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- Tags: 463 Squadron
- Type is exactly "Text. Memoir"
Bob Smith's Memoirs 1
Tags: 115 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 4 Group; 44 Squadron; 463 Squadron; 466 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 619 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 640 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 78 Squadron; aerial photograph; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; bomb aimer; Boston; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; H2S; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; observer; Operational Training Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Breighton; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Waddington; RAF Witchford; recruitment; Red Cross; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 7; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
463 & 467 Squadron Notes on Ops
Tags: 463 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 5 Group; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Cook’s tour; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Grand Slam; H2S; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; RAF Waddington; searchlight; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy
A daylight to the Dortmund-Ems canal and return, a navigator's account
Tags: 463 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 5 Group; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; C-47; Caterpillar Club; crash; Distinguished Service Order; evading; flight engineer; Lancaster; Mosquito; navigator; pilot; RAF Lichfield; RAF Swinderby; RAF Waddington; shot down; Stirling; target indicator; Victoria Cross; wireless operator
The Exploits of Warrant Officer Arthur Pritchard
Tags: 463 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947); crash; evading; final resting place; flight engineer; H2S; killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; missing in action; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Coningsby; RAF St Athan; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; RAF Winthorpe; Resistance; shot down; Stalag Luft 7
Procedures and Life of an Air Gunner with a Lancaster Squadron
He names the crew and describes their roles, including the ground crews, details the activities before an operation, and…
Tags: 463 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 50 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; fitter airframe; fitter engine; flight engineer; fuelling; Fw 190; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; meteorological officer; mine laying; navigator; pilot; RAF Bottesford; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Waddington; training; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
World War II service History of Flight Lieutenant WH Brooker DFC
Initially he served on Wellingtons at Snaith. He describes…
Tags: 27 OTU; 463 Squadron; 467 Squadron; Air Transport Auxiliary; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Beaufighter; bombing; Fw 190; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; Meteor; mine laying; Mosquito; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); RAF Bottesford; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Lichfield; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Snaith; RAF Swinderby; RAF Waddington; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); searchlight; Spitfire; training; Wellington; Window