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- Tags: Me 262
Conversations with Peter Spoden
Tags: 100 Group; 158 Squadron; 227 Squadron; 300 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 462 Squadron; 578 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; bale out; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Fw 190; H2S; Halifax; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 110; Me 262; Mosquito; pilot; radar; Schräge Musik; shot down; target indicator; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
Conversation with Heinz Rökker & 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
Sergeant BE Clarke
Harry Brabin memoir
He sailed on the SS Johan Van Barneve to San Francisco and…
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; Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
H Jack Lazenby DFC
Tags: 1654 HCU; 20 OTU; 207 Squadron; 4 Group; 5 Group; 57 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); briefing; Catalina; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); entertainment; flight engineer; flight mechanic; Flying Training School; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Hampden; hangar; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Hurricane; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; Manchester; Master Bomber; Me 110; Me 262; mechanics engine; mess; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Oboe; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; radar; RAF Barkstone Heath; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Benson; RAF Blida; RAF Bourn; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Colerne; RAF Cosford; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Elvington; RAF Fairford; RAF Halton; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Melton Mowbray; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Padgate; RAF Pershore; RAF Scampton; RAF Silverstone; RAF St Athan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Swinderby; RAF Talbenny; RAF Tangmere; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Valley; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wing; recruitment; Resistance; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; target indicator; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Victoria Cross; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
The RAF's 23rd Victoria Cross
Record of Flying Officer Kenneth Gill D.F.C (155097) RAFVR joined 1941
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; FIDO; Grand Slam; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 262; memorial; mine laying; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; P-51; promotion; RAF Bardney; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Metheringham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Spitfire; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Biography of Kenneth Gill by son Derek
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Grand Slam; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 262; memorial; navigator; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Bardney; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Ivor Cole's Wireless Course Notes
Tags: aerial photograph; aircrew; B-17; B-24; bombing; Halifax; Lancaster; Me 262; Mosquito; P-51; Spitfire; target indicator; training; wireless operator
Interview with Günther Rall
Robert Jubb - Royal Australian Air Force flying log book
Tags: 1658 HCU; 21 OTU; 462 Squadron; 76 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; Beaufighter; bomb aimer; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Me 110; Me 262; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Driffield; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Riccall; Stalag Luft 7; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
Keith Thiele - Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot's flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1661 HCU; 22 OTU; 405 Squadron; 467 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Dominie; Flying Training School; forced landing; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Ju 52; Lancaster; Magister; Me 109; Me 262; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bottesford; RAF Hendon; RAF Hullavington; RAF Lympne; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Tangmere; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Waddington; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Scharnhorst; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Ventura; Wellington; Whitley
Norm George Smith video interview
Harrold Wakefield's navigator's, air bombers and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 51 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Grand Slam; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 262; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; promotion; RAF Lyneham; RAF Marston Moor; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; training; Whitley; York
Newspaper cutting - Reich arms centre ore fired
Tags: bombing; incendiary device; Lancaster; Me 262
General Memories
He describes training in London, Bridlington, Morpeth and Wymeswold. Later training as a crew was at Castle Donington, Lindholme and Hemswell. He describes in detail his crew, aircraft and operations.…
Tags: 12 Squadron; 626 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; escaping; flight engineer; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; Me 262; military ethos; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Brackla; RAF Bridlington; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirkham; RAF Lindholme; RAF Morpeth; RAF Tilstock; RAF Wickenby; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wymeswold; searchlight; superstition; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
Copy of Peter Potter's flying log book
Tags: 30 OTU; 626 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947); fear; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 262; military ethos; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; Operational Training Unit; RAF Hixon; RAF Pembrey; RAF Wickenby; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Peter Jenkinson operational record
Tags: 153 Squadron; 166 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); final resting place; flight engineer; Fw 190; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 262; memorial; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Kirmington; RAF Scampton; tactical support for Normandy troops; V-2; V-weapon
Leslie Alfred Davies and crew
Tags: 10 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 50 Squadron; 6 BFTS; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bomb trolley; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); British Flying Training School Program; C-47; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; FIDO; flight engineer; Flying Training School; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Me 262; memorial; military service conditions; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; petrol bowser; pilot; RAF Banff; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; reconnaissance photograph; service vehicle; Stirling; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
ER James War Diary
Tags: 576 Squadron; 582 Squadron; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; forced landing; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 262; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Manston; RAF Worksop; Spitfire; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; target photograph; wireless operator / air gunner
Messerschmitt Me 262
Photo 2 is a port side view.
Tags: Me 262
Flying Officer Douglas Petty Memoirs
Tags: 1659 HCU; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; FIDO; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 262; mine laying; RAF Leeming; RAF St Athan; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Torquay; RAF Woodbridge; training
Service History of Benny Goodman
Tags: 617 Squadron; Anson; bombing; crewing up; Flying Training School; fuelling; Grand Slam; ground crew; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; Me 262; military discipline; military living conditions; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Cardington; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; sanitation; Stirling; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; Wellington