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Typed note with details pf flying operations
Typed note on lined paper headed 'Additional Info' containing various flying operational statistics for 460 Squadron and 100 Squadron.
214 Squadron Disbandment Parade
A booklet printed to cover the end of 214 Squadron
Albert Edward Brown’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for A E Brown, air gunner, covering the period from 19 November 1942 to 29 November 1944. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at 7 Air Gunnery School RAF…
Ryedale Family History Group biographies
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Biographies of the men of Ryedale who died serving with the RAF. Research carried out by the Ryedale Family History Group.
It contains biographies of the following:
It contains biographies of the following:
Operational memoir by A L Joslin
Memoir of a flight engineer, covering training and operations through 1944. The narrative provides details of bomb loads, specific events experienced by the crew and details of German night fighter tactics.
Operation to Friedrichshafen
A detailed account of an operation at Friedrichshafen, 27/28 April 1944. After the war the author visited the graves of his crew.
Five airmen under a Lancaster
The five airmen are celebrating the aircraft's 112th operation.
Reginald Rush operations on 101, 142, 100 and 625 Squadrons
Complete list of operations from September 1940 until November 1943. Aircraft flown were Blenheim, Wellington and Lancaster. List includes target, squadron, aircraft, captain departure and recovery times (on second page). Additional information about…
100 Squadron operational record for attacks on Hamburg. 24/25 July 1943
List six aircraft with crew, up and down times and details of flight. Reginald Rush is navigator in first aircraft listed.
RAF service record
List postings and promotions from September 1939 until July 1945.
Flight logs 1943
List of operations with date, destination, squadron, ac number, letter, captain, departure time. For 100 and 625 Squadrons.
List of operations
List of 21 operations on 100 and 625 Squadrons, noting squadron, date, aircraft letter, target number of aircraft and number lost.
Operational navigation log - Wuppertal
Pilot Canham, navigator Rush, lists other crew, aircraft ED647 'H', Squadron 100. List navigation points, fixes, times, other operational details and comments.
Operational navigation log - Düsseldorf
Pilot Canham and navigator Rush, 100 Squadron. Aircraft ED 647 'H'. List navigation points, fixes, times and other operational details and comments. Includes post flight critique and comments from supervisor.
Reginald Rush RAF personnel document
Gives personal details. Enlisted in 1939 released in October1945. Awarded DFM. List postings and muster as air observer as well as promotions.
Gratitude and appreciation
A booklet containing various documents including a certificate expressing thanks to Frederick Chr. Oscar Korvel for the help provided to evading combatants. Personal accounts of the events following the crash of a mine-laying Lancaster including the…
Lancaster ED562
Operations in Lancaster ED562 by 100 and 550 Squadrons to Essen, Spezia, Duisburg, minelaying in the Baltic, Dortmund, Bochum, Dusseldorf, Oberhausen, Cologne, Krefeld, Mulheim, Elberfeld, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Mardyck, Hasselt, Orleans, Aachen,…
The Phantom of the Ruhr Christmas card
Greetings cards showing a Lancaster with undercarriage down and a Royal Air Force pilot's badge. Captioned, 'The Phantom' and '1944 Greetings'. The nose of the Lancaster is decorated with a cloaked skeleton reaching down through clouds. Annotated,…
Tommy Fairclough's flying log book for observers and air gunners. Two
Flying log book for observers and air gunners for Tommy Fairclough from 9 July 1942 to September 1945, detailing his training and operational duties. Tommy flew 43 operations, 33 night time and ten daylight as wireless operator/air gunner in…
Tommy Fairclough's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers. One
Flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers for Tommy Fairclough from 9 July 1942 to 12 March 1945, detailing his training and operational duties. Tommy flew 43 operations, 33 night time and ten daylight as wireless…
Navigation chart
A map of Great Britain and North West Europe annotated with lines from RAF stations where Tommy was based to operational targets. The targets were Stettin, minelaying in the Baltic, Dortmund, Wuppertal, Essen, Oberhausen, Gelsenkirchen, Bochum,…
Memories of the Lancaster crash in High Street, North Thorsby on October 4th 1943
Gives account of hearing crash and exploding ammunition. Goes on to describe scene with damage to buildings. No one was hurt on the ground. Comments on recovery of crew bodies. Mentions that aircraft was Lancaster from 100 Squadron Waltham (Grimsby)…
Sympathy letter and grave of Harold Chadwick with details
Four items.
#1 a letter of sympathy from the King.
#2 a colour photograph of Harold's grave.
#3 Cemetery details of Bergen, Holland.
#4 Casualty details of Harold.
#1 a letter of sympathy from the King.
#2 a colour photograph of Harold's grave.
#3 Cemetery details of Bergen, Holland.
#4 Casualty details of Harold.
The Last Flight
Dedicated to the crew of LM381. it includes details of Elsham Wolds and its squadrons then details events on the night Brian was killed. Included is a photograph of the graves of the five crew members who died that night.
More about Mike Squared
A newspaper cutting about Lancaster Mike Squared which completed 140 operations and Joan Rooke's time in the WAAF.