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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-06-22"
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
V Group News, June 1944
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 627 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb dump; 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 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); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; radar; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; rivalry; service vehicle; tactical support for Normandy troops; tractor; training; wireless operator
Time out for war
Tags: 1 Group; 12 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 1656 HCU; 3 Group; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; coping mechanism; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; faith; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Master Bomber; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Desborough; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Methwold; RAF Sturgate; RAF Torquay; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Sam Saunders's flying log book
Tags: 128 Squadron; 15 OTU; 16 OTU; 216 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 40 Squadron; 627 Squadron; 692 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Hudson; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Graveley; RAF Harwell; RAF Hendon; RAF Marham; RAF Oakington; RAF Shallufa; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wyton; RCAF Rivers; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Royal Air Force file cover - constructional works Wizernes, days 20, 22, 24 June
Robert Miller’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1651 HCU; 1652 HCU; 1669 HCU; 51 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Master Bomber; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Langar; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Snaith; RAF West Freugh; RAF Woolfox Lodge; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
R S Routledge’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 44 Squadron; 82 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; 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 Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Botha; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Andreas; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Manby; RAF Morpeth; RAF Ossington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Prisoner of war record
Tags: 106 Squadron; 44 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; prisoner of war; shot down
Peter Hazeldene's Log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 57 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; 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
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
Navigation log - Op No 15
Navigation chart - operation number 15
Letter to David Donaldson from V Willis
Tags: 100 Group; 192 Squadron; RAF Foulsham
Letter from Pat Hogan to Miss M Hogan
Tags: sport
Leslie Valentines pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 13 OTU; 88 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Blenheim; bombing; Boston; Dominie; Flying Training School; Initial Training Wing; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bicester; RAF Hartford Bridge; Second Tactical Air Force; strafing; training
Len Curtis' Flying Log Book
Served at RAF Dumfries, RAF…
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 617 Squadron; 630 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); 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 Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Botha; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
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
John Firth's navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
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); 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
John Derek Bolton’s Pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 16 OTU; 162 Squadron; 25 OTU; 29 OTU; 455 Squadron; 571 Squadron; 608 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; bombing; C-47; Cook’s tour; Defiant; Flying Training School; Hampden; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lysander; Magister; Martinet; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bourn; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Cranwell; RAF Downham Market; RAF Finningley; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Warboys; RAF Watchfield; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Ventura; Wellington; Whitley
Jim Allen’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 15 OTU; 1663 HCU; 20 OTU; 578 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Banff; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Burn; RAF Harwell; RAF Hullavington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Paignton; RAF Rufforth; RAF Stoney Cross; RAF Stradishall; RAF Wratting Common; RCAF Estevan; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-3; V-weapon; Wellington; York
J R Davies’ Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 166 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; 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; RAF Staverton; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
J Millar’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 61 Squadron; 620 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; 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); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Me 109; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Coningsby; RAF Leicester East; RAF Newmarket; RAF Pembrey; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Interview with Richard Hollis
Tags: 11 OTU; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 BFTS; 50 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; British Flying Training School Program; civil defence; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Home Guard; Lancaster; Manchester; mid-air collision; Operational Training Unit; RAF Little Rissington; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Westcott; searchlight; training; Wellington