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- Tags: Scharnhorst
Flight Lieutenant Michael Myers Wayman (version one)
Tags: 103 Squadron; 139; 21 Squadron; 90 Squadron; 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
Millson's "War & Peace" Abridged
Tags: 101 Squadron; 102 Squadron; anti-aircraft fire; Blenheim; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 - 2022); Gneisenau; ground crew; Halifax; mess; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Benson; RAF Bourn; RAF Desford; RAF Lyneham; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rochester; RAF West Raynham; recruitment; Scharnhorst; searchlight; training; Wellington; York
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
Interview with David Vandervord
Conversation with David Vandervord
David Vandervord’s Royal Air Force Pilots Flying Log Book
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
Gerry Stone’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Initial training at Electrical and Wireless…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 20 OTU; 64 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crash; forced landing; Harrow; killed in action; Lysander; Operational Training Unit; RAF Cranwell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Marham; RAF Martlesham Heath; Scharnhorst; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Harry Kartz
Transcript of interview with harry Kartz
Interview with Fed Hill
Tags: 14 OTU; 49 Squadron; 692 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Gneisenau; Hampden; mid-air collision; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Scampton; RAF Upavon; RAF Woodbridge; Scharnhorst; Spitfire; target indicator; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Fred Hill - transcript
Tags: 14 OTU; 49 Squadron; 692 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Gneisenau; Hampden; mid-air collision; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Scampton; RAF Upavon; RAF Woodbridge; Scharnhorst; Spitfire; target indicator; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
Alan Gwilliam’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book. One
Tags: 15 OTU; 214 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Flying Training School; Gneisenau; Initial Training Wing; Magister; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Brough; RAF Church Lawford; RAF Cranwell; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Heany; RAF Honington; RAF Kumalo; RAF South Cerney; RAF Stradishall; RAF Woodley; Scharnhorst; training; Wellington
Norman Denys Sinclair’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 187 Squadron; 309 Squadron; 525 Squadron; 540 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Battle; Blenheim; C-47; Flying Training School; Hornet Moth; Hudson; Ju 52; Lancaster; Lysander; Magister; Me 109; Mosquito; Oxford; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Ansty; RAF Bathurst; RAF Benson; RAF Coleby Grange; RAF Gibraltar; RAF Grantham; RAF Leuchars; RAF Meir; RAF Membury; RAF Netheravon; RAF Old Sarum; RAF Renfrew; RAF Syerston; RAF Upavon; RAF Wymeswold; Scharnhorst; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag Luft 3; Sunderland; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training
Letter from Bob Butler to his sister
Douglas 'Hank' Ivseson's operational diary
Tags: 10 Squadron; 462 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); crash; escaping; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Lancaster; Manchester; Mosquito; pilot; RAF Aqir; RAF Kabrit; RAF Leeming; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Middleton St George; Scharnhorst; Stirling; Tirpitz; Wellington; Whitley
Group Captain Douglas Iveson's obituary
Tags: 462 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 77 Squadron; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Flying Training School; Gneisenau; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; love and romance; Me 109; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Waddington; Scharnhorst; Stirling; Tirpitz; training; Whitley; York
Douglas 'Hank' Iveson's pilot's flying log books. One
Tags: 158 Squadron; 1663 HCU; 1669 HCU; 19 OTU; 462 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-26; B-29; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Flying Training School; Gneisenau; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 109; Meteor; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Driffield; RAF Finningley; RAF Gaydon; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Kinloss; RAF Langar; RAF Leeming; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Lissett; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stradishall; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Upavon; Scharnhorst; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; Whitley; York
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
"Zola" - and the little yellow bombs
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
Icelandic Hunters: No 269 Squadron
Tags: anti-aircraft fire; Gneisenau; Hudson; Me 109; Me 110; Scharnhorst
Squadron Leader John Bentley Weightman DFC
Tags: 582 Squadron; 8 Group; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Distinguished Flying Cross; Flying Training School; Hudson; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Pathfinders; pilot; promotion; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Cranage; RAF Grantham; RAF Little Staughton; RAF Manston; RAF Prestwick; RAF St Athan; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Warboys; RAF Wick; Scharnhorst; training
Newspaper clippings announcing award of Patrick Geary's DFM
Luftpost, 11, 29 July 1941
Despite earlier army reports being reliable, it is claimed that there is now German disinformation concerning the Russian campaign and the high number of casualties and prisoners.
After spotting a battle cruiser on 22nd July, an RAF…