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- Tags: RAF Woodhall Spa
Memorials at Lincolnshire Airfields
#1 is 617 squadron memorial at RAF Woodhall Spa.
#2 is 44 squadron memorial at RAF Waddington.
#3 and 4 is a plaque at 'The Wild Life' pub at Skellingthorpe.
#5 is a memorial at East Kirkby.
#6 is a close up of the…
Tags: 101 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 9 Squadron; final resting place; memorial; RAF Bardney; RAF Binbrook; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Honington; RAF Kirmington; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; RAF Woodhall Spa
Harrold Wakefield's navigator's, air bombers and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 51 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Grand Slam; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 262; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; promotion; RAF Lyneham; RAF Marston Moor; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; training; Whitley; York
Letter from Arthur Phillip Price to his mother
Letter from Arthur Phillip Price to his mother
Details from log book of Henry Townsley DFM
Tags: 15 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 8 Group; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); 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); Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Ju 88; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Woodhall Spa
John Nettleton VC
Tags: 185 Squadron; 207 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 5 Group; 97 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; Bombing of Augsburg (17 April 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Fw 190; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Hampden; Lancaster; Me 109; memorial; mine laying; prisoner of war; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Waddington; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stalag Luft 3; training; Victoria Cross
Jack Penswick’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bale out; bombing; Botha; Grand Slam; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; Martinet; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Morpeth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Biography of Kenneth Gill by son Derek
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Grand Slam; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 262; memorial; navigator; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Bardney; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Record of Flying Officer Kenneth Gill D.F.C (155097) RAFVR joined 1941
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; FIDO; Grand Slam; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 262; memorial; mine laying; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; P-51; promotion; RAF Bardney; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Metheringham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Spitfire; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Note concerning unidentified photograph of crew after returning from bombing Tirpitz
Kenneth Gill’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; missing in action; navigator; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stearman; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his parents
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his parents
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his parents
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his parents
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his wife
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his parents
Tags: bombing; RAF Woodhall Spa
Letter from Kenneth Gill to his parents
Letter card from Kenneth Gill to his parents
Letter card from Kenneth Gill to his parents
Letter card from Kenneth Gill to his parents
Harold C Rouse’s flying log book for observer’s and air gunner’s
Tags: 22 OTU; 97 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bombing; crash; Dominie; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Coningsby; RAF Jurby; RAF Scampton; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner