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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-06-22"
44 Squadron and the Wesserling Raid 21/22 June 1944
Herbert Gray's navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 49 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 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; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hemswell; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-3; V-weapon
Harry Parkins' flight engineer log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 199 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); 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 Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF East Kirkby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Scampton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stradishall; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-3; V-weapon
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
Ernie Twells’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); 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); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bramcote; RAF Swinderby; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
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)
Geoffrey North’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 15 OTU; 1659 HCU; 1664 HCU; 35 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 76 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; missing in action; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Catfoss; RAF Dalton; RAF Dishforth; RAF Driffield; RAF Graveley; RAF Harwell; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); shot down; training; Wellington; Whitley
Angas M Hughes’ Royal Australian Air Force observer’s air gunner’s and wireless operator’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 27 OTU; 467 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bomb aimer; bombing; 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 Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Lichfield; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
George Holmes' navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 50 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Botha; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mid-air collision; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator
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; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); searchlight; training; Wellington
D A MacArthur's log book extracts
Tags: 166 Squadron; aircrew; 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); Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-3; V-weapon
Letter to David Donaldson from V Willis
Tags: 100 Group; 192 Squadron; RAF Foulsham
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
Royal Air Force file cover - constructional works Wizernes, days 20, 22, 24 June
Constructional works, Wizernes, days 20th, 22nd, 24th June, narrative
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
Arthur Atkinson’s observers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 17 OTU; 61 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; 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 Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Coningsby; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator
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 White Waltham; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Ventura; Wellington; Whitley
A bomber pilot’s journey through WWII
Tags: 11 OTU; 1660 HCU; 1668 HCU; 196 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 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 Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 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); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Boston; C-47; Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; final resting place; Flying Training School; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Grand Slam; grief; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Meteor; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; P-51; Pathfinders; pilot; promotion; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Church Lawford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cranage; RAF Cranwell; RAF Driffield; RAF Leconfield; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upavon; RAF Wainfleet; RAF Woodhall Spa; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Spitfire; Stirling; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-3; V-weapon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington
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
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
Herbert Tinning’s Royal Australian Air Force Observer’s Air Gunner’s And W/T Operator’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 27 OTU; 51 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; 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; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Desford; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Snaith; RAF West Freugh; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; 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; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); 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
Arthur Woolf’s flying log book for navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s
Tags: 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 630 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; 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); Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Barford St John; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; shot down; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Arthur John Tindall’s navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 84 OTU; 97 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); 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; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Desborough; RAF Mona; RAF Silverstone; RAF Upwood; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner