Browse Items (62 total)
- Tags: RAF Topcliffe
Frank Williamson’s RAF pilot’s flying log book. One
Tags: 10 OTU; 10 Squadron; 102 Squadron; 1658 HCU; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Dalton; RAF Leeming; RAF Melbourne; RAF Riccall; RAF Shawbury; RAF Topcliffe; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Keith Hailey's Royal Air Force navigator’s, air bombers and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 20 OTU; 24 OTU; 433 Squadron; 635 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Downham Market; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manby; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Warboys; RAF West Freugh; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
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
Harry William Wickham
Tags: 102 Squadron; 462 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air sea rescue; aircrew; B-17; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; forced landing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; mine laying; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Finningley; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Torquay; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Bombing newspaper cuttings
At bottom a three-quarter length image of an airman wearing tunic and side cap captioned 'Don on the bridge at Topcliffe'.
Tags: Halifax; RAF Topcliffe
D E Crampin's Royal Air Force navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 21 OTU; 78 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; C-47; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Aqir; RAF Breighton; RAF Dishforth; RAF Evanton; RAF Millom; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator; York
One Day in May on a Bomber Station
Tags: 102 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; briefing; flight engineer; fuelling; ground personnel; Halifax; incendiary device; mess; meteorological officer; navigator; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; RAF Dalton; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Topcliffe; superstition; target indicator; wireless operator
List of aircraft flown
Tags: 149 Squadron; 463 Squadron; Anson; B-29; Bolingbroke; bombing; Lancaster; Lincoln; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marham; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Mildenhall; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Waddington; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wyton; Shackleton; Stirling; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
H K M Algar’s flying log book for navigator’s, air bomber’s, air gunner, flight engineers. Two
H K M Algar’s flying log book for aircrew other than pilots. One
Tags: 149 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 44 Squadron; 463 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-29; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Horsa; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; 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 Penrhos; RAF Shallufa; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Waddington; RAF Wyton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
L V Rosser’s pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 10 OTU; 12 OTU; 1668 HCU; 19 OTU; 26 OTU; 35 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 58 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Defiant; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Lysander; Magister; Martinet; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Dishforth; RAF Gamston; RAF Grantham; RAF Kinloss; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Shenington; RAF Topcliffe; training; Wellington; Whitley
Letter to L V Rosser from 'Lofty' Phillips
Letter to L V Rosser from Maurice Moon
Letter to L V Rosser from Maurice Moon
F T Jones’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 1666 HCU; 420 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Cook’s tour; flight engineer; forced landing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oxford; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Wombleton; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
W Sparkes’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 1668 HCU; 29 OTU; 297 Squadron; 431 Squadron; 85 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Dominie; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Halifax Mk 7; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lincoln; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Croft; RAF Dishforth; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Lyneham; RAF Silloth; RAF St Athan; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Topcliffe; training; Wellington
John Louis Goldby Biography
Tags: 10 OTU; 38 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-17; bale out; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Distinguished Flying Cross; Dulag Luft; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Hampden; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; Nissen hut; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Cosford; RAF Ford; RAF Henlow; RAF Jurby; RAF Kenley; RAF Kinloss; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Manby; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Odiham; RAF Riccall; RAF Rufforth; RAF St Eval; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Swinderby; RAF Topcliffe; Shackleton; Stalag Luft 1; training; Wellington; Whitley
George Bilton - observers and air gunners log book
Tags: 156 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 1659 HCU; 1664 HCU; 29 OTU; 428 Squadron; 434 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Croft; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Woolfox Lodge; RAF Wyton; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
War Memoir - George Bilton
Tags: 427 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 434 Squadron; 6 Group; aerial photograph; Air Raid Precautions; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; C-47; civil defence; Cook’s tour; crewing up; flight engineer; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; military discipline; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Croft; RAF Harwell; RAF Middleton St George; RAF St Athan; RAF Thorney Island; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Warboys; RAF Woodbridge; target indicator; target photograph; training; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner
Rochelle Burns
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Charles (Dick) Pattisson Pocket Diary 1942
Tags: 76 Squadron; 78 Squadron; Beaufighter; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crash; entertainment; final resting place; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; killed in action; mid-air collision; military living conditions; military service conditions; missing in action; prisoner of war; RAF Bircham Newton; RAF Catfoss; RAF Croft; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Waddington; Stalag Luft 3; Wellington
The terrible three
William Gowland Anderson airman's service and pay book
Tags: RAF Topcliffe
John Beisly memoir
Harold Dryhurst RAF pilot's flying log book. One
Tags: 103 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 26 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Flying Training School; Halifax; Lancaster; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bramcote; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dishforth; RAF Driffield; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Peterborough; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Wing; shot down; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington