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- Tags: heavy conversion unit
12 airmen
76 OTU Training Course
Albert Ansell's observer’s and air gunner’s log book
Andy Anderson's flying log book for pilots (incomplete)
Tags: 106 Squadron; 83 Squadron; bombing; H2S; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Metheringham; RAF Syerston; RAF Warboys; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Aviation Memory
Tags: 102 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 5 Group; 50 Squadron; 619 Squadron; aircrew; Albemarle; Anson; arts and crafts; bale out; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bomb aimer; bombing; Caterpillar Club; crewing up; Dominie; FIDO; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; military living conditions; military service conditions; Mosquito; navigator; operational training unit; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; Proctor; RAF Cottesmore; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Madley; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Melbourne; RAF North Coates; RAF North Weald; RAF Padgate; RAF Pocklington; RAF Saltby; RAF Silverstone; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF St Eval; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Tempsford; RAF Turweston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; RAF Wigtown; RAF Wittering; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; training; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
Avro Manchester
The caption describes two 1000 bomber operations that the aircraft took part in.
Bill Ryan's crew
On the reverse 'BILL RYAN'S…
Bill Thomas memoir
Tags: 153 Squadron; 166 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crewing up; ground personnel; Halifax; heavy conversion unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; mine laying; operational training unit; perception of bombing war; promotion; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Strubby; RAF Wigtown; training; Wellington
Bob Sharrock June 1943 - Feb 1946
Charlie Darby’s observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Colin Cole's navigator's, air bomber's, air gunner's and flight engineer's flying log book
Tags: 617 Squadron; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; Me 262; Operation Catechism; Operation Exodus (1945); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Barrow in Furness; RAF Market Harborough; RAF Mona; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Stirling; submarine; Tiger force; Tirpitz; 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
Crashed Stirling
Cyril Charles Goff's pilot’s flying log book. One
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
Daniel Phillips's observer's and air gunner's flying logbook
David Maltby's pilot's flying log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Hampden; heavy conversion unit; killed in action; Lancaster; Manchester; Oxford; pilot; RAF Ansty; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cranage; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Paignton; RAF Scampton; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Uxbridge; RAF Wigsley; Tiger Moth; Tirpitz; training
David Philip Storey's operations
This item was provided, in digital form, by a…
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
Derrick Allen's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers.
Tags: 467 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; operational training unit; RAF Blyton; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Bridlington; RAF Cardington; RAF Pembrey; RAF Silverstone; RAF Spanhoe; RAF St Athan; RAF Strubby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; shot down; Stirling; Wellington
Don Cameron’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilots flying log book. Two
Tags: 115 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; bombing of the Le Havre submarine pens (14/15 June 1944); Cook’s tour; Harvard; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Dishforth; RAF Feltwell; RAF Finningley; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Lindholme; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Oakington; RAF Silverstone; RAF Snaith; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Wing; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; training; Wellington; York
Donald Cochrane’s observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 460 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre submarine pens (14/15 June 1944); Dominie; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; Proctor; RAF Binbrook; RAF Feltwell; RAF Seighford; RAF Stradishall; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Edward Allan McDonald's wartime memories
The second part describes the 'Skilling Follies', an aircrew who completed 25 operations from RAF Skellingthorpe.
The third part describes an…
Edward Milling's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 103 Squadron; 166 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); heavy conversion unit; killed in action; Lancaster; missing in action; navigator; operational training unit; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hixon; RAF Kirmington; RAF Lindholme; Wellington
Ernest Cutts' memoir
Ernest Cutts’ air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 466 Squadron; 467 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Battle; bombing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 410; Operation Dodge (1945); operational training unit; Oxford; RAF Driffield; RAF Lichfield; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Metheringham; Wellington