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- Tags: 97 Squadron
Wally Layne's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 50 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); crash; Dominie; Gneisenau; Hampden; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; mine laying; missing in action; RAF Bourn; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Lindholme; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Scharnhorst; shot down; target indicator; training; Whitley; wireless operator
V Group News, June 1944
Tags: 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 627 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb dump; bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Siracourt V-weapon site (25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; radar; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; rivalry; service vehicle; tactical support for Normandy troops; tractor; training; wireless operator
Training as a flight engineer on Lancasters
This stone was unlaid at Wilhelmshaven by 97 Sqdn
Thirty-five airmen
Submitted with caption 'Back row left to right. Edward Pullen, became a Wing Commander, killed in action 20 December 1943 when serving with 50…
The Kriegie March 2007
Tags: 102 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 138 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 150 Squadron; 18 Squadron; 207 Squadron; 32 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 78 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; ditching; Dulag Luft; flight engineer; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; memorial; mine laying; navigator; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Cosford; RAF Cranwell; RAF Halton; RAF Marham; RAF Northolt; RAF St Eval; RAF Wittering; Red Cross; Special Operations Executive; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; the long march; Typhoon; Wellington
The Exploits of Warrant Officer Arthur Pritchard
Tags: 463 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947); crash; evading; final resting place; flight engineer; H2S; killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; missing in action; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Coningsby; RAF St Athan; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; RAF Winthorpe; Resistance; shot down; Stalag Luft 7
Tengah Open Day
Photograph 2 is the nose of a Spitfire.
Photograph 3 is a Vampire flying by.
Photograph 4 is front view of a Lincoln.
They are captioned 'Open Day, Tengah, Singapore 1948. Beaufighter, Spitfire,…
Tags: 97 Squadron; Beaufighter; C-47; Lincoln; Spitfire
Ted Haywood & Tom Carter
The second is a larger version of the same image and on the reverse is
'F/Sgt Tom Carter W/Op
F/Sgt Ted…
Target Frankfurt
Stephen Dawson's pilot's flying log book. Two
Tags: 97 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; B-25; B-26; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Boston; Defiant; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Mosquito; operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Bourn; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Wigsley; training; Wellington
Stephen Dawson's memoir notebook
Stanley Archer
Tags: 97 Squadron; aircrew
Service record from August 1942 until November 1946 November
Tags: 460 Squadron; 467 Squadron; 8 Group; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bomb struck; bombing; Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); crash; fitter airframe; forced landing; ground crew; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; mechanics airframe; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Binbrook; RAF Coningsby; RAF Halton; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; recruitment; Stirling; training
Ron Doble's flying log book for navigators air bomber air gunners flight engineers
Rascal’s flying log book for aircrew mascot
Tags: 635 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Dominie; Halifax; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Proctor; RAF Bourn; RAF Downham Market; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lindholme; RAF Tilstock; RAF Upwood; RAF Yatesbury; superstition; Wellington; Whitley
Portrait of Harry Horne
Tags: 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; arts and crafts
Philip Batty's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Lincoln and Sigs Inst Course
Photograph 2 is ten airmen arranged in two rows, the front row of six is seated with four men standing behind. It is captioned…
Tags: 97 Squadron; aircrew; Lincoln; RAF St Athan; training; wireless operator
Letter to Wally Layne's wife from the caterpillar club
Tags: 97 Squadron; bale out; Caterpillar Club
Letter to Wally Layne's wife from Officer Commandinng 97 Squadron
Letter to Wally Layne's wife from Officer Commanding 97 Squadron
Tags: 97 Squadron; Pathfinders; RAF Bourn
Letter to Wally Layne's wife from OC 97 Squadron
Letter to Wally Layne's wife from 97 Squadron adjutant
Tags: 97 Squadron; aircrew; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Bourn