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- Tags: bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943)
Alexander Francis Dowding’s flight engineer’s flying log book
Tags: 424 Squadron; 428 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); flight engineer; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; killed in action; missing in action; RAF Leeming; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Skipton on Swale; training
W R P Perry pilot's flying log book. Three
Tags: 106 Squadron; 227 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); C-47; Cook’s tour; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Operation Dodge (1945); Oxford; pilot; RAF Balderton; RAF Metheringham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Ossington; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; York
W R P Perry pilot's flying log book. Two
Tags: 106 Squadron; 227 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); C-47; Cook’s tour; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Manchester; Operation Dodge (1945); operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Balderton; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Metheringham; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Oakington; RAF Ossington; RAF Scampton; RAF Snaith; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woolfox Lodge; Stirling; training; Wellington; York
Robert Creamer's Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 100 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Defiant; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Martinet; Mosquito; operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Blyton; RAF Bottesford; RAF Finningley; RAF Grimsby; RAF Leconfield; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Stormy Down; training; Wellington; Whitley
E A McGregor's Royal Australian Air Force flying log book
Tags: 78 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; RAF Breighton
J D Cotter’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book
Tags: 158 Squadron; 640 Squadron; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Halifax; heavy conversion unit; operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; RAF South Cerney; RAF Swanton Morley; RAF Wymeswold; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Aubrey Read’s RAF observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; aircrew; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Defiant; Dominie; heavy conversion unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; mine laying; missing in action; operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Cranwell; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Metheringham; RAF Saltby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
D A Robinson’s pilot’s flying log book
Tags: 158 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Lissett; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Shawbury; RAF Stradishall; RAF Wing; RAF Wymeswold; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Colin Wallace's Royal New Zealand Air Force pilot's flying log book
Tags: 467 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; forced landing; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Me 109; mine laying; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bottesford; RAF Kinloss; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; Window
Extract from Ernest Harold Patrick's flying log book
Pilot Officer Ernest Henry Tansley 149542 VR biography
Tags: 5 Group; 57 Squadron; 6 Group; air gunner; aircrew; Battle; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Harvard; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bramcote; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Mepal; RAF Paignton; RAF Pocklington; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Winthorpe; recruitment; shot down; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Barry Wright’s navigator’s air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Arthur John Tindall’s navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 97 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Dominie; Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Bourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Mona; RAF Upwood; RAF Wigsley; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Arthur Tindall's service and operations
Tags: 44 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; RAF Chipping Norton; RAF Coningsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Witchford; target indicator; V-weapon; wireless operator
Robert Creamer's Operations and Wartime Memories
Tags: 1 Group; 100 Squadron; air gunner; air sea rescue; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; ground personnel; H2S; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; mine laying; missing in action; navigator; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Blyton; RAF Grimsby; RAF Lindholme; RAF Sandtoft; target indicator; training; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
David Leicester’s Royal Australian Air Force flying log book for pilots
Tags: 158 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 640 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Master Bomber; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Graveley; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; RAF Riccall; RAF Warboys; tactical support for Normandy troops; target photograph; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Flight Engineer William Gracie's log book
Tags: 425 Squadron; 431 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); flight engineer; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; heavy conversion unit; missing in action; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); RAF Croft; tactical support for Normandy troops; training
Richard Franklin’s navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers flying log book
Tags: 427 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); C-47; Dominie; forced landing; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Me 109; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Leeming; RAF Madley; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; RAF Wigtown; RAF Wymeswold; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Commemorative Plaque
On the left and right - RAF bases and operations carried out from them.
On the right - a map on northern Europe and United…
Gordon Cruickshank's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers. Two
Tags: 100 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; mine laying; operational training unit; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Spilsby; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Westcott; training; Wellington; Whitley
Gordon Cruickshank's observers and air gunners flying log book. One
Tags: 100 Squadron; 199 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 7 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; mine laying; operational training unit; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Evanton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Spilsby; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upwood; RAF Waddington; RAF Westcott; training; Wellington; Whitley
Harold Blow’s pilots flying log book
Tags: 9 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Manchester; Meteor; mid-air collision; operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bardney; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Finningley; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Shawbury; RAF Silverstone; RAF Tangmere; RAF Winthorpe; Stearman; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
David Storey's observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 51 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Me 109; navigator; operational training unit; RAF Abingdon; RAF Kinloss; RAF Rufforth; RAF Snaith; RAF Westcott; RAF Wigtown; training; Wellington; Whitley
David Philip Storey's operations
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Tags: 158 Squadron; 51 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); fear; Gee; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; heavy conversion unit; Me 109; navigator; operational training unit; Pathfinders; radar; RAF Abingdon; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lissett; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rufforth; RAF Snaith; RAF Worksop; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
James Wrigley's flying log book
Tags: 199 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; B-29; Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Abingdon; RAF Binbrook; RAF Bourn; RAF Downham Market; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lindholme; RAF Marham; RAF Pembrey; RAF Scampton; RAF St Athan; RAF Tilstock; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator