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- Tags: 21 OTU
To war in a Wimpy - the life and times of Flight Sergeant Ron Williams RAF
Chapter 1 - early life, enlistment and training.
Chapter 2 - operational training. Describes activities during training OTU including naming his crew and flying out to…
Tags: 21 OTU; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; Boston; C-47; crewing up; Dominie; Hudson; Lancaster; Lysander; military living conditions; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Padgate; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Wigtown; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Old enemies new friends
The log-books of Ted Milligan RAF 152506
Tags: 1667 HCU; 21 OTU; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Flying Training School; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Bottesford; RAF Cardington; RAF Carnaby; RAF Hixon; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wigtown; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Transcript of conversations with Jack Bromfield
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1659 HCU; 21 OTU; 6 Group; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; crewing up; Dominie; Dulag Luft; evading; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Cosford; RAF Dalton; RAF Evanton; RAF Ford; RAF Lissett; RAF Madley; RAF Melksham; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; Red Cross; shot down; Stalag Luft 1; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Wellington OTU crew
Six airmen
Tags: 21 OTU; aircrew; Operational Training Unit; training
Jack Bromfield’s Royal Air Force Wireless Operator/Air Gunner's Flying Log Book
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1659 HCU; 21 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Evanton; RAF Lissett; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Don Sparkes' service record
D Sparkes observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 1666 HCU; 21 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lincoln; Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Lissett; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF Wombleton; training; Wellington
Douglas Ross Arrowsmith’s pilots flying log book
Tags: 1656 HCU; 21 OTU; 27 OTU; 460 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Robert Victor Keeling's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 10 OTU; 21 OTU; 22 OTU; 51 Squadron; 7 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; Flying Training School; Hampden; Hudson; Hurricane; Lancaster; Magister; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Burnaston; RAF Cranage; RAF Dishforth; RAF Farnborough; RAF Hullavington; RAF Kemble; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Oakington; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; Spitfire; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley
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
Save me an Egg
Tags: 207 Squadron; 21 OTU; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 57 Squadron; 619 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 8 Group; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; animal; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bomb aimer; bomb trolley; debriefing; ditching; flight engineer; fuelling; H2S; hangar; Hudson; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Me 109; mess; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; petrol bowser; pilot; RAF Bircham Newton; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Henlow; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Spilsby; service vehicle; sport; superstition; target indicator; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
D E Crampin's Royal Air Force navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 21 OTU; 78 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Aqir; RAF Breighton; RAF Dishforth; RAF Evanton; RAF Millom; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator; York
Edward Stewart's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 104 Squadron; 21 OTU; 28 OTU; aircrew; bombing; Flying Training School; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Cranwell; RAF Kabrit; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Luqa; RAF Lyneham; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Sywell; RAF Wymeswold; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Robert Jubb - Royal Australian Air Force flying log book
Tags: 1658 HCU; 21 OTU; 462 Squadron; 76 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; Beaufighter; bomb aimer; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Me 110; Me 262; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Driffield; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Riccall; Stalag Luft 7; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
Page from log book
J B McManus - pilot's flying log book
Tags: 1663 HCU; 21 OTU; 466 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Albemarle; Anson; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lincoln; Martinet; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; P-51; pilot; Proctor; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Driffield; RAF Hawarden; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Rufforth; RAF Wymeswold; Tiger Moth; training; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
G M (Max) Langworthy - Royal Australian Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 1663 HCU; 21 OTU; 462 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Cook’s tour; crash; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Driffield; RAF Foulsham; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Rufforth; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Window
L Britt’s flying log book for pilots
Tags: 1652 HCU; 21 OTU; 462 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lincoln; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; P-51; pilot; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Driffield; RAF Foulsham; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Watchfield; RAF Worksop; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Allan Lodder's pilots flying log book
Tags: 100 Group; 1664 HCU; 21 OTU; 462 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Dishforth; RAF Driffield; RAF Fairoaks; RAF Foulsham; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Alexander Taylor Royal Australian Air Force observer's, air gunner's and w/t operator's flying log book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 21 OTU; 462 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; RAF Driffield; RAF Foulsham; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF West Freugh; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Service record John Henry (Jack) Thomas
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 21 OTU; air gunner; aircrew; 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