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World War II service History of Flight Lieutenant WH Brooker DFC
Initially he served on Wellingtons at Snaith. He describes…
Tags: 27 OTU; 463 Squadron; 467 Squadron; Air Transport Auxiliary; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Beaufighter; bombing; Fw 190; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; Meteor; mine laying; Mosquito; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); RAF Bottesford; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Lichfield; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Snaith; RAF Swinderby; RAF Waddington; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); searchlight; Spitfire; training; Wellington; Window
Victor Stapely's navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1656 HCU; 166 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Dominie; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Proctor; RAF Henlow; RAF Kirmington; RAF Lindholme; RAF St Athan; RAF Watchfield; Tiger Moth; training; York
The Offensive Phase
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Group; 101 Squadron; 109 Squadron; 141 Squadron; 169 Squadron; 171 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 223 Squadron; 239 Squadron; 3 Group; 4 Group; 462 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; B-17; B-24; Beaufighter; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); crash; Defiant; Do 217; Fw 190; Gee; Gneisenau; Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); He 111; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hudson; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 110; Me 410; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; radar; RAF Defford; RAF Downham Market; RAF Farnborough; RAF Foulsham; RAF Little Snoring; RAF North Creake; RAF Northolt; RAF Oulton; RAF Prestwick; RAF Sculthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Swannington; RAF Tempsford; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wittering; Scharnhorst; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Stirling; Tirpitz; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window
The Kriegie June 1995
Tags: 106 Squadron; 138 Squadron; 42 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 78 Squadron; aircrew; Beaufighter; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Dulag Luft; escaping; evading; flight engineer; Fw 190; George Cross; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Lancaster; Manchester; Me 110; memorial; Military Cross; prisoner of war; RAF Alconbury; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Honington; Scharnhorst; Spitfire; sport; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 4; the long march; Victoria Cross; wireless operator
The Kriegie June 1988
Tags: aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; entertainment; ground personnel; Hurricane; Lancaster; Manchester; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Binbrook; RAF Kinloss; Red Cross; Spitfire; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; the long march; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
The Kriegie April 2004
Tags: 10 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 61 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; Beaufighter; Distinguished Flying Cross; Dulag Luft; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); entertainment; Halifax; Harvard; Lancaster; Manchester; memorial; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Hendon; RAF Little Rissington; Red Cross; Spitfire; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 6; the long march; training; Typhoon; Victoria Cross; Wellington; Whitley
Tengah Open Day
Photograph 2 is the nose of a Spitfire.
Photograph 3 is a Vampire flying by.
Photograph 4 is front view of a Lincoln.
They are captioned 'Open Day, Tengah, Singapore 1948. Beaufighter, Spitfire,…
Tags: 97 Squadron; Beaufighter; C-47; Lincoln; Spitfire
Tadeusz Wier flying log book. One
Tags: 1662 HCU; 18 OTU; 300 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lincoln; Lysander; Magister; Martinet; Meteor; Mosquito; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Blyton; RAF Cardington; RAF Farnborough; RAF Finningley; RAF Hawarden; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hucknall; RAF Hullavington; RAF Newton; RAF Shawbury; Shackleton; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Stephen Dawson's pilot's flying log book. Three
SS Rex near Semedella
Tags: aerial photograph; Beaufighter
Six newspaper cuttings
Middle left - Regiment…
Six Airmen
Photograph 2 is a group of 36 airmen seated and standing in three rows in front of a Beaufighter.
Photograph 3 is a group of 29 trainee airmen and a woman arranged in three…
Silhouettes of British, American, German and Italian Aircraft
Tags: Anson; B-17; B-24; Battle; Beaufighter; Blenheim; Boston; C-47; Catalina; Defiant; Do 18; Do 215; Do 24; Dominie; Hampden; Harrow; Harvard; He 111; Hudson; Hurricane; Ju 52; Ju 86; Ju 87; Ju 88; Lysander; Magister; Me 109; Me 110; Oxford; P-40; Proctor; Spitfire; Sunderland; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; Wellington; Whitley
Silhouettes of British, American and German Aircraft
Roy Hastie's pilot's flying log book
Tags: 223 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-24; B-25; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Botha; ditching; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Hurricane; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Catfoss; RAF Dishforth; RAF Eastleigh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Oulton; RAF Riccall; RAF Thornaby; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Window
Roger Calvert's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 141 Squadron; 21 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Initial Training Wing; Me 110; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Cranfield; RAF Great Massingham; RAF Ouston; RAF Padgate; RAF Torquay; RAF Twinwood Farm; RAF West Raynham; Tiger Moth; training; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Robert Keeling's pilot's flying log book. Two
Tags: aircrew; Anson; Ar 232; B-17; B-24; B-25; B-26; Battle; Beaufighter; Boston; C-47; Defiant; Dominie; Fw 190; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; Hudson; Hurricane; Lancaster; Magister; Martinet; Meteor; Mosquito; Oxford; P-47; P-51; pilot; Proctor; RAF Farnborough; Spitfire; Stirling; training; Typhoon; Ventura; Walrus; Wellington; Whitley; York
Robert Jubb - Royal Australian Air Force flying log book
Tags: 1658 HCU; 21 OTU; 462 Squadron; 76 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; Beaufighter; bomb aimer; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Me 110; Me 262; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Driffield; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Riccall; Stalag Luft 7; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
RAF Training Notes
Notes on Hygiene, Water, Accommodation and conservancy in the field, Food, cookhouses and cooking, Law and…
Tags: aircrew; B-17; B-24; Beaufighter; Blenheim; Catalina; Defiant; Do 18; Do 217; Do 24; Halifax; Hampden; Hudson; Hurricane; Ju 52; Ju 87; Ju 88; Lysander; Manchester; Me 109; Me 110; Mosquito; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; sanitation; Spitfire; Stirling; Sunderland; Swordfish; training; Walrus; Wellington; Whitley
Programme for Flying Demonstration by Aircraft of the Home Commands RAF
Tags: Beaufighter; C-47; Halifax; Hamilcar; Hornet Moth; Horsa; Lancaster; Lincoln; Meteor; Mosquito; RAF Halton; Spitfire; Sunderland
Personnel
Overseas life
Tags: 105 Squadron; 110 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 203 Squadron; 37 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 70 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing; crash; ditching; evacuation; Hurricane; incendiary device; killed in action; love and romance; military living conditions; military service conditions; observer; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Evanton; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Yatesbury; searchlight; Swordfish; Wellington
Nos Aviations
Air Marshal Sir Richard Peck describes large composition and successes of RAF during 1943 whilst underlining the threat still posed by Germany.
Les machines
Maintains Anglo-American aircraft production is four times…
Tags: aerial photograph; aircrew; B-17; B-24; B-25; B-26; Beaufighter; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; Boston; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Halifax; Hudson; Lancaster; Mosquito; P-51; Pathfinders; pilot; propaganda; reconnaissance photograph; Spitfire; Stirling; Sunderland; target indicator; training; Typhoon; York