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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1945-01-14"
List of operations
Tags: 158 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; RAF Lissett
Archie Henry Halliday's navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers flying log book
List of operations carried out by Flying Officer E. Edward Amerasekera 640 Squadron
Leuna synthetic oil plant
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
Robert Smith biography
History of aircraft flown by Leslie Davies and crew
Tags: 50 Squadron; bombing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1
Bill Chubb’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Rex Searle's flying log book.
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 Colerne; RAF Dishforth; RAF East Moor; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leconfield; RAF St Athan; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Wombleton; Shackleton; training
George Holmes' navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 50 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Botha; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mid-air collision; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator
No. 10 Squadron - Crew list for operations 13 Jan. 1945
Tags: 10 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; RAF Melbourne
Eighteenth and nineteenth operations Politz and Merseburg
relevant newspaper cuttings titled 'R.A.F. bomber shot down by Swedes' and 'The great air assault is mounting. Heavy blows at Germany's oil'.
Tags: anti-aircraft fire; bombing; propaganda
Merseburg
Bomb aimers briefing 14 January 1945
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; target indicator
Letter to prisoner of war John Valentine from his wife Ursula
Tags: prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 3
James Gordon Bennet (Lucky Jim) Burnside - biography
Part 2 - war service of Flying Officer James Gordon Bennett Burnside flight engineer. Covers training as flight engineer. Then follows short descriptions. listing…
Tags: 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; 627 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Cook’s tour; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Halifax; Lancaster; Mosquito; RAF Balderton; RAF North Luffenham; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; target indicator; training; Wellington
Recommendation for Honours and Awards (DFM) for Peter Jenkinson
Dare to Discover: World War II experiences of V T Hilton
Tags: 192 Squadron; aircrew; arts and crafts; bomb trolley; bombing up; crewing up; FIDO; fuelling; H2S; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operational Training Unit; petrol bowser; RAF Foulsham; RAF Rufforth; service vehicle; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
Leslie Alfred Davies and crew
Tags: 10 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 50 Squadron; 6 BFTS; 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); British Flying Training School Program; 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
Equipment handed out by British servicemen to Italian partisans
Tags: Resistance
Jack Whymark’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Initial training at No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School and 225 Squadron. Posted to 149 Squadron for…
Tags: 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 225 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; evacuation; Harrow; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lysander; Martinet; mine laying; missing in action; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Oxford; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Glatton; RAF Ingham; RAF Kabrit; RAF Manby; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Syerston; RAF Tilshead; RAF West Freugh; training; Wellington
G A Hubbard’s Royal Canadian Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1659 HCU; 24 OTU; 242 Squadron; 408 Squadron; 437 Squadron; 44 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Blakehill Farm; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Stoney Cross; RAF Topcliffe; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Alan Edwin Camlin's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 1657 HCU; 26 OTU; 7 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Feltwell; RAF Oakington; RAF Oakley; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Warboys; RAF Westcott; RAF Wing; Stirling; training; Wellington
Norman Long's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; training; Wellington