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- Tags: Lancaster finishing school
D E Owen’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers. Two
Tags: 149 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; bombing; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; mine laying; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; RAF Balderton; RAF Bardney; RAF Binbrook; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Scampton; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; Stirling; training
Daniel Phillips's observer's and air gunner's flying logbook
Dennis Moore Autobiography
Tags: 15 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 5 Group; 52 Squadron; 6 Group; 8 Group; 82 Squadron; 90 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; arts and crafts; bomb aimer; C-47; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; entertainment; flight engineer; ground crew; H2S; Halifax; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Master Bomber; memorial; mess; Meteor; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; operational training unit; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Catterick; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Farnborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Honington; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Lindholme; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Mepal; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Shawbury; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wigtown; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Shackleton; Spitfire; Stirling; Sunderland; Tiger force; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator; York
Dennis Moore List of Experience
Tags: 15 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 52 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; C-47; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancastrian; Lincoln; Master Bomber; Meteor; navigator; operational training unit; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Pershore; RAF Shawbury; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Wigtown; Shackleton; Stirling; training; Wellington; York
Derrick Allen's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 467 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; operational training unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cardington; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silverstone; RAF Spanhoe; RAF St Athan; RAF Strubby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; shot down; Stirling; training; Wellington
Don Cameron’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 115 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Dishforth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Oakington; RAF Silverstone; RAF Snaith; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wing; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; York
Donald Cochrane’s observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 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
Doris and Ernie Twells with the leader of Derbyshire County Council
The nose and main spar of Lancaster EE134. Six men are working on it.…
Edward Allan McDonald's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunner, flight engineers
Extracts from Ian Denver's log book
Tags: 156 Squadron; 625 Squadron; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lindholme; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Warboys; Tiger Moth; training
F Dray’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 576 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; operational training unit; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Ingham; RAF Sandtoft; training; Wellington
Flight engineers notes for Lancaster
Flight Sergeant G Jarmy's bomb aimer log book
Tags: 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Flying Officer Arthur S Woolf - RAF career and experiences in WW2
Covers joining the RAF at age 19 and training at…
Tags: 5 Group; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; C-47; crewing up; Dominie; Guinea Pig Club; Hampden; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); military discipline; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; prisoner of war; Proctor; promotion; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wroughton; RAF Yatesbury; shot down; Stirling; training; Walrus; Wellington; wireless operator
Frank J Allnutt’s RAAF observer’s air gunner’s and W/T operator’s flying log book
Tags: 625 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Battle; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ingham; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lichfield; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Frank Mottershead’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 463 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Hampden; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; operational training unit; RAF Lichfield; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Frank Tolley's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 625 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; RAF Glatton; RAF Kelstern; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Sandtoft; RCAF Fingal; training; Wellington
G J Mellafont’s flying log book for navigator’s air bomber air gunner’s flight engineers
Tags: 50 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; operational training unit; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Scampton; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; strafing; training; Wellington; Window
George Holmes' navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 50 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Botha; Cook’s tour; Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mid-air collision; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator
George Toombs’ flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 460 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Binbrook; RAF Hemswell; RAF Sandtoft; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Gerald McPherson air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 15 Squadron; 186 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Battle; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Turweston; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; training; Wellington
Good Show Roger Squared
Tags: 1 Group; 166 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; flight engineer; Gee; ground crew; ground personnel; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); pilot; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Manston; wireless operator
Gordon Mills observer's and air gunner's log book
Tags: 149 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; crash; heavy conversion unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; Martinet; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mepal; RAF Methwold; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Stradishall; RAF Waddington; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; training; Wellington
Gordon Prescott’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Dominie; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; missing in action; operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Lindholme; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wickenby; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator