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- Tags: RAF Bitteswell
A conversation with Guy Sharp
Tags: 216 Squadron; 29 OTU; 70 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Blenheim; bombing; forced landing; Magister; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abu Sueir; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Carlisle; RAF Castle Combe; RAF Cranfield; RAF Honington; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Luqa; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Pevensey; RAF Stradishall; RAF West Raynham; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Stirling; training; Ventura; Wellington
Alfred Jack Coman's Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 31 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bramcote; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Madley; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Metheringham; RAF Millom; RAF Nuneaton; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
R W Barlett’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 1654 HCU; 29 OTU; 61 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; final resting place; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF South Cerney; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RCAF Medicine Hat; Stirling; training; Wellington
Tadeusz Jasinski’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 167 Squadron; 18 OTU; 216 Squadron; 3 Group; 301 Squadron; 304 Squadron; aircrew; B-24; Battle; C-47; Dominie; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bramcote; RAF Dale; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Holmsley South; RAF Lindholme; RAF North Weald; RAF Tiree; RAF West Freugh; RAF Yatesbury; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book for Albert Frederick Nye
Tags: 1661 HCU; 207 Squadron; 29 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Spilsby; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Letter to Connie Thornhill from Judy Mansbridge
Letter to Ted Thornhill's wife, stationed at RAF Bitteswell, from a squadron leader at RAF Bitteswell
Letter to Ted Thornhill's Wife from Air Ministry
J Flint's RAF pilot’s flying log book. One
Detailing his flying training and operations flown as pilot. He was stationed at RAF Tollerton (27 E&RFTS), RAF Hanworth (5 EFTS), RAF Yatesbury (10 EFTS), RAF Brize…
Tags: 14 OTU; 29 OTU; 49 Squadron; 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Flying Training School; Hampden; Magister; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Finningley; RAF Saltby; RAF Scampton; RAF St Athan; RAF Yatesbury; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
J S Ross’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 29 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 1944); C-47; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Magister; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Lyneham; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Pocklington; RAF Windrush; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; target photograph; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; York
F W Honey’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book. Two
Tags: 101 Squadron; 104 Squadron; 11 OTU; 17 OTU; 29 OTU; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Lancaster; Lysander; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Kabrit; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakley; RAF Silverstone; RAF Westcott; RAF Woolfox Lodge; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Richard Starkey’s flying log book for pilots
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); final resting place; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Manchester; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Desford; RAF Grantham; RAF Metheringham; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; RAF Winthorpe; RCAF Caron; shot down; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
John Derek Bolton’s Pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 16 OTU; 162 Squadron; 25 OTU; 29 OTU; 455 Squadron; 571 Squadron; 608 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; bombing; C-47; Cook’s tour; Defiant; Flying Training School; Hampden; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lysander; Magister; Martinet; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; 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 Watchfield; RAF White Waltham; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Ventura; Wellington; Whitley
John Eppel's flying log book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 18 OTU; 550 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Worksop; training; Wellington
Interview with Bill Spence
Tags: 44 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); coping mechanism; crash; crewing up; fear; FIDO; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RCAF Bowden; RCAF Moncton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Colin Wood
Interview with Joe Shuttleworth
Tags: 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; crash; Lancaster; love and romance; military living conditions; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF hospital Rauceby; RAF Morton Hall; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; take-off crash; training; Wellington
Leonard Green’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing up; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; military service conditions; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; Proctor; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Manby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigtown; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Colin Wood's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Dominie; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Metheringham; RAF Syerston; RAF Warboys; RAF West Freugh; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Andy Anderson's flying log book for pilots (incomplete)
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 83 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Metheringham; RAF Syerston; RAF Warboys; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington