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- Tags: 550 Squadron
Aircraft of Bomber Command completing more than 100 operations
Second page lists a further 22 Lancasters by registration number only.
Bill Freeman's Log Book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 30 OTU; 300 Squadron; 550 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Manby; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Seighford; RAF Stormy Down; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Bill Freeman's Service Career
Tags: 1 Group; 1662 HCU; 300 Squadron; 5 Group; 550 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); briefing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; entertainment; flight engineer; George Cross; ground crew; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mess; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Stormy Down; searchlight; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
Calais
Details of death of those signing the book
Tags: 158 Squadron; 19 OTU; 26 OTU; 35 Squadron; 405 Squadron; 408 Squadron; 419 Squadron; 420 Squadron; 424 Squadron; 425 Squadron; 426 Squadron; 427 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 429 Squadron; 432 Squadron; 433 Squadron; 434 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Anson; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Halifax; Hampden; killed in action; Lancaster; Operational Training Unit; RAF Balderton; RAF Croft; RAF Dishforth; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Moor; RAF Elvington; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Middleton St George; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Snaith; RAF Syerston; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; training; Whitley
Flying echelon, 550 Squadron, North Killingholme, May 1945
Tags: 550 Squadron; aircrew; animal; RAF North Killingholme
Geoff Packham's Record of Service
Tags: 1667 HCU; 18 OTU; 550 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Cardington; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hurn; RAF Lindholme; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Torquay; RAF Wilmslow; RAF Worksop; training
George Dennis's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 1662 HCU; 550 Squadron; 83 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ingham; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Pembrey; RAF Peplow; training; Wellington
Interrogation of Pilot Officer Geoff Packham on his release from prisoner of war camp
Interview with Charles Philip Blackham
Interview with Geoff Packham
On his return, Geoff…
Tags: 550 Squadron; Air Raid Precautions; B-17; bale out; bombing; civil defence; Dulag Luft; evading; Horsa; memorial; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; prisoner of war; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Sutton Bridge; sanitation; shot down; Stalag Luft 1; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; Window
Interview with Jack Harris. One
Tags: 30 OTU; 550 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Flying Training School; H2S; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cranage; RAF Fairoaks; RAF Grantham; RAF Harlaxton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Ingham; RAF North Killingholme; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Sandtoft; RAF South Cerney; RAF Torquay; recruitment; Tiger Moth; training; Ventura; Wellington
Interview with Jack Harris. Three
Interview with John Eppel
Tags: 18 OTU; 550 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; crash; crewing up; forced landing; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; love and romance; navigator; Operational Training Unit; perimeter track; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF North Killingholme; RAF West Freugh; RAF Worksop; searchlight; Spitfire; training; Wellington
Interview with Len Doward
Tags: 550 Squadron; 625 Squadron; aircrew; animal; bomb struck; bombing; Halifax; Harvard; Lancaster; pilot; training; Wellington
Interview with Maurice Snowball
Interview with Vic Farmer
John Eppel and six airmen
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John Eppel's flying log book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 18 OTU; 550 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Worksop; training; Wellington
Lancaster in Flight
Tags: 550 Squadron; Lancaster
Lancaster Nose Art
Tags: 460 Squadron; 550 Squadron; Lancaster; nose art
Lancaster Recovery
Lancasters issued to No. 166 squadron between September 1943 and April 1945
Tags: 100 Squadron; 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 153 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 166 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 1667 HCU; 300 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bomb struck; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; crash; final resting place; flight engineer; forced landing; Fw 190; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; Me 110; mid-air collision; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bradwell Bay; RAF Coningsby; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leeming; RAF Lindholme; RAF Manston; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodbridge; shot down; tactical support for Normandy troops; take-off crash; training; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator