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- Collection: Davy, H
Herbert Davy and Crew
Tags: aircrew; ground crew; ground personnel; Lancaster
R2 Bennet's Beavers
Wickenby Taken from Rear Turret
Tags: Lancaster; RAF Wickenby
Herbert Davy
There is a second image at the same location.
Tags: aircrew
Herbert Davy's Crew
Four Airmen with Newly Awarded DFCs
Herbert Davy, Tommy Birch and Four Airmen
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer
Herbert Davy's log book
Tags: 626 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Morpeth; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wymeswold; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
General Memories
He describes training in London, Bridlington, Morpeth and Wymeswold. Later training as a crew was at Castle Donington, Lindholme and Hemswell. He describes in detail his crew, aircraft and operations.…
Tags: 12 Squadron; 626 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; escaping; flight engineer; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; Me 262; military ethos; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridlington; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirkham; RAF Lindholme; RAF Morpeth; RAF Tilstock; RAF Wickenby; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wymeswold; searchlight; superstition; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
54 airmen including Herbert Davy
#1 A group of trainee airmen including two officers arranged in four rows. At the bottom and upside down is a caption' Herbert Davy Rear Gunner 626 Squadron ACRC St John's Wood London May 1943'.
#2 is Herbert leaning against a…
Tags: 626 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; training
Four Airmen including Herbert Davy
On the reverse '? Joe Slack Tom Birch H.D. Ron Rainbird Castle Donnington 1944.'
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; RAF Castle Donington
Sam Collens and Herbert Davy
Tags: 626 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer
Tommy Birch
Tags: 626 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer