Browse Items (18 total)
- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-07-13"
Frank Elliot's wireless operator’s flying log book
Tags: 192 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bombing; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Lancaster; Mosquito; operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Foulsham; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Watton; training; Wellington; wireless operator
List of crew and next of kin, Lancaster ME674, 12/13 July 1944
Tours
Photo 2 is a vertical aerial photograph taken during the bombing of Tours. Explosions can be seen and a…
Homer Lawson’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Halifax; 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 Rufforth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Peter Hazeldene's Log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 57 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Battle; bombing; 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
Arthur Atkinson’s observers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 61 Squadron; 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 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
Ronald G Britt’s navigator’s air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 103 Squadron; air gunner; 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
Harold Kirby’s flight engineers log book
Tags: 467 Squadron; 8 Group; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); crash; flight engineer; forced landing; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Letter to Mrs Wilson from Margaret Wright
Tags: faith; missing in action
Letter to Doris Weeks from Royal Australian Air Force
Newspaper cuttings and thanks for condolences
Tags: 9 Squadron; grief; killed in action
Arthur Atkins’ flying log book for pilots
Tags: 625 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; pilot; RAF Blyton; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lichfield; RAF Sandtoft; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Bomb aimers briefing 12/13 July 1944 - Culmont-Chalindrey
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Master Bomber; target indicator; Window
Harry Thomas Ansell's flying log book for flight engineers
Tags: 61 Squadron; 83 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Coningsby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Stockport; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Donald Briggs' logbook
Tags: 156 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); flight engineer; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Upwood; tactical support for Normandy troops
Harry Parkins' flight engineer log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 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-3; V-weapon
P-38 shot down
Label reads “120”; signed by the author; caption reads “13 Luglio…
Tags: anti-aircraft fire; arts and crafts; P-38; shot down
P-38 crashing near Pocenia
Label reads “121”; signed by the author; caption reads “13 LUGLIO 1944. Cacciabombardiere…
Tags: anti-aircraft fire; arts and crafts; P-38; shot down