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- Tags: Me 109
A Rather Strange Time
An ode to the Daylighters of 106
Tags: 106 Squadron; arts and crafts; bombing; Gneisenau; Me 109; Spitfire
Book 2, Commencing my Flying Training and my Adventures up till the time of Leaving England
British, American and German Aeroplanes in Operational Service
Charlie Darby’s observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Colin Wallace's Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot's flying log book
Tags: 467 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; forced landing; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Me 109; mine laying; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bottesford; RAF Kinloss; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; Window
David and the RAF
Tags: 100 Group; 149 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 3 Group; 57 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; FIDO; Gee; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; Mosquito; Pathfinders; pilot; propaganda; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Warboys; RAF West Raynham; target indicator; training; Wellington; Window
David Philip Storey's operations
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Tags: 158 Squadron; 51 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); fear; Gee; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; heavy conversion unit; Me 109; navigator; operational training unit; Pathfinders; radar; RAF Abingdon; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lissett; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rufforth; RAF Snaith; RAF Worksop; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
David Sanders personal record of operations
Tags: 189 Squadron; 619 Squadron; bombing; flight engineer; fuelling; Lancaster; Me 109; RAF Strubby
Details operation to Dusseldorf 25/26 May 1943
1. A list of crews on the operation.
2. Map of routes to target.
3. Luftwaffe night fighter combat claims for 25/26 May 1943.…
Edward Nevill's decorations
Decorations are: Distinguished Flying Medal, 1939-1945 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Defence Medal and War Medal 1939-1945.
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Distinguished Flying Medal; Me 109; observer; pilot
Extract from Harry Stannus' (bomb aimer) memoir.
Interview with Alan Payne
Interview with Andrew Deytrikh
Interview with Bruce Minnitt
Interview with Edward Allan McDonald. Two
Interview with Geoff Green
He tells about going to help…
Interview with Geoff Payne
Tags: 115 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; crewing up; heavy conversion unit; incendiary device; Me 109; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridlington; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Witchford; RAF Wyton; sport; Stirling; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with James Wright
Tags: 61 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Absent Without Leave; aircrew; animal; bombing; crewing up; final resting place; ground personnel; Lancaster; Me 109; medical officer; memorial; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Pathfinders; RAF Upper Heyford; strafing; training; Wellington
Interview with Jan Black. One
He describes…
Interview with Jo Lancaster. One
Interview with Keith Ganney
Interview with Laurence Sidney Fisher
Tags: bale out; Home Guard; Me 109; prisoner of war; shot down; the long march; training