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- Tags: RAF Fiskerton
Transcript of interview with Allan Edgar
Tags: 1 Group; 49 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Fw 190; ground personnel; He 111; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; mess; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wittering; RAF Woodbridge; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Alan Edgar's Operations
Tags: 49 Squadron; 83 Squadron; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Coningsby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Woodbridge; V-1; V-weapon
Recommendation for Honours and Awards (Immediate)
Thomas Page's navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s log book
Tags: 1661 HCU; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Dominie; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Magister; Manchester; mine laying; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wyton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training
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
Thomas Thomson
J Vasey’s pilot’s log book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Church Lawford; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Finningley; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
J D Harris’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 11 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1661 HCU; 49 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; Cook’s tour; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Oakley; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Flight Sergeant Thomas Page
Tags: 49 Squadron; aircrew; flight engineer; Lancaster; RAF Fiskerton
Flight Sergeant Thomas Page
Tags: 49 Squadron; aircrew; flight engineer; Lancaster; RAF Fiskerton
Flight Sergeant Thomas Page
Tags: 49 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; flight engineer; Lancaster; RAF Fiskerton
Flight Sergeant Thomas Page
Tags: 49 Squadron; aircrew; flight engineer; Lancaster; RAF Fiskerton
My life in the Royal Air Force Bomber Command
Tags: 1661 HCU; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; Boston; briefing; crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; fitter airframe; flight engineer; flight mechanic; ground crew; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; Me 109; memorial; mess; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; perception of bombing war; promotion; RAF Benson; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Burtonwood; RAF Cosford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Fiskerton; RAF High Wycombe; RAF Manston; Raf Mauripur; RAF Padgate; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wyton; recruitment; searchlight; shot down; Stirling; training
My life in the Royal Air Force Bomber Command
Tags: 1661 HCU; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; Boston; briefing; crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; fitter airframe; flight engineer; flight mechanic; ground crew; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; Me 109; memorial; mess; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; perception of bombing war; promotion; RAF Benson; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Burtonwood; RAF Cosford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Fiskerton; RAF High Wycombe; RAF Manston; Raf Mauripur; RAF Padgate; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wyton; recruitment; searchlight; shot down; Stirling; training
Flight Sergeant Thomas Page
Tags: 49 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; RAF Fiskerton
Ronald Witty’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 1656 HCU; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Desborough; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Sturgate; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Operation Manna route
Time out for war
Tags: 1 Group; 12 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 1656 HCU; 3 Group; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; coping mechanism; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; faith; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Master Bomber; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Desborough; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Methwold; RAF Sturgate; RAF Torquay; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Flashbacks 0 to 4
Flashback 1. Mentions first operation on 300 Squadron at RAF Faldingworth. Continues…
RAF Memorials
Stan Hawes' Log Book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 49 Squadron; 50 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Botha; Dominie; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Mona; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator
A E Travell’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 1660 HCU; 214 Squadron; 576 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Defiant; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Oxford; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Dalcross; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Marham; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; training; Wellington