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- Tags: Lancaster
Soldier with Lancaster propeller blade
George William Hodges' Royal Air Force Observers’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book.
Tags: 15 OTU; 156 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 22 OTU; 424 Squadron; 432 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Cook’s tour; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Halifax Mk 3; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Lincoln; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; RAF Feltwell; RAF Gaydon; RAF Harwell; RAF Hemswell; RAF Lindholme; RAF Millom; RAF Skipton on Swale; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wellesbourne Mountford; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); tactical support for Normandy troops; training; Wellington
Lancaster and crew
Tags: 463 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3
Lancaster and crew
Tags: 463 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3
Lancaster and crew
Tags: 463 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3
Crew of a Lancaster
Tags: 463 Squadron; aircrew; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3
Group of photos of Sergeant Marriott
Top left: A cemetery cross bearing Sergeant Marriott's number, name and date of death.
Top right: Sergeant Marriott wearing his uniform, showing his Sergeant stripes and single wing brevet denoting his role as aircrew.
Bottom left: A…
John Boden ’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1333 HTCU; 1657 HCU; 7 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945); bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); C-47; Flying Training School; Harvard; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Magister; master bomber; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF Derby; RAF Dishforth; RAF Dunkeswell; RAF Edge Hill; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hullavington; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Oakington; RAF Pershore; RAF Riccall; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Snaith; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Stradishall; RAF Talbenny; RAF Warboys; RAF Witchford; RAF Wymeswold; Stearman; Stirling; tactical support for Normandy troops; training; USAAF Gunter Field; USAAF Souther Field; USAAF Turner Field; Wellington; York
John Marcus Wesley’s pilots flying log book
Tags: 115 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 26 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bibury; RAF Feltwell; RAF Hullavington; RAF South Cerney; RAF Wing; RAF Witchford; RAF Wratting Common; RCAF Saskatoon; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Cologne aiming point certificate
Aircrew an aircraft
Airfield and Lancaster rear turret
Bottom - A photograph showing the rear…
Tags: crash; forced landing; Lancaster; RAF Coningsby; RAF Hardwick
Lancaster and target photograph
Aircrew and Lancaster cockpit
Airmen and aircraft
Aircrew and places
Lancaster rear turret
Description kindly provided by the donor.
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; Lancaster
Airmen
Airmen and aiming point certificate
Top right - A group of nine airmen, two sitting, at RAF Syerston outside…
James Brown’s Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 14 OTU; 1660 HCU; 1661 HCU; 50 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944); Botha; Cook’s tour; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 3; Manchester; Martinet; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Operational Training Unit; RAF Catfoss; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Manby; RAF Morpeth; RAF Skellingthorpe; RAF Swinderby; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; training; Wellington
J W Moore’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 1654 HCU; 17 OTU; 9 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-17; Battle; bomb aimer; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of the Watten V-2 site (19 June 1944); bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAAF Port Pirie; RAF Bardney; RAF Silverstone; RAF Syerston; RAF Turweston; RAF West Freugh; RAF Wigsley; Stirling; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training; V-weapon; Wellington
Sergeant Leslie Adams with his crew
Service record - Flight Lieutenant Alfred Ellis Prior DFM
Tags: 10 OTU; 138 Squadron; 161 Squadron; 19 OTU; 51 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; bombing; Boston; crash; Distinguished Flying Medal; final resting place; flight engineer; Flying Training School; George VI, King of Great Britain (1895-1952); Halifax; Hudson; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Lancaster; Lysander; navigator; Operational Training Unit; pilot; RAF Dishforth; RAF Tempsford; shot down; Special Operations Executive; training; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner