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- Tags: RAF Castle Donington
- Type starts with "Text"
J Brennan's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 102 Squadron; 35 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); C-47; ditching; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; operational training unit; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Graveley; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Rufforth; RAF Wymeswold; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
D A Robinson’s pilot’s flying log book
Tags: 158 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Lissett; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stradishall; RAF Wing; RAF Wymeswold; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
RAF Stations visited by K Watson
Tags: RAF Brize Norton; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Dunsfold; RAF Earls Colne; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marham; RAF Netheravon; RAF Sleap; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Athan; RAF St Eval; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Swinderby; RAF Tarrant Rushton; RAF Tilstock; RAF West Freugh; RAF Westcott; RAF Wing; RAF Wyton; Stirling
Richard Franklin’s navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers flying log book
Tags: 427 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Botha; C-47; Dominie; forced landing; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Me 109; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Leeming; RAF Madley; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF Wigtown; RAF Wymeswold; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Keith Thompson's flying log book
Tags: 101 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 199 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; operational training unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hixon; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF North Creake; RAF Shawbury; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Watton; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wymeswold; Shackleton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Keith Thompson's diary from July 1943 to January 1944
Ronald Mathers pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; navigator; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bardney; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Morton Hall; RAF Shawbury; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Bill Thomas memoir
Tags: 153 Squadron; 166 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crewing up; ground personnel; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; mine laying; operational training unit; perception of bombing war; promotion; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Strubby; RAF Wigtown; training; Wellington