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- Tags: RAF Kirmington
- Type starts with "Text"
John "Jack" Richard Davies
Tags: 166 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bomb struck; Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); evading; final resting place; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Kirmington; Resistance; V-1; V-weapon; Window
J R Davies’ Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 166 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); forced landing; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; RAF Staverton; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
I Flew with Nine Wing Commanders
Tags: 12 Squadron; 153 Squadron; 50 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing; Cook’s tour; coping mechanism; crash; crewing up; debriefing; dispersal; Distinguished Flying Medal; Do 217; entertainment; final resting place; fitter airframe; fitter engine; flight engineer; fuelling; ground crew; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 3; He 111; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mess; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; nose art; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); pilot; promotion; RAF Cosford; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Halton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Scampton; RAF St Athan; RAF Sturgate; RAF Tilstock; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; recruitment; target photograph; training; Whitley; Window
Flight Sergeant Peter Raeburn Jenkinson DFM - life story
166 Squadron history
Peter Jenkinson operational record
Tags: 153 Squadron; 166 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); final resting place; flight engineer; Fw 190; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 262; memorial; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Kirmington; RAF Scampton; tactical support for Normandy troops; V-2; V-weapon
Letter from Peter Jenkinson to his mother
Tags: RAF Kirmington
Extract from log book of Squadron Leader Alan Gibson AFC DFM RNZAF
His pilot on his first operation was Flight Sergeant Burnett. Pilot Officer Allen also flew on one operation with him.
Folder description for collection
Tags: 166 Squadron; RAF Kirmington
Extracts from the log book of Flight Lieutenant Charles Martin
Tags: 166 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 61 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); RAF Blyton; RAF Kirmington; RAF Sturgate; training
Walter Morris - 1939/45 War Record
Tags: 166 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bomb struck; crash; crewing up; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; final resting place; flight engineer; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; love and romance; military ethos; military living conditions; mine laying; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF East Kirkby; RAF Kirkham; RAF Kirmington; RAF Manby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wittering; RCAF Bowden; RCAF Moncton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Telegram to Mr Monks
Tags: missing in action; RAF Kirmington
Details of crash of Maurice Monks' Lancaster
Letter to Maurice Monks father from Station Commander RAF Kirmington
Tags: missing in action; RAF Kirmington
Albert Evans, Record of Service
Telegram to Allan Smith's Father
Tags: aircrew; missing in action; RAF Kirmington
Norman William Smith - extract from flying log book
Tags: 166 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; Lancaster; mine laying; RAF Kirmington; V-2; V-weapon
Victor Stapely's navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1656 HCU; 166 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Dominie; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Proctor; RAF Henlow; RAF Kirmington; RAF Lindholme; RAF St Athan; RAF Watchfield; Tiger Moth; training; York
Ivon Warmington’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 128 Squadron; 16 OTU; 166 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 30 OTU; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 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 Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 410; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Blyton; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Kirmington; RAF Paignton; RAF Peplow; RAF Upper Heyford; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
J S Ross’s pilots flying log book. One
Dennis Terry Biography
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Centurion Lancaster ME746 Roger Squared
Tags: 166 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; ground crew; ground personnel; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Lancaster; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); pilot; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; wireless operator
Good Show Roger Squared
Tags: 1 Group; 166 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; flight engineer; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); pilot; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Manston; searchlight; training; wireless operator