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- Collection: Royall, George
Interview with George Royall
Tags: 166 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; coping mechanism; crewing up; entertainment; fear; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Lancaster; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Nissen hut; observer; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Kirmington; searchlight; training; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Durban advertisements
Tags: entertainment
Port Elizabeth advertisements
Tags: entertainment
Navigation map reading examination paper
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; training
Bombing examination paper
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; training
Tee Emm
Image #1: Front cover.
Image #2: Table of contents and foreword by Sir Charles Portal, Chief of the Air Staff.
Image #3: Cartoon advocating the use of 'Pilots' All Notes'…
Tags: training
Bombing Sense
1st image: Front cover, having a bomb aimer brevet, title and a bombing photograph.
2nd image: Table of contents
3rd image: Rear cover, blank apart from the printer's…
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; training
Meteorology. Notes for students
I. Introduction: Meteorology and Air crews
II. Atmosphere, pressure and temperature
III. Wind
IV. Cloud and fog
V. Weather
VI. Clouds
VII. Visibility
VIII. Wind
IX.…
Meteorology. Notes for students
XII. RAF Meteorological Service
XIII. Flight weather reports and forecasts
XIV. Routine forecasts and warnings
XV. The basis of…
Meteorology for pilots and navigators
1st image: Front cover. Annotated by hand: 'Sgt GL Royall' and 'Sgt Hardy JC. R103813'
2nd image: Title page.
3rd image: Table of contents.
4th image: Back cover…
Air Training Corps certificate of service
Tags: training
Letter to George Royall
Tags: love and romance
No 166 Squadron Kirmington
Tags: 166 Squadron; RAF Kirmington
No. 166 Squadron badge and motto
Tags: 1 Group; 166 Squadron; Lancaster
No 166 Squadron history
Page one begins with the reformation of the squadron in 1936 and gives details of the aircraft operated, the stations flown from and the roles the squadron played in training and operations.…
Tags: 10 OTU; 103 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 150 Squadron; 153 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 166 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crash; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; mine laying; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Kirmington; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Scampton; take-off crash; training; Wellington; Whitley
Extracts from George Royall's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Admiral Scheer capsized at Kiel
Upper photograph shows a starboard view of the Admiral Scheer. It is captioned: 'The German Battleship "Admiral Sheer" in 1937.'
Lower photograph shows a…
Lancasters issued to No. 166 squadron between September 1943 and April 1945
Tags: 100 Squadron; 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 153 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 166 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 1667 HCU; 300 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bomb struck; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; crash; final resting place; flight engineer; forced landing; Fw 190; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; Me 110; mid-air collision; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bradwell Bay; RAF Coningsby; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leeming; RAF Lindholme; RAF Manston; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodbridge; shot down; tactical support for Normandy troops; take-off crash; training; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator