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- Tags: 635 Squadron
James Wrigley Service Record
James Wrigley's flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1656 HCU; 19 OTU; 199 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 81 OTU; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-29; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Dominie; final resting place; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Binbrook; RAF Bourn; RAF Downham Market; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marham; RAF Pembrey; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Tilstock; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Charles Godfey's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 15 OTU; 20 OTU; 37 Squadron; 635 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Defiant; Dominie; evading; Hampden; killed in action; Lancaster; Martinet; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Andover; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Blyton; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Carlisle; RAF Church Fenton; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Downham Market; RAF Graveley; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ingham; RAF Leconfield; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manby; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melton Mowbray; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Newmarket; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF St Eval; RAF Sywell; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Warboys; RAF Westcott; RAF Wittering; RAF Wyton; shot down; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Victoria Cross; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Ernie Patterson. Two
Tags: 635 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; FIDO; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; love and romance; Master Bomber; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; P-51; Pathfinders; RAF Abingdon; RAF Downham Market; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Rufforth; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Yatesbury; superstition; target indicator; training; Whitley; wireless operator
Interview with Ernie Patterson. One
He joined the Royal Air Force at the age of 19 in 1941, but whilst he was waiting to be called up, he was…
Tags: 635 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Catalina; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; Dominie; fear; FIDO; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Downham Market; RAF Millom; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Yatesbury; Sunderland; superstition; target indicator; training; Whitley; wireless operator