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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1945-04-11"
Edward Gearon’s pilots flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1658 HCU; 78 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Carlisle; RAF Riccall; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Valley; RAF Wrexham; Stearman; training; Whitley
Hitler's hostages?
William Caruthers' navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 207 Squadron; 29 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Metheringham; RAF Spilsby; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Oscar Woolner’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners and Flight Engineers
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 619 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Pembrey; RAF Strubby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; Stirling; training; Wellington
Idwal Davies’ Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot
Tags: 1665 HCU; 620 Squadron; 644 Squadron; 81 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; Bombing and Gunnery School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 7; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Fairford; RAF Great Dunmow; RAF Millom; RAF Qastina; RAF Sleap; RAF Tilstock; RCAF Mount Hope; RCAF Picton; Second Tactical Air Force; Special Operations Executive; Stirling; training; Whitley
Conversation with Henry Payne
Alan Gwilliam’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book. Two
Tags: 13 OTU; 47 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Beaufighter; bombing; C-47; Flying Training School; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Aqir; RAF Croft; RAF Hmawbi; RAF Kinmagon; RAF Kumalo; RAF Kumbhirgram; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Poona; RAF Woodley; RAF Woodvale; RAF Yelahanka; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Patrick Coyne's prisoner of war record card
Tags: Dulag Luft; prisoner of war
David James Hughes' flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
G W A White’s Royal Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 1662 HCU; 28 OTU; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Blyton; RAF Breighton; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Madley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pembrey; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Sturgate; RAF Waddington; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Harry Brabin memoir
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 27 OTU; 4 Group; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; arts and crafts; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); briefing; crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; entertainment; faith; fear; flight engineer; forced landing; Fw 190; Gee; gremlin; ground crew; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; love and romance; Master Bomber; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); Me 109; Me 262; Me 410; military discipline; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; physical training; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; propaganda; radar; RAF Gamston; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF West Freugh; RCAF Mossbank; recruitment; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Spitfire; sport; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Victory in Europe Day (8 May 1945); Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
George Shepherd’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1657 HCU; 214 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Andreas; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Shenington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Witchford; Stirling; training; Wellington
Fred 'Eddie' Edmondson's navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 1663 HCU; 35 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 78 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Breighton; RAF Elvington; RAF Graveley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Rufforth; RAF Upwood; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
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; 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
Hugh Forth’s pilots flying log book. Three
Tags: 1658 HCU; 19 OTU; 77 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lincoln; Meteor; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Carlisle; RAF Finningley; RAF Forres; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lichfield; RAF Little Rissington; Raf Mauripur; RAF Pershore; RAF Riccall; RAF Syerston; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley; York
Leonard William Fairbanks' Observer' and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book
Tags: 20 OTU; 223 Squadron; 25 OTU; 408 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Dominie; Halifax; Hampden; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Balderton; RAF Finningley; RAF Leeming; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Oulton; RAF Stormy Down; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator
Norman Powell's Operations
Page 1: Vertical aerial target photograph of Argenta. Some roads, houses and open fields are visible in the upper half of the image. There are also canals, rail tracks or roads…
Freilassing and Innsbruck
The upper image has no detail, just some glare. It is captioned:
2969. 104/101. 25/26-APR-45. F8".//NT. 9200'.→255°. 2247. FREILASSING.
G. 2x1000. 10x500. MkIII 21. F/O WARD (F/O…
Innsbruck
2852 104/92 10/11 APL 45…
V T Hilton’s observer’s air gunner’s and w/t operators flying log book
M A Niman’s RAF observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Maurice Snowball's Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s, Air Gunner’s and Flight Engineers
Tags: 12 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 550 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Blyton; RAF North Killingholme; RAF St Athan; RAF Wickenby; training
William Daymont's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 100 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 466 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Driffield; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hemswell; RAF St Athan; training
Extracts from Ian Denver's log book
Tags: 156 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 18 OTU; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lindholme; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Warboys; Tiger Moth; training
Inside a damaged workshop
Tags: bombing