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- Tags: mine laying
Record of John Beisly's 30 operations
Gordon Mills observer's and air gunner's log book
Tags: 149 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 75 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; crash; heavy conversion unit; incendiary device; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; Lincoln; Martinet; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); operational training unit; RAF Binbrook; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Mepal; RAF Methwold; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Stradishall; RAF Waddington; RAF Wratting Common; Stirling; training; Wellington
Gordon Mills sortie record sheet no 1
Tags: 149 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 75 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Lancaster; mine laying; Stirling
R S Routledge’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 44 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); Bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); heavy conversion unit; Lancaster; Lancaster finishing school; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); operational training unit; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Manby; RAF Morpeth; RAF Ossington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; Stirling; 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
Draft history
First Operation
Tags: forced landing; mine laying; Whitley
Ian Grant Henderson’s navigator’s flying log book
Thomas Page's navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s log book.
Sam Saunders's flying log book
Tags: 128 Squadron; 216 Squadron; 38 Squadron; 40 Squadron; 627 Squadron; 692 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; C-47; Hudson; mine laying; Mosquito; navigator; operational training unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Graveley; RAF Harwell; RAF Hendon; RAF Marham; RAF Oakington; RAF Shallufa; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wyton; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Sam Saunders in Egypt
Photo 1 is HMS Sagitta from the air.
Photo 2, 3 and 4 are Sam working on a lamp.
Photo 5 is Sam playing tennis.
Photo 6 is Sam and colleague in khaki and shorts.
Photo 7 is a letter in…
Tags: 38 Squadron; mine laying; sport; Wellington
Jack Jarmy’s Royal Canadian Air Force observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book. One
Tags: 218 Squadron; 75 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; Lancaster; mine laying; navigator; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Feltwell; RAF Mepal; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Westcott; Shackleton; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
A Rather Strange Time
Diary of Operations Written Up in February 1945
Planning Chart from Mepal to the Kattegat
Tags: aircrew; mine laying; navigator; RAF Mepal
Terry Ford and Crew
Photo 1 is an airman at the ladder at the rear of a Lancaster, captioned 'D_-Day 50th Anniversary Who is This?'
Photo 2 is Terry Ford's crew standing in front of a Nissen hut, captioned 'Paddy Glover Reg Chappie…
Tags: 75 Squadron; aircrew; flight engineer; Lancaster; mine laying; Nissen hut; pilot
Alan Edgar's Operations
199 Squadron
Second is of small car, captioned "Crew - bus", my first car bought when on ops with 199 Sqdn.'
Third is of right-hand forward nose of a…
The Kriegie March 2010
Tags: 10 Squadron; 144 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 77 Squadron; aircrew; Blenheim; Distinguished Service Order; Dulag Luft; escaping; evading; flight engineer; Hampden; Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; memorial; Military Cross; mine laying; navigator; prisoner of war; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cranwell; RAF Dishforth; RAF Halton; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hendon; RAF Henlow; RAF North Coates; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Northolt; Special Operations Executive; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 6; Stalag Luft 7; the long march; Whitley
The Kriegie March 2007
Tags: 102 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 138 Squadron; 139 Squadron; 150 Squadron; 18 Squadron; 207 Squadron; 32 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 625 Squadron; 7 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 78 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; ditching; Dulag Luft; flight engineer; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; memorial; mine laying; navigator; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Cosford; RAF Cranwell; RAF Halton; RAF Marham; RAF Northolt; RAF St Eval; RAF Wittering; Red Cross; Special Operations Executive; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 4; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; the long march; Typhoon; Wellington
Interview with Bob Smith
The Kriegie July 1999
Tags: 149 Squadron; 207 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 58 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Caterpillar Club; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; Dulag Luft; escaping; flight engineer; George Cross; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Hurricane; Ju 88; Lancaster; Me 109; memorial; mine laying; navigator; prisoner of war; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Cosford; RAF Halton; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Pocklington; RAF Spilsby; RAF St Eval; RAF West Freugh; Spitfire; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; Stalin, Joseph (1878-1953); Stirling; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Peter Hazeldene's Log book
Tags: 106 Squadron; 57 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Battle; bombing; Hampden; Lancaster; Lysander; mine laying; Oxford; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Finningley; RAF Husbands Bosworth; RAF Syerston; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner