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- Tags: RAF Syerston
G J Mellafont’s flying log book for navigator’s air bomber air gunner’s flight engineers
Tags: 50 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; operational training unit; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Scampton; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; strafing; training; Wellington; Window
Leslie Davies observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; operational training unit; RAF Castle Bromwich; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Leslie Alfred Davies and crew
Tags: 10 Squadron; 50 Squadron; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bomb trolley; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; FIDO; flight engineer; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; incendiary device; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Me 262; memorial; military service conditions; missing in action; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; petrol bowser; pilot; RAF Banff; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; reconnaissance photograph; service vehicle; Stirling; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
G J Mellefont air gunner logbook
Sergeant E Marrs air gunner/wireless operator's flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 4 Group; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Dominie; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Flight Sergeant G Jarmy's bomb aimer log book
Tags: 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Robert Smith flying log book
R S Routledge’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 44 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Botha; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Manby; RAF Morpeth; RAF Ossington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
J D Harris’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; H2S; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Oakley; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
J Vasey’s pilot’s log book
Sergeant W Dixon’s RAF navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 61 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Evanton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Richard Starkey’s flying log book for pilots
Len Manning’s navigator’s air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 57 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; evading; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; shot down; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Arthur Woolf’s flying log book for navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s
Tags: 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; shot down; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Frank Mottershead’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 463 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Hampden; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; operational training unit; RAF Lichfield; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Transcript of interview with Allan Edgar
Tags: 1 Group; 49 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Fw 190; ground personnel; He 111; heavy conversion unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; mess; navigator; operational training unit; pilot; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wittering; RAF Woodbridge; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Ronald Gard’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Albert Edward Edmunds’ pilots flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 608 Squadron; aircrew; B-25; bombing; Cook’s tour; heavy conversion unit; Hudson; Lancaster; Manchester; Martinet; Mosquito; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Dishforth; RAF Downham Market; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Hatfield; RAF Hixon; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; training; Ventura; Wellington
49 Squadron Group Photo
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Peter Hazeldene's Log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 57 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Battle; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Hampden; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lysander; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Finningley; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Polebrook; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
A bomber pilot’s journey through WWII
Tags: 196 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Mimoyecques V-3 site (6 July 1944); Bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944); bombing of the Siracourt V-weapon site (25 June 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of the Wizernes V-2 site (20, 22, 24 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Boston; C-47; Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; final resting place; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Grand Slam; grief; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; Meteor; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Normandy deception operations (5/6 June 1944); Oboe; operational training unit; Oxford; P-51; Pathfinders; pilot; promotion; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cranage; RAF Cranwell; RAF Driffield; RAF Leconfield; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upavon; RAF Woodhall Spa; Spitfire; Stirling; Tallboy; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-2; V-3; V-weapon; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington
William H Cooke’s navigators, air bombers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 49 Squadron; 99 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; radar; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Arthur Atkinson’s observers and air gunners flying log book
Tags: 61 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Coningsby; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator
James Stewart’s flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 207 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; mine laying; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Silverstone; RAF Spilsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF West Freugh; Stirling; take-off crash; training; Wellington
D E Owen’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers. Two
Tags: 149 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; bombing; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; mine laying; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Oxford; RAF Balderton; RAF Bardney; RAF Binbrook; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Scampton; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; Stirling; training