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- Tags: RAF Riccall
Airmen
Top left centre - half length image of two airmen wearing battledress. The one on the left has pilot's brevet and peaked cap.
Top centre right - four…
Tags: aircrew; pilot; RAF Riccall; service vehicle
Airmen and newspaper cutting
Bottom left - three-quarter length image of an airman wearing tunic and smoking a cigarette. Trees in…
Charlie Darby’s observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1658 HCU; 21 OTU; 462 Squadron; 466 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Me 109; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Driffield; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Riccall; searchlight; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
D Hinshelwood’s Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1658 HCU; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Dalcross; RAF Riccall; RAF Stanton Harcourt; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
David Leicester’s Royal Australian Air Force flying log book for pilots
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 1658 HCU; 24 OTU; 35 Squadron; 640 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Master Bomber; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Grantham; RAF Graveley; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; RAF Riccall; RAF Warboys; tactical support for Normandy troops; target photograph; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Donald Fraser's navigator's, air bomber's, air gunner's flying log book
Edward King's RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 15 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 29 OTU; 82 OTU; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Ossington; RAF Prestwick; RAF Riccall; RAF Stradishall; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; York
Edward Mathews’ flying log book for navigators air bombers air gunners flight engineers
Frank Williamson’s RAF pilot’s flying log book. One
Tags: 10 OTU; 10 Squadron; 102 Squadron; 1658 HCU; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Dalton; RAF Desford; RAF Leeming; RAF Melbourne; RAF Riccall; RAF Shawbury; RAF Topcliffe; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Frank Williamson’s RAF pilot’s flying log book. Two
Tags: 1658 HCU; aircrew; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; pilot; RAF Riccall; training
Fred Dunn's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 24 OTU; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); crash; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; mid-air collision; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; training; Whitley
Gordon Babbage's navigator's air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 100 Squadron; 102 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 1667 HCU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Defiant; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Pathfinders; RAF Driffield; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Grimsby; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; RAF Rufforth; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; training; Whitley
Gordon Mercier's navigators, air bombers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 1658 HCU; 171 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Fw 190; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Marston Moor; RAF North Creake; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
Halifax
Halifax R9430 being test-flown by Squadron Leader P Dobson to determine the rate of height loss while flying on one engine.
Harrold Wakefield's navigator's, air bombers and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 51 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Grand Slam; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 262; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; promotion; RAF Lyneham; RAF Marston Moor; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; training; Whitley; York
Harry Wickham's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 10 OTU; 102 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 1658 HCU; aircrew; B-24; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Riccall; RAF South Cerney; RAF Stradishall; RAF Topcliffe; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Hastie DFC: The Life and Times of a Wartime Pilot
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Group; 101 Squadron; 157 Squadron; 2 Group; 214 Squadron; 223 Squadron; 3 Group; 4 Group; 6 Group; 8 Group; 85 Squadron; 88 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; B-25; bale out; Beaufighter; Bismarck; Botha; C-47; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; evacuation; Flying Training School; Gee; Gneisenau; Goldfish Club; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; He 111; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hudson; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; love and romance; Martinet; Me 109; Me 110; mine laying; Mosquito; Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945); navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; Proctor; radar; RAF Banff; RAF Catfoss; RAF Catterick; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dishforth; RAF Farnborough; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leuchars; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lyneham; RAF Manston; RAF North Coates; RAF Oulton; RAF Padgate; RAF Prestwick; RAF Riccall; RAF Silloth; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Eval; RAF Thornaby; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Windrush; RAF Woodbridge; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); Scharnhorst; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Whitley; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Hugh Forth’s pilots flying log book. Three
Tags: 1658 HCU; 19 OTU; 77 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lincoln; Meteor; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Carlisle; RAF Finningley; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lichfield; RAF Little Rissington; Raf Mauripur; RAF Pershore; RAF Riccall; RAF Syerston; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley; York
Interview with Arthur Nicholson
Tags: 51 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bombing; C-47; crewing up; Dulag Luft; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; military service conditions; Operation Exodus (1945); prisoner of war; RAF Bridlington; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; RAF St Athan; RAF Usworth; sanitation; shot down; training
Interview with Bernie How
Interview with Bill Harvey
Interview with Bluey Mottershead
Tags: 158 Squadron; aircrew; bomb struck; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; love and romance; memorial; military ethos; Oboe; Oxford; pilot; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Honington; RAF Lissett; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Marham; RAF Riccall; RAF Scampton; recruitment; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Window
Interview with Charlie Darby
Tags: 100 Group; 1658 HCU; 21 OTU; 462 Squadron; 466 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; memorial; military discipline; military ethos; military living conditions; Operational Training Unit; padre; perception of bombing war; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Carnaby; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Driffield; RAF Foulsham; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Riccall; sanitation; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner