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- Tags: wireless operator
Andover's Lancasters
Tags: 156 Squadron; 44 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); crash; ditching; flight engineer; Grand Slam; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; military discipline; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bardney; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF hospital Rauceby; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; Spitfire; take-off crash; Tallboy; Tirpitz; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Crew of Halifax K for King
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; flight engineer; Halifax; navigator; pilot; wireless operator
Remembering sixty years ago
Information about Lancaster W4182 WS-B of 9 Squadron
Seven Airmen and a Lancaster
Hubert Tatley and his crew
The crew list is, Sgt Hazell, L.C, Pilot, Sgt Gardiner, E , Flight Engineer, Sgt Miller, W.T, Navigator, Sgt Tatley, H.T, Bomb Aimer, Sgt Sharples, E.F. Gunner, Sgt…
John Taplin's Service Record
There is a second copy.
Henry Sturrock's, air and ground crew
Henry Sturrock's crew and six ground crew in front of a Halifax. The pilot is holding a small dog.
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Matthew Joseph Coe
Tags: aircrew; training; wireless operator
Interview with J A Taplin. Two
Tags: 10 OTU; 10 Squadron; 408 Squadron; 6 Group; aircrew; bale out; Blenheim; bombing; evading; ground personnel; Halifax; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Leeming; RAF Melbourne; RAF Yatesbury; shot down; the long march; training; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Seven Airmen including Norman Long
On the reverse each man is identified.
Two airmen
Gordon Dennett's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 15 OTU; 196 Squadron; 298 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; B-24; bale out; bomb aimer; Botha; C-47; Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 7; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Driffield; RAF Evanton; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Leconfield; RAF Yatesbury; Sunderland; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Fred Roberts, crew photograph
A short history of 640 Squadron
There is also a…
Tags: 4 Group; 617 Squadron; 640 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bouncing bomb; debriefing; Eder Möhne and Sorpe operation (16–17 May 1943); entertainment; final resting place; flight engineer; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); ground crew; ground personnel; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; love and romance; memorial; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); nose art; operations room; pilot; RAF Leconfield; RAF Lissett; superstition; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tirpitz; wireless operator
Four Airmen
On the reverse 'Bill Reade, Bob Gunn, Josh Surey & Nick Carter B/A, R/G, Nav, W/Op
Wellington Crew or X R 838 May 1944 Stirling III…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; navigator; Stirling; Wellington; wireless operator
Operational Crew List
The Fate of Lancaster PB158
Frederick Davy Montage
625 Squadron Battle Order 18 July 1944
Lancaster JB139 Dark Victor
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Tags: 617 Squadron; 619 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); C-47; flight engineer; Lancaster; mess; Mosquito; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Coningsby; RAF Woodhall Spa; Resistance; Spitfire; Tallboy; target indicator; target photograph; V-1; wireless operator
Sergeant John Walter Gifford Saunders 1324708
Teddy's Career in the RAFVR 9th September 1939 - 11th October 1941
Tags: 1 Group; 11 OTU; 12 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aerial photograph; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Battle; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Churchill, Winston (1874-1965); crash; crewing up; Defiant; ditching; flight engineer; Flying Training School; ground personnel; Halifax; Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; meteorological officer; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; pilot; propaganda; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Binbrook; RAF Evanton; RAF Kinloss; RAF Odiham; RAF Padgate; RAF St Athan; RAF Wickenby; recruitment; sport; Stirling; take-off crash; training; Wallis, Barnes Neville (1887-1979); Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Service history of Sergeant Alfred Edward "Teddy" Cosgrove
Tags: 1 Group; 11 OTU; 12 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; crash; final resting place; ground personnel; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; love and romance; memorial; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Binbrook; RAF Evanton; RAF Odiham; RAF Padgate; RAF Ringway; RAF Wickenby; sport; training; Wellington; wireless operator; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force