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- Temporal Coverage starts with "1945-04"
Hugh Forth’s pilots flying log book. Three
Tags: 1658 HCU; 19 OTU; 77 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lincoln; Meteor; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Carlisle; RAF Finningley; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lichfield; RAF Little Rissington; Raf Mauripur; RAF Pershore; RAF Riccall; RAF Syerston; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley; York
Peter Thompson’s Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 11 OTU; 1653 HCU; 195 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Dishforth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Lyneham; RAF Madley; RAF Oakley; RAF Riccall; RAF West Freugh; RAF Westcott; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator; York
Dennis Oldman's flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Grand Slam; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Penrhos; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Leonard William Fairbanks' Observer' and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book
Tags: 20 OTU; 223 Squadron; 25 OTU; 408 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Dominie; Halifax; Hampden; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Balderton; RAF Finningley; RAF Leeming; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Oulton; RAF Stormy Down; training; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator
Bertie Henington's Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilots
Tags: 106 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; mine laying; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Coningsby; RAF Dumfries; RAF Metheringham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; RCAF Rivers; Stirling; training; Wellington
Bernard Ross' observers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 1665 HCU; 296 Squadron; 297 Squadron; 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Albemarle; Blenheim; Halifax; Hamilcar; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Earls Colne; RAF Hurn; RAF Penrhos; RAF Seighford; RAF Thruxton; RAF Tilstock; Special Operations Executive; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley
Harry William Wickham
Tags: 102 Squadron; 462 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air sea rescue; aircrew; B-17; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; forced landing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; mine laying; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Finningley; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Torquay; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Bob Burns - the hundred mile walk (Stalag Luft VII to Berlin) with saxophone and clarinet
Gresse Church Chronicle Extract
In the second part he describes damage to the cemetery during a bombardment from the other…
List of operations
List of Lancaster losses
Navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book for Albert Frederick Nye
Tags: 1661 HCU; 207 Squadron; 29 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Spilsby; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Admiral Scheer capsized at Kiel
Upper photograph shows a starboard view of the Admiral Scheer. It is captioned: 'The German Battleship "Admiral Sheer" in 1937.'
Lower photograph shows a…
Extracts from George Royall's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
No 166 Squadron history
Page one begins with the reformation of the squadron in 1936 and gives details of the aircraft operated, the stations flown from and the roles the squadron played in training and operations.…
Tags: 10 OTU; 103 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 150 Squadron; 153 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 166 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crash; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; mine laying; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Kirmington; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Scampton; take-off crash; training; Wellington; Whitley
Hugh Ward's Royal Air Force observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 1661 HCU; 44 Squadron; 463 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Manchester; mine laying; Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training
Charles Arthur Hill Darby’s Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 186 Squadron; 622 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Cook’s tour; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Stradishall
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Stradishall
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Stradishall
Record of postings
Interview with Alan George Buxton
Alan was posted to Bradfield Park for training and…
Tags: 467 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; bale out; bombing; crewing up; Gee; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster Finishing School; love and romance; mess; military living conditions; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; RAF Lichfield; RAF Metheringham; RAF Wigtown; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; submarine; superstition; Tallboy; training; Wellington