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- Tags: Battle
F C Jenkins’ observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 20 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Lancaster; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Abingdon; RAF Cranage; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manston; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Penrhos; RAF Stoney Cross; RAF Stradishall; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Ventura; Wellington
Behind Enemy Lines
Tags: 218 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Battle; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Dulag Luft; entertainment; escaping; Gneisenau; Hurricane; Me 110; memorial; navigator; prisoner of war; RAF Marham; RAF Tangmere; Scharnhorst; shot down; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; the long march; training; Wellington
Alan Green's Royal Canadian Air Force observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 OTU; 20 OTU; 218 Squadron; 27 OTU; 3 Group; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Gneisenau; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Benson; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Marham; Scharnhorst; Stirling; training; Wellington
Frank Fertich's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Conquest-Hospital Radio interview with Jack Newton
H G Adams’ Royal Australian Air Force observer’s air gunner’s and W/T operator’s flying log book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 27 OTU; 467 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bomb aimer; Bombing and Gunnery School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Lichfield; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
The war - training
Bert Adams 467 Squadron
Tags: 467 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Lancaster; navigator; RAF Lichfield; RAF Waddington; Stirling; training; Wellington
F W Honey’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book. One
Bertie Foxlee’s flying log book for observer’s and air gunners
Tags: 14 OTU; 25 OTU; 27 OTU; 455 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 81 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Catalina; Dominie; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Finningley; RAF Lichfield; RAF Saltby; RAF Scampton; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Tilstock; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
Aircraft Recovered by No 9 Party, 54 MU
Tags: B-17; B-24; B-25; Battle; C-47; Halifax; Lancaster; Mosquito; P-51; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Bourn; RAF Castle Combe; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Desborough; RAF Duxford; RAF Felixstowe; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Graveley; RAF Henlow; RAF Hethel; RAF Kimbolton; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Podington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Swannington; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Tempsford; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Watton; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; Walrus
McDonald Views
Photo 1 is a low level aerial oblique of Delta beach, Manitoba, Canada with the Delta channel shown, looking southwest. Captioned 'Delta Beach'.
Photo 2 is of towering clouds, captioned 'Storm Up!'.
Photo 3 is a…
Tags: aerial photograph; Battle
Battle in the Air and on Ground
Photo 1 is a starboard side view, air to air of a Battle, captioned 'The Battle that went up'.
Photo 2 is a port side view of a Battle on the ground.
Photo 3 and 4 are a Battle on the ground. Its starboard…
Tags: Battle
Mess, Barracks and Battle at McDonald
Photo 1 is inside the mess, captioned 'What a Mess!'.
Photo 2 is the inside of Sam's barracks, captioned 'What a Barracks'.
Photo 3 is a Battle loaded with bombs, captioned 'Bombing Up'.
Tags: Battle; bombing up; mess; military living conditions; training
Bombing and Gunnery Flights
Photo 1 and 2 are lines of Battles.
Photo 3 is a port side view of a Battle with the control tower behind.
Photo 4 is a starboard side view of a Cessna Bobcat'.
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Battle; bomb aimer; control tower; training
Sam Saunders's flying log book
Tags: 128 Squadron; 15 OTU; 16 OTU; 216 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 40 Squadron; 627 Squadron; 692 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Hudson; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Graveley; RAF Harwell; RAF Hendon; RAF Marham; RAF Oakington; RAF Shallufa; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wyton; RCAF Rivers; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Sam Saunders Final Flights
There are three photographs of his wife.
Sam Saunders in Egypt
Photos 1, 2 and 3 are scenes from Cairo.
Photo 4 is a side head and shoulders profile of Sam.
Photo 5 is a Battle aircraft in…
Sam Saunders, Graduation and Further Training
Photo 1 and 2 are the menu for the graduation meal.
Photo 3 is the ticket for the graduation dance.
Photo 4 is the tables set for the graduation meal.
Photo 5 is the…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bomb aimer; entertainment; navigator; training
Herbert Tinning’s Royal Australian Air Force Observer’s Air Gunner’s And W/T Operator’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 27 OTU; 51 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; 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; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Desford; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Snaith; RAF West Freugh; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Extracts from Jim Moffat's Log Book
M Moffat’s Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book covering the period 16 June 1943 to 30 March 1944. Hand written note –missing’. Detailing his…
King George VI viewing a partially built Battle in a factory
Flying Officer A. Bonney’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot
Tags: 142 Squadron; 21 OTU; 31 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Hudson; Martinet; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Shenington; training; Warsaw airlift (4 August - 28 September 1944); Wellington
The Kriegie August 1988
Tags: 107 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 619 Squadron; 70 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; bale out; Battle; Blenheim; Boston; C-47; Catalina; Caterpillar Club; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Dulag Luft; entertainment; Goldfish Club; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; Horsa; Hurricane; Ju 88; Me 109; Me 110; memorial; mess; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Elvington; RAF Hendon; RAF Leeming; RAF Lissett; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Shipdham; RAF Ternhill; Red Cross; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag 8B; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force