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An Airmans Tale
Chapter 1. Under Training.
Having been assessed in Birmingham Geoff sets off to London in August 1942 for training, at Lords. Initial training was at Bridlington then gunnery school at…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1651 HCU; 1678 HCU; 514 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 90 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; escaping; evading; flight engineer; ground personnel; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Me 109; Me 110; Me 410; Meteor; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Andreas; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cosford; RAF Downham Market; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Jurby; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Mepal; RAF Newmarket; RAF South Cerney; RAF Stradishall; RAF Ternhill; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; the long march; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Don Cameron’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1656 HCU; 1678 HCU; 17 OTU; 242 Squadron; 26 OTU; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Dishforth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Oakington; RAF Silverstone; RAF Snaith; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Windrush; RAF Wing; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; York
World War II & Flying Memoirs
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1678 HCU; 17 OTU; 26 OTU; aircrew; bomb struck; bombing; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; crash; Flying Training School; Gee; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 2; love and romance; Me 110; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; promotion; RAF Dishforth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Silverstone; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Windrush; RAF Wing; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; searchlight; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Window; York
Water under the bridge
Tags: 115 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 3 Group; 620 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-17; B-24; bale out; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; C-47; coping mechanism; crewing up; debriefing; Defiant; Do 217; Dominie; Dulag Luft; evading; fuelling; Fw 190; Gee; gremlin; ground personnel; Halifax; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; Me 110; meteorological officer; military discipline; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; petrol bowser; prisoner of war; Proctor; promotion; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Cardington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Marham; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Turweston; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; Red Cross; searchlight; service vehicle; Stirling; strafing; tractor; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
115 Squadron - Witchford
Flying Officer Kenneth Killeen
Photos 1, 2 and 3 are head and shoulders portraits annotated as "Escape" photographs.
Photo 4 is a half length portrait of Kenneth with a navigator brevet.
Photo 5 is a near three quarter…
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
Westkapelle, October 3, 1944
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Memories of WWII
Tags: 115 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); coping mechanism; crash; Dominie; fear; final resting place; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military ethos; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; Proctor; promotion; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Witchford; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Wellington III
Photo 2 is a view of the starboard nose of a Wellington. The hangar roof is also geodetic construction.
Ken Turnham's navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1669 HCU; 20 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Feltwell; RAF Langar; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Mona; RAF Witchford; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Peter H C Watson’s flying log book (Partial)
Telegram to David Geach's Father
Tags: 115 Squadron; aircrew; missing in action
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
David Geach's Claim for Campaign Stars and/or Defence Medal
David Geach's flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1665 HCU; 1678 HCU; 30 OTU; 623 Squadron; 7 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lincoln; Me 110; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; propaganda; RAF Downham Market; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hixon; RAF Upwood; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RCAF Rivers; shot down; Stirling; training; Wellington
Letter to Mr AB Geach from RAF Witchford
Maurice Kemp list of operations
Keith Thompson's time on 115 Squadron
Three colour postcards of Malta, two of Grand Harbour Valetta, one captioned Maltas stone buildings and one of a horse powered carriage.
A colour postcard of a military cemetery captioned 'Tobruk, Knight Bridge Cemetery near El…
Telegram to J W Akrill from 115 Squadron
Tags: 115 Squadron; missing in action
Letter from Bill Akrill to his mother and all
Robert Ayre 1894209 Royal Air Force Personnel document
Tags: 115 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 90 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Lancaster; Stirling
King George VI, the Queen, and Princess Elizabeth
115 Squadron Diamond Jubilee certificate
Tags: 115 Squadron