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Engine and Airframe mechanics B Flight, 83 Squadron
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Individual history of Avro Lancaster B Mk1 R5868/7325M
Tags: 467 Squadron; 8 Group; 83 Squadron; bombing; Cook’s tour; Fw 190; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; mine laying; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Pathfinders; RAF Bottesford; RAF Coningsby; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Metheringham; RAF Scampton; RAF Tholthorpe; RAF Waddington; RAF Wroughton; RAF Wyton; V-weapon
Flight Lieutenant Michael Myers Wayman (version one)
Tags: 103 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 21 Squadron; 90 Squadron; B-17; Blenheim; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; final resting place; Gneisenau; Hampden; killed in action; love and romance; Me 109; Mosquito; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); RAF Bicester; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Watton; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; sport; training; Wellington
Flight Lieutenant Michael Myers Wayman (version two)
Tags: 103 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 21 Squadron; 90 Squadron; B-17; Blenheim; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; final resting place; Gneisenau; Hampden; killed in action; love and romance; Me 109; Mosquito; Portal, Charles (1893-1971); RAF Bicester; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Watton; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; sport; training; Wellington
Flight Lieutenant Jamie Barr DFC
Tags: 12 OTU; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; propaganda; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Coningsby; RAF Dumfries; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Syerston; RAF Torquay; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Wyton; Tiger force; training; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
My Crew
Tags: 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; Gee; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; propaganda; RAF Colerne; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wyton; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Wimpey Nights - the life and times of Pilot Officer Gerry Stone RAF
Tags: 115 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 20 OTU; 38 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb trolley; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing up; debriefing; final resting place; forced landing; ground personnel; Halifax; Harrow; intelligence officer; killed in action; Me 110; mine laying; observer; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Alconbury; RAF Church Fenton; RAF Cranwell; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; recruitment; Scharnhorst; service vehicle; shot down; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Conversation with Ted Mercer
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 17 OTU; 44 Squadron; 5 BFTS; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Grantham; RAF Silverstone; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington
Ray Lippiard note of postings and locations
Conversation with Ray Lippiard
Interview with Alastair Price
Alistair Price is the son of…
Tags: 12 OTU; 139 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 83 Squadron; aircrew; Battle; Blenheim; escaping; Hampden; Lancaster; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; prisoner of war; RAF Catterick; RAF Wyton; shot down; sport; Stalag Luft 3; the long march; training
Conversation with Jo Lancaster. Part one
Tags: 12 Squadron; 20 OTU; 22 OTU; 40 Squadron; 617 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crewing up; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 110; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Alconbury; RAF Binbrook; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Cranwell; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Sealand; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upavon; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wymeswold; RAF Wyton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Conversation with Jo Lancaster
Tags: 12 Squadron; 20 OTU; 22 OTU; 40 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crewing up; Flying Training School; Lancaster; Me 109; Me 110; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Alconbury; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Sealand; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upavon; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wymeswold; RAF Wyton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Fighting the war sitting down
Tags: 156 Squadron; 2 Group; 49 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 99 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; Blenheim; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Hampden; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Hemswell; RAF Oakington; RAF Scampton; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Warboys; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with George Dunn
Tags: 10 Squadron; 18 OTU; 20 OTU; 608 Squadron; 76 Squadron; Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Barford St John; RAF Downham Market; RAF Finningley; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Rufforth; RAF Worksop; RAF Wyton; training; Wellington
Norman Piercy - Research Notes
Tags: 101 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 405 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 8 Group; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; final resting place; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Mosquito; Pathfinders; RAF Alconbury; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington
Dan Nash memoir
Tags: 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 27 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); briefing; crewing up; demobilisation; Dominie; entertainment; evacuation; Initial Training Wing; military living conditions; military service conditions; mine laying; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; Proctor; promotion; propaganda; RAF Bottesford; RAF Cosford; RAF Cranwell; RAF Hednesford; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lichfield; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Locking; RAF Marham; RAF Metheringham; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Pembrey; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Wyton; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; searchlight; service vehicle; sport; Stirling; superstition; target photograph; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Bob Panton
G E Stevens’ Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
From 1660 Conversion Unit posted to 50 Squadron for operations. Posted Aircrew School and then to 1654…
Tags: 156 Squadron; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 35 Squadron; 50 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Finningley; RAF Graveley; RAF Scampton; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Athan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wyton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training
Group Captain Leonard Trent VC DFC ADC
Tags: 15 Squadron; 17 OTU; 2 Group; 214 Squadron; 487 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; Battle; Blenheim; Boston; Distinguished Flying Cross; Ju 88; Me 109; Meteor; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Coltishall; RAF Feltwell; RAF Martlesham Heath; RAF Oakington; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wittering; RAF Wyton; Spitfire; Stalag Luft 3; training; Ventura; Victoria Cross
A Tour of Operations with RAF Bomber Command No XV/15 Squadron Mildenhall - Third book of memoirs by Bob Smith
Tags: 1 Group; 115 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 186 Squadron; 195 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 5 Group; 514 Squadron; 6 Group; 617 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 8 Group; 90 Squadron; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; escaping; flight engineer; Gee; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); ground crew; ground personnel; H2S; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Ju 88; killed in action; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Master Bomber; Me 109; mess; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; propaganda; radar; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mepal; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Sealand; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Weston Zoyland; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; RAF Wyton; Spitfire; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; target indicator; target photograph; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
My Wartime Memories by Richard Yates
Tags: 19 OTU; 35 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; bale out; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Dominie; Dulag Luft; forced landing; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; love and romance; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Cardington; RAF Cranwell; RAF Jurby; RAF Kinloss; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Wyton; RAF Yatesbury; recruitment; Scharnhorst; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 6; the long march; training; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
William Elliot Siddle
Tags: 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Wyton; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Half a Life, Half Remembered
Tags: 101 Squadron; 115 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 148 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 2 Group; 3 Group; 311 Squadron; 4 Group; 5 Group; 7 Squadron; 9 Squadron; 99 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Boston; Chamberlain, Neville (1869-1940); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; entertainment; fitter airframe; flight engineer; Flying Training School; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gneisenau; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Hampden; hangar; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Harrow; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hudson; Hurricane; incendiary device; Lancaster; love and romance; Magister; Manchester; Me 109; Me 110; mess; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; observer; Operational Training Unit; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; pilot; radar; RAF Benson; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Catterick; RAF Cosford; RAF Cranwell; RAF Debden; RAF Duxford; RAF Finningley; RAF Grantham; RAF Halton; RAF Hendon; RAF Henlow; RAF Honington; RAF Leeming; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manston; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Netheravon; RAF Newmarket; RAF Oakington; RAF Sealand; RAF Silloth; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Eval; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tangmere; RAF Upavon; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Waddington; RAF Warmwell; RAF Waterbeach; RAF West Freugh; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wittering; RAF Wyton; Scharnhorst; shot down; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Les Pickford's observers and air gunners flying log book. One
Tags: 101 Squadron; 104 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 17 OTU; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bombing; C-47; Dominie; Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Luqa; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF West Raynham; RAF Wyton; RAF Yatesbury; shot down; training; Wellington; York