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- Tags: Me 109
Lossiemouth
Part of document - the long march
Aircraft recognition list for RAF and some Luftwaffe
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Anson; entertainment; Hampden; Hurricane; Me 109; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dyce; RAF Feltwell; RAF Filton; RAF Hamble; RAF Wick; Stirling
Flight Lieutenant Michael Myers Wayman (version one)
Tags: 103 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 21 Squadron; 90 Squadron; B-17; Blenheim; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; final resting place; Gneisenau; Hampden; killed in action; love and romance; Me 109; Mosquito; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); RAF Bicester; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Watton; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; sport; training; Wellington
Flight Lieutenant Michael Myers Wayman (version two)
Tags: 103 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 21 Squadron; 90 Squadron; B-17; Blenheim; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; final resting place; Gneisenau; Hampden; killed in action; love and romance; Me 109; Mosquito; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); RAF Bicester; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Watton; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; sport; training; Wellington
Conversation with Heinz Rökke & Jack Bromfield
Tags: 100 Group; 158 Squadron; 4 Group; 408 Squadron; 426 Squadron; 6 Group; aircrew; anti-Semitism; bale out; Beaufighter; bomb aimer; decoy site; Do 217; evading; FIDO; Fw 190; Halifax; He 111; Ju 87; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 110; Me 163; Me 262; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Cranfield; RAF Elvington; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Pocklington; Schräge Musik; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag Luft 1; Stirling; target indicator; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
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
Alan Richardson’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book. One
Tags: 11 OTU; 148 Squadron; 211 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 70 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Harrow; Hudson; Me 109; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Allahabad; RAF Bandoeng; RAF Ismailia; RAF Jurby; RAF Luqa; RAF Marham; RAF Nakuru; RAF Palembang; RAF Penrhos; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Conversation with Jo Lancaster. Part one
Tags: 12 Squadron; 20 OTU; 22 OTU; 40 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crewing up; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 110; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Alconbury; RAF Binbrook; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Cranwell; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Sealand; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upavon; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wymeswold; RAF Wyton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Conversation with Jo Lancaster
Tags: 12 Squadron; 20 OTU; 22 OTU; 40 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crewing up; Flying Training School; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 110; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Alconbury; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Sealand; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upavon; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wymeswold; RAF Wyton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
The Last Flight
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 3 Group; 460 Squadron; 5 Group; 576 Squadron; 6 Group; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; final resting place; flight engineer; Fw 190; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 109; Me 110; navigator; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Elsham Wolds; Red Cross; Schräge Musik; searchlight; shot down; target indicator; Wellington; wireless operator
Conversation with George Arthur Cook
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 16 OTU; 205 Squadron; 49 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Catalina; Hampden; killed in action; Me 109; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Alness; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Debden; RAF Kenley; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; training; wireless operator / air gunner
Transcript of an interview with Ron Brown
Tags: 1653 HCU; 218 Squadron; 75 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; flight engineer; ground crew; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; P-40; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mepal; RAF St Athan; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Stirling; training
Transcription of interview with Andrew Barron
Tags: 100 Group; 223 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-17; C-47; Fw 190; H2S; Halifax; Me 109; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Castle Bromwich; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Netheravon; RAF Oulton; RAF Pocklington; RAF Shawbury; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Tarrant Rushton; Tiger force; Tiger Moth; training; V-2; V-weapon; Window; York
Norman Denys Sinclair’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 187 Squadron; 309 Squadron; 525 Squadron; 540 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Battle; Blenheim; C-47; Flying Training School; Hornet Moth; Hudson; Ju 52; Lancaster; Lysander; Magister; Me 109; Mosquito; Oxford; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Ansty; RAF Bathurst; RAF Benson; RAF Coleby Grange; RAF Gibraltar; RAF Grantham; RAF Leuchars; RAF Meir; RAF Membury; RAF Netheravon; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Renfrew; RAF Syerston; RAF Upavon; RAF Wymeswold; Scharnhorst; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag Luft 3; Sunderland; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training
Gunnery and Bombing Notes
Tags: air gunner; Anson; B-17; B-24; B-25; Battle; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Boston; Catalina; Defiant; Do 215; Do 217; Fw 190; Hamilcar; Hampden; He 111; Horsa; Hudson; Hurricane; Ju 86; Ju 87; Ju 88; Lysander; Manchester; Me 109; Me 110; Mosquito; Oxford; P-38; P-51; RAF Bridlington; Spitfire; Stirling; Sunderland; training; Typhoon; Wellington; Whitley
Harry Brabin memoir
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 27 OTU; 4 Group; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; arts and crafts; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); briefing; crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; entertainment; faith; fear; flight engineer; forced landing; Fw 190; Gee; gremlin; ground crew; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; love and romance; Master Bomber; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); Me 109; Me 262; Me 410; military discipline; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; physical training; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; propaganda; radar; RAF Gamston; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF West Freugh; RCAF Mossbank; recruitment; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Spitfire; sport; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Victory in Europe Day (8 May 1945); Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Bill Bilton
Aircraft Identification Friend or Foe? Part One
Group Captain Leonard Trent VC DFC ADC
Tags: 15 Squadron; 17 OTU; 2 Group; 214 Squadron; 487 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; Battle; Blenheim; Boston; Distinguished Flying Cross; Ju 88; Me 109; Meteor; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Coltishall; RAF Feltwell; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Oakington; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wittering; RAF Wyton; Spitfire; Stalag Luft 3; training; Ventura; Victoria Cross
A Tour of Operations with RAF Bomber Command No XV/15 Squadron Mildenhall - Third book of memoirs by Bob Smith
Tags: 1 Group; 115 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 186 Squadron; 195 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 5 Group; 514 Squadron; 6 Group; 617 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 8 Group; 90 Squadron; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; escaping; flight engineer; Gee; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Ju 88; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Master Bomber; Me 109; mess; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; radar; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mepal; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Sealand; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Weston Zoyland; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Wyton; Spitfire; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; target photograph; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force