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- Tags: Cook’s tour
Individual history of Avro Lancaster B Mk1 R5868/7325M
Tags: 467 Squadron; 8 Group; 83 Squadron; bombing; Cook’s tour; Fw 190; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; mine laying; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Pathfinders; RAF Bottesford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Metheringham; RAF Scampton; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Waddington; RAF Wroughton; RAF Wyton; V-weapon
Münster
Tags: aerial photograph; bombing; Cook’s tour
Dortmund
Tags: aerial photograph; Cook’s tour
Conversation with Ted Mercer
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 44 Squadron; 5 BFTS; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Grantham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington
Lionel Horner’s Royal Air Force Air Navigator’s Flying Log Book
Navigation training at the Pan American Airways Navigation Section, Miami and then Advanced Flying Unit in England. Posted to 29…
Tags: 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; military discipline; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Sturgate; training; Wellington
K W Payne's Royal Australian Air Force flying log book
Tags: 12 OTU; 1652 HCU; 192 Squadron; 26 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Catalina; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAAF Bundaberg; RAAF Narrandera; RAAF Parkes; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Croughton; RAF Foulsham; RAF Kidlington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Shenington; RAF Weston-on-the-Green; RAF Wing; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Window
Interview with George Dunn
Tags: 10 Squadron; 18 OTU; 20 OTU; 608 Squadron; 76 Squadron; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Barford St John; RAF Downham Market; RAF Finningley; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Rufforth; RAF Worksop; RAF Wyton; training; Wellington
David James Hughes' flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Eric Sinclair’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 11 OTU; 35 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); C-47; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Magister; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Fraserburgh; RAF Gamston; RAF Graveley; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Lichfield; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Meir; RAF Oakley; RAF Ossington; RAF Silloth; RAF Warboys; RAF Westcott; RCAF Penhold; training; Wellington; Whitley
Douglas Ross Arrowsmith’s pilots flying log book
Tags: 1656 HCU; 21 OTU; 27 OTU; 460 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
A Woolley’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 50 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Manchester; RAF Bardney; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Metheringham; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Tallboy; training
Archibald Steele’s Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1654 HCU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Magister; Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Grantham; RAF Metheringham; RAF St Athan; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodley; RCAF Brandon; RCAF Penhold; RCAF Virden; Tiger Moth; training
G W A White’s Royal Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 1662 HCU; 28 OTU; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Blyton; RAF Breighton; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Madley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pembrey; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Sturgate; RAF Waddington; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
H Maddox’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot
Charles Flint's Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s, Air Gunner’s and Flight Engineer’s
Tags: 115 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1651 HCU; 178 Squadron; 70 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF Graveley; RAF Madley; RAF Shallufa; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Warboys; RAF Witchford; RAF Woolfox Lodge; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Richard Pexton’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 16 OTU; 1661 HCU; 61 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Grantham; RAF Montrose; RAF Syerston; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Winthorpe; RCAF Medicine Hat; Spitfire; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Walrus; Wellington
Bomb damage Duisburg
Tags: aerial photograph; Cook’s tour
Duisburg
Tags: aerial photograph; bombing; Cook’s tour
Bonn Rhine River bridge
Tags: aerial photograph; bombing; Cook’s tour
Alan Holman’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 192 Squadron; 21 OTU; 54 OTU; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; Blenheim; Boston; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; Lancaster; Lincoln; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Church Fenton; RAF Defford; RAF Evanton; RAF Foulsham; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Staverton; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner; York
G E Stevens’ Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
From 1660 Conversion Unit posted to 50 Squadron for operations. Posted Aircrew School and then to 1654…
Tags: 156 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 35 Squadron; 50 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Finningley; RAF Graveley; RAF Scampton; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wyton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training
R B Hatherly’s Royal Australian Air Force observer’s, air gunner’s and W/T operators flying log book
Peter Baxter’s Flying Log Book as Flight Engineer.
After pre-aircrew…
Tags: 12 Squadron; 153 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 50 Squadron; 57 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; mine laying; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF Faldingworth; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Penrhos; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; RAF Waddington; RAF Wickenby; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); sport; training; Whitley
Francis Rooke’s Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book.
Tags: 100 Squadron; 104 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 214 Squadron; 37 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); pilot; RAF Abu Sueir; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Sturgate; RCAF Moncton; Tiger Moth; training
Bob Smith's Memoirs - Book 4
Tags: 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 3 Group; 617 Squadron; 622 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Cook’s tour; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Gee; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground personnel; H2S; Lancaster; love and romance; mess; mine laying; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; radar; RAF Desborough; RAF Honington; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tempsford; RAF West Freugh; Special Operations Executive; sport; V-2; V-weapon; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force