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- Tags: Battle
If you can't take a joke...
Tags: 16 OTU; 1657 HCU; 622 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; briefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight mechanic; Flying Training School; Fw 190; Gee; ground crew; H2S; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; mechanics engine; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; perception of bombing war; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Cranage; RAF Desborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hednesford; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Paignton; RAF Penrhos; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Silloth; RAF Silverstone; RAF South Cerney; RAF Stradishall; RAF Torquay; RAF Upper Heyford; sanitation; Stirling; strafing; training; Wellington; Whitley
R.A.F.'s New Wonder Bomber
Cutting 1 is a nose image showing its three bladed propeller. There are annotations referring to the engine, undercarriage, landing lights and bomb storage areas.
Cutting 2 is an air-to-air…
Tags: Battle
John Alfred Wright's life story
Dennis Batty's diary
Tags: 2 Group; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; Hurricane; killed in action; Me 109; RAF Wattisham
Reg Manning's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 1668 HCU; 462 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 614 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Gneisenau; Halifax; Harrow; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lincoln; Magister; Me 110; Meteor; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; promotion; RAF Aqir; RAF Binbrook; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Filton; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Henlow; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Honington; RAF Kasfereet; RAF Leeming; RAF Lindholme; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Marham; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Medmenham; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Pembrey; RAF Scampton; RAF Snaith; RAF St Eval; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley
Eric Horace Woods’ observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 144 Squadron; 17 OTU; 61 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Albemarle; Anson; B-24; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; crash; Hampden; Harrow; Ju 88; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Cranage; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lyneham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Penrhos; RAF Upwood; RAF Watton; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wigtown; RAF Woolfox Lodge; training; York
M R Barry's air gunner log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 27 OTU; 463 Squadron; Anson; Battle; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Lichfield; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; Stirling; training; Wellington
Fairey Battle and Bristol Bolingbroke
Photo 2 is a side view of Fairchild built Bristol Bolingbroke, RCAF 9928. It is parked outside on a snow covered apron, in front of an open hangar.
Tags: Battle; Bolingbroke; hangar; training
Fairey Battle
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Battle; crash
John Eppel's flying log book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 18 OTU; 550 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Worksop; training; Wellington
Letter to Mrs H Redgrave from Harry
J Barnes’ pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1660 HCU; 630 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lysander; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Metheringham; RAF Netheravon; RAF Staverton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upavon; RAF Watton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Peter Hazeldene's Log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 57 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lysander; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Finningley; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Polebrook; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Clarence Keith Bruhn’s flying log book for observers, air gunners and wireless operators
Five men in a Battle
Silhouettes of British, American and German Aircraft
Silhouettes of British, American, German and Italian Aircraft
Tags: Anson; B-17; B-24; Battle; Beaufighter; Blenheim; Boston; C-47; Catalina; Defiant; Do 18; Do 215; Do 24; Dominie; Hampden; Harrow; Harvard; He 111; Hudson; Hurricane; Ju 52; Ju 86; Ju 87; Ju 88; Lysander; Magister; Me 109; Me 110; Oxford; P-40; Proctor; Spitfire; Sunderland; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; Wellington; Whitley
The Kriegie August 1988
Tags: 107 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 619 Squadron; 70 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; bale out; Battle; Blenheim; Boston; C-47; Catalina; Caterpillar Club; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Dulag Luft; entertainment; Goldfish Club; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; Horsa; Hurricane; Ju 88; Me 109; Me 110; memorial; mess; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Elvington; RAF Hendon; RAF Leeming; RAF Lissett; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Shipdham; RAF Ternhill; Red Cross; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag 8B; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Flying Officer A. Bonney’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot
Tags: 142 Squadron; 21 OTU; 31 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Hudson; Martinet; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Shenington; training; Warsaw airlift (4 August - 28 September 1944); Wellington
King George VI viewing a partially built Battle in a factory
Extracts from Jim Moffat's Log Book
M Moffat’s Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book covering the period 16 June 1943 to 30 March 1944. Hand written note –missing’. Detailing his…
Herbert Tinning’s Royal Australian Air Force Observer’s Air Gunner’s And W/T Operator’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 27 OTU; 51 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Desford; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Snaith; RAF West Freugh; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Sam Saunders, Graduation and Further Training
Photo 1 and 2 are the menu for the graduation meal.
Photo 3 is the ticket for the graduation dance.
Photo 4 is the tables set for the graduation meal.
Photo 5 is the…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bomb aimer; entertainment; navigator; training
Sam Saunders in Egypt
Photos 1, 2 and 3 are scenes from Cairo.
Photo 4 is a side head and shoulders profile of Sam.
Photo 5 is a Battle aircraft in…