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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
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
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
Recollections of a flight engineer. Version Two
Tags: 1658 HCU; 640 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; animal; bomb aimer; bombing; crewing up; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Meteor; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); pilot; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Hemswell; RAF Leconfield; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Riccall; RAF St Athan; RAF Torquay; training; wireless operator
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
John Waugh Record of service
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Tags: 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 27 OTU; 467 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Anson; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Fairoaks; RAF Feltwell; RAF Kidlington; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lulsgate Bottom; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; RCAF Moncton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
John Waugh’s Royal Australian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 27 OTU; 467 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Flying Training School; 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; RAAF Lowood; RAAF Narrandera; RAF Fairoaks; RAF Feltwell; RAF Kidlington; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lulsgate Bottom; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; RCAF Moncton; Stirling; Sunderland; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Alan Richardson's flying log book. Two
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Tags: 120 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 220 Squadron; 35 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; Blenheim; Cornell; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 109; Mosquito; Oxford; pilot; RAF Aldergrove; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Driffield; RAF Feltwell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leuchars; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Athan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Waterbeach; Shackleton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Conversation with Bob O'Dell
Tags: 1664 HCU; 408 Squadron; 6 Group; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; Oxford; pilot; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Dalton; RAF Dishforth; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Kenley; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Locking; RAF St Athan; Tiger Moth; training; wireless operator
The log-books of Ted Milligan RAF 152506
Tags: 1667 HCU; 21 OTU; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Flying Training School; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Bottesford; RAF Cardington; RAF Carnaby; RAF Hixon; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Wigtown; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
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
Alfred Jack Coman's Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 31 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bramcote; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Madley; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Metheringham; RAF Millom; RAF Nuneaton; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
Fred and Jim Robinson
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Conversation with Donald Mason
Tags: 11 OTU; 1657 HCU; 57 Squadron; 620 Squadron; 7 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; Botha; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lysander; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Bircham Newton; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF North Weald; RAF Oakington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Westcott; Stirling; training; Wellington
A conversation with Jim Lord and John Elliot
Tags: 1667 HCU; 17 OTU; 550 Squadron; 83 OTU; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bomb aimer; Caterpillar Club; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hemswell; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Silverstone; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Flying Officer Albert Oswald Mann
If Love were all...the story of a Second World War bomber crew
Tags: 12 Squadron; 15 OTU; 1667 HCU; 30 OTU; 626 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; ditching; evading; final resting place; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Gee; ground personnel; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; love and romance; lynching; Me 110; memorial; mess; missing in action; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; RAF Binbrook; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Leeming; RAF Mepal; RAF Seighford; RAF Shellingford; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Watchfield; RAF Wickenby; RCAF Calgary; Red Cross; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Spitfire; sport; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Lionel Horner
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; military discipline; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Winthorpe; shot down; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Lionel Horner
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; military discipline; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Winthorpe; shot down; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator
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