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- Tags: RAF Bourn
Millson's "War & Peace" Abridged
Tags: 101 Squadron; 102 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; Blenheim; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); Gneisenau; ground crew; Halifax; mess; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Benson; RAF Bourn; RAF Desford; RAF Lyneham; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rochester; RAF West Raynham; recruitment; Scharnhorst; searchlight; training; Wellington; York
Letter to William Emery from Ray Lawley
Tags: mess; RAF Bourn; RAF St Athan; sport
Kenneth Munro Steven's pilot's flying log book
Tags: 1656 HCU; 81 OTU; 97 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lysander; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bourn; RAF Perth; RAF Sleap; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Tilstock; RAF Watchfield; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Harold Wilson's flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Service Medal; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; memorial; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Bardney; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Jurby; RAF Manby; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Middleton St George; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Saltby; RAF Scampton; RAF Swinderby; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; training; Wellington
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
Air Gunner
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Tags: 1 Group; 100 Group; 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 105 Squadron; 114 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 141 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 162 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 1665 HCU; 18 Squadron; 180 Squadron; 2 Group; 208 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 239 Squadron; 3 Group; 301 Squadron; 304 Squadron; 342 Squadron; 6 Group; 6 Squadron; 620 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 8 Group; 9 Squadron; 90 Squadron; 97 Squadron; 99 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; B-24; B-25; bale out; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Boston; Caterpillar Club; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; evading; final resting place; Gee; Gneisenau; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Horsa; Hurricane; Ju 87; killed in action; Lancaster; Lysander; Manchester; Me 109; Meteor; mid-air collision; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; propaganda; radar; RAF Bicester; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Bottesford; RAF Bourn; RAF Bradwell Bay; RAF Bramcote; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coltishall; RAF Drem; RAF Driffield; RAF Duxford; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Fairford; RAF Finningley; RAF Great Massingham; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Harwell; RAF Hendon; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Honington; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Kenley; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Leconfield; RAF Leuchars; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Little Snoring; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Manston; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Newmarket; RAF Newton; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Penrhos; RAF Pershore; RAF Ridgewell; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Sleap; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tangmere; RAF Tempsford; RAF Tilstock; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF West Raynham; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Wyton; Resistance; Scharnhorst; Special Operations Executive; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; Tiger force; training; Typhoon; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
Details from log book of Henry Townsley DFM
Tags: 15 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 8 Group; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Ju 88; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Woodhall Spa; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943)
James A Penny’s pilots flying log book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 81 OTU; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; arts and crafts; bale out; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Blyton; RAF Bourn; RAF Shawbury; RAF Sleap; RAF Upwood; shot down; Stearman; training; Whitley
Bill Lucas, a short account of his Royal Air Force service
Tags: 15 Squadron; 162 Squadron; 8 Group; 9 Squadron; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Gneisenau; memorial; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Bourn; RAF Honington; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; sport; Stirling; target indicator; training; Wellington
Wally Layne's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1661 HCU; 50 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); crash; Dominie; Gneisenau; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Bourn; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Lindholme; RAF Penrhos; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Scharnhorst; shot down; target indicator; training; Whitley; wireless operator
Letter to Wally Layne's wife from 97 Squadron adjutant
Tags: 97 Squadron; prisoner of war; RAF Bourn; Red Cross
Letter to Wally Layne's wife from Officer Commanding 97 Squadron
Tags: 97 Squadron; Pathfinders; RAF Bourn
Letter to Wally Layne's wife from Officer Commandinng 97 Squadron
Letter to Wally Layne's wife from OC 97 Squadron
Letter to Wally Layne's wife from 97 Squadron adjutant
Tags: 97 Squadron; aircrew; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Bourn
Flight Lieutenant William Alfred Colson DFM (141402) - Biography
Arthur John Tindall’s navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 84 OTU; 97 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Botha; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Desborough; RAF Mona; RAF Silverstone; RAF Upwood; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Aircraft Recovered by No 9 Party, 54 MU
Tags: B-17; B-24; B-25; Battle; C-47; Halifax; Lancaster; Mosquito; P-51; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Bourn; RAF Castle Combe; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Desborough; RAF Duxford; RAF Felixstowe; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Graveley; RAF Henlow; RAF Hethel; RAF Kimbolton; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mepal; RAF Oakington; RAF Podington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Swannington; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Tempsford; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Watton; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; Walrus
W E Lucas’ pilots flying log book
Tags: 139 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 162 Squadron; 19 OTU; 20 OTU; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; Magister; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Alconbury; RAF Bourn; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Honington; RAF Hullavington; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley
162 Squadron Light Night Striking Force Battle Orders
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
Geoff Paine's time in the RAF
Tags: 100 Squadron; 105 Squadron; Anson; Cornell; Flying Training School; Harvard; incendiary device; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Mosquito; Oxford; RAF Ansty; RAF Bourn; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hendon; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Valley; Royal Observer Corps; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; York
Interview with Ernest James White
Tags: 44 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 8 Group; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Botha; Cook’s tour; Lancaster; Lysander; memorial; military service conditions; Oboe; Pathfinders; RAF Bourn; RAF Graveley; RAF Morpeth; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Woodhall Spa; sanitation; searchlight; Window