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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1945-03-21"
War changes everything
Loose minute from Group Captain C.V.D. Willis
Tags: 192 Squadron; 462 Squadron; RAF Foulsham
Interview with Roy Maddock-Lyon
Biography of Kenneth Gill by son Derek
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Grand Slam; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 262; memorial; navigator; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Bardney; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Letter to Kenneth Gill's father from air ministry
Letter to Mrs A G Perkins from Air Ministry casualty branch
Tags: missing in action
Berlin
David Sanders's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and, flight engineers
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
Basil Ambrose’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 1660 HCU; 467 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; RAF Binbrook; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; training
Hugh Parry's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 11 OTU; 1651 HCU; 75 Squadron; 90 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 Mepal; RAF Oakley; RAF Pembrey; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Westcott; RAF Woolfox Lodge; training; Wellington
B W Allen’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 207 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; 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
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
Philip Jackson's flying log book for flight engineer
Alexander Lamb’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 14 OTU; 15 Squadron; 1654 HCU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lincoln; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Feltwell; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Frank Simpson's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Albert Edward Edmunds’ pilots flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 27 OTU; 30 OTU; 608 Squadron; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; B-25; bombing; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Manchester; Martinet; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Barford St John; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Dishforth; RAF Downham Market; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Hatfield; RAF Hixon; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; RAF Prestwick; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; training; Ventura; Wellington
Ken Turnham's navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1669 HCU; 20 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; 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
W E Lucas’ pilots flying log book
Tags: 139 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 162 Squadron; 19 OTU; 20 OTU; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; Magister; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Alconbury; RAF Bourn; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Honington; RAF Hullavington; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington; 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
J W Quine’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 1656 HCU; 170 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; C-47; Cook’s tour; Cornell; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Mosquito; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Desborough; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Talbenny; RAF Warboys; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
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
Les Jackson’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 1662 HCU; 27 OTU; 57 Squadron; 83 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Blyton; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Peplow; RAF Scampton; training; Wellington
Frank Fertich's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Flight Sergeant G Jarmy's bomb aimer log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; RCAF Fingal; Stirling; training; Wellington