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- Tags: Advanced Flying Unit
Reg Freeth's South African Air Force observers or air gunners log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 1661 HCU; 26 OTU; 29 OTU; 61 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Martinet; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Desborough; RAF Finningley; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Millom; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Westcott; RAF Wing; RAF Winthorpe; training; Wellington
Record of service
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 19 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lissett; RAF Riccall; RAF Shawbury; RAF Upavon; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Record of service
RE Wannop's pilot's flying log book. Two
Tags: 1667 HCU; 18 OTU; 90 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Calveley; RAF Cranage; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Sealand; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Worksop; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Raymond Harris's Pilot's log book
Tags: 1661 HCU; 17 OTU; 50 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Fw 190; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Bardney; RAF South Cerney; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RCAF Bowden; Stearman; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
R B Hatherly’s Royal Australian Air Force observer’s, air gunner’s and W/T operators flying log book
Pilot to Navigator - Where are we?
Tags: 100 Group; 4 Group; 425 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 77 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bale out; bomb aimer; C-47; Caterpillar Club; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; entertainment; evading; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; Me 110; military service conditions; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Bottesford; RAF Cosford; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Manston; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; RAF Snaith; RAF St Eval; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wing; Red Cross; Resistance; shot down; sport; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; Sunderland; target indicator; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Pilot Officer Owen Meredith Clement Jones DFC
Two notes giving biographic details and record…
Tags: 1662 HCU; 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Blyton; RAF Castle Combe; RAF Drem; RAF Hemswell; RAF Seighford; RAF Torquay; shot down; training
Pilot Officer A.J.B. Thompson’s SAAF Observers or Air Gunners Log Book
Philip Batty's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 1661 HCU; 1665 HCU; 297 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 85 OTU; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; C-47; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Halifax Mk 7; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Dumfries; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Madley; RAF Silverstone; RAF Staverton; RAF Sturgate; RAF Tarrant Rushton; RAF Weathersfield; RAF Winthorpe; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Peter Thomas’s Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other that pilot
Tags: 149 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 85 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Methwold; RAF Millom; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Peter Bellingham’s observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 138 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 17 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; animal; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; Cook’s tour; FIDO; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Manby; RAF Oakley; RAF Silverstone; RAF Tempsford; RAF Turweston; RAF Westcott; RAF Woodbridge; Special Operations Executive; Stirling; training; Wellington
Peter Banting’s Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 11 OTU; 1653 HCU; 7 Squadron; 75 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Oakley; RAF Warboys; RAF Westcott; Stirling; training; Wellington
Paul Wilson's RAAF pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 1652 HCU; 27 OTU; 462 Squadron; 466 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 1944); C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Driffield; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF South Cerney; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Page from log book
P M Edge’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book. Two
Tags: 101 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 207 Squadron; 213 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-29; C-47; Lancaster; Lincoln; Meteor; navigator; Oxford; RAF Ahlhorn; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Binbrook; RAF Coningsby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; training; Wellington
P M Edge’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book. One
Tags: 15 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Desborough; RAF Dumfries; RAF Feltwell; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Prestwick; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
P J Hogan flying log book
Detailing his flying training and operations flown as navigator. He was stationed at RAAF Mount Gambier (2 AOS), RAAF Port Pirie (2 B&GS, 3 AOS), RAF West Freugh (4…
Tags: 1658 HCU; 27 OTU; 466 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Battle; Bombing and Gunnery School; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Driffield; RAF Riccall; RAF West Freugh; training; Wellington
No 30 Intake, 3 (P) AFU RAF Long Newnton
Tags: Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; pilot; training
My Time in the Royal Air Force 1942-1955
Tags: 11 OTU; 1668 HCU; 207 Squadron; 3 Group; 514 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cornell; crewing up; Dominie; flight engineer; Flying Training School; hangar; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lincoln; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; promotion; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bottesford; RAF Greenock; RAF Hunmanby Moor; RAF Leconfield; RAF Marham; RAF Methwold; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Spilsby; RAF Sywell; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Westcott; recruitment; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Me - William Roy Peter Perry DFC
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 227 Squadron; 29 OTU; 5 Group; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; B-17; civil defence; Cook’s tour; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Home Guard; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Manchester; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Balderton; RAF hospital Rauceby; RAF Metheringham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Ossington; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Stirling; Tiger force; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Max Spence's flying log book
Tags: 1656 HCU; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF West Freugh; training; Wellington
Maurice Marriott's flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Maurice Cecil Stimpson’s pilot’s flying log book. One
Tags: 156 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Blyton; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Seighford; RAF Warboys; RAF Windrush; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington