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Tags: RAF Driffield
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
Interview with Alan "Jock" Richardson. One
Tags: 120 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 70 OTU; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing; Cornell; flight engineer; forced landing; Harvard; Hudson; Lancaster; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Aldergrove; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Driffield; RAF Feltwell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leuchars; RAF Marham; RAF Penrhos; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; Shackleton; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Alan Richardson's flying log book. Two
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
Tags: 120 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 220 Squadron; 35 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; Blenheim; Cornell; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 109; Mosquito; Oxford; pilot; RAF Aldergrove; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Driffield; RAF Feltwell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leuchars; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Athan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Waterbeach; Shackleton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Peter Greenwood
Tags: 71 Squadron; African heritage; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing up; Flying Training School; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; military living conditions; pilot; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Carlisle; RAF Driffield; RAF Eastchurch; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Heaton Park; Stearman; submarine; Tiger Moth; training
Arthur Mace's diary 8th January 1942 to 15th March 1944
There is a second diary for 1943 only and its contents are identical to the first diary.
A third diary covers 1944.
Tags: 214 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bombing; Botha; crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; flight engineer; Halifax; hangar; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); incendiary device; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; Lysander; medical officer; mess; mine laying; missing in action; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Driffield; RAF Evanton; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Lasham; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Madley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF Riccall; RAF St Eval; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tangmere; RAF Yatesbury; searchlight; sport; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
The First Crew
Tags: 1652 HCU; 19 OTU; 35 Squadron; 4 Group; 78 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; final resting place; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; RAF Breighton; RAF Cardington; RAF Dalton; RAF Driffield; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Padgate; Stalag 357; training; Window; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
4 Group battle course
Tags: 4 Group; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; navigator; pilot; RAF Driffield; wireless operator
Thomas Sproulle’s Royal Canadian Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 11 OTU; 466 Squadron; 640 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); crash; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Ju 88; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Driffield; RAF Leconfield; RAF Manby; RAF Oakley; RAF Steeple Morden; RCAF Fingal; RCAF London; RCAF Pennfield Ridge; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); searchlight; training; Wellington
Noel Pearce's service record
Flying Officer Theodore Arthur Lumb and Pilot Officer Raymond Fletcher Lumb
Tags: 14 OTU; 49 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; final resting place; Hampden; killed in action; Manchester; missing in action; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Cranage; RAF Cranwell; RAF Driffield; RAF Hendon; RAF Scampton; RAF White Waltham; Red Cross; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Squadron 158 to Vera Gorton
Douglas 'Hank' Iveson's pilot's flying log books. One
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1663 HCU; 1669 HCU; 19 OTU; 462 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-26; B-29; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Flying Training School; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 109; Meteor; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Driffield; RAF Finningley; RAF Gaydon; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Kinloss; RAF Langar; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lissett; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stradishall; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Upavon; Scharnhorst; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; Whitley; York
W G Uprichard - An Account of my Experiences in the RAF during my Long Service of 41 Years
Tags: 10 OTU; 10 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 215 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 58 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 78 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; briefing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; fitter engine; Flying Training School; ground crew; ground personnel; Initial Training Wing; meteorological officer; military service conditions; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Brough; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dishforth; RAF Driffield; RAF Halton; RAF Leconfield; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Manston; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Coates; RAF Scampton; RAF Sealand; RAF Worthy Down; sport; Tirpitz; training; Whitley; wireless operator
Gordon Dennett's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 15 OTU; 196 Squadron; 298 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; B-24; bale out; bomb aimer; Botha; C-47; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 7; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Driffield; RAF Evanton; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Leconfield; RAF Salbani; RAF Yatesbury; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Harold Wigley's RAF Pilot's Log Book
Herbert Ashton Clark's pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 11 OTU; 215 Squadron; 37 Squadron; 70 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-26; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Harrow; Harvard; Lysander; Magister; Operational Training Unit; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Bramcote; RAF Digby; RAF Driffield; RAF El Adem; RAF Feltwell; RAF Honington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Manston; RAF Shallufa; RAF Silloth; training; Wellington
The Eulogy for Squadron Leader Anthony David Lambert
Tags: 218 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 620 Squadron; aircrew; Distinguished Flying Cross; ditching; Dulag Luft; ground personnel; Lancaster; Lincoln; mess; Meteor; Mosquito; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Downham Market; RAF Driffield; RAF Marham; RAF Prestwick; RAF Swinderby; RAF Uxbridge; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stirling; the long march; Tiger Moth; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Talk given by Leonard Cheshire in New Zealand to the Royal New Zealand Returned & Services’ Association
Talks of the commonwealth countries vital contribution to the second world war. Looks back on his time in the air force and draws…
Leonard Cheshire speech at RAAFA dinner in Brisbane 27 September 1981
Leonard Cheshire speech at RAAFA dinner in Brisbane
J.C. Cockram’s RCAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 27 OTU; 462 Squadron; 466 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Driffield; RAF Leconfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF West Freugh; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington
J C Cockram and crew
Second and third are the crew posed in front of Halifax 'Jane' on dispersal, servicing equipment in the background.
Fourth is of a Halifax…
Navigation log and plotting map for operation to Bois de la Haie
Tags: 466 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; navigator; RAF Driffield
Navigation log, plotting map and target photograph for operation to Paris (Vairies)
The target photograph shows a railway marshalling yard running top to bottom, bomb explosions, smoke and craters visible. Caption for the…