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- Tags: 90 Squadron
Telegram to R E Wannop from 'Bomber Harris'
Interview with Herbert James Wylde
Interview with Hugh Parry. One
Tags: 3 Group; 75 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; animal; Anson; bombing; crewing up; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; guard room; H2S; lack of moral fibre; Me 163; military ethos; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; P-51; perception of bombing war; physical training; RAF Bridlington; RAF Mepal; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silloth; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Westcott; RAF Woolfox Lodge; reconnaissance photograph; Spitfire; training; Wellington
Interview with Edward John Smith
Book 5, Return to UK
Tags: 115 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 196 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 623 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Catalina; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; fear; flight engineer; Gee; ground personnel; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Hurricane; incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Me 110; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; operational training unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Downham Market; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Seighford; RAF Tangmere; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Red Cross; sanitation; Stirling; target indicator; target photograph; training; Typhoon; Victoria Cross; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Nucourt, Edward King's 24th operation of his tour
Tags: 115 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 75; 90 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; H2S; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; navigator; RAF Mildenhall; V-1
Vaires, Edward King's 22nd operation on his tour
Wizernes, Edward King's 21st operation of his tour
Villers Bocage, Edward King's 19th operation of his tour
An Airmans Tale
Chapter 1. Under Training.
Having been assessed in Birmingham Geoff sets off to London in August 1942 for training, at Lords. Initial training was at Bridlington then gunnery school at…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 90 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); escaping; evading; flight engineer; ground personnel; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Me 109; Me 110; Me 410; Meteor; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cosford; RAF Downham Market; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Jurby; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Mepal; RAF Newmarket; RAF South Cerney; RAF Stradishall; RAF Ternhill; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; the long march; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Hugh Parry's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 75 Squadron; 90 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakley; RAF Pembrey; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Westcott; RAF Woolfox Lodge; training; Wellington
Ronald Bailey's flying log book
Tags: 158 Squadron; 425 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Halifax; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Lissett; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Wombleton; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Jim Tyrie's flying log book
Tags: 77 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Lancaster; Lincoln; Meteor; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Chivenor; RAF Cranwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Hatfield; RAF Hendon; RAF Lindholme; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Seighford; RAF Shawbury; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Watton; RAF Worksop; RAF Wyton; Shackleton; shot down; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; York
Flying Officer A F Thomas’ RAF navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 149 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Feltwell; RAF Methwold; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RAF Wratting Common; Special Operations Executive; Stirling; training
Thomas Payne's Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Christopher George McVickers' flying log book
Tags: 100 Squadron; 101 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 205 Squadron; 210 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 220 Squadron; 90 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-29; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Mosquito; operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Binbrook; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Feltwell; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Methwold; RAF Millom; RAF Ossington; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Stradishall; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Watton; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RAF Wratting Common; Shackleton; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Samual Guyan's Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 90 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Martinet; mine laying; operational training unit; RAF Marham; RAF Ridgewell; RAF Shenington; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; training; Wellington
RE Wannop's pilot's flying log book. Two
R E Wannop's pilot's flying log book. Three
W G Didcote’s South African Air Force observer’s or air gunner’s log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 186 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); 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; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Coningsby; RAF Manby; RAF Millom; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Bob Leedham
Tags: 10 Squadron; 463 Squadron; 5 Group; 57 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 86 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Gneisenau; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Pathfinders; pilot; radar; RAF Alconbury; RAF Halton; RAF Ridgewell; RAF St Athan; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waddington; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Wratting Common; Scharnhorst; Stirling; Sunderland; Tiger force; training; Window
Interview with Christopher George McVickers
Tags: 101 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; B-29; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crash; forced landing; heavy conversion unit; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Hemswell; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RAF Yatesbury; Shackleton; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner