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- Tags: 49 Squadron
Donald Andrew’s Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 207 Squadron; 49 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Saltby; RAF Spilsby; RAF Staverton; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Dearest ma
Letter from Records Office to Mrs Roberts
Tags: 49 Squadron; crash; killed in action; RAF Ruislip; RAF Scampton
Reginald Frederick Robert's service record
Sergeant Reginald Frederick (Roly) Roberts
Tags: 106 Squadron; 16 OTU; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 66 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bomb aimer; bomb trolley; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; briefing; crash; entertainment; final resting place; fitter airframe; fitter engine; Flying Training School; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Gneisenau; ground crew; ground personnel; Hampden; Harrow; killed in action; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; promotion; RAF Duxford; RAF Finningley; RAF Halton; RAF Penrhos; RAF Scampton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Upper Heyford; recruitment; training; Victoria Cross; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Three aircrew
Squadron photograph
Tags: 49 Squadron; aircrew; ground personnel; pilot
Interview with Fred Hill
Tags: 14 OTU; 49 Squadron; 692 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Gneisenau; Hampden; mid-air collision; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Scampton; RAF Upavon; RAF Woodbridge; Scharnhorst; Spitfire; target indicator; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Fred Hill - transcript
Tags: 14 OTU; 49 Squadron; 692 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Gneisenau; Hampden; mid-air collision; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Scampton; RAF Upavon; RAF Woodbridge; Scharnhorst; Spitfire; target indicator; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Fighting the war sitting down
Tags: 156 Squadron; 2 Group; 49 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 99 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; Blenheim; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Hampden; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Hemswell; RAF Oakington; RAF Scampton; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Jim Hardy’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book One
Posted to No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School, 14 Operational Training Unit. Operational posting…
Tags: 14 OTU; 24 OTU; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Hampden; Hereford; Lysander; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Long Marston; RAF Scampton; RAF West Freugh; take-off crash; training; Walrus; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Hampden parked on grass
Tags: 49 Squadron; Hampden; RAF Scampton
Four airmen
Three airmen
Tags: 49 Squadron; aircrew; Hampden; RAF Scampton
George Cook
Tags: 49 Squadron; aircrew; Hampden; RAF Scampton
One airman
Tags: 49 Squadron; aircrew; Hampden; RAF Scampton
One airman
Tags: 49 Squadron; aircrew; Hampden; RAF Scampton
Conversation with George Arthur Cook
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 16 OTU; 205 Squadron; 49 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Catalina; Hampden; killed in action; Me 109; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Alness; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Debden; RAF Kenley; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; training; wireless operator / air gunner
George Cook’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 205 Squadron; 49 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Catalina; Hampden; Hornet Moth; Lancaster; mine laying; Oxford; RAF Alness; RAF Carew Cheriton; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Koggala; RAF Oban; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; Sunderland; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Conversation with Eric Clarke
Tags: 16 OTU; 23 OTU; 24 OTU; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Hampden; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Pershore; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; searchlight; training; wireless operator / air gunner
Ten airmen and four WAAFs
There is a second copy with on the reverse 'Fiskerton Intelligence section 3/45'.
49 Squadron
The caption reads '49th Squadron - 1937 - Worthy Down - Hawker Hinds - Sqdn. Ldr. W.E. Dibble (C.O. - July 1936 - November 1937)
Front row -…
RAF Fiskerton Memorial plaque
#1 the completed plaque
#2 the partially completed plaque with the sculptor's lines present.
#3 the sculptor at work on the plaque.
Tags: 49 Squadron; 576 Squadron; memorial; RAF Fiskerton
Aircrew, WAAFs and Lancaster
There is a second copy with, on the reverse, '49 Sq MT Section'.