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- Tags: Lancaster finishing school
Interview with James William Birchall
Tags: 103 Squadron; 12 Squadron; aircrew; animal; bale out; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); crewing up; Dulag Luft; entertainment; Halifax; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; lynching; Me 109; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF hospital Rauceby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Seighford; RAF Wickenby; Schräge Musik; shot down; Stalag Luft 3; strafing; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wellington
Dennis Moore List of Experience
Tags: 12 OTU; 15 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 52 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; C-47; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Master Bomber; Meteor; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Pershore; RAF Shawbury; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Wigtown; RCAF Rivers; Shackleton; Stirling; training; Wellington; York
Dennis Moore Autobiography
Tags: 12 OTU; 15 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 5 Group; 52 Squadron; 6 Group; 8 Group; 82 Squadron; 90 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; arts and crafts; bomb aimer; C-47; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; entertainment; flight engineer; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Master Bomber; memorial; mess; Meteor; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; padre; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Catterick; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Farnborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Honington; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Lindholme; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Mepal; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Shawbury; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Stradishall; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wigtown; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; RCAF Moncton; RCAF Rivers; Shackleton; Spitfire; Stirling; Sunderland; Tiger force; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator; York
Don Nicholson audio recording. One
Don lists his 31 operations and recounts how having arrived for the briefing for his first operation, he was…
Don Nicholson audio recording. Two
Tribute to a Pathfinder captain
Tags: 156 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing up; crewing up; debriefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; fear; flight engineer; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Master Bomber; Me 110; military service conditions; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; padre; Pathfinders; perimeter track; pilot; promotion; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; searchlight; superstition; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; target photograph; training; V-1; V-weapon; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Geoffrey Conacher
Ron's rogues gallery
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 227 Squadron; 29 OTU; 5 Group; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Manchester; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Balderton; RAF Metheringham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Ossington; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
The Boy from Augusta by Frank J Allnutt
Interview with Ken Thomas
Tags: 16 OTU; 3 Group; 622 Squadron; Air Transport Auxiliary; aircrew; Asian heritage; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Desford; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Woodbridge; RCAF Moncton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Colin Wood
Interview with Maurice Kemp
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1653 HCU; air gunner; aircrew; Cook’s tour; crewing up; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Coningsby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Witchford; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with John Cuthbert
Tags: 189 Squadron; 49 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; coping mechanism; crewing up; escaping; evading; fear; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military living conditions; military service conditions; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; radar; RAF Bardney; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Metheringham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wainfleet; Scarecrow; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Stirling; superstition; Tiger force; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner; York
Geoff Packham's Record of Service
Tags: 1667 HCU; 18 OTU; 550 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Acklington; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Cardington; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hurn; RAF Lindholme; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Torquay; RAF Wilmslow; RAF Worksop; training
Interview with Maurice Vivian Askew
Interview with Jack Jarmy
Tags: 11 OTU; 1651 HCU; 218 Squadron; 75 Squadron; aircrew; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Gee; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Intelligence Officer; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakley; RAF Shallufa; RAF Waterbeach; Shackleton; Stearman; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with John Green
Tags: 100 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 30 OTU; air gunner; aircrew; bomb disposal; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military service conditions; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wickenby; recruitment; Schräge Musik; shot down; training; Wellington
Interview with Ron Mayhill
Tags: 11 OTU; 1653 HCU; 75 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Blenheim; bomb aimer; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Intelligence Officer; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; memorial; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mepal; RAF Westcott; searchlight; Stirling; training; Wellington
William Norman's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 18 OTU; 626 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Blyton; RAF Bramcote; RAF Hemswell; RAF Wickenby; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Peter Thompson’s Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 11 OTU; 1653 HCU; 195 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Dishforth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Lyneham; RAF Madley; RAF Oakley; RAF Riccall; RAF West Freugh; RAF Westcott; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator; York
Herbert Gray's navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 49 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hemswell; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-3; V-weapon
Colin Cole's navigator's, air bomber's, air gunner's and flight engineer's flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Me 262; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Guzzle; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Mona; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; submarine; Tiger force; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Harry Parkins' flight engineer log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 199 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF East Kirkby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Scampton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stradishall; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-3; V-weapon
Frank Tolley's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 1667 HCU; 21 OTU; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Glatton; RAF Kelstern; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Sandtoft; RCAF Fingal; training; Wellington
Andy Anderson's flying log book for pilots (incomplete)
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 83 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Metheringham; RAF Syerston; RAF Warboys; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington