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Interview with Colin Bell
Tags: 608 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; crewing up; fear; FIDO; Fw 190; ground crew; ground personnel; Initial Training Wing; Me 262; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; navigator; Oboe; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; RAF Downham Market; RAF Grantham; RAF Prestwick; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; recruitment; searchlight; Stearman; superstition; training; V-weapon
Stanley Abbott’s Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 9 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; RAF Bardney; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Newspaper cutting - three big blows on rocket, fly bomb depots
Edward Gearon’s pilots flying log book
Tags: 10 OTU; 1658 HCU; 78 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); C-47; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Abingdon; RAF Breighton; RAF Carlisle; RAF Riccall; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Valley; RAF Wrexham; Stearman; training; Whitley
Brief history of George Thomson's RAF career
Tags: 11 OTU; 15 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; Dulag Luft; evading; flight engineer; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; navigator; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Westcott; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; the long march; training; Wellington
Incident over Mannheim
Letter from the air historical branch (RAF) to Mr R E Kendall
Wot! No airspeed - George B Thomson
Tags: aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing; flight engineer; Lancaster; navigator; pilot; wireless operator
Record for Lancaster 'LS-M' NF958
Tags: 115 Squadron; 15 Squadron; 622 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; pilot
Record of Flight Sergeant Robert Kendal and Pilot Officer William Kendall
My Bomber Command experience - George Thomson
Tags: 15 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; crewing up; evading; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; Red Cross; shot down; Stirling; the long march; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Letter from Wing Commander Watkins to George Thomson's father
Caught napping
William Caruthers' navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 207 Squadron; 29 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Metheringham; RAF Spilsby; RAF Syerston; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Sidney (Laurie) Davis's Navigator's, Air Bomber's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book
Tags: 17 OTU; 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Silverstone; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Tibenham; RAF Waddington; Tiger force; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Jack Genney’s Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bombers and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 7 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; prisoner of war; RAF Oakington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Warboys; RAF Wratting Common; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); searchlight; shot down; Stirling; training
Oscar Woolner’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners and Flight Engineers
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 619 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Martinet; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Pembrey; RAF Strubby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; Stirling; training; Wellington
No 15 Squadron 2nd order for 8 August 1944
Leslie Turner's flying log book
Tags: 10 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 19 OTU; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Forres; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Whitley
Interview with Leslie Turner
Tags: 10 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; C-47; crewing up; demobilisation; entertainment; ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; home front; Home Guard; Initial Training Wing; love and romance; military living conditions; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Melbourne; sport; training; Whitley
Donald Andrew’s Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 1660 HCU; 207 Squadron; 49 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Saltby; RAF Spilsby; RAF Staverton; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Joseph Fear’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bomber, Air Gunners and Flight Engineers
Tags: 1654 HCU; 207 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Spilsby; RAF Syerston; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
K B Wears’ RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 17 OTU; 205 Group; 38 Squadron; 78 Squadron; 8 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Operational Training Unit; RAF Dishforth; RAF Jurby; RAF Khormaksar; RAF Upwood; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
Service history of Richard Stuart
Richard took part in 22 operations to Berlin, Frankfurt, Hagen, Hannover, Kassel, Leipzig, Mannheim,…
Tags: 14 OTU; 1654 HCU; 61 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Beaufighter; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); crash; final resting place; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; missing in action; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Catfoss; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; searchlight; training; wireless operator