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- Tags: Lancaster
List of next of kin for crew of Henry Simpson's aircraft
Tags: Lancaster; missing in action
Henry Simpson’s RAF navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 166 Squadron; 1662 HCU; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Blyton; RAF Kirmington; training
German documents listing killed RAF crew
Letter to Henry Simpson's father
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer; Lancaster; missing in action
Day Operations 15th September 1944 Tirpitz
Tags: 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; bombing; Lancaster; Tirpitz
The Horry Brothers Memoir
There is a short memoir about Frank and a longer memoir about Freddie.
There are three stories about different operations.
Flight Sergeant N G Prescott
Tags: 12 Squadron; aircrew; crash; Halifax; Lancaster; missing in action; pilot; Wellington; wireless operator
The Crew
'Vic' Prettejohns replaced original Flight engineer. Underneath is annotated the crew's names and positions.…
Wartime log
Gordon Prescott’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Dominie; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wickenby; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Letter to Eric Sanger's father
Tags: Lancaster; missing in action; Red Cross
Ralph Freeman's Royal Canadian Air Force pilot’s log book
Derek Carrington Evans' navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 18 OTU; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Evanton; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Scampton; RAF Wigtown; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
A H G Dicker’s Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 205 Squadron; 52 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; B-25; bomb aimer; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Harvard; Lancaster; Lincoln; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Calshot; RAF Shawbury; RAF St Eval; RAF Thorney Island; Sunderland; training; Wellington; York
Thomas Thomson, six airman and a damaged Lancaster
Tags: 49 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; pilot
Thomas Thomson's crew and a Lancaster
Airman and Damaged Turret
Tags: 49 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster
Seven Airmen and a Damaged Wing
On the reverse of the first photograph the annotation reads 'Uncle Tom on left'.
In the second photograph one of the men is pointing out some damage.
15 Squadron Lancaster in flight
Tags: 15 Squadron; Lancaster
E J Haddow’s navigator’s air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1678 HCU; 17 OTU; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Talbenny; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; training; Wellington
Thomas Thomson
Last Week in RAF
Photo 1 and 8 are the same, five airmen on a seaside promenade. They are in khaki uniforms.
Photo 2 and 3 are aerial views from a Lancaster towards Mount Vesuvius.
Photo 4 is group of soldiers with a 156 Squadron…
Lancaster and Lowestoft harbour
Photo 1 is a starboard side view of a Lancaster in flight.
Photo 2 is a view of Lowestoft harbour, docks and river Waveney with row of ships. Underneath is a post-it with 'Op Manna'.
Identification kindly provided…
Lancasters in Flight
Photo 1 is an air-to-air view of the starboard side of a Lancaster in flight.
Photo 2 is an air-to-air view of the port side of a Lancaster in flight. The image is obscured by damage or condensation trail.
Tags: Lancaster