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- Tags: Anson
John Cox’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 1667 HCU; 626 Squadron; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Cosford; RAF Hemswell; RAF Newton; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wickenby; shot down; training; Wellington
John Dent's flying log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 44 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; RAF Aston Down; RAF Mepal; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Spilsby; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Upwood; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training
John Derek Bailey’s Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 166 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 1667 HCU; 20 OTU; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Bicester; RAF Blyton; RAF Catterick; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirkham; RAF Kirmington; RAF Lindholme; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Paignton; RAF Penrhos; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wigsley; RAF Worksop; RCAF Moncton; training; Wellington
John Derek Bolton’s Pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 16 OTU; 162 Squadron; 25 OTU; 29 OTU; 455 Squadron; 571 Squadron; 608 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; bombing; C-47; Cook’s tour; Defiant; Flying Training School; Hampden; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lysander; Magister; Martinet; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bourn; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Cranwell; RAF Downham Market; RAF Finningley; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Warboys; RAF Watchfield; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Ventura; Wellington; Whitley
John Eppel's flying log book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 18 OTU; 550 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Worksop; training; Wellington
John Francis Bank's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
John Harrison’s navigator’s, air gunner’s and air bomber’s flying log book
John Joyner's scrap book
Many of the entries are post war and a number refer…
Tags: 101 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; entertainment; flight engineer; Lancaster; mess; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; Tiger Moth; training; wireless operator
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
John Lancaster DFC
Tags: aircrew; Albemarle; Anson; B-17; B-24; B-25; B-26; Beaufighter; Blenheim; C-47; Dominie; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; Horsa; Hudson; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lincoln; Magister; Martinet; Me 410; Meteor; Mosquito; Oxford; P-51; pilot; Proctor; Shackleton; Spitfire; Stirling; Sunderland; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; Typhoon; Ventura; Walrus; Wellington; Whitley; York
John Louis Goldby Biography
Tags: 10 OTU; 38 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bale out; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Dulag Luft; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Hampden; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Cosford; RAF Ford; RAF Henlow; RAF Jurby; RAF Kenley; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Manby; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Odiham; RAF Riccall; RAF Rufforth; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Swinderby; RAF Topcliffe; Shackleton; Stalag Luft 1; training; Wellington; Whitley
John Mitchell flying log book. Two
Tags: 1653 HCU; 1661 HCU; 19 OTU; 207 Squadron; 7 Group; aircrew; Anson; Cook’s tour; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lysander; Operational Training Unit; pilot; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Kinloss; RAF Langar; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Spilsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF Winthorpe; training; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
John Mitchell's flying log book. One
Tags: 19 OTU; 58 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; crash; forced landing; Operational Training Unit; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Driffield; RAF Kinloss; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; training; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
John Valentine's observers and air gunners flying log book
Joseph Forster Mills flying log book
Tags: 61 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Northolt; RAF Saltby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Staverton; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Joseph Wilson's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 1663 HCU; 20 OTU; 624 Squadron; 76 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; C-47; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Me 109; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Penrhos; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rufforth; RAF Tempsford; training; Wellington
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
Just Another Tailend Charlie
The Earliest Years.
Born in Barnoldswick, then in Yorkshire, now in Lancashire in 1922. His father ran a wireless business until 1926. He describes his years at schools and a move to…
Tags: 109 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 150 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 227 Squadron; 25 OTU; 30 OTU; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 84 OTU; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Albemarle; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; Beaufighter; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; FIDO; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Gee; ground personnel; Halifax; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Ju 87; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; mess; military discipline; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Balderton; RAF Bardney; RAF Bawtry; RAF Catfoss; RAF Desborough; RAF Eastleigh; RAF Farnborough; RAF Finningley; RAF Graveley; RAF Greenock; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Milltown; RAF Norton; RAF Scampton; RAF Seighford; RAF Strubby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wick; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wyton; searchlight; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; Sunderland; Tiger force; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
K A L Killeen’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 83 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Feltwell; RAF Peplow; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Keith Ganney's log book. One
Tags: aircrew; Anson; Cornell; Flying Training School; pilot; RAF Brough; training
Keith Ganney's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot. Two
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Brough; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Penrhos; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Keith Hailey's Royal Air Force navigator’s, air bombers and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 20 OTU; 24 OTU; 433 Squadron; 635 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Downham Market; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manby; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Warboys; RAF West Freugh; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Keith Thiele - Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot's flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1661 HCU; 22 OTU; 405 Squadron; 467 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Dominie; Flying Training School; forced landing; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Ju 52; Lancaster; Magister; Me 109; Me 262; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bottesford; RAF Hendon; RAF Hullavington; RAF Lympne; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Tangmere; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Waddington; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; Scharnhorst; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Ventura; Wellington; Whitley
Keith Thompson's Astro Log Book
Keith Thompson's flying log book
Tags: 101 Squadron; 1659 HCU; 1662 HCU; 192 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 28 OTU; 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hixon; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF North Creake; RAF Shawbury; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Watton; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wymeswold; Shackleton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington