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- Tags: RAF Syerston
RAF personnel
RAF aircrew
Aubrey Read’s RAF observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Defiant; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Metheringham; RAF Saltby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
RAF personnel
George Fillingham
Bottom - five men in uniform standing in a group on steps in…
Tags: RAF Syerston
Various personnel
Women's Auxiliary Air Force members and RAF Officer
Various personnel
RAF personnel
Tags: 106 Squadron; aircrew; RAF Metheringham; RAF Syerston
Various personnel
Tags: aircrew; RAF Syerston
Various RAF personnel
Groundcrew, Lancaster and bomb
LAC T. Barber’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book. One
Tags: 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cornell; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Sergeant W. Dixon’s RAF Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 61 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Banff; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Carnaby; RAF Evanton; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Netheravon; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Armourers
Seven airmen
Tags: aircrew; RAF Syerston
Three 106 Squadron pilots
Crowd waving to Lancaster
John Dent's flying log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 44 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; RAF Aston Down; RAF Mepal; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Spilsby; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Upwood; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training
Walter Morris - 1939/45 War Record
Tags: 166 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bomb struck; crash; crewing up; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; final resting place; flight engineer; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; love and romance; military ethos; military living conditions; mine laying; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF East Kirkby; RAF Kirkham; RAF Kirmington; RAF Manby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wittering; RCAF Bowden; RCAF Moncton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Sparks in the air - Jack Smith's wartime story
Tags: 1661 HCU; 17 OTU; 189 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military living conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bramcote; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Milltown; RAF Padgate; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; Scarecrow; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Sparks in the air - Jack Smith's wartime story
Tags: 1661 HCU; 17 OTU; 189 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; love and romance; military living conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bramcote; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Milltown; RAF Padgate; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; Scarecrow; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
RAF Skellingthorpe Memorial
#1 and 2 are of the village sign outside the Skellingthorpe Village Hall.
#3 is a view of the memorial with the wreaths left at the ceremony.
#4 and 5 are the standards and attendees at…
E A Probyn’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 61 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 410; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Cosford; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; Stirling; training; Wellington