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- Tags: Battle
1942 Royal Air Force diary
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 Calshot; 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
A Tour of Operations with RAF Bomber Command No XV/15 Squadron Mildenhall
Covers his operational tour and bombing operations.
Tags: 1 Group; 115 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 186 Squadron; 195 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 5 Group; 514 Squadron; 6 Group; 617 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 8 Group; 90 Squadron; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; escaping; flight engineer; Gee; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Ju 88; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Master Bomber; Me 109; mess; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; radar; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mepal; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Sealand; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Weston Zoyland; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Wyton; Spitfire; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; target photograph; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Aircraft Recovered by No 9 Party, 54 MU
Tags: B-17; B-24; B-25; Battle; C-47; Halifax; Lancaster; Mosquito; P-51; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Bourn; RAF Castle Combe; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Desborough; RAF Duxford; RAF Felixstowe; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Graveley; RAF Henlow; RAF Hethel; RAF Kimbolton; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Podington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Swannington; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Tempsford; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Watton; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; Walrus
Airman standing on wing of a crashed Battle
Tags: Battle; crash; forced landing
Airmen with a Vicker's K machine gun in a Fairey Battle
Alan Farr's flying log book
Tags: 100 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1662 HCU; 27 OTU; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; 625 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Distinguished Flying Medal; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Grimsby; RAF Kelstern; RAF Seighford; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Alan Green's Royal Canadian Air Force observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 OTU; 20 OTU; 218 Squadron; 27 OTU; 3 Group; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Gneisenau; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Benson; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Marham; Scharnhorst; Stirling; training; Wellington
Alan Richardson’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book. One
Tags: 11 OTU; 148 Squadron; 211 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 70 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Harrow; Hudson; Me 109; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Allahabad; RAF Bandoeng; RAF Ismailia; RAF Jurby; RAF Luqa; RAF Marham; RAF Nakuru; RAF Palembang; RAF Penrhos; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Alexander Taylor Royal Australian Air Force observer's, air gunner's and w/t operator's flying log book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 21 OTU; 462 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; RAF Driffield; RAF Foulsham; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF West Freugh; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Angas M Hughes’ Royal Australian Air Force observer’s air gunner’s and wireless operator’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 27 OTU; 467 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Lichfield; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
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
Arthur Loudon's flying log book for navigators
Tags: 12 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 1667 HCU; 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mona; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Seighford; RAF Wickenby; training; Wellington
Battle
Tags: 106 Squadron; Battle
Battle in the Air and on Ground
Photo 1 is a starboard side view, air to air of a Battle, captioned 'The Battle that went up'.
Photo 2 is a port side view of a Battle on the ground.
Photo 3 and 4 are a Battle on the ground. Its starboard…
Tags: Battle
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 is a Canadian street scene.
#4 is a 2nd Avenue, Rivers, Manitoba, looking east.
Tags: Battle
Behind Enemy Lines
Tags: 218 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Battle; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Dulag Luft; entertainment; escaping; Gneisenau; Hurricane; Me 110; memorial; navigator; prisoner of war; RAF Marham; RAF Tangmere; Scharnhorst; shot down; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; the long march; training; Wellington
Bert Adams 467 Squadron
Tags: 467 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Lancaster; navigator; RAF Lichfield; RAF Waddington; Stirling; training; Wellington
Bertie Foxlee’s flying log book for observer’s and air gunners
Tags: 14 OTU; 25 OTU; 27 OTU; 455 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 81 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Catalina; Dominie; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Blida; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Finningley; RAF Lichfield; RAF Saltby; RAF Scampton; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Tilstock; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
Bill Eyles observer's and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 20 OTU; 35 Squadron; 78 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Botha; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Dumfries; RAF Graveley; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Warboys; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-2; V-weapon; Whitley