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- Tags: Battle
R W Slaughter’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot
Tags: 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 49 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; mid-air collision; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; training; Wellington
Ivan Ure's prisoner of war diary
Bolingbroke and a Battle
The photograph on the right page shows a Fairey Battle with the numbers "9" and "1792" visible on the side of the aircraft.
Tags: Battle; Bolingbroke
Walter Braithwaite’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 171 Squadron; 21 OTU; 24 OTU; 77 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Battle; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Elvington; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF North Creake; RAF St Eval; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
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
From Hackney lad to air bomber
Tags: 106 Squadron; 19 OTU; 76 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bomb aimer; bombing; crash; entertainment; final resting place; flight engineer; Halifax; killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; Me 110; memorial; military living conditions; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Kinloss; RAF Syerston; recruitment; Red Cross; shot down; training; Whitley; wireless operator
Observer's and air gunner's flying log book for Geoffrey Gosney. One
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 1664 HCU; 227 Squadron; 425 Squadron; 426 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 462 Squadron; 620 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Battle; bombing; Defiant; forced landing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Halifax Mk 7; Harrow; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Aqir; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Dishforth; RAF Fairford; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lyneham; Stirling; training
Personnel and Battles
Tags: 142 Squadron; Battle
Hugh Forth’s pilots flying log book. One
Tadeusz Jasinski’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book.
Tags: 167 Squadron; 18 OTU; 216 Squadron; 3 Group; 301 Squadron; 304 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; Battle; C-47; Dominie; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Blackbushe; RAF Bramcote; RAF Dale; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Holmsley South; RAF Lindholme; RAF North Weald; RAF Tiree; RAF West Freugh; RAF Yatesbury; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator
British Aircraft Recognition
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
Bomber Harris fact sheet
Tags: 1 Group; 2 Group; 210 Squadron; 3 Group; 31 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 6 Group; 8 Group; B-17; B-24; B-25; Battle; Blenheim; Boston; Halifax; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Lancaster; Manchester; Master Bomber; Mosquito; Stirling; Ventura; Wellington; Whitley
Course 45A Observers
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Battle; observer; training
Battle, Steam Locomotive and Canadian Street Scenes
#1 is an air-to-air view of a Battle, starboard side, in flight.
#2 is a steam locomotive passing a water crane.
#3 and 4 are a Canadian street scene.
Tags: Battle
H W Bennett’s RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book. One
Tags: 214 Squadron; 27 OTU; 81 OTU; 88 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Boston; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Coningsby; RAF Evanton; RAF Feltwell; RAF Lichfield; RAF North Coates; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Tilstock; training; Wellington; Whitley
Ron Riding's Royal Canadian Air Force observers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 242 Squadron; 52 Squadron; Air Observers School; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; bale out; Battle; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Cook’s tour; evading; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Lancaster; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Dishforth; RAF Lindholme; RAF Northolt; RAF Oakington; Second Tactical Air Force; shot down; Stirling; submarine; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
A Reminiscence of the Flying Characteristics of Many Old Type Aircraft
Tags: aircrew; Anson; B-17; B-24; Battle; Blenheim; C-47; Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947); Defiant; Dominie; Fw 190; ground crew; Halifax; Harvard; Hudson; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lincoln; Lysander; Magister; Manchester; Me 109; Mosquito; Oxford; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; pilot; Proctor; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Eastchurch; RAF Hendon; RAF Henlow; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Pembrey; RAF Prestwick; RAF West Freugh; Spitfire; Stirling; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); York
Arnold Christian's Log book
Tags: 104 Squadron; 105 Squadron; 108 Squadron; 13 OTU; 218 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; Halifax; Harvard; Hornet Moth; Hurricane; Magister; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bicester; RAF Debden; RAF Netheravon; RAF Sealand; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; Tiger Moth; training; Walrus