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- Tags: Advanced Flying Unit
Interview with Alan George Buxton
Alan was posted to Bradfield Park for training and…
Tags: 467 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; bale out; bombing; crewing up; Gee; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster Finishing School; love and romance; mess; military living conditions; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; RAF Lichfield; RAF Metheringham; RAF Wigtown; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; submarine; superstition; Tallboy; training; Wellington
F/O CAH Darby No 154676 - Letters home
Tags: 16 OTU; 1661 HCU; 186 Squadron; 622 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Barford St John; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Burn; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Scampton; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
D E Crampin's Royal Air Force navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 21 OTU; 78 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Aqir; RAF Breighton; RAF Dishforth; RAF Evanton; RAF Millom; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator; York
George Royall's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 166 Squadron; 1667 HCU; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; observer; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Abingdon; RAF Kirmington; RAF Mona; RAF Sandtoft; training; Wellington
Patrick Geary’s Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book. Three
Tags: Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-24; B-25; C-47; Flying Training School; Hudson; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Kidlington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Nuneaton; RAF Panshanger; RAF Perth; RAF Sywell; RAF Upavon; RCAF Dauphin; RCAF Dorval; RCAF North Bay; RCAF Prince Albert; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Harry William Wickham
Tags: 102 Squadron; 462 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air sea rescue; aircrew; B-17; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; forced landing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; mine laying; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Finningley; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Torquay; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Bernard Ross' observers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 1665 HCU; 296 Squadron; 297 Squadron; 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Albemarle; Blenheim; Halifax; Hamilcar; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Earls Colne; RAF Hurn; RAF Penrhos; RAF Seighford; RAF Thruxton; RAF Tilstock; Special Operations Executive; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley
George Highton's Royal Canadian pilot's flying log book. One
Alfred Sweeney’s RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book
He was stationed at RAF…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 1669 HCU; 216 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-29; bombing; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 7; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Meteor; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Aqir; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Carlisle; RAF Church Lawford; RAF Desborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Langar; RAF Lyneham; RAF Marham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Syerston; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Watton; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Shackleton; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Frank Howkins’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 27 OTU; 467 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Dominie; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Castle Bromwich; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Lichfield; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Flight Sergeant Thomas Charles Bower; Extracts from Service Record
Tags: 109 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 1656 HCU; 28 OTU; 582 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Defiant; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Cranwell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Manby; RAF Middle Wallop; RAF Padgate; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Weston-super-Mare; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wymeswold; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; Whitley
Dennis Oldman's flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Grand Slam; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Penrhos; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
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
Keith Hailey's Royal Air Force navigator’s, air bombers and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 20 OTU; 24 OTU; 433 Squadron; 635 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Downham Market; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manby; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Warboys; RAF West Freugh; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
H J Wylde's flying log book for aircrew other than pilot. Two
Tags: 11 OTU; 1653 HCU; 26 OTU; 90 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Millom; RAF Oakley; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Westcott; RAF Wing; RCAF Rivers; Stirling; training; Wellington
Teddy's Career in the RAFVR 9th September 1939 - 11th October 1941
Tags: 1 Group; 11 OTU; 12 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; crewing up; Defiant; ditching; flight engineer; Flying Training School; ground personnel; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; meteorological officer; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; pilot; propaganda; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Binbrook; RAF Evanton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Odiham; RAF Padgate; RAF St Athan; RAF Wickenby; recruitment; sport; Stirling; take-off crash; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Len Curtis' Flying Log Book
Served at RAF Dumfries, RAF…
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 617 Squadron; 630 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Botha; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Raymond Harris's Pilot's log book
Tags: 1661 HCU; 17 OTU; 50 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Fw 190; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Bardney; RAF South Cerney; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RCAF Bowden; Stearman; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Frederick Davy's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 1656 HCU; 28 OTU; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Magister; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cranwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Grantham; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hullavington; RAF Kelstern; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Tilstock; RAF Torquay; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Watchfield; RAF Wymeswold; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Frederick Davy's pilot's flying log book. Two
Tags: 1656 HCU; 28 OTU; 625 Squadron; 81 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Magister; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Cranwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hullavington; RAF Kelstern; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Tilstock; RAF Torquay; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Wymeswold; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley
Frederick Davy's pilot's flying log book. Three
Tags: 1656 HCU; 28 OTU; 625 Squadron; 81 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Cranwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Padgate; RAF Tilstock; RAF Torquay; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Wymeswold; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
The Fate of Lancaster PB158
William George Drinkell's Royal Canadian Air Force pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 18 OTU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bomb struck; bombing; C-47; Catalina; Commodore; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Fw 190; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wymeswold; RCAF Moncton; Stearman; Stirling; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
William Fisher Martin’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 50 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; ditching; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); RAF Binbrook; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; RCAF Rivers; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Harold Wilson's flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Service Medal; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; memorial; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Bardney; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Jurby; RAF Manby; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Middleton St George; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Saltby; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; training; Wellington