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- Tags: 635 Squadron
Norman Hamment DFM citation
Supplement to the London Gazette 15 August 1944
Notes on Norman Hamment's operations
Tags: 21 OTU; 61 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Lancaster; master bomber; Me 110; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Syerston; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Victoria Cross; Wellington
Norman Hamment observers and air gunners flying log book
He was stationed at RAF Morpeth (No. 4 Air Gunnery School), RAF…
Tags: 21 OTU; 29 OTU; 61 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Botha; Harrow; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 2; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Bourn; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Downham Market; RAF Moreton in the Marsh; RAF Morpeth; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Scampton; RAF St Eval; RAF Syerston; RAF Upwood; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington; Whitley
Conversation with Hamish Mahaddie
Hamish Mahaddie, the recruiter for the Pathfinder Force recalls the life of Ian Willoughby Bazalgette VC, who plagued him weekly for the opportunity to join the Pathfinders. He had been posted…
Tags: 5 Group; 635 Squadron; 8 Group; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Harris, Arthur Travers (1892-1984); Lancaster; military ethos; Mosquito; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; pilot; RAF Downham Market; target indicator; training
Record sheet for 1317047 Flight Sergeant Howell ELC
Keith Hailey's Royal Air Force navigator’s, air bombers and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 1659 HCU; 20 OTU; 24 OTU; 433 Squadron; 635 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Boulogne E-boats (15/16 June 1944); Dominie; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; Proctor; RAF Downham Market; RAF Elgin; RAF Honeybourne; RAF Lossiemouth; RAF Manby; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Warboys; RAF West Freugh; RAF Yatesbury; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator
Keith Hailey's Service and Release Book
635 Squadron photographs
The second has the ground crew sitting or standing on the Lancaster, on the reverse caption 'Keith, back row on the ground, between…
Laurie Howes
#1 Laurie in a Sidcot suit.
#2 Laurie sitting on rocks.
#3 Laurie standing by a wooden door.
#4 Laurie sitting on a railing at a beach.
#5 a half length portrait of Laurie.
#6 a colour portrait of Laurie.
Tags: 635 Squadron; aircrew; Pathfinders
Record sheet for 1333766 Sergeant Whitehead
Record sheet for 1605575 Sergeant Glass
Record card for 1335368 Flight Sergeant Waspe E J
Record card for 1018307 Flight Sergeant Ball I
Record sheet for 1603457 Sergeant Harding
Bergen
Artie Ashworth's Crew
Additional information about this item has been kindly provided by the donor.
Tags: 635 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; Pathfinders
635 Squadron Group Photograph
Ken Calton’s navigator’s, air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 1662 HCU; 242 Squadron; 3 Group; 35 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 7 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lancastrian; mine laying; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Pathfinders; RAF Blyton; RAF Downham Market; RAF Feltwell; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Graveley; RAF Oakington; RAF Pembrey; RAF Stradishall; RAF Warboys; RAF Wickenby; RAF Witchford; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; York
Harry Whittaker's flying log book
Tags: 148 Squadron; 156 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 1652 HCU; 17 OTU; 19 OTU; 35 Squadron; 635 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Botha; crash; Goodwill tour of the United States (1946); Halifax; Hampden; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Magister; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Downham Market; RAF Dumfries; RAF Graveley; RAF Kinloss; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; Whitley
Harry Whittaker DFM
A second has no annotation.
A third copy has ' F/Sgt Whittaker (Bombadier) (Charlie) on the reverse.
A fourth copy…
Arthur Tindall's service and operations
Tags: 44 Squadron; 635 Squadron; 83 Squadron; 97 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944); Distinguished Flying Cross; flight engineer; Gee; H2S; Lancaster; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Oboe; Pathfinders; RAF Coningsby; RAF Swinderby; RAF Witchford; target indicator; V-weapon; wireless operator
A miraculous escape from certain death in WWII.
Interview with Ernie Patterson. Two
Tags: 635 Squadron; aircrew; Bennett, Donald Clifford Tyndall (1910-1986); bombing; crewing up; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; FIDO; H2S; Halifax; Lancaster; love and romance; master bomber; military service conditions; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; P-51; Pathfinders; RAF Abingdon; RAF Downham Market; RAF Middleton St George; RAF Rufforth; RAF Stanton Harcourt; RAF Yatesbury; superstition; target indicator; training; Whitley; wireless operator
