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- Tags: Halifax
Sydney Grimes' observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1661 HCU; 1668 HCU; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Botha; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Balderton; RAF Bardney; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Evanton; RAF Madley; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Halifax Mk 1 in flight
'Bomber Command 4 Group.
Halifax A/C 76 Sqd. Sqd/L. Bickford.
R.A.F. Middleton St. George, Yorks.
August 6th 1941'
Operations boards
Photograph 2 is of the operations board for 78 Squadron 30 May 1942.
They are captioned: 'Operations Board, Target Cologne Germany, June 1942. 76 Squadron, 78 Squadron, Halifax A/C. R.A.F.…
Daylight attack on Brest docks
Berlin and Brest
Photograph 2 shows a mostly rural area, much obscured by anti-aircraft fire and light flare. Captioned 'T.K.A.…
Middleton St George
Photographs 2 and 3 are of a group of airmen watching a 4000 lb bomb being lifted on slings. Captioned '1000 lb…
78 Squadron Halifaxes
Photograph 3 is of the instrument panel of a Halifax showing damage. Captioned 'Halifax A/C, returned from a raid, Ruhr, Germany, damage to pilots…
Tags: 76 Squadron; 78 Squadron; aircrew; crash; ground personnel; Halifax; Lancaster; observer; RAF Croft
Interview with Douglas Joss
During his time as a Leading Aircraftsman, he tells of…
Tags: 626 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; fitter airframe; ground crew; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; RAF Bridlington; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Halton; RAF Honington; RAF Padgate; RAF Silverstone; RAF Upavon; RAF Wickenby; training; Wellington
Interview with Jack Hayley
Tags: 170 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 83 OTU; 83 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; love and romance; Magister; Meteor; military living conditions; Mosquito; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Defford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Madley; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Windrush; RCAF Estevan; Spitfire; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Interview with William Barfoot
Tags: 296 Squadron; aircrew; Albemarle; Anson; Dominie; Gee; Halifax; Hamilcar; Horsa; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Brize Norton; RAF Castle Bromwich; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Earls Colne; RAF Hullavington; RAF Manston; RAF Shawbury; RAF Yatesbury; Resistance; Stirling; Tiger Moth; Whitley
Stephen Dawson's pilot's flying log book. Two
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 97 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; B-25; B-26; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Boston; Defiant; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Bourn; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wigsley; training; Wellington
Stephen Dawson's pilot's flying log book. Three
John Chatterton's pilot's flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 44 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 81 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Flying Training School; Halifax; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Meteor; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Sleap; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Tilstock; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Leonard Dorricott's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1656 HCU; 1660 HCU; 1668 HCU; 460 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 81 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Commodore; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Harrow; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Binbrook; RAF Bottesford; RAF Breighton; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Lindholme; RAF Sturgate; RAF Swinderby; RAF Tilstock; RAF Waddington; training; Whitley
Interview with Harry Irons. One
Tags: 158 Squadron; 462 Squadron; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing of Augsburg (17 April 1942); bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); briefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; Gee; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground personnel; Halifax; In the event of my death letter; intelligence officer; Ju 88; Lancaster; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Nissen hut; radar; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Driffield; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Lissett; RAF Manby; Scarecrow; Schräge Musik; Spitfire; training
Coming back in Bombers
Halifax 'U again' aircrew and ground crew
Gunners loading ammunition
Ernest Cutts
Tags: 466 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Halifax
Donald Cochrane's operations
Tags: anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Halifax; Ju 88; Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; searchlight; target indicator
Ernest Cutts’ air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 27 OTU; 466 Squadron; 467 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Battle; bombing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 410; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Driffield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Metheringham; training; Wellington
Geoffrey North’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 15 OTU; 1659 HCU; 1664 HCU; 35 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 76 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; missing in action; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Catfoss; RAF Dalton; RAF Dishforth; RAF Driffield; RAF Graveley; RAF Harwell; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; shot down; training; Wellington; Whitley
Dennis Raettig's wartime memoir
Tags: 104 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 4 Group; animal; B-24; Battle; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crash; fuelling; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; incendiary device; mechanics engine; military living conditions; military service conditions; RAF Driffield; RAF East Moor; RAF Harwell; RAF Leeming; RAF Lissett; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rufforth; runway; service vehicle; take-off crash; tractor; training; Wellington; Whitley