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- Tags: Wellington
Interview with David Bowker
Tags: 103 Squadron; 150 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; briefing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); crash; demobilisation; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Hurricane; lack of moral fibre; Lysander; Magister; military living conditions; military service conditions; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Cardington; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Pershore; RAF Rufforth; RAF Shawbury; RAF Snaith; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
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
Jack Jarmy’s Royal Canadian Air Force observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book. One
Tags: 11 OTU; 1651 HCU; 218 Squadron; 75 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Beaufighter; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Meteor; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Abingdon; RAF Carlisle; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Chivenor; RAF Dishforth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Mepal; RAF Middleton St George; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Shallufa; RAF Swinderby; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Westcott; Shackleton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
'Comm' Flight Khormaskar
A post-it shows an engine and propeller with a star and 'Stanley Shaw…
Tags: aircrew; ground crew; ground personnel; Wellington
"Fred" by Sylvia White (his cousin)
Tags: 101 Squadron; 620 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; animal; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Blenheim; Bombing and Gunnery School; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; faith; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Gneisenau; killed in action; mid-air collision; military ethos; RAF Penrhos; Scharnhorst; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley
"Zola" - and the little yellow bombs
109 Squadron Badge
The reverse of the badge is included.
Tags: 109 Squadron; aircrew; 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
11 Ground Crew and Wellington 'Zola'
An image of Zola in underwear, 16 bomb symbols, and the phrase 'P hole gents' are painted on the fuselage.
On the reverse 'William Edward Perry IX Squadron Bomber Command serving with…
Tags: 9 Squadron; ground crew; ground personnel; nose art; Wellington
12 Aircrew, ground crew and a WAAF and a Wellington
13 Wellingtons
1311249 Flt Sgt Williamson, Air Gunner Lancaster
Tags: 106 Squadron; 5 Group; aerial photograph; air gunner; aircrew; B-17; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Gee; H2S; Halifax; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Master Bomber; Me 110; mine laying; Mosquito; Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Croft; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Kirkham; RAF Metheringham; RAF Morpeth; RAF Saltby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; target indicator; target photograph; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window
142 Squadron North Africa June 1943
Tags: 142 Squadron; aircrew; killed in action; Wellington
148 Squadron aircrew Egypt 1941
The first captioned 'Jock Crilly', the second 'Marsh Scarborough', the third 'Jack Callingham'.
The fourth has two individuals in shorts one wearing a steel helmet…
Tags: 148 Squadron; aircrew; animal; Wellington
148 Squadron aircrew Egypt 1941
First is of Eric captioned 'Me'.
Second is captioned Keith Attwell.
Third is captioned Jack Robinson D.F.M.
Fourth captioned Paddy Creran D.F.C.'.
Tags: 148 Squadron; aircrew; Wellington; wireless operator
162 Squadron Light Night Striking Force Battle Orders
192 Squadron radio countermeasures operations
1942 Royal Air Force diary
1944
Tags: 12 OTU; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); flight engineer; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Feltwell; RAF Shenington; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; Wellington; wireless operator
205 Group Royal Air Force Battle Honours
22 airmen in front of Wellington
Tags: 101 Squadron; aircrew; ground crew; ground personnel; pilot; Wellington
29 air crew and ground crew with Wellington
Additional information was provided by John Rees of the 192 Squadron Research Group.
301 Dywizjon Bombowy RAF Hemswell
Item 2 is a photograph of an airman in an aircraft cockpit.
Item 3 is an airman in a turret of an aircraft.
Item 4 is six airmen, one leaning out of the cockpit and the rest in front of the port engine of a…
305 Squadron
Tags: 305 Squadron; aircrew; animal; Wellington