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- Tags: Distinguished Flying Medal
Award of DSO to Wing Commander William David Gordon Watkins
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
The DFC plane
Ex-mech crawls into wing, comes out with a gong
Albert Millson’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Posted to 12 Operational Training…
Tags: 101 Squadron; 102 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1652 HCU; 21 OTU; aircrew; animal; Anson; B-17; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); C-47; Distinguished Flying Medal; Flying Training School; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Benson; RAF Broadwell; RAF Desford; RAF Grantham; RAF Honington; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Oakington; RAF Pocklington; RAF Ratmalana; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF West Raynham; Scharnhorst; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Swimming club
Members of the polo team with 11 in swimming attire and three in suits. A shield sits alongside the group.
Right page:
The crew of Lancaster ND 345.
Top: Flight Lieutenant Donald MacKay DFC, Pilot.
Second row, from left: Pilot…
Crew of Lancaster ND345
Second row, from left: Pilot Officer Ronald Halperin DFC, navigator; Flight Officer James Moffat DFC, air gunner and Squadron leader Andrew Muir DFC, air gunner, wearing Sidcot suit.
Third row, from…
List of Jamie Barr's operations
Tags: 29 OTU; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Operational Training Unit; RAF Coningsby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Woodhall Spa; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington
Flight Lieutenant Jamie Barr DFC
Tags: 12 OTU; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; propaganda; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coningsby; RAF Dumfries; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Wyton; Tiger force; training; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
My Crew
Tags: 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Gee; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; propaganda; RAF Colerne; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wyton; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Story of my war
Tags: 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; 95 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb struck; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; flight engineer; ground personnel; Halifax; Initial Training Wing; Ju 52; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; propaganda; RAF Bardney; RAF Bridlington; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Burn; RAF Dalcross; RAF Kinloss; Stirling; submarine; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Conversation with Joe Petrie-Andrews with participation by Jack Bromfield (Halifax wireless operator 158 Squadron).
Avro Lancaster Mk 1
Tags: 50 Squadron; Anson; B-17; B-24; Bombing of Augsburg (17 April 1942); Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; Manchester; Victoria Cross; York
Arthur Mace's diary 8th January 1942 to 15th March 1944
There is a second diary for 1943 only and its contents are identical to the first diary.
A third diary covers 1944.
Tags: 214 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bombing; Botha; crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; flight engineer; Halifax; hangar; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); incendiary device; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; Lysander; medical officer; mess; mine laying; missing in action; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Driffield; RAF Evanton; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Lasham; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Madley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; RAF St Eval; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tangmere; RAF Yatesbury; searchlight; sport; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
The First Crew
Tags: 1652 HCU; 19 OTU; 35 Squadron; 4 Group; 78 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; final resting place; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Breighton; RAF Cardington; RAF Dalton; RAF Driffield; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Padgate; Stalag 357; training; Window; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Norman Piercy - Research Notes
Tags: 101 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 405 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 8 Group; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; final resting place; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; Pathfinders; RAF Alconbury; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington
Sergeant Cedric Charles Pettit DFM (562595 Royal Air Force)
Recommendation for Distinguished Flying Medal - Sergeant James Thomas Ware
Three airmen in front of Wellington
Alan North collection inventory
Tags: 16 OTU; 98 Squadron; aircrew; B-25; bomb aimer; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Flying Training School; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Initial Training Wing; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Barford St John; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Halton; RAF Harrogate; RAF Oakington; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Warboys; sport; Tiger Moth; training; wireless operator / air gunner
Letter from Alan North to his parents
Frank Dennis' memoir
Tags: 1659 HCU; 419 Squadron; 427 Squadron; 6 Group; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; C-47; crash; crewing up; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; evading; firefighting; flight engineer; forced landing; Fw 190; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Me 163; military discipline; military living conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cardington; RAF Leeming; RAF Little Snoring; RAF Manston; RAF Middleton St George; RAF St Athan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Topcliffe; recruitment; Stirling; training; V-1; V-weapon; Window; wireless operator
Summary of Bob Butler's RAF career
Tags: 11 OTU; 218 Squadron; 99 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; Blenheim; Bombing and Gunnery School; Distinguished Flying Medal; Hampden; killed in action; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Jurby; RAF Marham; RAF Newmarket; RAF Scampton; RAF Waterbeach; Stirling; training; Wellington