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- Tags: bomb aimer
Proceedings of Court of Inquiry or Investigation
RAF songs
The flying Fortress, the navigators lament, the bomb-aimers ballad. Shaibah blues, No flak at all, the airman lament, three old…
Songs
Tags: aircrew; B-17; bomb aimer; bombing; entertainment
RAF songs
The flying Fortress, the navigators lament, the bomb-aimers ballad. Shaibah blues, No flak at all, the airman lament, the winco's…
Sam McCron's Medical Officer's Report on Ceased Training Cases
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; navigator; pilot; training
Robert Brown’s South African Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
First tour crew
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…
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
Seven aircrew
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; Lancaster; observer; pilot; wireless operator
Aircrew and newspaper articles
Top right - newspaper cutting - Lancaster lands on bomb door. Account of badly damage Lancaster with wounded crew returning from operation…
Aircrew
Tags: 626 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; Lancaster; pilot; RAF Wickenby; Wellington
Seven airmen
Ten Cloth RAF Badges
#1 an air gunner brevet
#2 a navigator brevet
#3 an RAF eagle
#4 Commonwealth oversea stripes
#5 Leading aircraftsman badge
#6 metal RAF badge
#7 Australia shoulder badge
#8 Warrant Officer badge
#9 wireless…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; navigator; wireless operator
T Barber’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book. Two
Tags: 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Operational Training Unit; RAF Desborough; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Penrhos; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
WAR - Frankfurt Revisited
Tags: aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; ground personnel; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Ju 88; Lancaster; meteorological officer; navigator; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; searchlight; target indicator; target photograph; wireless operator
Reg Wilson's Crew
Operations against Tirpitz, Ijmuiden and Bielefeld: Vielesible Viaduct
Loss of aircraft report
Kenneth Gill crew
Letter to Reg Wilson's Family
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; entertainment; prisoner of war; sport
Letter to Reg Wilson's Father
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; navigator; pilot; prisoner of war
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
Cecil O'Brien Biography
Tags: 29 OTU; 466 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; crewing up; entertainment; final resting place; Flying Training School; George Cross; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; memorial; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Driffield; RAF Scampton; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; sport; Tiger Moth; training; wireless operator