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- Tags: Spitfire
Thomas Other Prickett’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 103 Squadron; 148 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-26; bombing; C-47; Catalina; Halifax; Harvard; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lysander; Martinet; Mosquito; Oxford; pilot; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hullavington; RAF Lindholme; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Thomas Other Prickett’s pilots flying log book. Three
Tags: aircrew; Anson; B-25; Dominie; Harvard; Lancaster; Lincoln; Meteor; Mosquito; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Finningley; RAF Tangmere; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; Wellington
Eight Airmen and Spitfire
Tags: aircrew; pilot; RAF North Luffenham; Spitfire
My Time in the Royal Air Force 1942-1955
Tags: 207 Squadron; 3 Group; 514 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cornell; crewing up; Dominie; flight engineer; hangar; Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lincoln; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; promotion; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bottesford; RAF Hunmanby Moor; RAF Leconfield; RAF Marham; RAF Methwold; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Spilsby; RAF Sywell; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Westcott; recruitment; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator
An ode to the Daylighters of 106
Tags: 106 Squadron; arts and crafts; bombing; Gneisenau; Me 109; Spitfire
Biggest Ten-Ton Raid Yet
Tags: B-24; Beaufighter; bombing; Grand Slam; Halifax; Lancaster; Spitfire
F A Robinson’s flying log book for pilots. One
Tags: 543 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bombing; Gneisenau; gremlin; Harvard; Lysander; Magister; Meteor; Oxford; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; pilot; Proctor; RAF Benson; RAF Cranwell; RAF Hatfield; RAF Hendon; RAF Odiham; RAF St Eval; Scharnhorst; Spitfire; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training; Wellington
Peter Anthony Latham’s pilots flying log book
Tags: aircrew; Harvard; Oxford; pilot; RAF Chivenor; RAF Cranwell; Spitfire; Tiger Moth
Westkapelle, October 3, 1944
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Squadron; 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 105 Squadron; 109 Squadron; 115 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 149 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 3 Group; 300 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 514 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 582 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 626 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 90 Squadron; bombing; Lancaster; Mosquito; Pathfinders; RAF Binbrook; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Grimsby; RAF Kelstern; RAF Kirmington; RAF Ludford Magna; RAF Mepal; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF North Killingholme; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wickenby; RAF Witchford; RAF Woodhall Spa; Spitfire
Transcript of interview with Allan Edgar
He starts by describing crewing up at Silverstone. His opinion of the Stirling was that it was awful on the ground and in the air.
His first operation was a second 'dickie' (an observer)…
Tags: 1 Group; 49 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Fw 190; He 111; heavy conversion unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lincoln; mess; navigator; operational training unit; pilot; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wittering; RAF Woodbridge; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
RAF shows the North its Secrets
Spitfire and Manchester
Photo 2 is a starboard side ground view of a Manchester.
Tags: Manchester; Spitfire
Seafire and Sea Otter
Photo 2 is a port side ground view of a Sea Otter biplane seaplane.
Tags: Spitfire
Jo Lancaster’s pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 12 Squadron; 40 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Halifax; Lancaster; Magister; Martinet; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Binbrook; RAF Kirmington; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Ternhill; RAF Upavon; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF Wickenby; RAF Wymeswold; RAF Wyton; Spitfire; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Jo Lancaster’s pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: aircrew; Albemarle; Anson; B-17; B-24; B-25; Beaufighter; Blenheim; Boston; C-47; Defiant; Halifax; Hampden; Harvard; Hudson; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lincoln; Martinet; Me 410; Meteor; Mosquito; Oxford; pilot; RAF Binbrook; RAF Boscombe Down; Spitfire; Stirling; Sunderland; Swordfish; Tiger Moth; Typhoon; Ventura; Wellington; York
George C Dunn’s pilot's flying log book. Two.
Tags: 107 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; C-47; Halifax; Harvard; Hurricane; Lancaster; Mosquito; Oxford; P-51; pilot; Proctor; RAF Hemswell; RAF Upwood; RAF Wickenby; RAF Woodhall Spa; Spitfire; Wellington; York
Ex-RCAF The Camp July 1983
Tags: 102 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 4 Group; 405 Squadron; 415 Squadron; 419 Squadron; 427 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 429 Squadron; 431 Squadron; 433 Squadron; 434 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Blenheim; bomb aimer; Catalina; Halifax; Lancaster; Me 110; memorial; navigator; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Driffield; RAF Leeming; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Pocklington; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Tholthorpe; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 7; Victoria Cross; wireless operator / air gunner
Ex-RCAF The Camp Jan 1990
Tags: 10 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 4 Group; 40 Squadron; 405 Squadron; 408 Squadron; 415 Squadron; 419 Squadron; 420 Squadron; 424 Squadron; 425 Squadron; 426 Squadron; 427 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 429 Squadron; 431 Squadron; 432 Squadron; 433 Squadron; 434 Squadron; 6 Group; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; bale out; Beaufighter; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bomb aimer; Caterpillar Club; Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; Dulag Luft; escaping; Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); Halifax; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hurricane; Lancaster; Me 110; memorial; Military Cross; navigator; operational training unit; P-51; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Alconbury; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Digby; RAF Hendon; RAF St Eval; Red Cross; Spitfire; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 4; Stirling; strafing; Typhoon; Victoria Cross; Wellington; Whitley
The Kriegie December 2005
Tags: 10 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 144 Squadron; 544 Squadron; 601 Squadron; 619 Squadron; air gunner; Air Raid Precautions; aircrew; arts and crafts; bale out; Caterpillar Club; Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain (1926 -); escaping; flight engineer; Goering, Hermann (1893-1946); Halifax; Hampden; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); killed in action; Lancaster; memorial; mess; Mosquito; Navy, Army and Air Force Institute; Nissen hut; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Benson; RAF Duxford; RAF Halton; RAF Hendon; RAF Northolt; RAF St Athan; Red Cross; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 6; Stalag Luft 7; the long march
The Kriegie June 2001
Tags: 10 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 40 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 9 Squadron; aircrew; B-17; B-24; bale out; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Catalina; Distinguished Flying Medal; Dulag Luft; escaping; flight engineer; Fw 190; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); heavy conversion unit; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 110; medical officer; memorial; mess; Mosquito; navigator; Nissen hut; operational training unit; P-51; Pathfinders; Photographic Reconnaissance Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Halton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Henlow; RAF Jurby; RAF Leeming; RAF Lindholme; RAF Lyneham; RAF Melbourne; RAF St Athan; RAF Uxbridge; Red Cross; shot down; Spitfire; sport; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 7; the long march; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
The Kriegie November 2011
Tags: 103 Squadron; 104 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 207 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 220 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 619 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 88 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; Blenheim; Boston; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; escaping; Fw 190; Hudson; Lancaster; memorial; mess; navigator; P-51; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Attlebridge; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hendon; RAF Henlow; RAF Leeming; RAF Waddington; shot down; Spitfire; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 6; the long march; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner