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- Tags: 17 OTU
Interview with Ken Fawcett
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 227 Squadron; 619 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bomb struck; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); civil defence; Cook’s tour; crash; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Home Guard; Lancaster; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Balderton; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Schräge Musik; Stirling; take-off crash; training; Wellington
Interview with Keith Ganney
Tags: 17 OTU; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; crewing up; entertainment; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Lancaster; love and romance; Me 109; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Penrhos; RAF Silverstone; Tiger Moth; training
Interview with Alan Pugh
Tags: 17 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; fear; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mess; military living conditions; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Silverstone; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Worksop; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Harry Whittaker's flying log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 17 OTU; 19 OTU; 35 Squadron; 635 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Botha; crash; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); Halifax; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Magister; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Downham Market; RAF Dumfries; RAF Graveley; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley
Harold Blow’s pilots flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 1661 HCU; 17 OTU; 29 OTU; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; Meteor; mid-air collision; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bardney; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Carlisle; RAF Church Fenton; RAF Finningley; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Shawbury; RAF Silverstone; RAF Sywell; RAF Tangmere; RAF Winthorpe; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Group Captain Leonard Trent VC DFC ADC
Tags: 15 Squadron; 17 OTU; 2 Group; 214 Squadron; 487 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; Battle; Blenheim; Boston; Distinguished Flying Cross; Ju 88; Me 109; Meteor; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Coltishall; RAF Feltwell; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Oakington; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wittering; RAF Wyton; Spitfire; Stalag Luft 3; training; Ventura; Victoria Cross
Gordon Cruickshank's observers and air gunners flying log book. One
Tags: 10 OTU; 100 Squadron; 11 OTU; 17 OTU; 199 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Botha; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Spilsby; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Westcott; training; Wellington; Whitley
Gordon Cruickshank's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers. Two
Tags: 10 OTU; 100 Squadron; 11 OTU; 17 OTU; 199 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Botha; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Spilsby; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Westcott; training; Wellington; Whitley
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
George Holmes' navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 50 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Botha; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mid-air collision; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator
George Edmond's service record
F W Honey’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book. Two
Tags: 101 Squadron; 104 Squadron; 11 OTU; 17 OTU; 29 OTU; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Lancaster; Lysander; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Kabrit; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakley; RAF Silverstone; RAF Westcott; RAF Woolfox Lodge; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Ernest Probyn and Letter from Sir Arthur Harris
The letter is a morale booster to encourage his airmen.
Eric Horace Woods’ observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 144 Squadron; 17 OTU; 61 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Albemarle; Anson; B-24; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; crash; Hampden; Harrow; Ju 88; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Cranage; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lyneham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Penrhos; RAF Upwood; RAF Watton; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wigtown; RAF Woolfox Lodge; training; York
E J Haddow’s navigator’s air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1678 HCU; 17 OTU; aircrew; 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); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Talbenny; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; training; Wellington
E A Probyn’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 61 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 410; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Cosford; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; Stirling; training; Wellington
E A Denman’s flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 11 OTU; 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 227 Squadron; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Balderton; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Finningley; RAF Manby; RAF Millom; RAF Silverstone; RAF Strubby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Westcott; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Donald Chinery’s flying log book for observers and air gunners
Tags: 16 OTU; 1651 HCU; 17 OTU; 196 Squadron; 61 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); 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); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Me 109; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Barford St John; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Coningsby; RAF Finningley; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Newmarket; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Turweston; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Don Cameron’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1656 HCU; 1678 HCU; 17 OTU; 242 Squadron; 26 OTU; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Harvard; 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; Oxford; pilot; RAF Dishforth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Oakington; RAF Silverstone; RAF Snaith; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Windrush; RAF Wing; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; York
Derrick Allen's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 467 Squadron; 619 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cardington; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silverstone; RAF Spanhoe; RAF St Athan; RAF Strubby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; shot down; Stirling; training; Wellington
Dennis Denton's log book
Tags: 13 OTU; 139 Squadron; 17 OTU; 2 Group; 21 Squadron; 226 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-25; Blenheim; Botha; C-47; Defiant; Dominie; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bicester; RAF Evanton; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Methwold; RAF Oulton; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Upwood; RAF Watton; RAF West Raynham; RAF Yatesbury; training; Ventura; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
Conversation with Ted Mercer
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 44 Squadron; 5 BFTS; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Grantham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington
Conversation with Jim Lord and John Elliot
Tags: 1667 HCU; 17 OTU; 550 Squadron; 83 OTU; aircrew; bale out; Caterpillar Club; crash; crewing up; ground crew; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; nose art; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Silverstone; training; Wellington; wireless operator
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
B W Allen’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 207 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silverstone; RAF Spilsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; Stirling; training; Wellington