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- Tags: RAF Castle Donington
D A Robinson’s pilot’s flying log book
Tags: 158 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Lissett; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stradishall; RAF Wing; RAF Wymeswold; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Keith Thompson's flying log book
Tags: 101 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 199 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bombing; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; RAF Blyton; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hixon; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF North Creake; RAF Shawbury; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Watton; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wymeswold; Shackleton; Tiger Moth; Wellington
Photographs and memorabilia of Keith Thompson's time at West Freugh and on the OTU
Three photographs are captioned Port Patrick.
One, not captioned is of an aircrew sergeant standing in a country lane.…
Keith Thompson's diary from July 1943 to January 1944
Ronald Mathers pilots flying log book. One
Bill Thomas memoir
Tags: 153 Squadron; 166 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crewing up; ground personnel; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; operational training unit; perception of bombing war; promotion; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Hemswell; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Strubby; RAF Wigtown; training; Wellington