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- Tags: RAF Syerston
Colin Wood's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 106 Squadron; 83 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Dominie; H2S; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); RAF Bitteswell; RAF Coningsby; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Metheringham; RAF Syerston; RAF Warboys; RAF West Freugh; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Crowd waving to Lancaster
Cyril Robert Brown’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Cook’s tour; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Manchester; Operation Dodge (1945); operational training unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Kinloss; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Sturgate; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; training; Whitley
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
Derrick Allen's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 467 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; 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 Blyton; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cardington; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silverstone; RAF Spanhoe; RAF St Athan; RAF Strubby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; shot down; Stirling; training; Wellington
Details of death of those signing the book
Tags: 158 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 405 Squadron; 408 Squadron; 419 Squadron; 420 Squadron; 424 Squadron; 425 Squadron; 426 Squadron; 427 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 429 Squadron; 432 Squadron; 433 Squadron; 434 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Anson; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Halifax; Hampden; killed in action; Lancaster; RAF Balderton; RAF Croft; RAF Dishforth; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Moor; RAF Elvington; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Middleton St George; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Snaith; RAF Syerston; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; training; Whitley
E A Probyn’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 61 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; heavy conversion unit; Horsa; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Me 410; Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; RAF Cosford; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; Stirling; training; Wellington
Edward Allan McDonald's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunner, flight engineers
Edward Webster's Royal Air Force navigator’s, air bomber’s, air gunner’s and flight engineer’s flying log book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 61 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); flight engineer; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; RAF Scampton; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training
Eric Pick's Royal Air Force navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 227 Squadron; 57 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Balderton; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Millom; RAF Strubby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
F Williamson Notes
F Williamson’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
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
Flying Officer Arthur S Woolf - RAF career and experiences in WW2
Covers joining the RAF at age 19 and training at…
Tags: 5 Group; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; C-47; crewing up; Dominie; Guinea Pig Club; Hampden; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; McIndoe, Archibald (1900-1960); military discipline; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; prisoner of war; Proctor; promotion; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wroughton; RAF Yatesbury; shot down; Stirling; training; Walrus; Wellington; wireless operator
Four photographs of RAF men
Frank Howkins’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 27 OTU; 467 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); Dominie; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Castle Bromwich; RAF Halfpenny Green; RAF Lichfield; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Tallboy; Tirpitz; 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
G J Mellefont air gunner logbook
G J Mellefont’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
George Fillingham
Bottom - five men in uniform standing in a group on steps in…
Tags: RAF Syerston
George Holmes' navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 50 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Botha; Cook’s tour; Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mid-air collision; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Groundcrew, Lancaster and bomb
Guns Massed Miles Deep in Desperate Defence of Ruhr
H K M Algar’s flying log book for aircrew other than pilots. One
Tags: 149 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 463 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-29; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Cook’s tour; Horsa; Lancaster; Lincoln; navigator; Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marham; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Waddington; RAF Wyton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Harold Kirby’s flight engineers log book
Tags: 467 Squadron; 8 Group; 97 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); crash; flight engineer; forced landing; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training