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- Tags: 1657 HCU
Robert Kirkbright’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book. Two
Tags: 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 1657 HCU; 199 Squadron; 30 OTU; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Flying Training School; Halifax; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Hixon; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Norman Piercy - Research Notes
Tags: 101 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 405 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 8 Group; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; final resting place; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; Pathfinders; RAF Alconbury; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington
List of postings
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1657 HCU; 214 Squadron; 7 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; bombing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Witchford; training; Wellington
George Shepherd’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1657 HCU; 214 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Andreas; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Shenington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Witchford; Stirling; training; Wellington
Bill Foskett’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot (Log Book 3)
Tags: 15 OTU; 1657 HCU; 214 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Battle; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Harwell; RAF Millom; RAF Sculthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington; Window
Alan Edwin Camlin's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 1657 HCU; 26 OTU; 7 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Feltwell; RAF Oakington; RAF Oakley; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Warboys; RAF Westcott; RAF Wing; Stirling; training; Wellington
John Madge's Log Book
Tags: 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1657 HCU; 26 OTU; 90 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Botha; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Barford St John; RAF Coningsby; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Marham; RAF Morpeth; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wratting Common; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stirling; training; Wellington
Ikey Love's navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 7 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Oakington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Upwood; RAF Wratting Common; shot down; Stirling; training
Charles Cuthill’s pilots flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 12 OTU; 149 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 17 OTU; 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Catalina; Dominie; Flying Training School; Gee; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Gamston; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Methwold; RAF Shenington; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
A E Travell’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 1660 HCU; 214 Squadron; 576 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Defiant; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Oxford; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Dalcross; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Marham; RAF Stradishall; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stirling; training; Wellington
J Oates’ observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 OTU; 1657 HCU; 1665 HCU; 196 Squadron; 81 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; crash; Halifax; Harrow; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Keevil; RAF Leicester East; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Millom; RAF Pocklington; RAF Sleap; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tarrant Rushton; RAF Tilstock; RAF Weathersfield; RAF Witchford; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
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Tags: 1 Group; 100 Group; 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 105 Squadron; 114 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 141 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 162 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 1665 HCU; 18 Squadron; 180 Squadron; 2 Group; 208 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 239 Squadron; 3 Group; 301 Squadron; 304 Squadron; 342 Squadron; 6 Group; 6 Squadron; 620 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 8 Group; 9 Squadron; 90 Squadron; 97 Squadron; 99 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; B-24; B-25; bale out; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Boston; Caterpillar Club; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; evading; final resting place; Gee; Gneisenau; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Horsa; Hurricane; Ju 87; killed in action; Lancaster; Lysander; Manchester; Me 109; Meteor; mid-air collision; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; propaganda; radar; RAF Bicester; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Bottesford; RAF Bourn; RAF Bradwell Bay; RAF Bramcote; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coltishall; RAF Drem; RAF Driffield; RAF Duxford; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Fairford; RAF Finningley; RAF Great Massingham; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Harwell; RAF Hendon; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Honington; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Kenley; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Leconfield; RAF Leuchars; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Little Snoring; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Manston; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Newmarket; RAF Newton; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Penrhos; RAF Pershore; RAF Ridgewell; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Sleap; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tangmere; RAF Tempsford; RAF Tilstock; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF West Raynham; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Wyton; Resistance; Scharnhorst; Special Operations Executive; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; Tiger force; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Edward King's RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 15 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 29 OTU; 82 OTU; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Ossington; RAF Prestwick; RAF Riccall; RAF Stradishall; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; York
Gerald McPherson air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 15 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1657 HCU; 17 OTU; 186 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Battle; Bombing and Gunnery School; 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
Trevor Saint air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 26 OTU; 514 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Feltwell; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Manby; RAF Morpeth; RAF Newmarket; RAF Stradishall; RAF Waterbeach; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wing; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
The lucky crew
Tags: 1657 HCU; 622 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; intelligence officer; Lancaster; military living conditions; mine laying; navigator; Oboe; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Cardington; RAF Cosford; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Oakington; RAF Padgate; RAF St Athan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Warboys; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; training; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Gordon Mills observer's and air gunner's log book
Tags: 149 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 1657 HCU; 218 Squadron; 26 OTU; 44 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; crash; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Martinet; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Mepal; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Penrhos; RAF Shallufa; RAF Stradishall; RAF Waddington; RAF Wing; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; take-off crash; training; Wellington
R S Routledge’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 44 Squadron; 82 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Botha; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Andreas; RAF Bircotes; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Manby; RAF Morpeth; RAF Ossington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
J Millar’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 61 Squadron; 620 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); 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); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Me 109; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Coningsby; RAF Leicester East; RAF Newmarket; RAF Pembrey; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
T Knox’s flying log book for flight engineers
Tags: 149 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 199 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Aqir; RAF Cosford; RAF Finningley; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Methwold; RAF North Creake; RAF Ringway; RAF Sealand; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upper Heyford; Stirling; training
Christopher George McVickers' flying log book
Tags: 100 Squadron; 101 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1653 HCU; 1657 HCU; 192 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 205 Squadron; 210 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 220 Squadron; 82 OTU; 90 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-29; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Binbrook; RAF Bircotes; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Feltwell; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Methwold; RAF Millom; RAF Ossington; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Stradishall; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Watton; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RAF Wratting Common; Shackleton; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Allen Gould’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
D E Owen’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers. Two
Tags: 149 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 1668 HCU; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Cook’s tour; crash; Distinguished Service Order; flight engineer; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; RAF Balderton; RAF Bardney; RAF Binbrook; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Salbani; RAF Scampton; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stirling; training
D E Owen’s pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 149 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 617 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crash; Distinguished Service Order; flight engineer; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Scampton; RAF Stradishall; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stirling; training
Edward Key’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 1657 HCU; 514 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Bridlington; RAF Burn; RAF Eastleigh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Leconfield; RAF St Athan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Upwood; RAF Waterbeach; Stirling; training