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- Tags: Blenheim
JE Hanson flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 44 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 76 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Botha; crash; Distinguished Flying Medal; Hampden; killed in action; Lancaster; Lysander; Manchester; Me 109; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Coningsby; RAF Finningley; RAF Lindholme; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Warmwell; take-off crash; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
James Wrigley's flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1656 HCU; 19 OTU; 199 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 81 OTU; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-29; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Dominie; final resting place; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Binbrook; RAF Bourn; RAF Downham Market; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marham; RAF Pembrey; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Tilstock; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Jack Whalley’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 521 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; Botha; crash; Defiant; Halifax; Hampden; Hudson; Ju 88; Mosquito; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bircham Newton; RAF Docking; RAF Fairoaks; RAF Penrhos; RAF Shawbury; RAF Squires Gate; RAF Thornaby; reconnaissance photograph; take-off crash; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
JA Dellow's Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot
Tags: 1654 HCU; 19 OTU; 44 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Manchester; Operational Training Unit; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Kinloss; RAF Manby; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; training; Wellington; Whitley
J R Davies’ Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 166 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); forced landing; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; RAF Staverton; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
J Millar’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 61 Squadron; 620 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 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 the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Me 109; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Coningsby; RAF Leicester East; RAF Newmarket; RAF Pembrey; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
J A Doxsey RAF observer's and air gunner's flying log book. One
Tags: 11 OTU; 149 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; B-24; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing; Boston; C-47; Hudson; Ju 52; Me 109; Me 110; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Mildenhall; RAF West Freugh; RAF Yatesbury; Sunderland; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with William Neilson
Interview with William Joseph Longhurst
Interview with Tom Sayer
Tags: 10 OTU; 102 Squadron; 81 OTU; aircrew; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Distinguished Flying Medal; Halifax; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Pocklington; RAF St Eval; RAF Upwood; Stearman; submarine; training; Whitley
Interview with Ron Mayhill
Tags: 11 OTU; 1653 HCU; 75 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Blenheim; bomb aimer; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; 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
Interview with Philip Batty
Tags: 226 Squadron; 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-29; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; crash; Distinguished Flying Medal; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Lincoln; military living conditions; military service conditions; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bridlington; RAF Coningsby; RAF Madley; RAF Sturgate; RAF Wattisham; RAF Wyton; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Owen Cox
Interview with Norman Goodfellow
Interview with Mary Ellis
Interview with Len Harper
Interview with Lawrie Lawrence
Interview with Laurence Harbutt
Interview with Ken Done
Interview with John Louis Goldby
Tags: 640 Squadron; 78 Squadron; aircrew; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; ditching; Dulag Luft; Halifax; Hampden; Lancaster; mid-air collision; observer; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Riccall; RAF St Eval; RAF Stanton Harcourt; Stalag Luft 1; training; Wellington; Whitley
Interview with John Albert Taplin
Tags: 10 OTU; 10 Squadron; 408 Squadron; 6 Group; aircrew; bale out; Blenheim; bombing; evading; ground personnel; Halifax; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Leeming; RAF Melbourne; RAF Yatesbury; shot down; the long march; training; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with James Douglas Hudson
Interview with James Christian Mortensen
Tags: 149 Squadron; aircrew; Blenheim; bombing; Distinguished Flying Medal; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; military ethos; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Bottesford; RAF Feltwell; RAF Madley; RAF Methwold; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Jack Wakefield
Tags: 23 OTU; 38 Squadron; 75 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Blenheim; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); briefing; crash; crewing up; Defiant; Intelligence Officer; love and romance; memorial; mess; military ethos; nose art; Operational Training Unit; RAF Feltwell; RAF Finningley; searchlight; superstition; training; Wellington
Interview with Harry Algar
Tags: 149 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 463 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-29; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; FIDO; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Carnaby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; Shackleton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington