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- Tags: RAF Heaton Park
Letter to George Thomson from Norman
Tags: RAF Heaton Park
Frederick Sawyer’s RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 434 Squadron; 81 OTU; 82 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Croft; RAF Dalton; RAF Docking; RAF Gamston; RAF Harrogate; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Ossington; RAF Topcliffe; RCAF Moncton; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Letter from Idwal Davies to his parents
Conversation with Bob O'Dell
Tags: 1664 HCU; 408 Squadron; 6 Group; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; navigator; Oxford; pilot; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Dalton; RAF Dishforth; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Kenley; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Locking; RAF St Athan; Tiger Moth; training; wireless operator
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
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
Record of service
JF Neilson's memoir
James joined the Local Defence Volunteers at first then realised he did not want to become infantry. He did mount road blocks and fire watches. He applied to join the RAF and was accepted. Training was at…
Tags: 4 Group; 640 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bale out; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); C-47; civil defence; crewing up; Dulag Luft; entertainment; evading; firefighting; flight engineer; Flying Training School; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Home Guard; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Manchester; Me 110; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bicester; RAF Church Fenton; RAF Cosford; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Padgate; RAF Riccall; RCAF Rivers; Red Cross; Spitfire; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
F/O CAH Darby No 154676 - Letters home
Tags: 16 OTU; 1661 HCU; 186 Squadron; 622 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Barford St John; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Burn; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Scampton; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
My life in the RAF - chapter 1,2 and 3 (F Dunn)
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: RAF Heaton Park
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: RAF Heaton Park; training
RAF Heaton Park Manchester
Tags: aircrew; RAF Heaton Park; training
Letter from Mervyn Adder to his family
Tags: aircrew; navigator; pilot; RAF Heaton Park; training
Just Another Story
Tags: 12 OTU; 1678 HCU; 514 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; crewing up; Dulag Luft; flight mechanic; Gee; ground crew; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; memorial; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Cardington; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Dumfries; RAF Foulsham; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Little Snoring; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wing; Red Cross; sport; Stalag 8B; strafing; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; Typhoon; Waffen-SS; Wellington
Eric Hookings's life story book 1
Tags: 6 BFTS; 619 Squadron; aircrew; Battle; bombing; British Flying Training School Program; crewing up; Flying Training School; Harvard; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; love and romance; mine laying; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Newton; RAF Scampton; RAF South Cerney; RAF Strubby; RAF Uxbridge; Stearman; Stirling; training; Wellington
A retrospective - Bomber Command No 625 Squadron
Tags: 1 Group; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; briefing; coping mechanism; crewing up; debriefing; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; intelligence officer; Lancaster; love and romance; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Nissen hut; nose art; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; P-51; padre; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Kelstern; RAF Millom; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; searchlight; target photograph; training; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Henry Wagner's life story. Part one
Tags: 1652 HCU; 51 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; briefing; C-47; Caterpillar Club; coping mechanism; crewing up; debriefing; Dulag Luft; evading; final resting place; flight engineer; Flying Training School; Gee; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; killed in action; Master Bomber; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; missing in action; navigator; Operational Training Unit; padre; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Acaster Malbis; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Snaith; RAF West Freugh; recruitment; Red Cross; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; target indicator; target photograph; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley; Window
Jimmy
Log Book Extracts
Bomber Command Operations from East Anglia 42-45
Tags: anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); FIDO; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; Operational Training Unit; RAF Downham Market; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Kemble; RAF Manston; RAF Woodbridge; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley
Empire Air Training Scheme Canada
Photo 1 is of two boys walking along a path.
Photo 2 is one boy standing beside a washing line.
Tags: aircrew; RAF Heaton Park; training
Book 2, Commencing my Flying Training and my Adventures up till the time of Leaving England
Interview with David Fellowes. Two
Tags: 1656 HCU; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; military ethos; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Finningley; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hixon; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington