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- Tags: Distinguished Flying Cross
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
Pilot - face to face
Tags: 625 Squadron; aircrew; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Gneisenau; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Hudson; Lancaster; love and romance; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Blyton; RAF Cranwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Leuchars; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Silloth; RAF St Eval; RAF Watchfield; RAF Worksop; Scharnhorst; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
A bomber pilot’s journey through WWII
Tags: 11 OTU; 1660 HCU; 1668 HCU; 196 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); 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 Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 1944); Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Siracourt V-weapon site (25 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); Boston; C-47; Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; final resting place; Flying Training School; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Grand Slam; grief; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Meteor; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; P-51; Pathfinders; pilot; promotion; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Church Lawford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cranage; RAF Cranwell; RAF Driffield; RAF Leconfield; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upavon; RAF Wainfleet; RAF Woodhall Spa; Spitfire; Stirling; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-3; V-weapon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington
Fred Richardson DFC
Tags: aircrew; Distinguished Flying Cross; pilot
Biography of Wing Commander P Isaacson AM, DFC, AFC, DFM RAAF and research related to same, part of 156 (PFF) sqn with AG Lang and L Verdon-Roe
Tags: 156 Squadron; 460 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb struck; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ground personnel; Lancaster; mess; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; promotion; RAF Lichfield; RAF Warboys; training; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Biography of Squadron Leader Alastair G Lang DFC
Tags: 12 Squadron; 150 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; ground personnel; Lancaster; Lincoln; Meteor; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Newton; RAF Warboys; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag Luft 3; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Biography of Squadron Leader Lighton Verdon-Roe DFC RAFVR -156 (PFF) Squadron
Tags: 156 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 83 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Flying Training School; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; intelligence officer; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; Oboe; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Breighton; RAF Shawbury; RAF South Cerney; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; target indicator; training; Wellington
Recommendation for non-immediate award of Distinguished Flying Cross
Tags: 106 Squadron; 5 Group; aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; pilot
James Gordon Bennet (Lucky Jim) Burnside - biography
Part 2 - war service of Flying Officer James Gordon Bennett Burnside flight engineer. Covers training as flight engineer. Then follows short descriptions. listing…
Tags: 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; 627 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Cook’s tour; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Halifax; Lancaster; Mosquito; RAF Balderton; RAF North Luffenham; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; target indicator; training; Wellington
Rear view - Ralph Briars memoir
Tags: 1661 HCU; 49 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); 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 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); control caravan; control tower; Cook’s tour; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Me 109; mid-air collision; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Dalcross; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Scarecrow; searchlight; service vehicle; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; V-weapon; Wellington; Window
Letter to Mrs Clark from Flying Officer R Hay
Robert Wareing memoir
Robert Wareing's memoir
Maurice Stimpson's Path Finder Certificate
Alec Cranswick DFC
Biography of Reg Miles
Tags: 346 Squadron; 347 Squadron; 420 Squadron; 425 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 432 Squadron; 6 Group; 77 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; C-47; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); control caravan; crash; crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; dispersal; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; FIDO; fitter engine; flight engineer; Fw 190; Gee; Grand Slam; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Hampden; hangar; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); home front; Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; love and romance; Manchester; Master Bomber; Me 109; mess; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; P-51; Pathfinders; perimeter track; pilot; promotion; RAF Carnaby; RAF Dishforth; RAF East Moor; RAF Elvington; RAF Halton; RAF Langar; RAF Lyneham; RAF Manston; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Prestwick; RAF Shawbury; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF St Athan; RAF St Eval; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Tilstock; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; runway; Scarecrow; searchlight; Second Tactical Air Force; service vehicle; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; target indicator; Tiger Moth; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force; York
Before I was in the RAF by Reg Payne
Tags: 14 OTU; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; aircrew; Blenheim; bomb struck; bombing; civil defence; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; ground personnel; heirloom; Home Guard; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lincoln; love and romance; lynching; Master Bomber; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; radar; RAF Bardney; RAF Cottesmore; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Melbourne; RAF Pocklington; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Eval; RAF Waddington; RAF Wittering; sanitation; superstition; training; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
My POW Days - Postscript
Tags: 102 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; Caterpillar Club; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Distinguished Flying Cross; Dulag Luft; escaping; final resting place; Goebbels, Joseph (1897-1945); Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Lancaster; memorial; mine laying; navigator; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Elvington; RAF Hendon; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Pocklington; Red Cross; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); Stalag 8B; Stalag Luft 3; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); the long march
Bomber Command and Notes of Some of My Experiences During 1941-1945
Tags: 102 Squadron; 4 Group; 617 Squadron; 77 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Bismarck; bomb aimer; bomb trolley; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; Flying Training School; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Initial Training Wing; intelligence officer; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Me 110; memorial; mid-air collision; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; missing in action; navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Driffield; RAF Elvington; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Jurby; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Melbourne; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rufforth; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; Schräge Musik; service vehicle; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Stearman; target indicator; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator
Interview with Herbert Adams
Tags: 467 Squadron; 5 Group; aircrew; Anson; bombing; control caravan; Cook’s tour; crewing up; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; fuelling; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Lancaster; Me 110; military living conditions; navigator; Operational Training Unit; promotion; RAF Lichfield; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Swinderby; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; sanitation; Schräge Musik; service vehicle; Stirling; superstition; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
The Air Ministry regrets
Tags: 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 540 Squadron; 627 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; Anson; arts and crafts; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; Dominie; evacuation; firefighting; flight engineer; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; Hurricane; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; mine laying; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Abu Sueir; RAF Benson; RAF Bentley Priory; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Debden; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Glatton; RAF Ingham; RAF Kabrit; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Luqa; RAF Manby; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Weald; RAF Northolt; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Pembrey; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Syerston; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Freugh; RAF Westcott; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Yatesbury; Spitfire; Swordfish; Tirpitz; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Flt Lt John Whymark DSO DFC
Tags: 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 148 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; flight mechanic; ground crew; Hurricane; killed in action; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); RAF Debden; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Kabrit; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Weald; RAF Old Sarum; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Freugh; searchlight; training; Wellington
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Interview with Margaret Horry
Tags: 106 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; grief; killed in action; memorial; perception of bombing war; RAF Bardney; RAF Metheringham; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Wickenby; Tirpitz; wireless operator
Interview with Eddie Edmunds
Tags: 106 Squadron; 608 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bombing; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; forced landing; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Lancaster; Manchester; mid-air collision; Mosquito; navigator; Oxford; pilot; RAF Downham Market; RAF Syerston; training; Wellington