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- Tags: Heavy Conversion Unit
Stanley Abbott’s Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Edward Gearon’s pilots flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1658 HCU; 78 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Carlisle; RAF Riccall; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Valley; RAF Wrexham; Stearman; training; Whitley
George Thomson personnel record
William Caruthers' navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 207 Squadron; 29 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Metheringham; RAF Spilsby; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Jack Genney’s Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bombers and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 7 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; prisoner of war; RAF Oakington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Warboys; RAF Wratting Common; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); searchlight; shot down; Stirling; training
Oscar Woolner’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners and Flight Engineers
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 619 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Pembrey; RAF Strubby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; Stirling; training; Wellington
Leslie Turner's flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 19 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Forres; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
Interview with Leslie Turner
Tags: 10 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; C-47; crewing up; demobilisation; entertainment; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; home front; Home Guard; Initial Training Wing; love and romance; military living conditions; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Melbourne; sport; training; Whitley
Donald Andrew’s Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 207 Squadron; 49 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Saltby; RAF Spilsby; RAF Staverton; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Joseph Fear’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bomber, Air Gunners and Flight Engineers
Tags: 1654 HCU; 207 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Spilsby; RAF Syerston; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Service history of Richard Stuart
Richard took part in 22 operations to Berlin, Frankfurt, Hagen, Hannover, Kassel, Leipzig, Mannheim,…
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 61 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Beaufighter; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); crash; final resting place; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; missing in action; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Catfoss; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; searchlight; training; wireless operator
Ron Flynn's Navigators, Air bombers, Air Gunners and Flight Engineers flying log book
Tags: 1651 HCU; 75 Squadron; aircrew; bomb dump; bombing; flight engineer; Fw 190; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Feltwell; RAF Mepal; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Stanislaw Sewerin's Pilots Flying Log Book, Four
Tags: 1662 HCU; 18 OTU; 300 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; Anson; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Aldergrove; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blackbushe; RAF Booker; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Brawdy; RAF Castle Bromwich; RAF Chivenor; RAF Colerne; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Croydon; RAF Debden; RAF Dishforth; RAF Downham Market; RAF Eastleigh; RAF Exeter; RAF Farnborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Gaydon; RAF Grimsby; RAF Halton; RAF Hamble; RAF Harrogate; RAF Hatfield; RAF Hawarden; RAF Hemswell; RAF Henlow; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Hullavington; RAF Hurn; RAF Jurby; RAF Kenley; RAF Kidlington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lulsgate Bottom; RAF Lyneham; RAF Manston; RAF Merryfield; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Northolt; RAF Odiham; RAF Shawbury; RAF Silloth; RAF Southend; RAF St Athan; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Staverton; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; RAF Tangmere; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Upwood; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Watton; RAF Wyton; training
Stanislaw Sewerin's Pilots Flying Log Book. Two
Tags: 1662 HCU; 18 OTU; 300 Squadron; aircrew; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Aston Down; RAF Blyton; RAF Cosford; RAF Dishforth; RAF Dunsfold; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Finningley; RAF Glatton; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Sturgate; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wroughton; training; Wellington
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Frederick Sawyer’s RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 434 Squadron; 81 OTU; 82 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Croft; RAF Dalton; RAF Docking; RAF Gamston; RAF Harrogate; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Ossington; RAF Topcliffe; RCAF Moncton; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Denys Street's pilots flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 207 Squadron; 3 BFTS; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; Cornell; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bottesford; RAF Grantham; RAF Langar; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington
Stirling
Tags: 1657 HCU; Heavy Conversion Unit; Stirling; training
Ladder to the Lancaster - poem
Richard Wensley’s Royal Air Force Flight Engineers Flying Log Book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 214 Squadron; 242 Squadron; 46 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); crash; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; missing in action; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Merryfield; RAF Stoney Cross; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; shot down; Stirling; training; York
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
A conversation with Oliver Wells
Tags: 5 Group; 600 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); evading; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lincoln; Mosquito; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Cranwell; RAF Marham; RAF Oakington; RAF Stradishall; Red Cross; shot down; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; Sunderland; the long march; Tiger Moth; training
List of Operations
Idwal Davies’ Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot
Tags: 1665 HCU; 620 Squadron; 644 Squadron; 81 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; Bombing and Gunnery School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 7; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Fairford; RAF Great Dunmow; RAF Millom; RAF Qastina; RAF Sleap; RAF Tilstock; RCAF Mount Hope; RCAF Picton; Second Tactical Air Force; Special Operations Executive; Stirling; training; Whitley
61 Squadron operations 1943
Tags: 1660 HCU; 1661 HCU; 61 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; pilot; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); searchlight; target indicator; training; wireless operator