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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-10-14"
Peter Jenkinson operational record
Tags: 153 Squadron; 166 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); final resting place; flight engineer; Fw 190; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 262; memorial; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Kirmington; RAF Scampton; tactical support for Normandy troops; V-2; V-weapon
Frank J Allnutt’s RAAF observer’s air gunner’s and W/T operator’s flying log book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 27 OTU; 625 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; heavy conversion unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ingham; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lichfield; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
ER James War Diary
Tags: 576 Squadron; 582 Squadron; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; forced landing; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 262; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Manston; RAF Worksop; Spitfire; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; target photograph; wireless operator / air gunner
Ronald Carpenter’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 10 Squadron; 100 Group; 102 Squadron; 12 OTU; 223 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Botha; C-47; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Martinet; operational training unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Cranwell; RAF Evanton; RAF Manby; RAF Melbourne; RAF Oulton; RAF Pocklington; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; Whitley
Dennis Moore's flying log book. One
Tags: 12 OTU; 15 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 218 Squadron; 52 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancastrian; navigator; operational training unit; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Shenington; RAF Wigtown; Stirling; Sunderland; training; Wellington; York
Ian Grant Henderson’s navigator’s flying log book
Tags: 153 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; operational training unit; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Blyton; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; training; Wellington
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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
Letter to William Warburton's mother
Tags: killed in action
Sergeant W Dixon’s RAF navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 61 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Evanton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Henry Pollock’s navigator’s, air bombers and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1663 HCU; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Martinet; Meteor; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Feltwell; RAF Rufforth; RAF Stanton Harcourt; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
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
Frank Mottershead’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 27 OTU; 463 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Hampden; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; operational training unit; RAF Lichfield; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Robert Mitchell’s flying log book
Duisburg
Photo 1 is a daylight image with all the details obscured by explosions…
Duisberg
Duisberg
Terry Ford’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilot’s flying log book. One
Tags: 1653 HCU; 20 OTU; 75 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Flying Training School; Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Lyneham; RAF Mepal; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
George Ellams, Flying Log book
Tags: 100 Group; 11 OTU; 199 Squadron; 223 Squadron; 95 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; B-24; B-25; C-47; Defiant; Lancaster; Lancastrian; Lincoln; operational training unit; promotion; RAF Alness; RAF Manston; RAF North Creake; RAF Oulton; Stirling; Sunderland; training; wireless operator; York
Ronald Gard’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 1661 HCU; 17 OTU; 463 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; missing in action; operational training unit; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Bonn and Duisburg
Photo 2 is a vertical aerial photograph of Duisburg. The river is visible but much detail is obscured by cloud and smoke.
Rex Searle's flying log book.
Detailing his training as a flight engineer and a full tour of operations flown with Bomber…
Tags: 120 Squadron; 1666 HCU; 206 Squadron; 210 Squadron; 42 Squadron; 432 Squadron; 47 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 7; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; RAF Abingdon; RAF Dishforth; RAF East Moor; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leconfield; RAF St Athan; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Wombleton; Shackleton; training
John Eppel's flying log book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 18 OTU; 550 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; navigator; operational training unit; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Worksop; training; Wellington
John Philip Lambourn’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 1653 HCU; 514 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); flight engineer; heavy conversion unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Bridlington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF St Athan; RAF Waterbeach; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training