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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-07-31"
William James Herbert’s flying log book for navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s
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); Cook’s tour; flight engineer; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Walter John Smith’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 1661 HCU; 27 OTU; 463 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; 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 Lichfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training
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
Reg Miles flying log book for flight engineers
Tags: 1664 HCU; 420 Squadron; 432 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 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); flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; heavy conversion unit; Me 109; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Dishforth; RAF East Moor; RAF Lyneham; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Tholthorpe; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; York
Rear view - Ralph Briars memoir
Tags: 49 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); 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 Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); control caravan; control tower; Cook’s tour; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Me 109; mid-air collision; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); operational training unit; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; service vehicle; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; V-weapon; Wellington; Window
R S Routledge’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 44 Squadron; 82 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); 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 Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Botha; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Manby; RAF Morpeth; RAF Ossington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
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
Operations order 31 July 1944
Operations order 30 July 1944
Oliver Gomersal's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Letter to Arthur Woolf's father from RAF casualty branch
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
Jim Tease’s pilots flying log book
J/Laroche
J R Davies’ Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 166 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); forced landing; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
If I should ever die
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 Thomas Ansell's flying log book for flight engineers
Tags: 1654 HCU; 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; Initial Training Wing; 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
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-3; V-weapon
H O Cannon’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
George Toombs’ flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 1667 HCU; 460 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Binbrook; RAF Hemswell; RAF Sandtoft; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Frank Howkins’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 27 OTU; 467 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); Dominie; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Castle Bromwich; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Lichfield; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; wireless operator
F T Jones’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 1666 HCU; 420 Squadron; aircrew; 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
Ernie Twells’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; aircrew; 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; Wellington