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- Tags: RAF Dishforth
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
The Kriegie March 2010
Tags: 10 Squadron; 144 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; Blenheim; Distinguished Service Order; Dulag Luft; escaping; evading; flight engineer; Hampden; Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; memorial; Military Cross; mine laying; navigator; prisoner of war; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dishforth; RAF Halton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hendon; RAF Henlow; RAF North Coates; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Northolt; Special Operations Executive; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 6; Stalag Luft 7; the long march; Whitley
Richard Curnock’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
My War Story
Tags: 1664 HCU; 22 OTU; 420 Squadron; 425 Squadron; 431 Squadron; 434 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; animal; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; arts and crafts; bale out; bomb aimer; C-47; Caterpillar Club; crash; crewing up; Dulag Luft; final resting place; flight engineer; Flying Training School; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; lynching; mess; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; P-51; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cosford; RAF Dalcross; RAF Dishforth; RAF Elvington; RAF Gaydon; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Inverness; RAF Manston; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; Red Cross; sanitation; service vehicle; sport; Stalag 357; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 6; strafing; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wellington; Whitley; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Rex Searle's flying log book.
Tags: 120 Squadron; 1666 HCU; 206 Squadron; 210 Squadron; 42 Squadron; 432 Squadron; 47 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 7; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; RAF Abingdon; RAF Colerne; RAF Dishforth; RAF East Moor; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leconfield; RAF St Athan; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Wombleton; Shackleton; training
Bob Sharrock’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Memories and Reminiscences of Bob Sharrock
Tags: 1664 HCU; 428 Squadron; 6 Group; aircrew; Beaufighter; crash; flight engineer; flight mechanic; ground crew; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; RAF Credenhill; RAF Dishforth; RAF Kinloss; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Padgate; RAF St Athan; RAF Torquay; recruitment; shelter; training
Bob Sharrock June 1943 - Feb 1946
Dishforth 1944 while converting to Halifax aircraft
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Halifax; RAF Dishforth
Letter to Leonard Cheshire from Flight Lieutenant H Goodwin
Interview with Jack Edward Simmonds
Interview with Bob Sharrock
Interview with Audrey Poynter
Interview with James McKenzie Leith
Interview with Fred Hooker. Two
Tags: 102 Squadron; 6 Group; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Caterpillar Club; Dulag Luft; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; perception of bombing war; prisoner of war; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Dishforth; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Pocklington; RAF Stormy Down; recruitment; Red Cross; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; the long march; training
Interview with Harrison Stanley Cammish
Interview with an anonymous interviewee (An01137)
Interview with Thomas Marchant
Tags: 101 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); fear; flight engineer; ground crew; Halifax; Lancaster; Lancastrian; Master Bomber; Me 110; military living conditions; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Dishforth; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF St Athan; training; V-2; V-weapon
Interview with William James Stoneman
Tags: 138 Squadron; 1664 HCU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; air sea rescue; aircrew; animal; Anson; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; final resting place; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Magister; memorial; military service conditions; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Cardington; RAF Dishforth; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Tempsford; RAF Turweston; RAF Yatesbury; Resistance; Special Operations Executive; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with Fred Hooker. One
Tags: 102 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; animal; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; briefing; crewing up; debriefing; Dulag Luft; faith; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; perimeter track; prisoner of war; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Dishforth; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Pocklington; RAF Stormy Down; Red Cross; shot down; Stalag Luft 7; the long march; training; Wellington
Interview with Richard Curnock
Tags: 425 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; demobilisation; Dulag Luft; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; lynching; Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; prisoner of war; RAF Bridlington; RAF Dishforth; RAF Tholthorpe; Red Cross; sanitation; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag 357; Stalag Luft 6; strafing; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
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
12 airmen
Tom Jones and Roy Baker
Tom Jones’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 622 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Dishforth; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Oakington; RAF Riccall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Warboys; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; York