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- Tags: RAF Marston Moor
Albert Millson’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Posted to 12 Operational Training…
Tags: 101 Squadron; 102 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1652 HCU; 21 OTU; aircrew; animal; Anson; B-17; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); C-47; Distinguished Flying Medal; Flying Training School; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; mine laying; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Benson; RAF Broadwell; RAF Desford; RAF Grantham; RAF Honington; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Oakington; RAF Pocklington; RAF Ratmalana; RAF Swinderby; RAF Ternhill; RAF West Raynham; Scharnhorst; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Fred and Jim Robinson
Hand-written text below the…
Conversation with Les Giddings
Leslie Giddings memoir
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 207 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); final resting place; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Me 110; prisoner of war; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF St Athan; Red Cross; shot down; Stalag 357; Stalag Luft 6; training
K W Payne's Royal Australian Air Force flying log book
Tags: 12 OTU; 1652 HCU; 192 Squadron; 26 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Catalina; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAAF Bundaberg; RAAF Narrandera; RAAF Parkes; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Croughton; RAF Foulsham; RAF Kidlington; RAF Leconfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Shenington; RAF Weston-on-the-Green; RAF Wing; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Window
Interview with Aubrey Coles. One
Interviews with Aubrey Coles
Tags: 158 Squadron; 20 OTU; 640 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Lissett; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Marston Moor; training; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator
Flying Officer Aubrey "Tommy" Coles DFC
Tags: 158 Squadron; 4 Group; 640 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-24; C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Banff; RAF Bramcote; RAF Finningley; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Marston Moor; RCAF Estevan; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
David James Hughes' flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
G W A White’s Royal Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 1662 HCU; 28 OTU; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Blyton; RAF Breighton; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Madley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pembrey; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Sturgate; RAF Waddington; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Harry Brabin memoir
He sailed on the SS Johan Van Barneve to San Francisco and…
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 27 OTU; 4 Group; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; arts and crafts; bomb aimer; bomb struck; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); briefing; crewing up; debriefing; demobilisation; entertainment; faith; fear; flight engineer; forced landing; Fw 190; Gee; gremlin; ground crew; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; love and romance; Master Bomber; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); Me 109; Me 262; Me 410; military discipline; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; physical training; pilot; prisoner of war; promotion; propaganda; radar; RAF Gamston; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF West Freugh; RCAF Mossbank; recruitment; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Spitfire; sport; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tallboy; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Fred 'Eddie' Edmondson's navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1652 HCU; 1663 HCU; 35 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 78 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Breighton; RAF Elvington; RAF Graveley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Rufforth; RAF Upwood; tactical support for Normandy troops; 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
Halifax under maintenance
Tags: dispersal; fitter engine; ground crew; Halifax; RAF Marston Moor
The Years up to the Outbreak of the Second World War and How it Affected Me
Tags: 10 Squadron; 4 Group; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Botha; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; ditching; Dominie; Dulag Luft; flight engineer; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lysander; Me 109; Me 110; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Hendon; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Madley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; RAF Padgate; RAF Wittering; RAF Yatesbury; Red Cross; Roosevelt, Franklin Delano (1882-1945); Spitfire; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Stirling; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
... just ... Chapters in a Life .. and some History
Tags: 10 Squadron; 4 Group; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Blenheim; bomb aimer; Botha; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crewing up; Defiant; ditching; Dominie; Dulag Luft; entertainment; flight engineer; Goldfish Club; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lysander; Me 109; Me 110; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; physical training; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; radar; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Cosford; RAF Hendon; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Madley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; RAF Padgate; RAF Sywell; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Yatesbury; Red Cross; Spitfire; sport; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; Stirling; the long march; training; Typhoon; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Memories of an Airman
Tags: 102 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 19 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; Cook’s tour; crewing up; demobilisation; ditching; Dominie; ground personnel; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Ju 88; Magister; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Burtonwood; RAF Halton; RAF Hednesford; RAF Kinloss; RAF Madley; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pembrey; RAF Pocklington; recruitment; Spitfire; training; Wellington
Walter Braithwaite’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 171 Squadron; 21 OTU; 24 OTU; 77 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bale out; Battle; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Elvington; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF North Creake; RAF St Eval; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
Charles Martin Allen by Mrs Anne Phillips
Tags: 1652 HCU; 4 Group; 51 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Andreas; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Pocklington; RAF Snaith; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Gordon Mercier's navigators, air bombers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 1658 HCU; 171 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Fw 190; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Marston Moor; RAF North Creake; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
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
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
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
Eric Keen's navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 1665 HCU; 196 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Blenheim; bomb struck; bombing; C-47; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; RAF Keevil; RAF Leicester East; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Saltby; RAF Tarrant Rushton; RAF Tilstock; RAF Witchford; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Stirling; training
Roy Horsburgh’s Royal Canadian Air Force Observer’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1652 HCU; 35 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; missing in action; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Elvington; RAF Graveley; RAF Marston Moor; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); Tiger Moth; training; Whitley