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- Tags: Flying Training School
Half a Life, Half Remembered
Tags: 101 Squadron; 115 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 2 Group; 3 Group; 311 Squadron; 4 Group; 5 Group; 7 Squadron; 9 Squadron; 99 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Boston; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; fitter airframe; flight engineer; Flying Training School; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gneisenau; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; hangar; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harrow; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hudson; Hurricane; incendiary device; Lancaster; love and romance; Magister; Manchester; Me 109; Me 110; mess; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; observer; Operational Training Unit; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; pilot; radar; RAF Benson; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Catterick; RAF Cosford; RAF Cranwell; RAF Debden; RAF Duxford; RAF Finningley; RAF Grantham; RAF Halton; RAF Hendon; RAF Henlow; RAF Honington; RAF Leeming; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manston; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Netheravon; RAF Newmarket; RAF Oakington; RAF Sealand; RAF Silloth; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Eval; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tangmere; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Waddington; RAF Warmwell; RAF Waterbeach; RAF West Freugh; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wittering; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; shot down; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Geoff Packham's Record of Service
Tags: 1667 HCU; 18 OTU; 550 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Acklington; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Cardington; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hurn; RAF Lindholme; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Torquay; RAF Wilmslow; RAF Worksop; training
Geoff Paine's time in the RAF
Tags: 100 Squadron; 105 Squadron; Anson; Cornell; Flying Training School; Harvard; incendiary device; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Mosquito; Oxford; RAF Ansty; RAF Bourn; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hendon; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF Topcliffe; Royal Observer Corps; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; York
Record of service
Tom Sayer's Royal Canadian Air Force pilot's flying log book. Book one
Tags: 10 OTU; 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 17 OTU; 620 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 81 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Fairford; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Leconfield; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Ossington; RAF Pocklington; RAF Ringway; RAF Sleap; RAF St Eval; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Tilstock; RAF Upwood; Stearman; Stirling; submarine; training; Whitley
Stephen Dawson's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 14 OTU; 25 OTU; 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Flying Training School; Hampden; Initial Training Wing; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Finningley; RAF Hatfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Rissington; RAF St Athan; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; Tiger Moth; training
Peter Hattersley's pilot's flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 199 Squadron; 44 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; C-47; Catalina; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Hampden; Harvard; Hudson; Lysander; Magister; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bawtry; RAF Bircham Newton; 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
John Chatterton's pilot's flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 44 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 81 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Flying Training School; Halifax; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Meteor; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Sleap; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Tilstock; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Denis Clyde-Smith's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 115 Squadron; 15 OTU; 218 Squadron; 27 OTU; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Flying Training School; Hurricane; Lysander; Magister; Operational Training Unit; pilot; Proctor; RAF Benson; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Calshot; RAF Farnborough; RAF Harwell; RAF Henlow; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marham; RAF Ringway; RAF Sealand; RAF Sywell; RAF Weston Zoyland; RAF Wing; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; training; Walrus; Wellington
David Maltby's pilot's flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 617 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Flying Training School; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cranage; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Grantham; RAF Paignton; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training
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; RCAF Moncton; Shackleton; Spitfire; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Arthur Atkins’ flying log book for pilots
Tags: 1662 HCU; 1667 HCU; 27 OTU; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Andover; RAF Blyton; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lichfield; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Westcott; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Andrew Deytrikh’s pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 66 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; B-25; B-26; bombing; Boston; Flying Training School; Fw 190; Hurricane; Magister; Me 109; Me 110; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Brough; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Kenley; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-weapon
Leslie Pearson's Royal Canadian Air Force pilot's flying log book
Tags: aircrew; Cornell; Flying Training School; pilot; Tiger Moth; training
Ronald Mathers pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 1660 HCU; 1661 HCU; 17 OTU; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bardney; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Morton Hall; RAF Shawbury; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Sywell; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Peter Stevens' pilot's flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 144 Squadron; 16 OTU; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Flying Training School; forced landing; Hampden; Harvard; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Ansty; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranage; RAF Hemswell; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Shawbury; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Watchfield; shot down; Tiger Moth; training
Sandy Saunders' pilots flying log book
Tags: aircrew; Flying Training School; pilot; Tiger Moth; training
Philip Batty's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 1661 HCU; 1665 HCU; 297 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 85 OTU; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; C-47; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Halifax Mk 7; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Dumfries; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Madley; RAF Silverstone; RAF Staverton; RAF Sturgate; RAF Tarrant Rushton; RAF Weathersfield; RAF Winthorpe; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Ernest Smith's pilot’s flying log book. One
Tags: 14 OTU; 144 Squadron; 16 OTU; 30 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crash; Flying Training School; Hampden; Magister; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upper Heyford; training; Wellington
Cyril Charles Goff's pilot’s flying log book. One
Tags: 100 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 81 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; air sea rescue; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; propaganda; RAF Grimsby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Newton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Sleap; RAF Tilstock; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Cyril Charles Goff’s pilot flight record and log book (USA issue). Two
Tags: aircrew; Flying Training School; pilot; Stearman; training
David Donaldson's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 100 Group; 149 Squadron; 15 OTU; 156 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 192 Squadron; 57 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Flying Training School; Gee; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Lancaster; Magister; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; Proctor; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Evanton; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Warboys; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wyton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Martin Catty's Royal Canadian Air Force pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: aircrew; Flying Training School; pilot; Tiger Moth; training
Jim Allen’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 15 OTU; 1663 HCU; 20 OTU; 578 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Banff; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Burn; RAF Harwell; RAF Hullavington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Paignton; RAF Rufforth; RAF Stoney Cross; RAF Stradishall; RAF Wratting Common; RCAF Estevan; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-3; V-weapon; Wellington; York
Arthur Norman Hollis’ Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 BFTS; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); British Flying Training School Program; C-47; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Manchester; Martinet; mid-air collision; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cranwell; RAF Little Rissington; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Turweston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wattisham; RAF Westcott; Stearman; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington