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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1945-02-02"
LAC T. Barber’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book. Two
He was stationed at RCAF Station Paulson (No. 7…
Tags: 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; 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 Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Ivor Cole's log book
Tags: 103 Squadron; 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
Tadeusz Wier flying log book. One
Tags: 300 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Dominie; Halifax; Harvard; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lincoln; Lysander; Magister; Martinet; Meteor; Mosquito; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; pilot; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Blyton; RAF Cardington; RAF Farnborough; RAF Finningley; RAF Hawarden; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hullavington; RAF Newton; RAF Shawbury; Shackleton; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Flashbacks 0 to 4
Flashback 1. Mentions first operation on 300 Squadron at RAF Faldingworth. Continues…
Sparks in the air - Jack Smith's wartime story
Tags: 189 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; love and romance; military living conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Bramcote; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Milltown; RAF Padgate; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Sparks in the air - Jack Smith's wartime story
Tags: 189 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; military living conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Bramcote; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Milltown; RAF Padgate; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
John Robert Watson’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 Squadron; 156 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Pathfinders; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wickenby; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Pilot - face to face
Tags: 625 Squadron; aircrew; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Gneisenau; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Hudson; Lancaster; love and romance; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Blyton; RAF Cranwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Silloth; RAF St Eval; RAF Watchfield; RAF Worksop; Scharnhorst; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Letter from Mrs Joan Wareing
Tags: prisoner of war
Flying Officer WA Inch and Crew
Ken Turnham's navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Feltwell; RAF Langar; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Mona; RAF Witchford; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Peter Lovatt's navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
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; 206 Squadron; 210 Squadron; 42 Squadron; 432 Squadron; 47 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; flight engineer; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; 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
Peter Banting’s Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 7 Squadron; 75 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Oakley; RAF Warboys; RAF Westcott; Stirling; training; Wellington
Philip Jackson's flying log book for flight engineer
Edward Key’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 514 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Hudson; Lancaster; Lincoln; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Eastleigh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Leconfield; RAF St Athan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Waterbeach; Stirling; training
Peter Webb’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Aircraft flown in: Halifax…
F Dray’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 576 Squadron; air gunner; 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
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B W Allen’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 207 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; operational training unit; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silverstone; RAF Spilsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; Stirling; training; Wellington
Martin Catty's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot. Two
Wiesbaden (Mainz) Communications
Tags: 514 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Lancaster; navigator; RAF Waterbeach
David Donaldson's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 149 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 57 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Gee; Halifax; Hudson; Lancaster; Magister; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Evanton; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Warboys; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wyton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
George Holmes' navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 50 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); 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
Letter from Mrs Payne, mother of Flight Sergeant Malcolm Payne, to Doris Weeks
Tags: killed in action