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- Tags: Wellington
Interview with James Ferguson Latimer
Don Southwell in flying kit
Telecommunications Flying Unit, Defford
Various aircraft were…
Tags: B-17; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); Blenheim; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Hudson; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; military discipline; Mosquito; Pathfinders; radar; RAF Alconbury; RAF Defford; RAF Wyton; Stirling; Wellington
William H Cooke’s navigators, air bombers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 1661 HCU; 49 Squadron; 99 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); crash; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; radar; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Arthur Atkinson’s observers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 17 OTU; 61 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; 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 Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Coningsby; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Geoff Paine's time in the RAF
Tags: 100 Squadron; 105 Squadron; Anson; Cornell; Flying Training School; Harvard; incendiary device; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Mosquito; Oxford; RAF Ansty; RAF Bourn; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hendon; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF Topcliffe; Royal Observer Corps; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; York
Geoff Paine's pilots flying log book
Wellington Crash Landing Drill
Tags: forced landing; Wellington
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
James Stewart’s flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 207 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; crash; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Silverstone; RAF Spilsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; take-off crash; training; Wellington
Polish Airmen
Item 2 is a head and shoulders portrait of Józef Mierzejewski.
Item 3 is a fire damaged Wellington named Zosia and a news clipping.
Item 4 is a cartoon of…
Tags: aircrew; Wellington
Batiuszka Cywiński przy Wellingtonie
Item 2 is a photograph of a Wellington framed by the entrance to the hangar.
Item 3 is a photograph of Batiuszka Cywiński standing…
Two Polish Airmen
Polish Newspaper Cuttings about 301 Squadron
Item 2 is a Mess bill for Mieczysław Stachiewicz.
Item 3 and 7 are photographs of ground crew working on a Wellington.
Item 4 is a newspaper cutting about 301 Squadron and Polish…
Tags: 301 Squadron; aircrew; ground crew; mess; RAF Hemswell; Wellington
Chart of North West France
There is also a photograph of a pilot in a Wellington cockpit.
Tags: aircrew; bombing; navigator; pilot; Wellington
Wellingtons Over the Target
Photo 2 is a Wellington landing at night.
Photo 3 is a vertical aerial photograph with two Wellingtons. No detail is visible on the ground due to cloud and anti-aircraft fire.
Photo 4 is a…
Podwieszanie min
Denk bei jeder Bo[...] dran diesen krieg fing hitler an!
Item 2 is a photograph of an officer at a desk signing a document.
Item 3 is a photograph of a Wellington with Polish markings on the nose. A group of men are underneath.
Podwieszanie min morskich
Photo 2 is of four airmen at the nose of a Wellington.
Operations Crew List and Wellingtons
Tags: 301 Squadron; aircrew; pilot; RAF Hemswell; Wellington
Propaganda Leaflets
Tags: aircrew; propaganda; Wellington
Rozbity przeze mnie przy przymusowym ladowaniu Wellington Z1273
Tags: aircrew; crash; forced landing; Wellington
Wellington - mechanicy przy pracy
Photo 2 is two groundcrew pushing the port main wheel.
Photo 3 is two groundcrew loading a bomb.
Photo 4 is two groundcrew pushing a bomb trolley.
Chart of Central England
In the top corner is a photograph of an airman in the cockpit of his aircraft.
There is a yellow post…
Tags: aircrew; ditching; navigator; pilot; RAF Hemswell; RAF Wyton; Wellington