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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1945-02-20"
G M (Max) Langworthy - Royal Australian Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 1663 HCU; 21 OTU; 462 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Cook’s tour; crash; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Driffield; RAF Foulsham; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Rufforth; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Window
Geoffrey North’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 15 OTU; 1659 HCU; 1664 HCU; 35 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 76 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; missing in action; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Catfoss; RAF Dalton; RAF Dishforth; RAF Driffield; RAF Graveley; RAF Harwell; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; shot down; training; Wellington; Whitley
Gordon Babbage's navigator's air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 100 Squadron; 102 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 1667 HCU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Defiant; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Pathfinders; RAF Driffield; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Grimsby; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; RAF Rufforth; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; training; Whitley
Gordon Mercier's navigators, air bombers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 1658 HCU; 171 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Fw 190; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Marston Moor; RAF North Creake; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
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
Harold Kirby’s flight engineers log book
Tags: 1661 HCU; 467 Squadron; 8 Group; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); crash; flight engineer; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Harry Thomas Ansell's flying log book for flight engineers
Tags: 1654 HCU; 61 Squadron; 83 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Coningsby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Stockport; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Interview with Stan Instone
Tags: 1664 HCU; 419 Squadron; Absent Without Leave; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Dulag Luft; final resting place; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; military ethos; military service conditions; perception of bombing war; prisoner of war; RAF Middleton St George; RAF St Athan; Red Cross; sanitation; shot down; strafing; the long march; training
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
John Brittain's flying log book
Tags: 1653 HCU; 17 OTU; 195 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Morpeth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Turweston; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; training; Wellington
John Casey's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 1654 HCU; 29 OTU; 61 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Coningsby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
John Cox’s pilots flying log book
John Cox’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 1667 HCU; 626 Squadron; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Cosford; RAF Hemswell; RAF Newton; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wickenby; shot down; training; Wellington
Kenneth Pope's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Kevin Roberts flying log book
Langford Green’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 218 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Ingham; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; training; Wellington
Leonard Green’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing up; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; military service conditions; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; Proctor; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Manby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigtown; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Leslie Davies observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Castle Bromwich; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Letter from Lloyds Bank to Doug Petty
Tags: 429 Squadron; aircrew; RAF Leeming
Letter from Officer Commanding No. 582 Squadron RAF Little Staughton to Mrs Wareing
Tags: 582 Squadron; RAF Little Staughton
Letter from Robert Wareing to his wife Joan
List of operations carried out by Flying Officer E. Edward Amerasekera 640 Squadron
Max Spence's flying log book
Tags: 1656 HCU; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF West Freugh; training; Wellington
Navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book for Albert Frederick Nye
Tags: 1661 HCU; 207 Squadron; 29 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Spilsby; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
No 166 Squadron history
Page one begins with the reformation of the squadron in 1936 and gives details of the aircraft operated, the stations flown from and the roles the squadron played in training and operations.…
Tags: 10 OTU; 103 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 150 Squadron; 153 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 166 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crash; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; mine laying; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Kirmington; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Scampton; take-off crash; training; Wellington; Whitley