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Bert Kitson's DFM
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Bert Kitson
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Bert Kitson
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Arthur John Tindall’s navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner’s flying log book
Derek Carrington's navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Detailing his flying training and operations flown. He was stationed at RAF Yatesbury (2 Radio School), RAF Evanton (8 AGS), RAF Wigtown…
Bertie Foxlee’s flying log book for observer’s and air gunners
Tags: 455 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 617 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; B-24; bombing; C-47; Catalina; Dominie; Hampden; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Finningley; RAF Lichfield; RAF Saltby; RAF Scampton; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Whitchurch; RAF Wigsley; RAF Woodhall Spa; RAF Yatesbury; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
Letter from Terry Ford to Bob Moore
Transcript of interview with Allan Edgar
He starts by describing crewing up at Silverstone. His opinion of the Stirling was that it was awful on the ground and in the air.
His first operation was a second 'dickie' (an observer)…
Tags: 1 Group; 49 Squadron; 83 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); crash; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Fw 190; He 111; heavy conversion unit; Hurricane; Lancaster; Lincoln; mess; navigator; operational training unit; pilot; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wittering; RAF Woodbridge; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
George Ellams' Record of Service
Ex-RCAF The Camp July 1983
Tags: 102 Squadron; 106 Squadron; 4 Group; 405 Squadron; 415 Squadron; 419 Squadron; 427 Squadron; 428 Squadron; 429 Squadron; 431 Squadron; 433 Squadron; 434 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Blenheim; bomb aimer; Catalina; Halifax; Lancaster; Me 110; memorial; navigator; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Driffield; RAF Leeming; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Pocklington; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Tholthorpe; shot down; Spitfire; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 7; Victoria Cross; wireless operator / air gunner
The Kriegie November 2011
Tags: 103 Squadron; 104 Squadron; 166 Squadron; 207 Squadron; 214 Squadron; 218 Squadron; 220 Squadron; 35 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 50 Squadron; 619 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 88 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bale out; Blenheim; Boston; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Cross; entertainment; escaping; Fw 190; Hudson; Lancaster; memorial; mess; navigator; P-51; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Attlebridge; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Hendon; RAF Henlow; RAF Leeming; RAF Waddington; shot down; Spitfire; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 6; the long march; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator / air gunner
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
The Kriegie June 1988
Tags: anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; entertainment; Hurricane; Lancaster; Manchester; prisoner of war; RAF Abingdon; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Binbrook; RAF Kinloss; Red Cross; Spitfire; Stalag Luft 1; Stalag Luft 3; the long march; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Letter to Mrs H Redgrave from Harry
Charlie Waterman and Fred Hooker
Fred Hooker's Service Record
Book 1, Commencing My Life in the R.A.F. up till the End of I.T.W.
Dafoe Digest
Just Another Tailend Charlie
The Earliest Years.
Born in Barnoldswick, then in Yorkshire, now in Lancashire in 1922. His father ran a wireless business until 1926. He describes his years at schools and a move to…
Tags: 109 Squadron; 142 Squadron; 150 Squadron; 227 Squadron; 5 Group; 617 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Albemarle; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; Beaufighter; bomb aimer; bombing; C-47; Defiant; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; FIDO; flight engineer; Gee; Halifax; Harvard; Hudson; Hurricane; Ju 87; Ju 88; lack of moral fibre; Lancaster; mess; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; Mosquito; navigator; operational training unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; prisoner of war; RAF Balderton; RAF Bardney; RAF Bawtry; RAF Catfoss; RAF Eastleigh; RAF Farnborough; RAF Finningley; RAF Graveley; RAF Hemswell; RAF Hixon; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Milltown; RAF Norton; RAF Scampton; RAF Seighford; RAF Strubby; RAF Waddington; RAF Wick; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Wyton; Spitfire; sport; Stirling; Sunderland; Tiger force; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
Max Barry's Wellington Crew
Andy Andrews’ navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Interview with Donald Raymond Harris
Ronald Herman Downes Cook
Ronald Herman Downes Cook
This item was provided, in digital form, by a third-party organisation which used technical specifications and…
Tom Wharmby's crew biographies
Flying Officer Ronald Herman Downes Cook, wireless operator/ air gunner;
Sergeant Ronald Hughes, navigator;
Sergeant John…