s, air bombers and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 20 OTU; 24 OTU; 433 Squadron; 635 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Downham Market; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manby; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Warboys; RAF West Freugh; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Ron Carter's flying log book
Tags: 44 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; 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 Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); prisoner of war; RAF Dunholme Lodge; shot down; tactical support for Normandy troops
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; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-29; 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; Cook’s tour; 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); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Aqir; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Carlisle; RAF Church Lawford; RAF Desborough; 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
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Harry Whittaker's flying log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 17 OTU; 19 OTU; 35 Squadron; 635 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Botha; crash; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); Halifax; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Magister; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Downham Market; RAF Dumfries; RAF Graveley; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; Whitley
Eric Keen's navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1665 HCU; 196 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Blenheim; bomb struck; bombing; C-47; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; RAF Keevil; RAF Leicester East; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Saltby; RAF Tarrant Rushton; RAF Tilstock; RAF Witchford; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Stirling; training
K A L Killeen’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 83 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); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Feltwell; RAF Peplow; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
F T Jones’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 1666 HCU; 420 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; flight engineer; forced landing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Wombleton; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Operation Overlord
Top left - newspaper cutting providing account of plan for attack on Merville battery including saturation bombing by Lancasters and ground attack. Goes on with account of actual…
Tags: 1 Group; 4 Group; 5 Group; 6 Group; 8 Group; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders
W Sparkes’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 1668 HCU; 29 OTU; 297 Squadron; 431 Squadron; 85 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Dominie; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Halifax Mk 7; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lincoln; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Croft; RAF Dishforth; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Lyneham; RAF Silloth; RAF St Athan; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Topcliffe; training; Wellington
William James Herbert’s flying log book for navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s
Tags: 1654 HCU; 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); Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Crew photograph and list of operations
Tags: 138 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); flight engineer; killed in action; Lancaster; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; tactical support for Normandy troops; wireless operator