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- Tags: RAF Lissett
158 Squadron 4 Group Operations
D Sparkes observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 12 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 1666 HCU; 21 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lincoln; Operational Training Unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Castle Kennedy; RAF Lissett; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Scampton; RAF Shallufa; RAF Wombleton; training; Wellington
Concerning personal effects
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; missing in action; RAF Lissett
Letter to Ron Wood's father
Chaplain's letter
Tags: missing in action; padre; RAF Lissett
Flight Sergeant Ronald Arthur 'Tom' Gorton
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1659 HCU; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Caterpillar Club; flight engineer; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; love and romance; missing in action; prisoner of war; RAF Cosford; RAF Lissett; RAF Locking; RAF St Athan; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Uxbridge; shot down; Stalag Luft 3; training
51 Squadron, 4 Group, RAF Bomber Command
Tags: 4 Group; 5 Group; 51 Squadron; 578 Squadron; 6 Group; 8 Group; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Gee; gremlin; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Lancaster; Master Bomber; mess; mid-air collision; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Burn; RAF Carnaby; RAF Elvington; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Odiham; RAF Snaith; RAF Tangmere; Red Cross; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; Typhoon; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
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
List of operations
Tags: 158 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; RAF Lissett
Remembering sixty years ago
A short history of 640 Squadron
There is also a…
Tags: 4 Group; 617 Squadron; 640 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bouncing bomb; debriefing; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); entertainment; final resting place; flight engineer; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; love and romance; memorial; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; operations room; pilot; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; superstition; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tirpitz; wireless operator
Harry Wickham's pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 10 OTU; 102 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 1658 HCU; aircrew; B-24; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Riccall; RAF South Cerney; RAF Stradishall; RAF Topcliffe; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Harry Whittaker's flying log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 17 OTU; 19 OTU; 35 Squadron; 635 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Botha; crash; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); Halifax; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Magister; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Downham Market; RAF Dumfries; RAF Graveley; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley
Seven Airmen
Eight Seated Airmen
There is a second copy with details on the reverse of each man, his crew position and his address.
Seven Seated Airmen
Tags: 158 Squadron; aircrew; RAF Lissett
AVM Ekanayake Edward (Rohan) Amerasekera DFC & Bar, R.Cy.A.F.
Tags: 158 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 640 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; navigator; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Graveley; RAF Lissett; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Whitley; wireless operator
A dedication to AVM Ekanayake Edward (Rohan) Amerasekera DFC & Bar, R.Cy.A.F
Tags: 158 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 640 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; navigator; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Graveley; RAF Lissett; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Whitley; wireless operator
640 Squadron
Tags: 158 Squadron; 4 Group; 466 Squadron; 640 Squadron; arts and crafts; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; tactical support for Normandy troops; V-1; V-weapon
Ray Wells, Crew and Girlfriend
Photo 2 is Seven airmen and five ground crew under the nose of their Halifax, captioned 'Halifax G -George and Crew. RAF Lisset. 158 Squadron. 1944. 37 Operations - Europe.'
Photo 3 is a side head and shoulders…
Record of service
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 19 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lissett; RAF Riccall; RAF Shawbury; RAF Upavon; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
S A Windmill’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1658 HCU; 19 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Siracourt V-weapon site (25 June 1944); Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lissett; RAF Riccall; RAF Shawbury; RAF Upavon; Stearman; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley