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- Tags: 83 OTU
Wellington being refueled
Was it all a Dream
Tags: 1 Group; 103 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 1667 HCU; 4 Group; 5 Group; 576 Squadron; 8 Group; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; briefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; intelligence officer; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Lysander; Master Bomber; medical officer; memorial; mid-air collision; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Mosquito; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Bicester; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Brampton; RAF Cosford; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hawarden; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kimbolton; RAF Kirmington; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Paignton; RAF Penrhos; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Worksop; RAF Wyton; Scarecrow; searchlight; superstition; Tiger force; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
This is ridiculous - we should bale out
Tags: 1667 HCU; 550 Squadron; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; crash; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Hemswell; RAF Madley; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Staverton; training; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
Squadron Leader James Foulsham - Extracts from Service Record
Tags: 109 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 2 Group; 57 Squadron; 8 Group; 83 OTU; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Blenheim; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Hudson; Lancaster; Mosquito; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; promotion; RAF Cranage; RAF Feltwell; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Marham; RAF Netheravon; RAF Newton; RAF Tempsford; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Watchfield; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Les Jackson’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 1662 HCU; 27 OTU; 57 Squadron; 83 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Blyton; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Peplow; RAF Scampton; training; Wellington
K A L Killeen’s sight log book
K A L Killeen’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 83 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Feltwell; RAF Peplow; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
John Elliott’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book and commissioning scrolls
Trained as a wireless operator with No. 4 Radio School, No. 6 Advanced Flying Unit, 83 Operational Training Unit, 1667 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 1…
Tags: 1667 HCU; 550 Squadron; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Dominie; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); Fw 190; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; promotion; RAF Carew Cheriton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Madley; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
John Derek Bailey’s Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 103 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 166 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 1667 HCU; 20 OTU; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Bicester; RAF Blyton; RAF Catterick; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirkham; RAF Kirmington; RAF Lindholme; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Paignton; RAF Penrhos; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wigsley; RAF Worksop; RCAF Moncton; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
John Cox’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 1667 HCU; 626 Squadron; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Cosford; RAF Hemswell; RAF Newton; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wickenby; shot down; training; Wellington
John Cox’s pilots flying log book
Jack Hayley’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 1667 HCU; 170 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 83 OTU; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Magister; Meteor; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Defford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Madley; RAF Peplow; RAF Peterborough; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Windrush; RCAF Estevan; RCAF Moncton; Shackleton; Spitfire; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
J W Quine’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 1656 HCU; 170 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; C-47; Cook’s tour; Cornell; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Mosquito; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Desborough; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Talbenny; RAF Warboys; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
J R Davies’ Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 166 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); forced landing; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; RAF Staverton; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Percy Cannings
Interview with Kenneth Killeen
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 83 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 410; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Feltwell; RAF Peplow; RAF Torquay; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Interview with John Elliot
Tags: 83 OTU; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; crash; Halifax; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military living conditions; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; P-38; RAF Hemswell; RAF Madley; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Peplow; RAF Staverton; RAF Wattisham; RAF Woodbridge; training; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with John Derek "Bill" Bailey. One
Tags: 103 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 20 OTU; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; crewing up; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lysander; Master Bomber; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirkham; RAF Kirmington; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Penrhos; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Swinderby; RAF Torquay; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Jack Hayley
Tags: 170 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 83 OTU; 83 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; love and romance; Magister; Meteor; military living conditions; Mosquito; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Defford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Madley; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Windrush; RCAF Estevan; Spitfire; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Interview with Frank Colenso
Ian Grant Henderson’s navigator’s flying log book
Tags: 153 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Blyton; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; training; Wellington
George Warren’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1667 HCU; 626 Squadron; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; missing in action; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Hemswell; RAF Millom; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wickenby; training; Wellington
George Thomas Hagues’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 625 Squadron; 83 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Peplow; RAF Stormy Down; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
George Thomas Hagues’ diary
Tags: 625 Squadron; 83 OTU; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lindholme; RAF Peplow; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon
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