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- Tags: RAF Syerston
Interview with James Flowers
Tags: 44 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bomb struck; bombing; fear; final resting place; Fw 190; Ju 88; love and romance; Master Bomber; Me 109; Me 262; military discipline; military ethos; military service conditions; Operation Dodge (1945); P-51; Pathfinders; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; recruitment; Spitfire; Stirling; Tallboy; target indicator; Tiger force; Wellington
44 Squadron and the Wesserling Raid 21/22 June 1944
Colin Cole's navigator's, air bomber's, air gunner's and flight engineer's flying log book
Tags: 617 Squadron; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; Me 262; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Mona; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; submarine; Tiger force; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
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 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 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; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-3; V-weapon
Interview with Basil Ambrose
Tags: 467 Squadron; 617 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Beaufighter; bombing; flight engineer; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; promotion; RAF Bridlington; RAF St Athan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Woodhall Spa; Stirling; target indicator; target photograph; training
Andy Anderson's flying log book for pilots (incomplete)
Tags: 106 Squadron; 83 Squadron; bombing; H2S; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Metheringham; RAF Syerston; RAF Warboys; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
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
Leonard Green’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 83 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing up; Dominie; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; military service conditions; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); perception of bombing war; Proctor; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Manby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigtown; Wellington; wireless operator
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
Interview with Kenneth Cook
Tags: 1 Group; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Botha; crewing up; dispersal; Distinguished Flying Cross; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lincoln; Meteor; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; Nissen hut; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Bardney; RAF Bawtry; RAF Coltishall; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; sanitation; Stearman; Tiger force; training; Window
Interview with Ernest Frederick Gardiner
Interview with Jeff Gray
Tags: 61 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crewing up; Halifax; Home Guard; Lancaster; memorial; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; training; Wellington; York
Interview with Lindsay Hibbard
Tags: 57 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster finishing school; operational training unit; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Max Spence
Interview with John Taylor
Tags: 50 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); C-47; crewing up; demobilisation; entertainment; incendiary device; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; physical training; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; recruitment; rivalry; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with Colin Wood
Interview with Syd Grimes
Tags: 106 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crewing up; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Manchester; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); RAF Balderton; RAF Bardney; RAF Compton Bassett; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; wireless operator
Interview with Reg Freeth
Reg Freeth's South African Air Force observers or air gunners log book
Sydney Grimes' observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Botha; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 5; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Operation Catechism (12 November 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Proctor; RAF Balderton; RAF Bardney; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Evanton; RAF Madley; RAF Scampton; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; Tallboy; Tirpitz; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with John Firth
Tags: 50 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; fear; final resting place; flight engineer; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; prisoner of war; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; sanitation; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; the long march; training
John Firth's navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 50 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); flight engineer; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Interview with Don Watson
Harry Thomas Ansell's flying log book for flight engineers
Tags: 61 Squadron; 83 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Coningsby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Stockport; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Peter Hattersley's Service Diary
Tags: 1 Group; 106 Squadron; 44 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; arts and crafts; Battle; C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Hampden; pilot; prisoner of war; 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 St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Thornaby; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Waddington; Stalag Luft 3; training