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- Tags: 28 OTU
Keith Thompson's diary July 1942 to July 1943
Keith Thompson's flying log book
Tags: 101 Squadron; 1659 HCU; 1662 HCU; 192 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 28 OTU; 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bircotes; RAF Blyton; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hixon; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF North Creake; RAF Shawbury; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Watton; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wymeswold; Shackleton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
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
Robert Blamires' South African Air Force observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 28 OTU; 57 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Millom; RAF Scampton; RAF Wymeswold; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Ronald G Britt’s navigator’s air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 28 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Greenock; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Wymeswold; Sunderland; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Service history
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1662 HCU; 28 OTU; 626 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; crash; Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Bridlington; RAF East Wretham; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wittering; RAF Wymeswold; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
W Redding’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1667 HCU; 28 OTU; 30 OTU; 626 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Seighford; RAF Wickenby; training; Wellington