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- Tags: H2S
Some passing quips with aircrew friends
Tags: arts and crafts; bombing; fear; Gee; H2S; perception of bombing war
V Group News, June 1944
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 627 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb dump; bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Siracourt V-weapon site (25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; radar; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; rivalry; service vehicle; tactical support for Normandy troops; tractor; training; wireless operator
V Group News, July 1944
Tags: 5 Group; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 1944); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; pilot; radar; rivalry; searchlight; sport; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-2; V-3; V-weapon; wireless operator
Lincoln in flight
Tags: 100 Squadron; H2S; Lincoln
V Group News, August 1944
Tags: 5 Group; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; pilot; radar; rivalry; sport; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; wireless operator
V Group News, September 1944
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; flight engineer; fuelling; Gee; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); H2S; Lancaster; Master Bomber; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Pathfinders; petrol bowser; pilot; radar; RAF Wainfleet; rivalry; service vehicle; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; wireless operator
V Group News, October 1944
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; gremlin; H2S; Master Bomber; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; navigator; Nissen hut; pilot; radar; rivalry; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; wireless operator
V Group News, November 1944
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Gee; gremlin; H2S; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); pilot; radar; rivalry; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; wireless operator
V Group News, December 1944
V Group News, January 1945
V Group News, July 1945
Lancaster Mk 1 Taking Off
Tags: 149 Squadron; H2S; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; RAF Methwold
Halifax MZ282
Tags: 429 Squadron; H2S; Halifax
Arthur Tindall's service and operations
Tags: 44 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; RAF Coningsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Witchford; target indicator; V-weapon; wireless operator
Notes on Bomber Command
Target map Frankfurt am Main
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Tags: H2S
Target map Braunschweig
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Tags: H2S
Target map München
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Tags: H2S
Target map Stuttgart
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Tags: H2S
Target map Leipzig
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Tags: H2S
Target map Augsburg
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Tags: H2S
Operations
Below - two documents giving accounts of these two operations with types of aircraft used, losses, enemy fighter operations, weather,…
Tags: 431 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; flight engineer; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Lancaster; Mosquito; Oboe; Pathfinders; RAF Croft
Lancasters and Wellington
#1. Starboard view of Lancaster AS-U standing at dispersal. The bomb doors are open and protective covers fitted over the rear and mid-upper turrets. The rear door is open and the ladder in place and the H2S dome can…
Tags: aircrew; dispersal; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Lancaster; Wellington