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- Tags: operational training unit
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
Andy Anderson's flying log book for pilots (incomplete)
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 83 Squadron; aircrew; bombing; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Metheringham; RAF Syerston; RAF Warboys; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Colin Wood's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot
Tags: 106 Squadron; 1661 HCU; 29 OTU; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; Cook’s tour; Dominie; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Metheringham; RAF Syerston; RAF Warboys; RAF West Freugh; RAF Winthorpe; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with Langford William Green
Tags: 218 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); briefing; crewing up; demobilisation; Halifax; Lancaster; military service conditions; Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Sandtoft; training
Operations with 102 Squadron Pocklington and 10 OTU detachment, St Eval
Leonard Green’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1660 HCU; 29 OTU; 50 Squadron; 61 Squadron; 83 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing up; Cook’s tour; Dominie; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; military service conditions; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; Proctor; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Coningsby; RAF Manby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigtown; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Derrick Allen's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 467 Squadron; 619 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); C-47; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; 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; training; Wellington
Bill Thomas memoir
Tags: 153 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 1667 HCU; 28 OTU; aircrew; Anson; Bolingbroke; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); crewing up; ground personnel; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; promotion; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Heaton Park; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Sandtoft; RAF Scampton; RAF Strubby; RAF Wigtown; training; Wellington
John Casey's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers
Tags: 1654 HCU; 29 OTU; 61 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Coningsby; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Stormy Down; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; training; Wellington
Interview with Herbert Adams
Tags: 467 Squadron; 5 Group; aircrew; Anson; bombing; control caravan; Cook’s tour; crewing up; demobilisation; Distinguished Flying Cross; fuelling; Gee; ground personnel; H2S; Lancaster; Me 110; military living conditions; navigator; Operational Training Unit; promotion; RAF Lichfield; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Swinderby; RAF Waddington; RAF Wigsley; sanitation; service vehicle; Stirling; superstition; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-2; V-weapon; Wellington; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Interview with John Derek "Bill" Bailey. Two
Towards the end of the war, Derek did various bomber instructor courses and became a bombing instructor at RAF Lossiemouth on Wellingtons for Free French aircrew…
Tags: 103 Squadron; 166 Squadron; aircrew; bomb aimer; bomb disposal; bombing; Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992); H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Master Bomber; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; RAF Bicester; RAF Blyton; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Kirmington; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Swinderby; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Interview with Eric Reginald Barton
Interview with Jeff Brown
Tags: 149 Squadron; 576 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; B-29; bombing; crewing up; Harvard; Lancaster; Meteor; military service conditions; Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Bottesford; RAF Dalcross; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Marham; RAF Westcott; training; Wellington
Interview with John "Jack" Brown
Interview with Clarence Keith Bruhn
Tags: 463 Squadron; 467 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bombing; entertainment; Lancaster; military living conditions; navigator; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Lichfield; RAF Metheringham; RAF Waddington; recruitment; shot down; Tiger force; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Window
Interview with Keith Campbell. Two
Tags: 466 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); coping mechanism; crewing up; Gee; H2S; Halifax; memorial; mid-air collision; military living conditions; military service conditions; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Driffield; RAF Leconfield; Red Cross; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; superstition; the long march; training
Interview with Gordon Catling
Interview with Sue Chaplin
Interview with Frank Colenso
Interview with Geoffrey Conacher
Interview with Allan Joseph Couper
Interview with Fred Crawley DFC
Tags: 139 Squadron; 158 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; Gee; ground personnel; Guinea Pig Club; H2S; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); medical officer; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; RAF Benson; RAF Blyton; RAF hospital Rauceby; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Penrhos; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; superstition; target photograph; training
Interview with George Eric Cromarty
Tags: 29 OTU; 630 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); fear; final resting place; fuelling; ground personnel; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Operational Training Unit; perception of bombing war; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Dalcross; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Tangmere; sanitation; Stirling; training; Typhoon; Wellington