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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-12-15"
John Cox’s pilots flying log book
Jack Penswick’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bale out; bombing; Botha; Grand Slam; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; Martinet; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Morpeth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Jack Hayley’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 1667 HCU; 170 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 83 OTU; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Magister; Meteor; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Defford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Madley; RAF Peplow; RAF Peterborough; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Windrush; RCAF Estevan; RCAF Moncton; Shackleton; Spitfire; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Ivor Cole's log book
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 1667 HCU; 28 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; C-47; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wymeswold; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with John Green
Tags: 100 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 30 OTU; air gunner; aircrew; bomb disposal; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military service conditions; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wickenby; recruitment; shot down; training; Wellington
Ijmuiden operation
Middle - reconnaissance photograph showing coast and port with harbour wall and basins in built up area.
Bottom left - b/w photograph of boat pens before…
Harrold Wakefield's navigator's, air bombers and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 51 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Grand Slam; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 262; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; promotion; RAF Lyneham; RAF Marston Moor; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; training; Whitley; York
H J Wylde's flying log book for aircrew other than pilot. Two
Tags: 11 OTU; 1653 HCU; 26 OTU; 90 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Millom; RAF Oakley; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Westcott; RAF Wing; RCAF Rivers; Stirling; training; Wellington
George Warren’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1667 HCU; 626 Squadron; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; missing in action; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Hemswell; RAF Millom; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wickenby; training; Wellington
Frederick Edwards' Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 101 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1668 HCU; 78 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); C-47; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bottesford; RAF Breighton; RAF Carnaby; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Upper Heyford; RCAF Rivers; training; Wellington
Frank Fertich's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
F Dray’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 1667 HCU; 30 OTU; 576 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Ingham; RAF Sandtoft; 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
Copy of Peter Potter's flying log book
Tags: 30 OTU; 626 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947); fear; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 262; military ethos; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; Operational Training Unit; RAF Hixon; RAF Pembrey; RAF Wickenby; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Colin Wood's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Dominie; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Metheringham; RAF Syerston; RAF Warboys; RAF West Freugh; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Charles Turner's flying log book
Charles Godfey's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 15 OTU; 20 OTU; 37 Squadron; 635 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Defiant; Dominie; evading; Hampden; killed in action; Lancaster; Martinet; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Andover; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Blyton; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Carlisle; RAF Church Fenton; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Downham Market; RAF Graveley; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ingham; RAF Leconfield; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manby; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melton Mowbray; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Newmarket; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF St Eval; RAF Sywell; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Warboys; RAF Westcott; RAF Wittering; RAF Wyton; shot down; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Victoria Cross; Wellington; wireless operator
Bill Burnett’s Flight Engineer’s Log Book
Archie Henry Halliday's navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers flying log book
Andy Anderson's flying log book for pilots (incomplete)
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 83 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Metheringham; RAF Syerston; RAF Warboys; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington