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- Tags: 630 Squadron
Alma Leedham's memoir
Tags: 49 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 83 Squadron; animal; bomb dump; bomb trolley; ground personnel; Lancaster; love and romance; Manchester; military living conditions; military service conditions; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Scampton; service vehicle; tractor; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Flying Officer Arthur S Woolf - RAF career and experiences in WW2
Covers joining the RAF at age 19 and training at…
Tags: 5 Group; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; C-47; crewing up; Dominie; Guinea Pig Club; Hampden; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); military discipline; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; prisoner of war; Proctor; promotion; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wroughton; RAF Yatesbury; shot down; Stirling; training; Walrus; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Alan Payne
Tags: 630 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); coping mechanism; crewing up; debriefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Me 109; military living conditions; mine laying; Nissen hut; observer; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Silverstone; RAF Torquay; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; superstition; target photograph; training; Wellington; Window; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Doug Packman
Interview with Joseph Henry Cook
Tags: 630 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bombing; crewing up; fear; Fw 190; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Me 109; Me 262; military ethos; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; perception of bombing war; propaganda; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Tarrant Rushton; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Des Hawkins' service history and list of operations
Tags: 44 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; mine laying; navigator; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Kelstern; RAF Kirmington; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Waddington; training; Wellington
Memoir Flight Lieutenant Gordon Cruickshank D.F.M. RAFRO
Tags: 44 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Bombing of Augsburg (17 April 1942); bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Distinguished Flying Medal; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; Lancaster; Manchester; Mosquito; RAF Abingdon; RAF Cardington; RAF Cranwell; RAF Credenhill; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Evanton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Warmwell; superstition; Victoria Cross; Whitley
Gordon Cruickshank life on squadrons 1940-1944
Tags: 44 Squadron; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 630 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Augsburg (17 April 1942); bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; Distinguished Flying Medal; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; Lancaster; Manchester; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Pathfinders; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Westcott; training
G Cruickshank Memoir
Tags: 44 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 630 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Augsburg (17 April 1942); bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; Distinguished Flying Medal; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Manchester; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; RAF Abingdon; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Evanton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Westcott; training
Interview with Walter Morris
Tags: 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; crewing up; home front; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); perception of bombing war; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Grafton Underwood; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; Stirling; Tiger force; training; Wellington
Harry Parkins' flight engineer log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; flight engineer; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF East Kirkby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Scampton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stradishall; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-3; V-weapon
John Chatterton's pilot's flying logbook
Tags: 44 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Halifax; Harvard; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; Meteor; Operation Dodge (1945); Oxford; pilot; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Alan Payne’s South African Air Force observers or air gunners log book
Tags: 620 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; C-47; Halifax; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; prisoner of war; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Saltby; RAF Silverstone; RAF Torquay; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; Wellington
Gordon Cruickshank's observers and air gunners flying log book. One
Tags: 10 OTU; 100 Squadron; 11 OTU; 17 OTU; 199 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Botha; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; mine laying; operational training unit; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Spilsby; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Westcott; training; Wellington; Whitley
Gordon Cruickshank's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers. Two
Tags: 10 OTU; 100 Squadron; 11 OTU; 17 OTU; 199 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Botha; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; mine laying; operational training unit; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Spilsby; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Westcott; training; Wellington; Whitley
630 Squadron crest
Tags: 630 Squadron
James Stewart’s flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 207 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; mine laying; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Silverstone; RAF Spilsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; take-off crash; training; Wellington
J Barnes’ pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 106 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Cook’s tour; Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lysander; Operation Dodge (1945); operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Metheringham; RAF Netheravon; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upavon; RAF Watton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Arthur Woolf’s flying log book for navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s
Tags: 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Barford St John; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; shot down; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Arthur Sidney Woolf
Tags: 630 Squadron; aircrew; crewing up; Dominie; evading; fear; final resting place; Guinea Pig Club; Lancaster; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; shot down; Stirling; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Norm Maconachie
Interview with George Eric Cromarty
Tags: 630 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); fear; final resting place; fuelling; ground personnel; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; perception of bombing war; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Swinderby; sanitation; Stirling; training; Typhoon; Wellington
Keith Ganney's After Lunch Speech
Tags: 57 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 630 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; Cornell; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Me 109; navigator; operational training unit; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Woodbridge; Stirling; superstition; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Maurice Hatch
Tags: 630 Squadron; 8 Group; 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; crewing up; demobilisation; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); FIDO; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Lancaster; Me 109; memorial; navigator; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Coningsby; Stirling; Tiger force; training; Wellington
Telegram to Arthur Woolf's father
Tags: 630 Squadron; missing in action