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- Tags: C-47
Nieuwerkerk
Tags: aerial photograph; C-47
Des Hawkins' service history and list of operations
Tags: 44 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; mine laying; navigator; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Kelstern; RAF Kirmington; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Waddington; training; Wellington
D Day C-47 and gliders
Below a ground to air photograph showing a stream of C-47s flying from right to left towing gliders. In the bottom right the roof of a building.…
Canal, Wellington and Spitfire, C-47 and glider
Tags: C-47; Horsa; Spitfire; taxiway; Wellington
Harry Parkins' flight engineer log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; flight engineer; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF East Kirkby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Scampton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stradishall; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-3; V-weapon
Interview with Ron Hemsworth
Japanese C-47 variant
Tags: C-47
Reg Woolgar's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 192 Squadron; 49 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Battle; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; crash; ditching; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Hampden; Hudson; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Martinet; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Foulsham; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Manby; RAF Scampton; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner; York
Derrick Allen's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 467 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; operational training unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cardington; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silverstone; RAF Spanhoe; RAF St Athan; RAF Strubby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; shot down; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with Colin Fraser
Tags: 460 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bombing; C-47; crash; crewing up; Gee; H2S; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; military service conditions; navigator; operational training unit; perception of bombing war; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); prisoner of war; RAF Binbrook; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF West Freugh; shot down; superstition; training; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Stuart Michael Heaton
Interview with Sandy Saunders
Interview with John Taylor
Tags: 50 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); C-47; crewing up; demobilisation; entertainment; incendiary device; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; physical training; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; recruitment; rivalry; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with Rusty Waughman. Two
Tags: 101 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); briefing; C-47; control tower; coping mechanism; crewing up; dispersal; entertainment; faith; fear; FIDO; forced landing; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; heavy conversion unit; heirloom; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; love and romance; Me 109; mid-air collision; military living conditions; military service conditions; nose art; operational training unit; Oxford; perimeter track; pilot; promotion; RAF Abingdon; RAF Blyton; RAF hospital Matlock; RAF Ludford Magna; recruitment; sanitation; Stearman; superstition; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Ralph Wild
Syd Marshall's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Interview with Arthur Spencer
Tags: 97 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; crewing up; ground crew; Master Bomber; military ethos; mine laying; navigator; operational training unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bourn; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Woodhall Spa; Resistance; target indicator; training; Ventura; Wellington; Window
An interesting war
Tags: 462 Squadron; 614 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; evacuation; fear; Gee; ground crew; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; memorial; navigator; operational training unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Bourn; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Woodhall Spa; Resistance; sanitation; superstition; training; Wellington; Window
Interview with Ken Hicks
Tom Jones’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 622 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; flight engineer; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Dishforth; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Oakington; RAF Riccall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Warboys; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; York
Stephen Dawson's pilot's flying log book. Three
Tags: Anson; B-24; B-25; Beaufighter; bombing; Boston; C-47; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Hudson; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Mosquito; Oxford; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Ossington; Swordfish; training; Typhoon; York
Peter Hattersley's Service Diary
Tags: 1 Group; 106 Squadron; 44 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; arts and crafts; Battle; C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Hampden; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bawtry; RAF Blyton; RAF Catfoss; RAF Cosford; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Evanton; RAF Finningley; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Manston; RAF Netheravon; RAF Oakington; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Thornaby; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Waddington; Stalag Luft 3; training
Peter Hattersley's flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 44 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; C-47; Catalina; Distinguished Flying Cross; Hampden; Harvard; Hudson; Lysander; Magister; navigator; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bawtry; RAF Blyton; RAF Catfoss; RAF Cosford; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Evanton; RAF Finningley; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Manston; RAF Netheravon; RAF Oakington; RAF Shawbury; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Thornaby; RAF Upavon; RAF Waddington; RAF Wymeswold; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Ernie Twells’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 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 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); C-47; flight engineer; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); operational training unit; RAF Bramcote; RAF Swinderby; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Charles Godfey's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 37 Squadron; 635 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Defiant; Dominie; evading; Hampden; Lancaster; Martinet; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Blyton; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Downham Market; RAF Graveley; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ingham; RAF Leconfield; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manby; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Newmarket; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF St Eval; RAF Sywell; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Warboys; RAF Westcott; RAF Wittering; RAF Wyton; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Victoria Cross; Wellington