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Aircraft
Bottom - photograph - view from above of a Lancaster with Spitfire and Hurricane on either wing over sea. Captioned 'Memorial in Flight,…
Poems
Lancaster KO-J and operation against Skoda Works
Bottom right -…
Tags: 115 Squadron; bombing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2
Seven aircrew
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; Lancaster; observer; pilot; wireless operator
Squadron photograph airmen and aircraft
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Tags: aircrew; ground crew; ground personnel; Lancaster
Squadron photograph
Tags: aircrew; ground crew; ground personnel; Lancaster
W B Baker’s observers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 626 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; forced landing; killed in action; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Stormy Down; RAF Wickenby; training; Whitley
Crew photograph and list of operations
Tags: 138 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); flight engineer; killed in action; Lancaster; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; tactical support for Normandy troops; wireless operator
Log Book Extract
John Taylor Brittain and Jose Margaret Hayhurst
The loss of Lancaster ED838 and crew
The report contains information about the crew, the operation to Essen and their loss as well as maps and photographs.
The crew were:
Pilot Officer G A…
First tour crew
Newspaper cutting - Lancaster riddled won home
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bombing; killed in action; Lancaster; navigator; pilot; wireless operator
"J" Johnnie Lancaster
Bottom - Notes with list of operations.
Tags: bombing; gremlin; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; nose art
Robert Brown’s South African Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
William James Herbert’s flying log book for navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s
Tags: 1654 HCU; 50 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
J Flint's RAF pilot’s flying log book. Two
John L Kennedy’s pilots flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 192 Squadron; 20 OTU; 26 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Martinet; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; radar; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF South Cerney; RAF Torquay; RAF Wing; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
William Ray Peter Perry DFC - biography
Java Jive
Aircrews
Top right - seven aircrew wearing a variety of…
People
Top right - and airman wearing battledress with half brevet sitting in wooden chair in long grass with trees and huts in the…
Popeye mascot
The mascot was recovered from the crash of Lancaster WS-O LM432. The aircraft was flying from Manston…
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