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- Tags: H2S
Sorties Flown by Ben Weightman and Crew in 582 Squadron
Tags: 109 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 3 Group; 550 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 8 Group; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; pilot; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Sorties Flown by Ben Weightman and Crew in 582 Squadron
Tags: 109 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 3 Group; 550 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 8 Group; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; pilot; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Sorties Flown by Ben Weightman and Crew in 582 Squadron
Tags: 109 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 3 Group; 550 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 8 Group; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; pilot; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Sorties Flown by Ben Weightman and Crew in 582 Squadron
Tags: 109 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 3 Group; 550 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 8 Group; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; pilot; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Sorties Flown by Ben Weightman and Crew in 582 Squadron
Tags: 109 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 3 Group; 550 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 8 Group; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; pilot; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Sorties Flown by John Weightman and Crew in 582 Squadron
Tags: 109 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 3 Group; 550 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 8 Group; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; pilot; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Excerpt of Bob Cooke's Log Book
Bill Foskett Biography Chapter Two
Bill Foskett Biography Chapter Three
The first two chapters used Bill's words but the third is written by an anonymous friend.
Tags: 100 Group; 15 OTU; 214 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Absent Without Leave; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; Battle; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); flight engineer; Flying Training School; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Me 110; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Downham Market; RAF Feltwell; RAF Harwell; RAF Honington; RAF Methwold; RAF Millom; RAF Oulton; RAF Ridgewell; RAF Sculthorpe; RAF Shipdham; RAF Stradishall; RAF Woodbridge; Stearman; Stirling; superstition; Tallboy; target indicator; Tiger Moth; training; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator