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- Tags: Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986)
Interview with Ernie Patterson. Two
Tags: 635 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; FIDO; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; love and romance; Master Bomber; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; P-51; Pathfinders; RAF Abingdon; RAF Downham Market; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Rufforth; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Yatesbury; superstition; target indicator; training; Whitley; wireless operator
Memory of Mailly-Le-Camp
Tags: 1 Group; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 8 Group; 83 Squadron; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); debriefing; Gee; grief; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; RAF Woodhall Spa; target indicator
Telecommunications Flying Unit, Defford
Various aircraft were…
Tags: B-17; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); Blenheim; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Hudson; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; military discipline; Mosquito; Pathfinders; radar; RAF Alconbury; RAF Defford; RAF Wyton; Stirling; Wellington
162 Squadron Light Night Striking Force Battle Orders
A bomber pilot’s journey through WWII
Tags: 11 OTU; 1660 HCU; 1668 HCU; 196 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 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); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Boston; C-47; Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; final resting place; Flying Training School; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Grand Slam; grief; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Meteor; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; P-51; Pathfinders; pilot; promotion; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Church Lawford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cranage; RAF Cranwell; RAF Driffield; RAF Leconfield; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upavon; RAF Wainfleet; RAF Woodhall Spa; Spitfire; Stirling; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-3; V-weapon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington
Pathfinder Bennett has plan for peace
The Londoner column
Hope of man
Analysis of various authors ideas on international peace
Royal Air Force Journal
Ex-RCAF The Camp Jan 1990
Tags: 10 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 4 Group; 40 Squadron; 405 Squadron; 408 Squadron; 415 Squadron; 419 Squadron; 420 Squadron; 424 Squadron; 425 Squadron; 426 Squadron; 427 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 429 Squadron; 431 Squadron; 432 Squadron; 433 Squadron; 434 Squadron; 6 Group; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; bale out; Beaufighter; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bomb aimer; Caterpillar Club; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Dulag Luft; escaping; Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); Halifax; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hurricane; Lancaster; Me 110; memorial; Military Cross; navigator; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Alconbury; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Digby; RAF Hendon; RAF St Eval; Red Cross; Spitfire; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 4; Stirling; strafing; training; Typhoon; Victoria Cross; Wellington; Whitley
Squadron Leader AP Cranswick DSO DFC
Strike to defend
Tags: 5 Group; 8 Group; 83 Squadron; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; debriefing; ditching; flight engineer; Holocaust; Lancaster; navigator; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; RAF Wyton; searchlight; target indicator; target photograph; wireless operator
Award of Pathfinder badge
Bomber Command
Tags: Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); FIDO; Halifax; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Manston; RAF Woodbridge; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley
Interview with Gillie Street
The war - training
Notes on Bomber Command
Path Finder badge certificate
Note to Robert Wareing from Air Vice Marshall D Bennett
Letter from Donald Bennett to Alastair Lang and two newspaper cuttings
Middle - letter congratulates him on award of Distinguished Flying Cross.
Bottom - newspaper cutting announcing award of DFC to Flight Lieutenant Alastair Grant Lang.
Two letters - Award of pathfinder badge
Bottom - mentions that Lang was reported missing on 4 May 1943 was permanently awarded the path finder badge.
Biography of Squadron Leader Lighton Verdon-Roe DFC RAFVR -156 (PFF) Squadron
Tags: 156 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 83 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Flying Training School; H2S; Halifax; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; Oboe; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Breighton; RAF Shawbury; RAF South Cerney; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; target indicator; training; Wellington
VIPs visit to RAF Gravely
Pat Hogan's recollection of events on 3/4 March 1945 written to a relative of Flying Officer Alan Shelton
Tags: 466 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; crewing up; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); entertainment; faith; final resting place; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; home front; Ju 88; killed in action; Me 109; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; pilot; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Driffield; RAF Lichfield; sanitation; shot down; training; wireless operator