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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-09-27"
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 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; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
David Leicester’s Royal Australian Air Force flying log book for pilots
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 1658 HCU; 24 OTU; 35 Squadron; 640 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Master Bomber; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Graveley; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; RAF Riccall; RAF Warboys; tactical support for Normandy troops; target photograph; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
J Vasey’s pilot’s log book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Finningley; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
T Knox’s flying log book for flight engineers
Tags: 149 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 199 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Horsa; Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Aqir; RAF Cosford; RAF Finningley; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Methwold; RAF North Creake; RAF Ringway; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upper Heyford; Stirling; 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
Jim Tease’s pilots flying log book
Extracts from Ian Denver's log book
Tags: 156 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 18 OTU; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lindholme; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Warboys; Tiger Moth; training
E A Probyn’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 61 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; heavy conversion unit; Horsa; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Me 410; Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; RAF Cosford; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; Stirling; training; Wellington
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; 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; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
Reginald Weeden's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 1653 HCU; 35 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Cook’s tour; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; navigator; operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Desborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Graveley; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Mepal; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; training; Wellington; York
J B McManus - pilot's flying log book
Tags: 1663 HCU; 21 OTU; 466 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Albemarle; Anson; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lincoln; Martinet; Mosquito; operational training unit; Oxford; P-51; pilot; Proctor; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Driffield; RAF Hawarden; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Rufforth; RAF Wymeswold; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
William Edwards - pilot's flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 27 OTU; 467 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Flying Training School; Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; Me 109; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Windrush; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Yale
T Barber’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book. Two
Tags: 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; operational training unit; RAF Desborough; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Penrhos; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Keith Ganney's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot. Two
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Cook’s tour; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; mine laying; operational training unit; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Penrhos; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Robert Palmer's pilot's flying log book. Two
Tags: 109 Squadron; 15 OTU; 20 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Lancaster; Lysander; Magister; Martinet; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Hullavington; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Marham; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Harry Whittaker's flying log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 17 OTU; 19 OTU; 35 Squadron; 635 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Botha; crash; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); Halifax; Hampden; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Magister; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); operational training unit; Pathfinders; RAF Downham Market; RAF Dumfries; RAF Graveley; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; tactical support for Normandy troops; Wellington; Whitley
Donald Evans RAF navigator’s, air bomber’s, air gunner’s and flight engineer’s flying log book.
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 83 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; heavy conversion unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mine laying; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Pathfinders; RAF Bridlington; RAF Coningsby; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Metheringham; RAF Snaith; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Warboys; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training
Ian Henderson's diary 1944
Leslie Alfred Davies and crew
Tags: 10 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bomb trolley; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; FIDO; flight engineer; Flying Training School; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; incendiary device; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Me 262; memorial; military service conditions; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; petrol bowser; pilot; RAF Banff; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; reconnaissance photograph; service vehicle; Stirling; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Bomb aimers briefing 27 September 1944 - Kaiserslautern.
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Window
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Frankfurt and Calais
Photograph one, Frankfurt at night, is indecipherable. Captioned 'a brilliant spectacle of searchlights, flak sparks and puffs, glowing incendiaries and target indicators'.
Photograph two is taken…