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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1952"
Curriculum Vitae Barry Michael Smith
Interview with Henry Townsley
Tags: 1661 HCU; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Flying Medal; fitter engine; flight engineer; ground crew; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Pathfinders; promotion; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; searchlight; Stirling; training
Interview with Jan Albone
Their farm was close to RAF Kirton in Lindsey which was used as a rest home for men from the Battle of Britain. They worked on…
Interview with Keith Toule
Interview with Ken Souter
Tags: 43 Squadron; 61 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lincoln; Martinet; Meteor; pilot; RAF Tangmere; training
James Wrigley's flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1656 HCU; 19 OTU; 199 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 81 OTU; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-29; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Dominie; final resting place; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Binbrook; RAF Bourn; RAF Downham Market; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marham; RAF Pembrey; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Tilstock; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Richard Vipond’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 1668 HCU; 514 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 85 OTU; 88 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Bottesford; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Jurby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF Waddington; RAF Waterbeach; Sunderland; training; Wellington
Peter Stevens' pilot's flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 144 Squadron; 16 OTU; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Flying Training School; forced landing; Hampden; Harvard; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Ansty; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranage; RAF Hemswell; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Shawbury; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Watchfield; shot down; Tiger Moth; training
Michael James Beetham’s pilots flying log book. Two
David Storey's observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 11 OTU; 1663 HCU; 19 OTU; 26 OTU; 51 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Me 109; navigator; Operational Training Unit; promotion; RAF Abingdon; RAF Kinloss; RAF Rufforth; RAF Snaith; RAF Westcott; RAF Wigtown; RAF Wing; training; Wellington; Whitley
H O Cannon’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Harold Blow’s pilots flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 1661 HCU; 17 OTU; 29 OTU; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; Meteor; mid-air collision; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bardney; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Carlisle; RAF Church Fenton; RAF Finningley; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Shawbury; RAF Silverstone; RAF Sywell; RAF Tangmere; RAF Winthorpe; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Gordon Cruickshank's observers and air gunners flying log book. One
Tags: 10 OTU; 100 Squadron; 11 OTU; 17 OTU; 199 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Botha; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Spilsby; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Westcott; training; Wellington; Whitley
Gordon Cruickshank's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers. Two
Tags: 10 OTU; 100 Squadron; 11 OTU; 17 OTU; 199 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Botha; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Spilsby; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Westcott; training; Wellington; Whitley
Edward Key’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 1657 HCU; 514 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Bridlington; RAF Burn; RAF Eastleigh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Leconfield; RAF St Athan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Upwood; RAF Waterbeach; Stirling; training
David Geach's flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1665 HCU; 1678 HCU; 30 OTU; 623 Squadron; 7 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lincoln; Me 110; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; propaganda; RAF Downham Market; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hixon; RAF Upwood; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Woolfox Lodge; shot down; Stirling; training; Wellington
Keith Thompson's flying log book
Tags: 101 Squadron; 1659 HCU; 1662 HCU; 192 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 28 OTU; 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hixon; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF North Creake; RAF Shawbury; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Watton; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wymeswold; Shackleton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Jim Tyrie's flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 21 OTU; 77 Squadron; 90 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Flying Training School; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lincoln; Meteor; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Chivenor; RAF Cranwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Hatfield; RAF Hendon; RAF Khormakser; RAF Lindholme; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Seighford; RAF Shallufa; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Watton; RAF Worksop; RAF Wyton; Shackleton; shot down; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; York
Jo Lancaster’s pilots flying log book. Four
Robert Mitchell’s flying log book
Reg Lane’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilot’s flying log book
He was stationed at RCAF…
Tags: 10 OTU; 35 Squadron; 405 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; B-25; B-29; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); C-47; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Harvard; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Master Bomber; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Driffield; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Linton on Ouse; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Jack Jarmy’s Royal Canadian Air Force observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book. One
Tags: 11 OTU; 1651 HCU; 218 Squadron; 75 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Meteor; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Abingdon; RAF Carlisle; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Chivenor; RAF Dishforth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Mepal; RAF Middleton St George; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Shallufa; RAF Swinderby; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Westcott; Shackleton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Terry Ford’s pilot’s flying log book. Two
Tags: aircrew; pilot; RAF Topcliffe; Tiger Moth; training; York
Thomas Payne's Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 15 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 26 OTU; 90 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Brough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Lichfield; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waddington; RAF Wing; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Christopher George McVickers' flying log book
Tags: 100 Squadron; 101 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 1657 HCU; 192 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 205 Squadron; 210 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 220 Squadron; 82 OTU; 90 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-29; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Binbrook; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Feltwell; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Methwold; RAF Millom; RAF Ossington; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Stradishall; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Watton; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RAF Wratting Common; Shackleton; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator