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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-07"
St Leu d'Esserent
Photo 1 is a vertical image showing bomb craters. It is annotated with 'C' and 'D's.
Photo 2 shows an entrance to an underground store.
Photo 3 show an entrance to an underground store. It…
Operational history of Lancaster 1B R5868
Tags: 467 Squadron; 83 Squadron; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); 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); Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Bottesford; RAF Scampton; RAF Waddington; RAF Wyton; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon
Lancaster 'VR-V'
On the reverse 'KB745 VR-V 419 Sqn Middleton St Geo attacking V1 site July 1944.
Lost 5/10/44 crashed into high ground on Op to Norway'
Tags: 419 Squadron; crash; Lancaster; RAF Middleton St George; V-1; V-weapon
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 Coningsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Witchford; target indicator; V-weapon; wireless operator
Annotated Chart of Western Europe
Within a compass rose is a key to the symbols used on the map.
Tags: bombing
A F Hill’s flying log book extract
Chris Scrimshaw
Tags: air gunner; aircrew
Blyton from the air
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Tags: 1662 HCU; air gunner; aircrew; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; training
Pat Hogan's recollection of events on 3/4 March 1945 written to a relative of Flying Officer Alan Shelton
Tags: 466 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; crewing up; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); entertainment; faith; final resting place; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; home front; Ju 88; killed in action; Me 109; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; pilot; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Driffield; RAF Lichfield; sanitation; shot down; training; wireless operator
Some days in the life of a production test pilot
S A Windmill’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 19 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; 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); Flying Training School; 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
Alec Pyle's Operational Flight Records
Edward King's RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 15 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 29 OTU; 82 OTU; Air Observers School; 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 Prestwick; RAF Riccall; RAF Stradishall; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; York
George Bilton - observers and air gunners log book
Tags: 156 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1659 HCU; 1664 HCU; 29 OTU; 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; training; Wellington
W J Martin's flying log book
Tags: 1651 HCU; 1660 HCU; 1668 HCU; 5 Group; 57 Squadron; aircrew; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Fw 190; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Cottesmore; RAF East Kirkby; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon
Bill Eyles service history
Herbert Davy's log book
Tags: 626 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Morpeth; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wymeswold; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
James Swaffield's navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 44 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Metheringham; RAF Spilsby; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Ivon Warmington’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 128 Squadron; 16 OTU; 166 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 30 OTU; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; 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); Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 410; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Blyton; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Kirmington; RAF Paignton; RAF Peplow; RAF Upper Heyford; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
500 Day Bombers Pound Vienna as Stuttgart Burns
RAF Feint Raids Leave Stuttgart open to Heavies
Tags: bombing; Halifax; incendiary device; Lancaster; Mosquito; propaganda
Donges Oil Refinery, France
The photographs were released for publication in newspapers.
The second photograph shows extensive damage with many buildings,…