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Photograph Compilation
#1 is the group photograph, the signatures have been identified.
Arthur is back row, second left.
#2 is a squadron photograph with Arthur in the front row, sixth left. A typewritten caption reads 'RAF…
Tags: aircrew; ground crew; Stirling; Wellington
Dick Rooke - The Early Years
Also included is an extract from Eleanor Roosevelt's diary, dated September 24, 1942. This includes a thank you letter from RAF trainees who were treated to American hospitality by…
Tags: 3 BFTS; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; bomb aimer; British Flying Training School Program; Cornell; Do 217; Flying Training School; Harvard; He 111; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Me 110; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; pilot; RAF Sealand; Spitfire; sport; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Robert Victor Keeling's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 10 OTU; 21 OTU; 22 OTU; 51 Squadron; 7 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; Flying Training School; Hampden; Hudson; Hurricane; Lancaster; Magister; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Burnaston; RAF Cranage; RAF Dishforth; RAF Farnborough; RAF Hullavington; RAF Kemble; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Oakington; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; Spitfire; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley
Robert Keeling's pilot's flying log book. Two
Tags: aircrew; Anson; Ar 232; B-17; B-24; B-25; B-26; Battle; Beaufighter; Boston; C-47; Defiant; Dominie; Fw 190; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; Hudson; Hurricane; Lancaster; Magister; Martinet; Meteor; Mosquito; Oxford; P-47; P-51; pilot; Proctor; RAF Farnborough; Spitfire; Stirling; training; Typhoon; Ventura; Walrus; Wellington; Whitley; York
Conversation with Hamish Mahaddie. Two
Interview with Les Stedman
Interview with Richard Moore
Interview with Bernard Bell
Jack Whymark’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Initial training at No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School and 225 Squadron. Posted to 149 Squadron for…
Tags: 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 225 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; evacuation; Harrow; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lysander; Martinet; mine laying; missing in action; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Oxford; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Glatton; RAF Ingham; RAF Kabrit; RAF Manby; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Syerston; RAF Tilshead; RAF West Freugh; training; Wellington
Charles Flint's Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s, Air Gunner’s and Flight Engineer’s
Tags: 115 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1651 HCU; 178 Squadron; 70 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF Graveley; RAF Madley; RAF Shallufa; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Warboys; RAF Witchford; RAF Woolfox Lodge; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Bob Butler's Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book
Served at RAF Jurby, RAF Bassingbourn, RAF Newmarket, RAF Waterbeach, RAF…
Tags: 11 OTU; 218 Squadron; 99 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; Hampden; Ju 88; Me 110; missing in action; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Jurby; RAF Manston; RAF Marham; RAF Newmarket; RAF Tempsford; RAF Waterbeach; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Bob Butler in uniform with crew at RAF Waterbeach
Phillip Ward’s Royal Canadian Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book.
Tags: 1656 HCU; 20 OTU; 460 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Battle; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Catalina; Dominie; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Lancaster; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Binbrook; RAF Breighton; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Lossiemouth; RCAF Calgary; RCAF Mossbank; Tiger Moth; training; Walrus; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Wellington Bomber Model
Tags: 99 Squadron; arts and crafts; Wellington
Summary of Bob Butler's RAF career
Tags: 11 OTU; 218 Squadron; 99 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; Blenheim; Bombing and Gunnery School; Distinguished Flying Medal; Hampden; killed in action; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Jurby; RAF Marham; RAF Newmarket; RAF Scampton; RAF Waterbeach; Stirling; training; Wellington
The Air Ministry regrets
Tags: 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 540 Squadron; 627 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; Anson; arts and crafts; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; Dominie; evacuation; firefighting; flight engineer; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; Hurricane; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; mine laying; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Abu Sueir; RAF Benson; RAF Bentley Priory; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Debden; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Glatton; RAF Ingham; RAF Kabrit; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Luqa; RAF Manby; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Weald; RAF Northolt; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Pembrey; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Syerston; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Freugh; RAF Westcott; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Yatesbury; Spitfire; Swordfish; Tirpitz; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Harry Brabin memoir
He sailed on the SS Johan Van Barneve to San Francisco and…
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 27 OTU; 4 Group; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; arts and crafts; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); briefing; crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; entertainment; faith; fear; flight engineer; forced landing; Fw 190; Gee; gremlin; ground crew; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; love and romance; Master Bomber; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); Me 109; Me 262; Me 410; military discipline; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; physical training; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; propaganda; radar; RAF Gamston; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF West Freugh; RCAF Mossbank; recruitment; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Spitfire; sport; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
H Maddox’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot
G W A White’s Royal Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 1662 HCU; 28 OTU; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Blyton; RAF Breighton; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Madley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pembrey; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Sturgate; RAF Waddington; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Harry Dawson's decorations
Tags: crash; ditching; killed in action; Wellington
Flt Lt John Whymark DSO DFC
Tags: 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 148 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; flight mechanic; ground crew; Hurricane; killed in action; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); RAF Debden; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Kabrit; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Weald; RAF Old Sarum; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Freugh; searchlight; training; Wellington
Jack's Royal Air Force career
Tags: 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; flight mechanic; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground crew; Hurricane; killed in action; Lancaster; missing in action; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Weald; RAF Syerston; training; Wellington
Over the quarry
Tags: crash; Wellington
End of Jack's first operation to Germany
Tags: aircrew; bomb dump; crash; RAF Mildenhall; Wellington
Harrison Sproates’ Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 13 OTU; 178 Squadron; 244 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Blenheim; bombing; C-47; Dominie; Halifax; Hudson; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Pembrey; RAF Shandur; RAF Sharjah; RAF Yatesbury; Sunderland; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner