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- Tags: Bombing and Gunnery School
William Norman's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 18 OTU; 626 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Blyton; RAF Bramcote; RAF Hemswell; RAF Wickenby; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Was it all a Dream
Tags: 1 Group; 103 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 1667 HCU; 4 Group; 5 Group; 576 Squadron; 8 Group; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; briefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; intelligence officer; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Lysander; Master Bomber; medical officer; memorial; mid-air collision; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Mosquito; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Bicester; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Brampton; RAF Cosford; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hawarden; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kimbolton; RAF Kirmington; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Paignton; RAF Penrhos; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Worksop; RAF Wyton; Scarecrow; searchlight; superstition; Tiger force; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Walter Braithwaite’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 171 Squadron; 21 OTU; 24 OTU; 77 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Battle; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Elvington; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF North Creake; RAF St Eval; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
Wally Layne's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 50 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); crash; Dominie; Gneisenau; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Bourn; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Lindholme; RAF Penrhos; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Scharnhorst; shot down; target indicator; training; Whitley; wireless operator
VIII Bombing and Gunnery School Crest
V T Hilton’s observer’s air gunner’s and w/t operators flying log book
The war - training
Teddy's Career in the RAFVR 9th September 1939 - 11th October 1941
Tags: 1 Group; 11 OTU; 12 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; crewing up; Defiant; ditching; flight engineer; Flying Training School; ground personnel; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; meteorological officer; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; pilot; propaganda; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Binbrook; RAF Evanton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Odiham; RAF Padgate; RAF St Athan; RAF Wickenby; recruitment; sport; Stirling; take-off crash; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
T Barber’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book. Two
Tags: 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; 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 Penrhos; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Summary of Bob Butler's RAF career
Tags: 11 OTU; 218 Squadron; 99 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; Blenheim; Bombing and Gunnery School; Distinguished Flying Medal; Hampden; killed in action; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Jurby; RAF Marham; RAF Newmarket; RAF Scampton; RAF Waterbeach; Stirling; training; Wellington
Service history of Sergeant Alfred Edward "Teddy" Cosgrove
Tags: 1 Group; 11 OTU; 12 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; crash; final resting place; ground personnel; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; memorial; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Binbrook; RAF Evanton; RAF Odiham; RAF Padgate; RAF Ringway; RAF Wickenby; sport; training; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Sergeant Bronisław Soltysiak’s RAF pilot’s flying log book
Sam Saunders's flying log book
Tags: 128 Squadron; 15 OTU; 16 OTU; 216 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 40 Squadron; 627 Squadron; 692 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Hudson; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Graveley; RAF Harwell; RAF Hendon; RAF Marham; RAF Oakington; RAF Shallufa; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wyton; RCAF Rivers; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Ron Riding's Royal Canadian Air Force observers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 242 Squadron; 52 Squadron; Air Observers School; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; bale out; Battle; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Cook’s tour; evading; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Lancaster; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Dishforth; RAF Lindholme; RAF Northolt; RAF Oakington; RCAF Rivers; Second Tactical Air Force; shot down; Stirling; submarine; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Reg MacArthur's Service Record Extract
Tags: 156 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 28 OTU; 582 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Defiant; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; promotion; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wymeswold; RCAF Moncton; training; Wellington; Whitley
Reg Freeth's South African Air Force observers or air gunners log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 1661 HCU; 26 OTU; 29 OTU; 61 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Martinet; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Desborough; RAF Finningley; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Millom; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Westcott; RAF Wing; RAF Winthorpe; training; Wellington
R W Slaughter’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot
Tags: 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 49 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; mid-air collision; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; training; Wellington
Phillip Ward’s Royal Canadian Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book.
Tags: 1656 HCU; 20 OTU; 460 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Battle; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Catalina; Dominie; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Lancaster; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Binbrook; RAF Breighton; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Lossiemouth; RCAF Calgary; RCAF Mossbank; Tiger Moth; training; Walrus; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Peter Hazeldene's Log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 57 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lysander; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Finningley; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Polebrook; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Peter Banting’s Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 11 OTU; 1653 HCU; 7 Squadron; 75 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Oakley; RAF Warboys; RAF Westcott; Stirling; training; Wellington
Patrick Geary's observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book. Two
Tags: 150 Squadron; 20 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; air sea rescue; aircrew; B-24; Bombing and Gunnery School; crash; Defiant; Distinguished Flying Medal; Harrow; Me 109; Operational Training Unit; RAF Dalcross; RAF Dumfries; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manby; RAF Newton; RAF Snaith; take-off crash; training; Wellington; Whitley
P J Hogan flying log book
Detailing his flying training and operations flown as navigator. He was stationed at RAAF Mount Gambier (2 AOS), RAAF Port Pirie (2 B&GS, 3 AOS), RAF West Freugh (4…
Tags: 1658 HCU; 27 OTU; 466 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Battle; Bombing and Gunnery School; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Driffield; RAF Riccall; RAF West Freugh; training; Wellington
No. 31 Bombing and Gunnery School Sign
No 3 BAGS McDonald
M R Barry's air gunner log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 27 OTU; 463 Squadron; Anson; Battle; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Lichfield; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; Stirling; training; Wellington