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- Tags: RAF Upper Heyford
Ivon Warmington’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 128 Squadron; 16 OTU; 166 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 30 OTU; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Flying Training School; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 410; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Blyton; RAF Gamston; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Kirmington; RAF Paignton; RAF Peplow; RAF Upper Heyford; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
109 Squadron Pathfinders fact sheet
Tags: 105 Squadron; 109 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 8 Group; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Gneisenau; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Marham; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tempsford; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; shot down; Victoria Cross; Wellington
A D Hope’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book. One
Tags: 16 OTU; 1660 HCU; 50 Squadron; aircrew; C-47; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; lynching; Manchester; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Madley; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wymeswold; shot down; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Albert Edward Edmunds’ pilots flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 27 OTU; 30 OTU; 608 Squadron; 83 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; B-25; bombing; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hudson; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Manchester; Martinet; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Barford St John; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Dishforth; RAF Downham Market; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Hatfield; RAF Hixon; RAF Kirmington; RAF Peplow; RAF Prestwick; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; training; Ventura; Wellington
An account of John Joyner's time in the RAF
Post war his squadron took part in the repatriation of Army personnel from Italy and his unit was in India at around the time…
An interesting war
Tags: 462 Squadron; 614 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; evacuation; fear; Gee; ground crew; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; memorial; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Bourn; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Woodhall Spa; Resistance; sanitation; searchlight; superstition; training; Wellington; Window
Arnold Christian's Log book
Tags: 104 Squadron; 105 Squadron; 108 Squadron; 13 OTU; 218 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; Halifax; Harvard; Hornet Moth; Hurricane; Magister; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bicester; RAF Debden; RAF Netheravon; RAF Sealand; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; Tiger Moth; training; Walrus
Arnold Louis Christian's Biography
Tags: 104 Squadron; 105 Squadron; 13 OTU; 207 Squadron; 218 Squadron; aircrew; Blenheim; Flying Training School; Halifax; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bicester; RAF Bircham Newton; RAF Debden; RAF Grantham; RAF Hendon; RAF Hornchurch; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Netheravon; RAF Sealand; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; training
Arthur Norman Hollis’ Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 BFTS; 50 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); British Flying Training School Program; C-47; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Manchester; Martinet; mid-air collision; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cranwell; RAF Little Rissington; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Turweston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wattisham; RAF Westcott; Stearman; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Arthur Woolf record of service
Tags: 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 630 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; RAF Barford St John; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Dumfries; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Padgate; RAF Scampton; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; training; wireless operator
Arthur Woolf’s flying log book for navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s
Tags: 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 630 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; 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 Barford St John; 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
Charles Arthur Hill Darby’s Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 186 Squadron; 622 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Cook’s tour; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Charles Flint's Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s, Air Gunner’s and Flight Engineer’s
Tags: 115 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1651 HCU; 178 Squadron; 70 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF Graveley; RAF Madley; RAF Shallufa; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Warboys; RAF Witchford; RAF Woolfox Lodge; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Charles Godfey's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 11 OTU; 15 OTU; 20 OTU; 37 Squadron; 635 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; Defiant; Dominie; evading; Hampden; killed in action; Lancaster; Martinet; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Andover; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Blyton; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Carlisle; RAF Church Fenton; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Downham Market; RAF Graveley; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Ingham; RAF Leconfield; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manby; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melton Mowbray; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Newmarket; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF St Eval; RAF Sywell; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Warboys; RAF Westcott; RAF Wittering; RAF Wyton; shot down; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Victoria Cross; Wellington; wireless operator
Colin Wallace's Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot's flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 19 OTU; 467 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Flying Training School; forced landing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Me 109; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Barford St John; RAF Bottesford; RAF Kinloss; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; Window
Combat report and biographies of Ernest Tansley's crew
Tags: 16 OTU; 1661 HCU; 57 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; bomb aimer; Bombing and Gunnery School; Botha; crewing up; Dominie; final resting place; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Evanton; RAF Padgate; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Winthorpe; training; wireless operator
Crew Drills Completed at 16 OTU
David Maltby's pilot's flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1654 HCU; 617 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Flying Training School; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cranage; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Grantham; RAF Paignton; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training
Dick Maywood’s Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 16 OTU; 608 Squadron; 692 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Barford St John; RAF Clyffe Pypard; RAF Downham Market; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wigtown; Tiger Moth; training
Don Briggs, a brief description of wartime service
Tags: 156 Squadron; aircrew; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; fitter engine; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Hampden; Lancaster; Manchester; Master Bomber; military service conditions; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; promotion; RAF Finningley; RAF Halton; RAF Hemswell; RAF St Athan; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Wittering; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Eric Coling memoir
Tags: 16 OTU; 1660 HCU; 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); crewing up; ditching; Dulag Luft; Gee; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; love and romance; Manchester; Master Bomber; mine laying; observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Kirmington; RAF Padgate; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upper Heyford; recruitment; training; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window
Eric Frederick Coling's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 16 OTU; 1660 HCU; 50 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); ditching; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upper Heyford; training; Wellington
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; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Dominie; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Master Bomber; 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
Ernest Smith's pilot's flying log book. Two
Tags: 100 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 144 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1662 HCU; 18 OTU; 30 OTU; 460 Squadron; 626 Squadron; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Magister; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF Blyton; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Finningley; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wickenby; training; Wellington
Ernest Smith's pilot’s flying log book. One
Tags: 14 OTU; 144 Squadron; 16 OTU; 30 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crash; Flying Training School; Hampden; Magister; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upper Heyford; training; Wellington