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- Tags: Martinet
Air to air gunnery film
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Martinet; training
Air to air gunnery film
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Martinet; RAF Ingham; training; Wellington
Albert Edward Edmunds’ pilots flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 608 Squadron; aircrew; B-25; bombing; Cook’s tour; heavy conversion unit; Hudson; Lancaster; Manchester; Martinet; Mosquito; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Dishforth; RAF Downham Market; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Hatfield; RAF Hixon; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; training; Ventura; Wellington
An Airmans Tale
Chapter 1. Under Training.
Having been assessed in Birmingham Geoff sets off to London in August 1942 for training, at Lords. Initial training was at Bridlington then gunnery school at…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 90 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); escaping; evading; flight engineer; ground personnel; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Me 109; Me 110; Me 410; Meteor; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cosford; RAF Downham Market; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Jurby; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Mepal; RAF Newmarket; RAF South Cerney; RAF Stradishall; RAF Ternhill; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; the long march; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Arthur Norman Hollis’ Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 50 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); C-47; 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
Cartoon notebook
Tags: animal; Anson; arts and crafts; Beaufighter; Defiant; Do 18; Fw 190; ground personnel; Horsa; Hudson; Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lincoln; Lysander; Martinet; Me 163; medical officer; Meteor; military living conditions; military service conditions; Oxford; P-47; Spitfire; Stirling; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon
Charles Godfey's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 37 Squadron; 635 Squadron; air gunner; 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; Lancaster; Martinet; 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 Bassingbourn; RAF Blyton; RAF Brize Norton; 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 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; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Victoria Cross; Wellington
Flying Officer A. Bonney’s Royal Canadian Air Force Flying Log Book for Aircrew other than Pilot
George Hutton’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 180 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 514 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-25; bale out; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Martinet; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); propaganda; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Pembrey; RAF Waterbeach; Stirling; training; Wellington
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
Henry Pollock’s navigator’s, air bombers and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 78 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); C-47; Halifax; Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Martinet; Meteor; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Feltwell; RAF Rufforth; RAF Stanton Harcourt; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
Interview with Frederick Parker
Interview with Harry Irons. Two
Tags: 158 Squadron; 462 Squadron; 466 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); briefing; coping mechanism; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; final resting place; Gee; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Martinet; memorial; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; perception of bombing war; RAF Driffield; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Lissett; RAF Waddington; Stirling; superstition; Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Harry James
Interview with Henry Moss
Tags: 138 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Gee; H2S; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lysander; Martinet; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; RAF Langar; RAF Pembrey; RAF Tempsford; Resistance; Special Operations Executive; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Ken Souter
Tags: 43 Squadron; 61 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lincoln; Martinet; Meteor; pilot; RAF Tangmere; training
Interview with Phillip Winter
Interview with Reg Freeth
Jack Penswick’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bombing; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Manchester; Martinet; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Morpeth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Jeff Brown's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Jo Lancaster’s pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 12 Squadron; 40 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Halifax; Lancaster; Magister; Martinet; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Binbrook; RAF Kirmington; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upavon; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wymeswold; RAF Wyton; Spitfire; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Jo Lancaster’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: aircrew; Albemarle; Anson; B-17; B-24; B-25; B-26; Beaufighter; Blenheim; Boston; C-47; Defiant; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; Hudson; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lincoln; Martinet; Me 410; Meteor; Mosquito; Oxford; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF Boscombe Down; Spitfire; Stirling; Sunderland; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; Typhoon; Ventura; Wellington; York
John Casey's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 61 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Martinet; Operation Dodge (1945); operational training unit; RAF Coningsby; RAF Skellingthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
John Derek Bolton’s Pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 162 Squadron; 455 Squadron; 571 Squadron; 608 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; bombing; C-47; Cook’s tour; Defiant; Hampden; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lysander; Magister; Martinet; mine laying; Mosquito; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bourn; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Cranwell; RAF Downham Market; RAF Finningley; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Ventura; Wellington; Whitley