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- Temporal Coverage starts with "1945-01"
No 2 Squadron, 2nd Tactical Air Force, 29 July 1944 - 3 January 1945
Dare to Discover: World War II experiences of V T Hilton
Tags: 192 Squadron; aircrew; arts and crafts; bomb trolley; bombing up; crewing up; FIDO; fuelling; H2S; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; operational training unit; petrol bowser; RAF Foulsham; RAF Rufforth; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
P H Gaunt’s pilots flying log book. Two.
Tags: 37 Squadron; 70 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Hampden; pilot; Tiger Moth; Wellington
LAC T. Barber’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book. Two
He was stationed at RCAF Station Paulson (No. 7…
Tags: 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; operational training unit; RAF Desborough; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
RE Wannop's pilot's flying log book. Two
Jack Penswick’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bombing; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Manchester; Martinet; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Morpeth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Ivor Cole's log book
Tags: 103 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-24; C-47; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; mine laying; operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wymeswold; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Samual Guyan's Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 90 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Martinet; mine laying; operational training unit; RAF Marham; RAF Ridgewell; RAF Shenington; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; training; Wellington
Postcards from John Goldby to his Parents
Tags: bale out; Dulag Luft; prisoner of war
Life as a prisoner of war
The long march
Tags: C-47; prisoner of war; Stalag 3A; Stalag 8B; Stalag Luft 7; the long march
Near miss
Gordon Babbage's navigator's air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 100 Squadron; 102 Squadron; 156 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Defiant; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Pathfinders; RAF Driffield; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Grimsby; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; RAF Rufforth; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; training; Whitley
Service record John Henry (Jack) Thomas
Tags: 102 Squadron; air gunner; bomb aimer; crewing up; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; heavy conversion unit; navigator; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Hullavington; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Harrold Wakefield's navigator's, air bombers and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 51 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; heavy conversion unit; Horsa; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; RAF Lyneham; RAF Marston Moor; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; training; Whitley; York
William Daymont's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 100 Squadron; 466 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Driffield; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hemswell; RAF St Athan
The Log
Sparks in the air - Jack Smith's wartime story
Tags: 189 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; love and romance; military living conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Bramcote; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Milltown; RAF Padgate; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Sparks in the air - Jack Smith's wartime story
Tags: 189 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; military living conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Bramcote; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Milltown; RAF Padgate; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodbridge; recruitment; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Gerald McPherson air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 15 Squadron; 186 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Battle; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Turweston; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; training; Wellington
Flight Engineer, 420 Squadron RCF, Bomber Command, RAF WWII
Details of prisoners of war forced trek from Luft VII Bankau to Luckenwalde
Ted Leaviss and crew
Tags: air gunner; aircrew
Pat Hogan's recollection of events on 3/4 March 1945 written to a relative of Flying Officer Alan Shelton
Tags: 466 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; crewing up; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 -); entertainment; ethnic or religious minorities; faith; final resting place; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; home front; Ju 88; killed in action; Me 109; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; pilot; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Driffield; RAF Lichfield; sanitation; shot down; training; wireless operator