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- Tags: Anson
Bomber Command and Notes of Some of My Experiences During 1941-1945
Tags: 102 Squadron; 4 Group; 617 Squadron; 77 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Bismarck; bomb aimer; bomb trolley; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; Flying Training School; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Initial Training Wing; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Me 110; memorial; mid-air collision; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; missing in action; navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Driffield; RAF Elvington; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Jurby; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Melbourne; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rufforth; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; Schräge Musik; service vehicle; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Stearman; target indicator; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator
Book 3, Commencing my Adventures Overseas
Book 5, Return to UK
Tags: 115 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 1678 HCU; 196 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 30 OTU; 514 Squadron; 623 Squadron; 90 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Catalina; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; fear; flight engineer; Gee; ground personnel; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Me 110; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Downham Market; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Seighford; RAF Tangmere; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Red Cross; sanitation; searchlight; Stirling; target indicator; target photograph; training; Typhoon; Victoria Cross; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Brian Southwell's log book. One
British Aircraft Recognition
British, American and German Aeroplanes in Operational Service
Bruce Hosie
An airman sitting in the cockpit of a single seat aircraft which is covered in a thick layer of frost or snow.
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Tags: Anson; ground personnel
Burlington Bridge
Tags: aerial photograph; Anson; training
C McDermott’s flying log book for observer’s and air gunner’s
Cadet John Blair and 14 airmen
Tags: African heritage; aircrew; Anson; training
Cartoon notebook
Tags: animal; Anson; arts and crafts; Beaufighter; Defiant; Do 18; Fw 190; ground personnel; Horsa; Hudson; Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lincoln; Lysander; Martinet; Me 163; medical officer; Meteor; military living conditions; military service conditions; Oxford; P-47; Spitfire; Stirling; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon
Cecil O'Brien Biography
Tags: 29 OTU; 466 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; crewing up; entertainment; final resting place; Flying Training School; George Cross; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; memorial; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Driffield; RAF Scampton; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; sport; Tiger Moth; training; wireless operator
Charles Arthur Hill Darby’s Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 186 Squadron; 622 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Cook’s tour; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Charles Cuthill’s pilots flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 12 OTU; 149 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 17 OTU; 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Catalina; Dominie; Flying Training School; Gee; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Gamston; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Methwold; RAF Shenington; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; 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
Charles Godfey's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 15 OTU; 20 OTU; 37 Squadron; 635 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Defiant; Dominie; evading; Hampden; killed in action; Lancaster; Martinet; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Andover; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Blyton; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Carlisle; RAF Church Fenton; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Downham Market; RAF Graveley; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ingham; RAF Leconfield; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manby; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melton Mowbray; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Newmarket; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF St Eval; RAF Sywell; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Warboys; RAF Westcott; RAF Wittering; RAF Wyton; shot down; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Victoria Cross; Wellington; wireless operator
Charles Turner's flying log book
Charlie Darby’s observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1658 HCU; 21 OTU; 462 Squadron; 466 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Me 109; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Driffield; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Riccall; searchlight; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Chris Scrimshaw's RAF navigator’s, air bombers and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 18 OTU; 61 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 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 Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Lancaster; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Finningley; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Worksop; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Christopher George McVickers' flying log book
Tags: 100 Squadron; 101 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 1657 HCU; 192 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 205 Squadron; 210 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 220 Squadron; 82 OTU; 90 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-29; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Binbrook; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Feltwell; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Methwold; RAF Millom; RAF Ossington; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Stradishall; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Watton; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RAF Wratting Common; Shackleton; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator