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- Tags: RAF Cottesmore
Donald Andrew’s Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 207 Squadron; 49 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Saltby; RAF Spilsby; RAF Staverton; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Stanislaw Sewerin's Pilots Flying Log Book, Four
Tags: 1662 HCU; 18 OTU; 300 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; Anson; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Aldergrove; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blackbushe; RAF Booker; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Brawdy; RAF Castle Bromwich; RAF Chivenor; RAF Colerne; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Croydon; RAF Debden; RAF Dishforth; RAF Downham Market; RAF Eastleigh; RAF Exeter; RAF Farnborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Gaydon; RAF Grimsby; RAF Halton; RAF Hamble; RAF Harrogate; RAF Hatfield; RAF Hawarden; RAF Hemswell; RAF Henlow; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Hullavington; RAF Hurn; RAF Jurby; RAF Kenley; RAF Kidlington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lulsgate Bottom; RAF Lyneham; RAF Manston; RAF Merryfield; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Northolt; RAF Odiham; RAF Shawbury; RAF Silloth; RAF Southend; RAF St Athan; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Staverton; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; RAF Tangmere; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Upwood; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Watton; RAF Wyton; training
Around the world
Tags: RAF Akeman Street; RAF Breighton; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Catfoss; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Croft; RAF Exeter; RAF Filton; RAF Finningley; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Gaydon; RAF Grove; RAF Halton; RAF Hatfield; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hendon; RAF High Ercall; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Holmsley South; RAF Honington; RAF Hurn; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Lichfield; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Lyneham; RAF Melbourne; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Molesworth; RAF Netheravon; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Ossington; RAF Peplow; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; RAF Ridgewell; RAF Saltby; RAF Shawbury; RAF Silverstone; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Staverton; RAF Stoney Cross; RAF Talbenny; RAF Wattisham; RAF Westcott; RAF Woolfox Lodge
Air Ministry Orders
Tags: aircrew; Anson; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Harvard; Lancaster; Lincoln; Meteor; Mosquito; Oxford; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Cosford; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Defford; RAF Driffield; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hendon; RAF Hullavington; RAF Kinloss; RAF St Athan; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Wilmslow; Spitfire; Sunderland; Typhoon; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force; York
Conversation with Ted Mercer
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 44 Squadron; 5 BFTS; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Grantham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with Fred Hill
Tags: 14 OTU; 49 Squadron; 692 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Gneisenau; Hampden; mid-air collision; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Scampton; RAF Upavon; RAF Woodbridge; Scharnhorst; Spitfire; target indicator; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Fred Hill - transcript
Tags: 14 OTU; 49 Squadron; 692 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Gneisenau; Hampden; mid-air collision; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Scampton; RAF Upavon; RAF Woodbridge; Scharnhorst; Spitfire; target indicator; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Horace Cooke's pilot's flying log book
The…
Tags: aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; Bombing and Gunnery School; Cornell; Flying Training School; Hampden; Harvard; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Acklington; RAF Benson; RAF Burnaston; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; RAF Oakington; RAF Polebrook; RAF Prestwick; RAF Torquay; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wattisham; RAF West Freugh; RCAF Dauphin; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Jim Hardy’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book One
Posted to No. 4 Bombing and Gunnery School, 14 Operational Training Unit. Operational posting…
Tags: 14 OTU; 24 OTU; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Hampden; Hereford; Lysander; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Long Marston; RAF Scampton; RAF West Freugh; take-off crash; training; Walrus; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Conversation with George Arthur Cook
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 16 OTU; 205 Squadron; 49 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Catalina; Hampden; killed in action; Me 109; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Alness; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Debden; RAF Kenley; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; training; wireless operator / air gunner
George Cook’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 205 Squadron; 49 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Catalina; Hampden; Hornet Moth; Lancaster; mine laying; Oxford; RAF Alness; RAF Carew Cheriton; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Koggala; RAF Oban; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; Sunderland; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Transcript of an interview with Ron Brown
Tags: 1653 HCU; 218 Squadron; 75 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; flight engineer; ground crew; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; P-40; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mepal; RAF St Athan; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Stirling; training
List of Ron Brown's operation on 218 Squadron and 75 Squadron
Tags: 218 Squadron; 75 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Mepal; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
My private war with Hitler's Gremlins
The Air Ministry regrets
Tags: 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 540 Squadron; 627 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; Anson; arts and crafts; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; ditching; Dominie; evacuation; firefighting; flight engineer; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; Hurricane; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; mine laying; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Abu Sueir; RAF Benson; RAF Bentley Priory; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Debden; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Evanton; RAF Glatton; RAF Ingham; RAF Kabrit; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Luqa; RAF Manby; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Weald; RAF Northolt; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Pembrey; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF St Athan; RAF Sutton Bridge; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Syerston; RAF Uxbridge; RAF West Freugh; RAF Westcott; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Yatesbury; Spitfire; Swordfish; Tirpitz; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Course photograph - 14 OTU Cottesmore
Norman Mackie service career
Tags: 14 OTU; 571 Squadron; 83 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; escaping; evading; Flying Training School; Hampden; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Manchester; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Cottesmore; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Scampton; RAF Warboys; RAF White Waltham; RAF Wyton; recruitment; shot down; training; Wellington
Norman Mackie’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book. One
Tags: 14 OTU; 24 OTU; 29 OTU; 83 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Boston; Flying Training School; Gneisenau; Hampden; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranage; RAF Cranwell; RAF Honeybourne; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Scampton; RAF Upavon; RAF White Waltham; Scharnhorst; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Letter from Peter Lovegrove to his Aunt and Uncle
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
Rowland Kethro's Wartime Service and Operations Record
Tags: 106 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 189 Squadron; 207 Squadron; 3 Group; 4 Group; 405 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 5 Group; 6 Group; 622 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Flying Training School; H2S; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Manchester; Me 110; mine laying; Mosquito; Oboe; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Bardney; RAF Barford St John; RAF Catfoss; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Hinton; RAF Manby; RAF Spilsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Stearman; Stirling; training; V-2; V-weapon; Victoria Cross; Wellington
Relief Map of Lincolnshire's Bomber Airfields
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Tags: RAF Balderton; RAF Bardney; RAF Barkstone Heath; RAF Bottesford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Digby; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF East Retford; RAF Finningley; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Grantham; RAF Harlaxton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirton in Lindsey; RAF Langar; RAF Lindholme; RAF Manby; RAF Metheringham; RAF Newton; RAF North Coates; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Peterborough; RAF Saltby; RAF Scampton; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Spilsby; RAF Strubby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wittering; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Woolfox Lodge
Geoffrey Shattock’s Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1657 HCU; 214 Squadron; 28 OTU; 77 Squadron; 82 OTU; 90 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bombing; C-47; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bircotes; RAF Castle Combe; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Melbourne; RAF Ossington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Wymeswold; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Stearman; Stirling; training; Wellington
RAF Officers record of service - Kenneth Saw
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; pilot; RAF Bottesford; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Snaith
F Williamson’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 85 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bomb aimer; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Botha; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Morpeth; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington