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- Tags: Me 110
World War II & Flying Memoirs
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1678 HCU; 17 OTU; 26 OTU; aircrew; bomb struck; 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; crash; Flying Training School; Gee; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 2; love and romance; Me 110; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; promotion; RAF Dishforth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Silverstone; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Windrush; RAF Wing; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; searchlight; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Window; York
Water under the bridge
Tags: 115 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 3 Group; 620 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-17; B-24; bale out; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; C-47; coping mechanism; crewing up; debriefing; Defiant; Do 217; Dominie; Dulag Luft; evading; fuelling; Fw 190; Gee; gremlin; ground personnel; Halifax; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; Me 110; meteorological officer; military discipline; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; petrol bowser; prisoner of war; Proctor; promotion; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Cardington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Marham; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Turweston; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; Red Cross; searchlight; service vehicle; Stirling; strafing; tractor; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
W G Didcote’s South African Air Force observer’s or air gunner’s log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 1678 HCU; 17 OTU; 186 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 90 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Botha; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 110; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Coningsby; RAF Manby; RAF Millom; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Tribute to a Pathfinder captain
Tags: 156 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing up; crewing up; debriefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; fear; flight engineer; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Master Bomber; Me 110; military service conditions; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; perimeter track; pilot; promotion; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; searchlight; superstition; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; target photograph; training; V-1; V-weapon; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
The Years up to the Outbreak of the Second World War and How it Affected Me
Tags: 10 Squadron; 4 Group; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Botha; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; ditching; Dominie; Dulag Luft; flight engineer; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lysander; Me 109; Me 110; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Hendon; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Madley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; RAF Padgate; RAF Wittering; RAF Yatesbury; Red Cross; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); Spitfire; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Stirling; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
The Shooting Down of Allan Smith
The second part of the story is written by a German pilot who was involved in shooting down the damaged…
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 March 1992
Tags: 9 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; Blenheim; Caterpillar Club; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Dulag Luft; entertainment; flight engineer; fuelling; ground personnel; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Hudson; Hurricane; Lancaster; Me 110; navigator; prisoner of war; RAF Farnborough; RAF Honington; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Waddington; Red Cross; Spitfire; sport; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
The Kriegie June 2001
Tags: 10 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 40 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; B-24; bale out; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Catalina; Distinguished Flying Medal; Dulag Luft; escaping; flight engineer; Fw 190; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 110; medical officer; memorial; mess; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Halton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Henlow; RAF Jurby; RAF Leeming; RAF Lindholme; RAF Lyneham; RAF Melbourne; RAF St Athan; RAF Uxbridge; Red Cross; shot down; Spitfire; sport; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 7; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
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 December 2000
Tags: 37 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 75 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bale out; Blenheim; bombing; C-47; crash; Dulag Luft; evading; Gneisenau; Goldfish Club; ground personnel; Halifax; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hurricane; Ju 87; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 110; memorial; mess; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; prisoner of war; RAF Cosford; RAF Dunsfold; RAF Harwell; Red Cross; Scharnhorst; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; the long march; Tiger Moth; Typhoon; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
The Kriegie August 1988
Tags: 107 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 619 Squadron; 70 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; bale out; Battle; Blenheim; Boston; C-47; Catalina; Caterpillar Club; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Dulag Luft; entertainment; Goldfish Club; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; Horsa; Hurricane; Ju 88; Me 109; Me 110; memorial; mess; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Elvington; RAF Hendon; RAF Leeming; RAF Lissett; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Shipdham; RAF Ternhill; Red Cross; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag 8B; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Target Frankfurt
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
Sergeant George B Thomson - Lancaster shot down
Tags: 15 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bombing; killed in action; Lancaster; Me 110; prisoner of war; shot down
Samuel Guyan comments and memoirs
Samuel Guyan flew an operational tour with 90 Squadron and a second tour with 115…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 90 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 110; military discipline; Operational Training Unit; RAF Benson; RAF Dalcross; RAF Farnborough; RAF Penrhos; RAF Shenington; RAF Wratting Common; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; superstition; training; Wellington; 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 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
Reg Manning's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 1668 HCU; 462 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 614 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Gneisenau; Halifax; Harrow; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lincoln; Magister; Me 110; Meteor; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; promotion; RAF Aqir; RAF Binbrook; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Filton; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Henlow; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Honington; RAF Kasfereet; RAF Leeming; RAF Lindholme; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Marham; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Medmenham; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Pembrey; RAF Scampton; RAF Snaith; RAF St Eval; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley
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
Pilot to Navigator - Where are we?
Tags: 100 Group; 4 Group; 425 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 77 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bale out; bomb aimer; C-47; Caterpillar Club; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; entertainment; evading; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; Me 110; military service conditions; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Bottesford; RAF Cosford; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Manston; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; RAF Snaith; RAF St Eval; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wing; Red Cross; Resistance; shot down; sport; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; Sunderland; target indicator; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Pilot Officer Scheidhauer - The Forced Landing and "The Great Escape"
Tags: 601 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; escaping; evading; Hurricane; Lancaster; Me 110; memorial; pilot; prisoner of war; Spitfire; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Walrus