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- Tags: RAF Shawbury
Interview with David Bowker
Tags: 103 Squadron; 150 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; briefing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; demobilisation; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Hurricane; lack of moral fibre; Lysander; Magister; military living conditions; military service conditions; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh (1921-); RAF Cardington; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Pershore; RAF Rufforth; RAF Shawbury; RAF Snaith; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
A H G Dicker’s Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 205 Squadron; 52 Squadron; Anson; B-24; B-25; bomb aimer; C-47; Harvard; Lancaster; Lincoln; navigator; Oxford; RAF Shawbury; RAF St Eval; Sunderland; training; Wellington; York
Clarence Hughes’ observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
D A Robinson’s pilot’s flying log book
Tags: 158 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Lissett; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stradishall; RAF Wing; RAF Wymeswold; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Flying Officer Ron Ward
Page has hand written log of his flights at Empire Air…
Harold Blow’s pilots flying log book
Harry Parkins' flight engineer log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; flight engineer; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF East Kirkby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Scampton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stradishall; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; V-3; V-weapon
Interview with Bob Kemley
Interview with Derry Derrington
Tags: 462 Squadron; 466 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Gee; H2S; heavy conversion unit; love and romance; memorial; navigator; operational training unit; perception of bombing war; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Driffield; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Shawbury; RAF West Freugh; sanitation; training; V-1; Wellington
Interview with Harry Gough
Interview with Jim Penny. One
Tags: 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); crewing up; fear; grief; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; military ethos; Oxford; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Blyton; RAF Bourn; RAF Shawbury; RAF Sleap; RAF Tilstock; RAF Upwood; shot down; Stearman; target indicator; training; Whitley
Interview with Les Munro
Tags: 617 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bouncing bomb; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); fear; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Manchester; memorial; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Scampton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; take-off crash; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Interview with Mary Ward. One
Tags: aircrew; bombing; briefing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); control tower; coping mechanism; debriefing; fear; final resting place; Gee; ground personnel; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; love and romance; mess; military living conditions; operations room; RAF Driffield; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Melksham; RAF Pocklington; RAF Shawbury; RAF Silverstone; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with Vic Farmer
Interview with William Barfoot
Tags: 296 Squadron; aircrew; Albemarle; Anson; Dominie; Gee; Halifax; Hamilcar; Horsa; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Brize Norton; RAF Castle Bromwich; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Earls Colne; RAF Manston; RAF Shawbury; RAF Yatesbury; Resistance; Stirling; Tiger Moth; Whitley
Jim Tyrie
Tags: 4 Group; 77 Squadron; 90 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; C-47; Dulag Luft; escaping; Lancaster; Lincoln; Meteor; missing in action; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Chivenor; RAF Cranwell; RAF Shawbury; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Watton; RAF Worksop; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Jim Tyrie Identity Paper
Tags: RAF Shawbury
Jim Tyrie's flying log book
Tags: 77 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Lancaster; Lincoln; Meteor; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Chivenor; RAF Cranwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Hatfield; RAF Hendon; RAF Lindholme; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Seighford; RAF Shawbury; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Watton; RAF Worksop; RAF Wyton; Shackleton; shot down; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; York
John A Kell’s Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for pilots
Tags: 101 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Blyton; RAF Dallachy; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Shawbury; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; York
Keith Thompson's Astro Log Book
Keith Thompson's flying log book
Tags: 101 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 199 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bombing; Cook’s tour; Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; RAF Blyton; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Foulsham; RAF Hixon; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF North Creake; RAF Shawbury; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Watton; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wymeswold; Shackleton; Tiger Moth; Wellington
Mary Brown at RAF Shawbury
Top right, photograph of 24 aircrew in uniform, in three rows, in formal pose. Captioned…
Peter Hattersley's flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 44 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; C-47; Catalina; Distinguished Flying Cross; Hampden; Harvard; Hudson; Lysander; Magister; navigator; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Bawtry; RAF Blyton; RAF Catfoss; RAF Cosford; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Evanton; RAF Finningley; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Manston; RAF Netheravon; RAF Oakington; RAF Shawbury; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Thornaby; RAF Upavon; RAF Waddington; RAF Wymeswold; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington