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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-07-04"
Telegram to Jack Wainwright's Mother
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
Operations order 4 July 1944
Operations order 3 July 1944
Interview with Thomas Fisher
Peter Bellingham’s observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 138 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 17 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; animal; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; Cook’s tour; FIDO; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Manby; RAF Oakley; RAF Silverstone; RAF Tempsford; RAF Turweston; RAF Westcott; RAF Woodbridge; Special Operations Executive; Stirling; training; Wellington
Reg Woolgar's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 192 Squadron; 49 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Battle; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; crash; ditching; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Hampden; Hudson; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Martinet; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Foulsham; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Manby; RAF Peterborough; RAF Scampton; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner; York
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
Tom Jones’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 622 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Dishforth; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Oakington; RAF Riccall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Warboys; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; York
St. Leu D'Esserent
St. Leu D'Esserent
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; 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; shot down; training; Wellington; Whitley
Arthur Atkins’ flying log book for pilots
Tags: 1662 HCU; 1667 HCU; 27 OTU; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Andover; RAF Blyton; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lichfield; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Westcott; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
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
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
Ronald Bailey's flying log book
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1666 HCU; 425 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Lissett; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Wombleton; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
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
Ronald G Britt’s navigator’s air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 28 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Greenock; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Wymeswold; Sunderland; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
William Holmes' Royal Canadian Air Force pilot's flying log book
Tags: 12 OTU; 149 Squadron; 1651 HCU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Methwold; RAF Morecambe; RAF Northolt; RAF Shawbury; RAF Syerston; RAF Wratting Common; RCAF Bowden; RCAF Estevan; RCAF Moncton; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
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
Homer Lawson’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1663 HCU; 19 OTU; 77 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Llandwrog; Raf Mauripur; RAF Melbourne; RAF Penrhos; RAF Rufforth; training; Wellington; Whitley
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; 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