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- Tags: RAF Hartford Bridge
Bomber Command and Notes of Some of My Experiences During 1941-1945
Tags: 102 Squadron; 4 Group; 617 Squadron; 77 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Bismarck; bomb aimer; bomb trolley; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; Flying Training School; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); heavy conversion unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Initial Training Wing; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Me 110; memorial; mid-air collision; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; missing in action; navigator; Nissen hut; Oboe; operational training unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Driffield; RAF Elvington; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Jurby; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Melbourne; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rufforth; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; service vehicle; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Stearman; target indicator; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley; Window; wireless operator
Laurie Penn's pilots flying log book
Tags: 13 OTU; 17 OTU; 2 Group; 226 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; B-25; bombing; Boston; Flying Training School; Magister; operational training unit; pilot; Proctor; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Northolt; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Turweston; Second Tactical Air Force; training; Ventura
Leslie Valentines pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 13 OTU; 88 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Blenheim; bombing; Boston; Dominie; Flying Training School; Initial Training Wing; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bicester; RAF Hartford Bridge; Second Tactical Air Force; strafing; training
Letter from Basil Harrington to Peter Jenner of 2nd TAF medium bomber association
Basil 'Harry' Harrington's flying log book
Dennis Denton's log book
Tags: 13 OTU; 139 Squadron; 17 OTU; 2 Group; 21 Squadron; 226 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-25; Blenheim; Botha; C-47; Defiant; Dominie; operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Bicester; RAF Evanton; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Methwold; RAF Oulton; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Upwood; RAF Watton; RAF West Raynham; RAF Yatesbury; training; Ventura; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
Notes on 21 Squadron and Dennis Denton's crew
Tags: 21 Squadron; aircrew; B-25; Blenheim; crash; Fw 190; Mosquito; RAF Bodney; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Methwold; RAF Oulton; shot down; Ventura
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
Jeff Brown's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 11 OTU; 149 Squadron; 1668 HCU; 576 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-29; Cook’s tour; heavy conversion unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Martinet; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Bottesford; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Burn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Driffield; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Hartford Bridge; RAF Marham; RAF Oakley; RAF Sturgate; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF Westcott; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
RAF Day Pass
Tags: RAF Hartford Bridge
Christmas Card
Tags: Boston; RAF Hartford Bridge
B-25, Boston, Stranraer
Photograph 2 is of the starboard side of a Boston 'P', in flight, captioned Boston A/C. R.A.F. Hartford Bridge. 1944. 88…
137 Wing relaxing
Photograph 2 is of Reginald George Cavalier painting a partially-clad woman on the canvas of a…
RAF Hartford Bridge
Photograph 2 is of five airmen sitting on the grass in front of a barbed wire fence. Captioned:…
342 Lorraine Squadron
Photograph 2 is of a French airman standing in front of a Boston, 'C'. It is named Ville…
Damaged Boston and senior officers
RAF Hartford Bridge
Photograph 3 is the port side of a Boston 'D' with invasion…
RAF Hartford Bridge
Photograph 2 is of a group of airmen arranged in five rows in front of a Boston, 'D'. Captioned '88…
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
King George VI presenting medals
Photograph 8 is an overall view of the investiture ceremony with the King and Queen, airmen and airwomen lined up and civilians spectating.
Captioned 'King George VI presenting…
Visit by King George VI and Queen Elizabeth
Field Investiture by King George VI, Hartford Bridge
Photograph 2, 3 and 6 are of views of the parade with a royal and RAF ensign central to the view.
Photograph is 4 is of Queen viewing the…
Visit of General Eisenhower to RAF Hartford Bridge
General Dwight Eisenhower. Supreme Commander. W/C North 137 Wing
A.V.M. Basil…
Visit of General Eisenhower to RAF Hartford Bridge
Captioned 'Visit of the Supreme Commander Alied [sic] Forces. General Dwight Eisenhower. R.A.F.…
VIPs at RAF Hartford Bridge
Photograph 1 is of six airmen officers and a woman. The airmen are standing at attention. Behind is an Anson. Captioned 'Rt Hon Mrs Sinclair.'
Photograph 2 is of three airmen officers walking past…