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- Tags: Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944)
D E Owen’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers. Two
Tags: 149 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 1668 HCU; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Cook’s tour; crash; Distinguished Service Order; flight engineer; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; RAF Balderton; RAF Bardney; RAF Binbrook; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Scampton; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; Stirling; training
Bertie Foxlee’s flying log book for observer’s and air gunners
Tags: 14 OTU; 25 OTU; 27 OTU; 455 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 81 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Catalina; Dominie; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Finningley; RAF Lichfield; RAF Saltby; RAF Scampton; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Tilstock; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
W J Martin's flying log book
Tags: 1651 HCU; 1660 HCU; 1668 HCU; 5 Group; 57 Squadron; aircrew; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Fw 190; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Cottesmore; RAF East Kirkby; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon
Eric Pick's Royal Air Force navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 227 Squadron; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Dominie; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Master Bomber; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Balderton; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Millom; RAF Strubby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Nos Aviations
Air Marshal Sir Richard Peck describes large composition and successes of RAF during 1943 whilst underlining the threat still posed by Germany.
Les machines
Maintains Anglo-American aircraft production is four times…
Tags: aerial photograph; aircrew; B-17; B-24; B-25; B-26; Beaufighter; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; Boston; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Halifax; Hudson; Lancaster; Mosquito; P-51; Pathfinders; pilot; propaganda; reconnaissance photograph; Spitfire; Stirling; Sunderland; target indicator; training; Typhoon; York
Guy Gibson's Log Book Extract
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
Squadron congratulations
Telegram to Flight Lieutenant Maltby
On the reverse 'Telegram from Guy Gibson VC'.
463 & 467 Squadron Notes on Ops
Tags: 463 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 5 Group; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Cook’s tour; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Grand Slam; H2S; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; RAF Waddington; searchlight; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy
Bomber Raids on the Dortmund-Ems canal
Operation order for Eder, Möhne and Sorpe operation and other details
Interview with Vera Willis
Interview with Peter Stevenson
Interview with John Norrington
Tags: 101 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; demobilisation; faith; fear; flight engineer; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Halifax; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Pathfinders; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Sandtoft; RAF St Athan; recruitment; training
Interview with Edward Cayhill
Interview with Sheila Wilmet
Tags: bomb dump; bombing; FIDO; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground personnel; home front; meteorological officer; military living conditions; Nissen hut; perception of bombing war; radar; RAF Bottesford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Langar; RAF Spilsby; shelter; Window; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Speech by Ken Brown
Ken Brown, a Canadian pilot was serving with 44 Squadron when he was told he was being transferred to 617 Squadron at RAF Scampton. He undertook his training with the squadron in preparation…
H Jack Lazenby DFC
Tags: 1654 HCU; 20 OTU; 207 Squadron; 4 Group; 5 Group; 57 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); briefing; Catalina; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); entertainment; flight engineer; flight mechanic; Flying Training School; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Hampden; hangar; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Hurricane; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; Manchester; Master Bomber; Me 110; Me 262; mechanics engine; mess; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; radar; RAF Barkstone Heath; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Benson; RAF Bourn; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Colerne; RAF Cosford; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Elvington; RAF Fairford; RAF Halton; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Melton Mowbray; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Padgate; RAF Pershore; RAF Scampton; RAF Silverstone; RAF St Athan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Swinderby; RAF Talbenny; RAF Tangmere; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Valley; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wing; recruitment; Resistance; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; target indicator; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Victoria Cross; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Graham Allen
Tags: 106 Squadron; 463 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; fitter airframe; flight engineer; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 262; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Operation Exodus (1945); P-51; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodbridge; runway; Spitfire; Stirling; training
Margaret Dixon's account of her early life and service in the Women's' Auxiliary Air Force
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Tags: bombing; childhood in wartime; entertainment; evacuation; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground personnel; home front; military living conditions; military service conditions; prisoner of war; RAF Coningsby; RAF Halton; RAF Hednesford; RAF hospital Matlock; RAF Metheringham; RAF Wilmslow; training; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Harold Harvey
Interview with Maurice Hatch
Tags: 630 Squadron; 8 Group; 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; crewing up; demobilisation; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); FIDO; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Lancaster; Me 109; memorial; navigator; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Coningsby; Stirling; Tiger force; training; Wellington