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15 airwomen and a sergeant airman
39 officers and senior non commissioned officers in front of the officers mess
Tags: RAF Little Rissington
A Biography of Maurice Stimpson
Tags: 156 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Blyton; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Seighford; RAF Warboys; RAF Windrush; training
An Airmans Tale
Chapter 1. Under Training.
Having been assessed in Birmingham Geoff sets off to London in August 1942 for training, at Lords. Initial training was at Bridlington then gunnery school at…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1651 HCU; 1678 HCU; 514 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 90 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; escaping; evading; flight engineer; ground personnel; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Me 109; Me 110; Me 410; Meteor; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Andreas; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cosford; RAF Croughton; RAF Downham Market; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Jurby; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Mepal; RAF Newmarket; RAF South Cerney; RAF Stradishall; RAF Ternhill; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; the long march; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Arthur Norman Hollis’ Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 BFTS; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); British Flying Training School Program; C-47; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Manchester; Martinet; mid-air collision; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cranwell; RAF Little Rissington; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Turweston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wattisham; RAF Westcott; Stearman; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Charles Cuthill’s pilots flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 12 OTU; 149 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 17 OTU; 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Catalina; Dominie; Flying Training School; Gee; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Gamston; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Methwold; RAF Shenington; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Colin Wallace's Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot's flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 19 OTU; 467 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Flying Training School; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Me 109; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Barford St John; RAF Bottesford; RAF Kinloss; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; Window
Cyril J Barton’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 1663 HCU; 19 OTU; 578 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 78 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Breighton; RAF Burn; RAF Chipping Norton; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Kinloss; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Rufforth; RAF Snaith; Stearman; training; Whitley
D A Robinson’s pilot’s flying log book
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 21 OTU; 26 OTU; 28 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Grantham; RAF Lissett; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stradishall; RAF Wing; RAF Wymeswold; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Don Cameron’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1656 HCU; 1678 HCU; 17 OTU; 242 Squadron; 26 OTU; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Dishforth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Oakington; RAF Silverstone; RAF Snaith; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Windrush; RAF Wing; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; York
Don Sparkes' service record
Edward Stewart's pilot's flying log book. One
Eric Harrison’s RAF flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 1653 HCU; 195 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); flight engineer; Gneisenau; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; Lincoln; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hullavington; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Manby; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training
Eric Sinclair’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 11 OTU; 35 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); C-47; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Magister; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Fraserburgh; RAF Gamston; RAF Graveley; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Lichfield; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Meir; RAF Oakley; RAF Ossington; RAF Silloth; RAF Warboys; RAF Westcott; RCAF Penhold; training; Wellington; Whitley
Geoff Paine's pilots flying log book
Geoff Paine's time in the RAF
Tags: 100 Squadron; 105 Squadron; Anson; Cornell; Flying Training School; Harvard; incendiary device; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Mosquito; Oxford; RAF Ansty; RAF Bourn; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hendon; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Valley; Royal Observer Corps; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; York
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
Harold Dryhurst RAF pilot's flying log book, Two
Tags: aircrew; Anson; Harvard; Lancaster; Mosquito; pilot; RAF Cranwell; RAF Little Rissington; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; Wellington
Harold Dryhurst RAF pilot's flying log book. Three
Tags: aircrew; Harvard; Meteor; pilot; RAF Cranwell; RAF Little Rissington
Hedley R Madgett’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 61 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Harvard; killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; missing in action; Oxford; pilot; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Syerston; RAF Wattisham; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; 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 Full Sutton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lichfield; RAF Little Rissington; Raf Mauripur; RAF Pershore; RAF Riccall; RAF Syerston; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley; York
Interview with Bill Leckie.
Interview with Bluey Mottershead
Tags: 158 Squadron; aircrew; bomb struck; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; love and romance; memorial; military ethos; Oboe; Oxford; pilot; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Honington; RAF Lissett; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Marham; RAF Riccall; RAF Scampton; recruitment; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Window
Interview with Eric William Harrison
Tags: 1653 HCU; 195 Squadron; aircrew; bomb struck; bombing; fear; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military discipline; perception of bombing war; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Driffield; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hullavington; RAF Kirkham; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Locking; RAF Manby; RAF St Athan; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; training
Interview with Geoff Paine
Tags: 100 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Cornell; demobilisation; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); Flying Training School; Harvard; incendiary device; Initial Training Wing; Oxford; pilot; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-2021); RAF Ansty; RAF Bentley Priory; RAF Bircham Newton; RAF Grimsby; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hendon; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Kirton in Lindsey; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Lyneham; RAF Oakington; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Valley; recruitment; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; York