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- Tags: Dominie
Interview with Leslie Temple
Colin Cole's navigator's, air bomber's, air gunner's and flight engineer's flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Me 262; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Guzzle; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Mona; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; submarine; Tiger force; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Reg Woolgar's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 192 Squadron; 49 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; 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); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Foulsham; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Manby; RAF Peterborough; 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
Interview with Roy Briggs
Tags: 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; demobilisation; Dominie; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); Initial Training Wing; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Hixon; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; training; wireless operator
Colin Wood's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Dominie; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Metheringham; RAF Syerston; RAF Warboys; RAF West Freugh; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Leonard Green’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing up; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; military service conditions; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; Proctor; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Manby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigtown; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Herbert O'Hara's South African Air Force observers or air gunners log book
Tags: 12 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 26 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); C-47; Dominie; evading; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; missing in action; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; prisoner of war; RAF Binbrook; RAF Feltwell; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Penrhos; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wing; shot down; Stirling; training; Wellington
Roy Briggs' flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 138 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 30 OTU; 35 Squadron; 576 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Balderton; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Catterick; RAF Cranwell; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Graveley; RAF Hixon; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Seighford; RAF Swinderby; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Sydney Grimes' observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1661 HCU; 1668 HCU; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Botha; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Balderton; RAF Bardney; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Evanton; RAF Madley; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Jack Hayley
Tags: 170 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 83 OTU; 83 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; love and romance; Magister; Meteor; military living conditions; Mosquito; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Defford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Madley; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Windrush; RCAF Estevan; Spitfire; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Interview with Arthur Atkinson
Letter from Peter Lamprey to W Gunton
Interview with William Barfoot
Tags: 296 Squadron; aircrew; Albemarle; Anson; Dominie; Gee; Halifax; Hamilcar; Horsa; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Brize Norton; RAF Castle Bromwich; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Earls Colne; RAF Hullavington; RAF Manston; RAF Shawbury; RAF Yatesbury; Resistance; Stirling; Tiger Moth; Whitley
Charles Godfey's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 15 OTU; 20 OTU; 37 Squadron; 635 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; 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; killed in action; Lancaster; Martinet; missing in action; 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 Andover; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Blyton; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Carlisle; RAF Church Fenton; 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 Melton Mowbray; 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; shot down; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Victoria Cross; Wellington; wireless operator
Donald Cochrane’s observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Binbrook; RAF Feltwell; RAF Seighford; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with John De Hoop
Interview with Ernie Patterson. One
He joined the Royal Air Force at the age of 19 in 1941, but whilst he was waiting to be called up, he was…
Tags: 635 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Catalina; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; Dominie; fear; FIDO; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Downham Market; RAF Millom; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Yatesbury; Sunderland; superstition; target indicator; training; Whitley; wireless operator
Interview with Derek Carington Evans
After leaving school at the age of 14, Derek delivered books in and around Doncaster before going down to the Royal Air Force Recruitment Centre…
Tags: 18 OTU; 625 Squadron; Absent Without Leave; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Dominie; FIDO; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military discipline; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; superstition; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Reg Payne. One
Tags: 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bomb struck; bombing; crewing up; demobilisation; Dominie; Lancaster; love and romance; memorial; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; physical training; Proctor; RAF North Coates; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with William Horace Shaw
Interview with Arthur Sidney Woolf
Tags: 630 Squadron; aircrew; crewing up; Dominie; evading; fear; final resting place; Guinea Pig Club; Lancaster; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wroughton; RAF Yatesbury; shot down; Stirling; Wellington; wireless operator
Rascal’s flying log book for aircrew mascot
Tags: 1656 HCU; 19 OTU; 635 Squadron; 81 OTU; 97 Squadron; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Dominie; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Bourn; RAF Downham Market; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lindholme; RAF Tilstock; RAF Upwood; RAF Yatesbury; superstition; training; Wellington; Whitley
James Wrigley's flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1656 HCU; 19 OTU; 199 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 81 OTU; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-29; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Dominie; final resting place; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Binbrook; RAF Bourn; RAF Downham Market; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marham; RAF Pembrey; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Tilstock; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Jack Hayley’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 1667 HCU; 170 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 83 OTU; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Magister; Meteor; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Defford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Madley; RAF Peplow; RAF Peterborough; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Windrush; RCAF Estevan; Shackleton; Spitfire; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York