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- Tags: bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945)
Des Hawkins' service history and list of operations
Tags: 44 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; mine laying; navigator; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Kelstern; RAF Kirmington; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Waddington; training; Wellington
Harry Parkins' flight engineer log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 1657 HCU; 199 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 630 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; mid-air collision; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); RAF East Kirkby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Scampton; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stradishall; RAF Sturgate; RAF Syerston; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-3; V-weapon
Heligoland
Interview with Roy Briggs
Tags: 30 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; air sea rescue; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; demobilisation; Dominie; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); Initial Training Wing; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Hixon; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; training; wireless operator
Frank Tolley's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 1667 HCU; 21 OTU; 625 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Glatton; RAF Kelstern; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Sandtoft; RCAF Fingal; training; Wellington
Heligoland under attack
Interview with Geoff Bibby
Interview with Leslie Blakemore
Interview with Bill Gray
Interview with Alexander Lamb. One
Tags: 11 OTU; 14 OTU; 15 Squadron; 1654 HCU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Gee; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lincoln; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Feltwell; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wyton; Stirling; training; Wellington
12 airmen waving off a Lancaster
Roy Briggs' flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 138 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 30 OTU; 35 Squadron; 576 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Dominie; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Proctor; RAF Balderton; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Catterick; RAF Cranwell; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Graveley; RAF Hixon; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Madley; RAF Seighford; RAF Swinderby; RAF Tuddenham; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Interview with Ernie Patterson. One
He joined the Royal Air Force at the age of 19 in 1941, but whilst he was waiting to be called up, he was…
Tags: 635 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Catalina; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; Distinguished Service Order; Dominie; fear; FIDO; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Operational Training Unit; P-51; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Downham Market; RAF Millom; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Yatesbury; Sunderland; superstition; target indicator; training; Whitley; wireless operator
Interview with Derek Carington Evans
After leaving school at the age of 14, Derek delivered books in and around Doncaster before going down to the Royal Air Force Recruitment Centre…
Tags: 18 OTU; 625 Squadron; Absent Without Leave; aircrew; Anson; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; crewing up; Dominie; FIDO; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; military discipline; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Finningley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kelstern; superstition; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Interview with Edward Harry Matthews
Interview with Ben John May
Interview with Frank Page
Interview with Geoffrey Robinson
Tags: 626 Squadron; aircrew; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); crewing up; flight engineer; Halifax; Lancaster; military ethos; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); perception of bombing war; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Wickenby; searchlight; Tiger force
Interview with Maurice Snowball
Helgoland
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Laurence Larmer's Royal Australian Air Force flying log book
Tags: 1658 HCU; 27 OTU; 466 Squadron; 51 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Cook’s tour; Flying Training School; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Banff; RAF Dallachy; RAF Driffield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Helgoland
Heligoland
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