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- Tags: RAF Kelstern
Collision of ED606 and ND637
A year in the Life
Tags: 12 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 626 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; evading; FIDO; Gee; H2S; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; incendiary device; Ju 88; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Me 110; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; operational training unit; P-51; Pathfinders; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Cardington; RAF Dumfries; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF hospital Rauceby; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lindholme; RAF Manby; RAF Manston; RAF Methwold; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wigtown; RAF Woodbridge; Spitfire; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; V-1; V-2; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
Extracts from Ian Denver's log book
Tags: 156 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 18 OTU; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lindholme; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Warboys; Tiger Moth; training
Alan Farr's flying log book
Tags: 100 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1662 HCU; 27 OTU; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; 625 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Distinguished Flying Medal; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Grimsby; RAF Kelstern; RAF Seighford; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
A retrospective - Bomber Command No 625 Squadron
Tags: 1 Group; 625 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; Anson; bombing; briefing; coping mechanism; crewing up; debriefing; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; 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; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Kelstern; RAF Millom; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; target photograph; training; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Pilot - face to face
Tags: 625 Squadron; aircrew; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Gneisenau; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Hudson; Lancaster; love and romance; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Blyton; RAF Cranwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Silloth; RAF St Eval; RAF Watchfield; RAF Worksop; Scharnhorst; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Frank J Allnutt’s RAAF observer’s air gunner’s and W/T operator’s flying log book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 27 OTU; 625 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; heavy conversion unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Blyton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ingham; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lichfield; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
The Boy from Augusta by Frank J Allnutt
John Allnutt with air and ground crew
John Allnutt
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Tags: 625 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Nissen hut; RAF Kelstern
Flight Sergeant Jack Smith
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John Allnutt and crew after their last operation
Tags: 625 Squadron; aircrew; bomb trolley; Lancaster; nose art; RAF Kelstern
Pilot Flying Officer John Harvey
Tags: 625 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; nose art; pilot; RAF Kelstern
Flight Sergeant Ralf Williams
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Derek Carrington Evans' navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1662 HCU; 18 OTU; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Evanton; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Scampton; RAF Wigtown; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Westkapelle, October 3, 1944
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Squadron; 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 105 Squadron; 109 Squadron; 115 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 300 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 626 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 90 Squadron; bombing; Lancaster; Mosquito; Pathfinders; RAF Binbrook; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Grimsby; RAF Kelstern; RAF Kirmington; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Mepal; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wickenby; RAF Witchford; RAF Woodhall Spa; Spitfire
Frank Simpson's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Arthur Pearce's air gunners flying log book
Tags: 12 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 170 Squadron; 30 OTU; 35 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Blyton; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Graveley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Ingham; RAF Kelstern; RAF Seighford; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wyton; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Interview with Geoff Green
Tags: 100 Squadron; 625 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); coping mechanism; Distinguished Flying Cross; fear; flight engineer; Halifax; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 262; military service conditions; nose art; operations room; pilot; RAF Kelstern; superstition; training; Whitley
Interview with Cyril Edwin Bailey
Arthur Atkins’ flying log book for pilots
Tags: 1662 HCU; 1667 HCU; 27 OTU; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Blyton; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lichfield; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Westcott; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Jack Hayley’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 1667 HCU; 170 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 83 OTU; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Dominie; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Magister; Meteor; Mosquito; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Estevan; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Madley; RAF Peplow; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; Shackleton; Spitfire; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Interview with Kenneth Trent
Tags: 576 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 625 Squadron; Absent Without Leave; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing; crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; faith; FIDO; Grand Slam; military discipline; Operation Dodge (1945); Oxford; pilot; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Kelstern; RAF Lindholme; RAF Woodbridge; RAF Woodhall Spa; recruitment; sanitation; take-off crash; Tallboy; training; Wellington