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- Tags: 622 Squadron
XV Squadron Lancaster NG358
Wizernes, Edward King's 21st operation of his tour
Westkapelle, October 3, 1944
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Squadron; 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 105 Squadron; 109 Squadron; 115 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 300 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 626 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 90 Squadron; bombing; Lancaster; Mosquito; Pathfinders; RAF Binbrook; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Grimsby; RAF Kelstern; RAF Kirmington; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Mepal; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wickenby; RAF Witchford; RAF Woodhall Spa; Spitfire
Water under the bridge
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 3 Group; 620 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Transport Auxiliary; aircrew; Anson; B-17; B-24; bale out; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; C-47; coping mechanism; crewing up; debriefing; Defiant; Do 217; Dominie; Dulag Luft; evading; fuelling; Fw 190; Gee; gremlin; ground personnel; Halifax; intelligence officer; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; Me 110; meteorological officer; military discipline; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; P-51; padre; Pathfinders; petrol bowser; prisoner of war; Proctor; promotion; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Cardington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Marham; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Penrhos; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tangmere; RAF Turweston; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; Red Cross; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Schräge Musik; searchlight; service vehicle; Stirling; strafing; tractor; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
Villers Bocage, Edward King's 19th operation of his tour
Tom Jones’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 622 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Dishforth; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Oakington; RAF Riccall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Warboys; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; York
Three Lancasters in Flight
Tags: 622 Squadron; Lancaster
Thomas Jones personnel document
Tags: 622 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; flight engineer; Pathfinders
They Refused to Fly
A second article titled 'Norton Camp, Sheffield' is about a punishment camp where the writer was sent after cycling…
The lucky crew
Tags: 1657 HCU; 622 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; intelligence officer; Lancaster; military living conditions; mine laying; navigator; Oboe; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Cardington; RAF Cosford; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Oakington; RAF Padgate; RAF St Athan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Warboys; RAF West Malling; searchlight; Spitfire; Stirling; training; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Rowland Kethro's Wartime Service and Operations Record
Tags: 106 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 189 Squadron; 207 Squadron; 3 Group; 4 Group; 405 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 5 Group; 6 Group; 622 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Flying Training School; H2S; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Manchester; Me 110; mine laying; Mosquito; Oboe; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Bardney; RAF Barford St John; RAF Catfoss; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Hinton; RAF Manby; RAF Spilsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Stearman; Stirling; training; V-2; V-weapon; Victoria Cross; Wellington
Record for Lancaster 'LS-M' NF958
Tags: 115 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; pilot
Preface: The Crash of Lancaster LM595
Nucourt, Edward King's 24th operation of his tour
Linzeux, Edward King's 23rd operation of his tour
Letter and transcript of telephone interview
Tags: 15 Squadron; 3 Group; 622 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); control caravan; crewing up; fear; flight engineer; forced landing; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Me 110; military discipline; military service conditions; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Mildenhall; RAF St Athan; RAF Woodbridge; Scarecrow; searchlight; service vehicle; Stirling; superstition; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Window
Ivor William Ernest Foster’s flying log book for air gunner
Tags: 1651 HCU; 186 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 85 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Feltwell; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Woolfox Lodge; training; Wellington
Interview with William Paul Gould
Interview with Ted Peck
Ted describes an incident which occurred in bad weather in a Stirling at the 1657 Heavy…
Interview with Peter Jones
Tags: 1657 HCU; 622 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); Pathfinders; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Oakington; RAF St Athan; RAF Warboys; RAF West Malling; Stirling; training; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Peter Cyril Beckett
Interview with Ken Thomas
Tags: 16 OTU; 3 Group; 622 Squadron; Air Transport Auxiliary; aircrew; Asian heritage; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Desford; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Woodbridge; RCAF Moncton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington