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- Tags: Air Observers School
Jack Whalley’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1401 Meteorological Flight; 521 Squadron; 6 OTU; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; Botha; crash; Defiant; Halifax; Hampden; Hudson; Ju 88; Mosquito; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bircham Newton; RAF Docking; RAF Fairoaks; RAF Penrhos; RAF Shawbury; RAF Squires Gate; RAF Thornaby; reconnaissance photograph; take-off crash; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Jack Whymark’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Initial training at No. 8 Bombing and Gunnery School and 225 Squadron. Posted to 149 Squadron for…
Tags: 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 225 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; evacuation; Harrow; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lysander; Martinet; mine laying; missing in action; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Oxford; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Glatton; RAF Ingham; RAF Kabrit; RAF Manby; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Syerston; RAF Tilshead; RAF West Freugh; training; Wellington
Bob Smith's Memoirs Book 5
Includes copies of his identity cards, certificate of service and discharge and a cartoon about the role of the observer.
Bob Smith's Memoirs 1
Tags: 115 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 4 Group; 44 Squadron; 463 Squadron; 466 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 619 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 640 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 78 Squadron; aerial photograph; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; bomb aimer; Boston; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; H2S; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; observer; Operational Training Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Breighton; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Waddington; RAF Witchford; recruitment; Red Cross; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 7; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
WW2 Service in the RAAF Robert Wylie Smith
Tags: Air Observers School; aircrew; recruitment; training
Bob Smith and Three Colleagues
The for men are identified in Bob's memoirs as Bob Smith, Eric Sutton, Noel Hooper and Lou…
Tags: Air Observers School; aircrew; observer; training
Bob Smith and Two Colleagues
The three men are identified in Bob's memoirs as Eric Sutton, Bob Smith and Keith Mills.
Tags: Air Observers School; aircrew; observer; training
Bill Foskett’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot (Log Book 3)
Tags: 15 OTU; 1657 HCU; 214 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Battle; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Harwell; RAF Millom; RAF Sculthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington; Window
William Homewood's Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
My Wartime Memories by Richard Yates
Tags: 19 OTU; 35 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; bale out; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Dominie; Dulag Luft; forced landing; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; love and romance; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Cardington; RAF Cranwell; RAF Jurby; RAF Kinloss; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Wyton; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; Scharnhorst; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 6; the long march; training; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
David Charles Davies' observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 105 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 25 OTU; 57 Squadron; 61 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Medal; Dominie; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Burn; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Coningsby; RAF Feltwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Jurby; RAF Manby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Eval; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; submarine; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
David Charles Davies' observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 105 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 25 OTU; 57 Squadron; 61 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Medal; Dominie; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Manchester; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Burn; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Coningsby; RAF Feltwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Jurby; RAF Manby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Eval; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; submarine; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Teddy's Career in the RAFVR 9th September 1939 - 11th October 1941
Tags: 1 Group; 11 OTU; 12 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; crewing up; Defiant; ditching; flight engineer; Flying Training School; ground personnel; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; meteorological officer; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; pilot; propaganda; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Binbrook; RAF Evanton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Odiham; RAF Padgate; RAF St Athan; RAF Wickenby; recruitment; sport; Stirling; take-off crash; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Keith Hailey's Royal Air Force navigator’s, air bombers and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 20 OTU; 24 OTU; 433 Squadron; 635 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Downham Market; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manby; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Warboys; RAF West Freugh; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Royal Air Force observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Dennis Oldman's flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Grand Slam; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Penrhos; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Interview with Alan George Buxton
Alan was posted to Bradfield Park for training and…
Tags: 467 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; bale out; bombing; crewing up; Gee; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster Finishing School; love and romance; mess; military living conditions; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; RAF Lichfield; RAF Metheringham; RAF Wigtown; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; submarine; superstition; Tallboy; training; Wellington
Peter Thirsk's pilots flying log book
J.C. Cockram’s RCAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 27 OTU; 462 Squadron; 466 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Driffield; RAF Leconfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF West Freugh; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Frank Jolliffe's flying log book. One
Tags: 138 Squadron; 14 OTU; 149 Squadron; 1653 HCU; 35 Squadron; 75 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Beaufighter; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Dominie; Flying Training School; Hampden; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Martinet; Meteor; Mosquito; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Farnborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Graveley; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Leeming; RAF Manby; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Mepal; RAF Methwold; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Paignton; RAF Tuddenham; RAF West Freugh; RCAF Rivers; Stirling; training; Wellington
JA Dellow's Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot
Tags: 1654 HCU; 19 OTU; 44 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Manchester; Operational Training Unit; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Kinloss; RAF Manby; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; training; Wellington; Whitley
Cyril Robert Brown’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 1661 HCU; 19 OTU; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Kinloss; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Sturgate; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; training; Whitley
H K M Algar’s flying log book for aircrew other than pilots. One
Tags: 149 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 44 Squadron; 463 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-29; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marham; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Penrhos; RAF Shallufa; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Waddington; RAF Wyton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
J Oates’ observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 OTU; 1657 HCU; 1665 HCU; 196 Squadron; 81 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; crash; Halifax; Harrow; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Keevil; RAF Leicester East; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Millom; RAF Pocklington; RAF Sleap; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tarrant Rushton; RAF Tilstock; RAF Weathersfield; RAF Witchford; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Course 45 No 9 Air Observers School
It is annotated with 'Course 45 No 9 Air Observer's School St Johns PQ Canada June 1942'.
There is a second copy, almost identical, but…
Tags: Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; observer; training