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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-07-12"
C Martin - operational tour of 30 operations 23 night 7 daylight
Extracts from the log book of Flight Lieutenant Charles Martin
Tags: 166 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 61 Squadron; 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 Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); RAF Blyton; RAF Kirmington; RAF Sturgate; training
Trevor Saint air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 26 OTU; 514 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Feltwell; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Manby; RAF Morpeth; RAF Newmarket; RAF Stradishall; RAF Waterbeach; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wing; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Trevor Saint diary/memoir
Tags: 514 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); ground crew; ground personnel; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Brackla; RAF Cardington; RAF Feltwell; RAF Halton; RAF Henlow; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF Waterbeach; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-2; V-weapon; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Ronald Witty’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 1656 HCU; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; 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 Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Desborough; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Sturgate; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Navigation chart - operation number 19 (Tours)
Navigation log - Op No 19 (Tours)
Bill Eyles observer's and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 20 OTU; 35 Squadron; 78 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Botha; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Dumfries; RAF Graveley; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Warboys; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-2; V-weapon; Whitley
Charles Bertram Sandland’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilot’s flying log book
Based at: Marshall’s Flying…
Tags: 1678 HCU; 26 OTU; 514 Squadron; 6 BFTS; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; 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); British Flying Training School Program; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Feltwell; RAF Lyneham; RAF Waterbeach; Stearman; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Service record John Henry (Jack) Thomas
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 21 OTU; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; crewing up; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Hullavington; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Tirpitz and armoured vehicles
Ken Oakes - Royal Australian Air Force observer's air gunner's and w/t operator's flying log book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 1663 HCU; 27 OTU; 466 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Battle; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); 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; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Catfoss; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Driffield; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Manby; RAF Marston Moor; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Paul Wilson's RAAF pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 1652 HCU; 27 OTU; 462 Squadron; 466 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 1944); C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Driffield; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF South Cerney; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
EW Cropper's Log Books
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1656 HCU; 1662 HCU; 57 Squadron; 7 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; 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); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; forced landing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mid-air collision; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Oxford; Proctor; RAF Blyton; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hemswell; RAF High Wycombe; RAF Jurby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Scampton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Ronald Hickey - Royal Australian Air Force flying log book. One
Tags: 1652 HCU; 27 OTU; 462 Squadron; 466 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Driffield; RAF Hullavington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF South Cerney; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Bill Freeman's Log Book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 30 OTU; 300 Squadron; 550 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Manby; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Seighford; RAF Stormy Down; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Postcard to Reg Wilson's Family
Tags: aircrew; entertainment; prisoner of war
W G Didcote’s South African Air Force observer’s or air gunner’s log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 1678 HCU; 17 OTU; 186 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 90 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Botha; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 110; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Coningsby; RAF Manby; RAF Millom; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Operations
Right - three short documents one partially obscured two relating to flying bomb sites, and…
F T Jones’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 1666 HCU; 420 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); 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
Letter to Ron Riding's Mother
[The letter is incomplete, only the first page has been kept]
Tags: aircrew; missing in action
Letter from James Burnside to Kay
James Gordon Bennet (Lucky Jim) Burnside - biography
Part 2 - war service of Flying Officer James Gordon Bennett Burnside flight engineer. Covers training as flight engineer. Then follows short descriptions. listing…
Tags: 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; 627 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Cook’s tour; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Halifax; Lancaster; Mosquito; RAF Balderton; RAF North Luffenham; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stirling; target indicator; training; Wellington
J G B Burnside navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 1661 HCU; 619 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; RAF Balderton; RAF Coningsby; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stirling; training
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