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- Tags: Lancaster Mk 2
Interview with Eric Wilkin
Tags: 115 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Oakington; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling
Interview with Frank Leatherdale
Tags: 115 Squadron; 220 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; B-29; Beaufighter; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lincoln; Master Bomber; navigator; observer; Pathfinders; radar; RAF Defford; RAF Marham; RAF Oakington; RAF Waddington; RAF Witchford; searchlight; training
Interview with Geoff Payne
Tags: 115 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crewing up; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Me 109; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridlington; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Wyton; sport; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Kenneth Shelton Green
He trained as an engineer after he was unable to fly due to eye…
Just Another Story
Tags: 12 OTU; 1678 HCU; 514 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; crewing up; Dulag Luft; flight mechanic; Gee; ground crew; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; memorial; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Cardington; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Dumfries; RAF Foulsham; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Little Snoring; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wing; Red Cross; sport; Stalag 8B; strafing; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; Typhoon; Waffen-SS; Wellington
L V Rosser’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 10 OTU; 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1668 HCU; 19 OTU; 26 OTU; 35 Squadron; 58 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Blyton; RAF Bottesford; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Gamston; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Shenington; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Wing; RAF Witchford; training; Wellington
Lancaster
#1 is a port side silhouette of a Lancaster I.
#2 is an underside silhouette of a Lancaster I.
#3 is an underside silhouette of a Lancaster II.
#4 is a frontal silhouette of a Lancaster I.
#5 is a…
Tags: Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2
Lancaster
Tags: 426 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; nose art
Lancaster - instructional course handbook
This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.
Lancaster KO-J and operation against Skoda Works
Bottom right -…
Tags: 115 Squadron; bombing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2
Lancaster Mk 2
Tags: aircrew; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; service vehicle
Lancaster Mk 2 engine run
Another annotated 'PL22518'
Tags: 408 Squadron; ground crew; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2
Lancaster Mk 2 landing
Tags: Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2
Lancaster Mk 2 Refuelling
Lancaster Mk 2s departing on an Operation
Annotated 'PL22520-PL22524'
Tags: ground personnel; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; runway
Operational notes
Tags: 514 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Master Bomber; missing in action; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Window
Page 27 of D C Bradbury Scrapbook
Pilots notes Lancaster Mk 2
This item is available only at the International Bomber Command Centre / University of Lincoln.
Tags: aircrew; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; pilot
Queen of Hearts Lancaster Mk 2
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
Richard Vipond’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 1668 HCU; 514 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 85 OTU; 88 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Bottesford; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Jurby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF Waddington; RAF Waterbeach; Sunderland; training; Wellington
Royal visit and award ceremony
The second image is annotated 'PL-31688'.
Sixteen Airmen and an 8000 pound Bomb
Special Christmas Card for the Reich
Painted on it is 'Ontario Citizens Special Xmas Card for the Reich' and has the names of where the crews originate - 'Ottawa, London, Perkins, Toronto, Timmins,…