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Bombing up
From information kindly provided by the donor. '115 Sqd Lanc Bombing up. Bomb trolleys & Lanc'.
Bob Smith's Memoirs 1
Tags: 115 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 4 Group; 44 Squadron; 463 Squadron; 466 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 619 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 640 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 78 Squadron; aerial photograph; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; bomb aimer; Boston; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; H2S; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; observer; Operational Training Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Breighton; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Waddington; RAF Witchford; recruitment; Red Cross; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 7; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
Bob Smith's Memoirs
Tags: 106 Squadron; 115 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 166 Squadron; 3 Group; 4 Group; 44 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 619 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 640 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 78 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Beaufighter; bomb aimer; bombing; Boston; crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; flight engineer; H2S; Halifax; Hampden; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Master Bomber; mess; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Breighton; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cardington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Cranwell; RAF Desborough; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Feltwell; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Harrington; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Silloth; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tempsford; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; RAF White Waltham; RAF Wigtown; RAF Witchford; Red Cross; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; training; V-1; Wellington; wireless operator
Arthur Tindall's service and operations
Tags: 44 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); 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 the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; RAF Coningsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Witchford; target indicator; V-weapon; wireless operator
An Airmans Tale
Chapter 1. Under Training.
Having been assessed in Birmingham Geoff sets off to London in August 1942 for training, at Lords. Initial training was at Bridlington then gunnery school at…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1651 HCU; 1678 HCU; 514 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 90 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; escaping; evading; flight engineer; ground personnel; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Me 109; Me 110; Me 410; Meteor; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Andreas; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cosford; RAF Downham Market; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Jurby; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Mepal; RAF Newmarket; RAF South Cerney; RAF Stradishall; RAF Ternhill; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; the long march; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Alfred Sweeney’s RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book
He was stationed at RAF…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 1669 HCU; 216 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-29; bombing; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 7; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Meteor; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Aqir; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Carlisle; RAF Church Lawford; RAF Desborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Langar; RAF Lyneham; RAF Marham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Syerston; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Watton; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Shackleton; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Aircrew and ground crew at RAF Witchford
Air gunners
'HK555 KO-E All Gunners -(S Guyan centre), R.McBride / S.Guyan / A.Stone'.
Tags: 115 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; RAF Witchford
Air gunner with camera
Tags: 115 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Lancaster; Nissen hut; RAF Witchford
A Tour of Operations with RAF Bomber Command No XV/15 Squadron Mildenhall
Covers his operational tour and bombing operations.
Tags: 1 Group; 115 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 186 Squadron; 195 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 5 Group; 514 Squadron; 6 Group; 617 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 8 Group; 90 Squadron; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; escaping; flight engineer; Gee; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Ju 88; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Master Bomber; Me 109; mess; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; radar; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mepal; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Sealand; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Weston Zoyland; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Wyton; Spitfire; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; target photograph; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
3 Group RAF
Tags: 3 Group; RAF Mepal; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford
115 Squadron Battle Order
Tags: 115 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Lancaster; RAF Witchford