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W J (Bill) Crimmin’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book. Two
Served at RAF Halton.
Aircraft flown were Anson, Oxford, Auster, Hornet Moth,…
Tags: aircrew; Anson; Auster; Hornet Moth; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Halton; Stinson; Tiger Moth
W J (Bill) Crimmin’s Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book. One
Training started at No. 4 British Flying Training School in Phoenix, Arizona. This continued at No. 3 Service Flying…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 161 Squadron; 192 Squadron; 25 OTU; 3 SFTS; 4 BFTS; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Auster; bombing; bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); British Flying Training School Program; Flying Training School; forced landing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 5; Hornet Moth; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Martinet; mine laying; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; Proctor; RAF Bircotes; RAF East Wretham; RAF Finningley; RAF Foulsham; RAF Halton; RAF Ipswich; RAF Marham; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Newmarket; RAF Oakington; RAF South Cerney; RAF Tempsford; searchlight; Stearman; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Harold (Batch) Batchelder's biographical notes
Harold Batchelder's Pilot's flying log book
Tags: 102 Squadron; 19 OTU; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); C-47; Distinguished Flying Medal; Flying Training School; forced landing; Halifax; Halifax Mk 1; Halifax Mk 2; Lancaster; Me 110; Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Brough; RAF Cranfield; RAF Dalton; RAF Driffield; RAF Forres; RAF Kinloss; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Topcliffe; searchlight; Tiger Moth; training; Whitley
Biography of Harold Emory Batchelder
Biography of Harold Emery Batchelder
Glyndwr Owen's biography
Tags: 14 OTU; 61 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; final resting place; Flying Training School; Hampden; Harvard; killed in action; Magister; Manchester; Me 110; mine laying; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Chipping Norton; RAF Cottesmore; RAF Hemswell; RAF Middle Wallop; RAF South Cerney; RAF St Athan; shot down; Stalag Luft 3; Tiger Moth; training
E Renfrey’s South African Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Trained at Nos. 43 and 45 Air Schools , 16 Operational Training Unit and 1660…
Tags: 156 Squadron; 16 OTU; 1660 HCU; 83 Squadron; 9 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; master bomber; navigator; observer; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Bardney; RAF Barford St John; RAF Swinderby; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Upwood; RAF Warboys; RAF Wyton; SAAF Oudtshoorn; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Peter Le Brocq’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 144 Squadron; 15 OTU; 38 Squadron; 40 Squadron; aircrew; Beaufighter; Flying Training School; Hudson; Initial Training Wing; killed in action; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Brize Norton; RAF Davidstow Moor; RAF East Fortune; RAF Hampstead Norris; RAF Harwell; RAF Kabrit; RAF Limavady; RAF Luqa; RAF Mount Farm; RAF Sealand; RAF Shallufa; RAF Strubby; RAF Turnbury; take-off crash; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Arthur Kenneth Wrigley's Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book
Tags: 14 OTU; 144 Squadron; 44 Squadron; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); Dominie; Hampden; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Manchester; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; propaganda; RAF Cottesmore; RAF North Luffenham; RAF Penrhos; RAF Scampton; RAF Waddington; RAF Yatesbury; training; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
Raymon Frederick John Heath’s South African Air Force Pilots flying log book. One
Tags: 1654 HCU; 29 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Martinet; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bruntingthorpe; RAF Docking; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Syerston; RAF Wigsley; RAF Windrush; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Summary of flying
Keith Harris’ RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book
He was stationed…
Tags: 115 Squadron; 12 OTU; 1678 HCU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 2; Magister; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Chipping Norton; RAF Chipping Warden; RAF East Wretham; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Little Snoring; RAF Perth; RAF Shenington; RAF Witchford; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
John Cromie’s Royal Australian Air Force Observer’s, Air Gunner’s and W/T Operator’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1656 HCU; 27 OTU; 460 Squadron; 550 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; C-47; Halifax; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 109; mine laying; missing in action; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; prisoner of war; RAAF Ballarat; RAAF Sale; RAF Church Broughton; RAF Lichfield; RAF Lindholme; RAF Millom; shot down; training; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner
W Harrison’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book for Navigators, Air Bombers, Air Gunners, Flight Engineers
Tags: 1661 HCU; 9 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945); bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944); C-47; Cook’s tour; crash; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lincoln; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); Oxford; RAF Bardney; RAF Binbrook; RAF Lindholme; RAF Salbani; RAF St Athan; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; RAF Winthorpe; RAF Worksop; Stirling; Tallboy; Tirpitz; training
W Gall’s Royal Air Force Flying Log Book
Tags: 16 OTU; 1661 HCU; 26 OTU; 50 Squadron; 630 Squadron; 9 Squadron; 97 Squadron; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; Anson; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); Cook’s tour; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Manchester; navigator; Operation Dodge (1945); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; Pathfinders; RAF Bardney; RAF Coningsby; RAF East Kirkby; RAF Llandwrog; RAF Penrhos; RAF Sturgate; RAF Upper Heyford; RAF Wing; RAF Winthorpe; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); training; Wellington
Max Caven’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
From 29th June he undertook Tiger Force training.
Served at RAF Bardney.
Aircraft flown were…
George Milson's memoir
Tags: 13 OTU; 18 Squadron; 2 Group; 211 Squadron; 84 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; Catalina; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; ditching; escaping; Gneisenau; Hampden; Harvard; Hudson; Hurricane; Initial Training Wing; Magister; Me 109; mess; Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy; navigator; observer; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Abu Sueir; RAF Bicester; RAF Bodney; RAF Boscombe Down; RAF Cardington; RAF Coningsby; RAF Cosford; RAF Cranfield; RAF Farnborough; RAF Ford; RAF Great Massingham; RAF Halton; RAF Hendon; RAF Hinton; RAF Horsham St Faith; RAF Little Rissington; RAF Lydda; RAF Oulton; RAF Polebrook; RAF Portreath; RAF Skegness; RAF Upwood; RAF Watton; RAF West Raynham; Red Cross; Scharnhorst; sport; training; Wellington; Whitley; wireless operator; wireless operator / air gunner
William Richards's Royal Australian Air Force flying log book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 26 OTU; 54 OTU; 622 Squadron; 84 OTU; Advanced Flying Unit; aircrew; bombing; Flying Training School; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Dallachy; RAF Desborough; RAF Feltwell; RAF Little Horwood; RAF Lulsgate Bottom; RAF Methwold; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Shepherds Grove; RAF Silverstone; RAF Stradishall; RAF Wing; Stirling; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
James Pickford RAF observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Tags: 207 Squadron; 25 OTU; air gunner; Air Gunnery School; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; B-24; Battle; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); Blenheim; bombing; bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942); bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); Harrow; Lancaster; Lysander; Manchester; Martinet; mine laying; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Exodus (1945); Operational Training Unit; Oxford; RAF Bottesford; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Evanton; RAF Fulbeck; RAF Kenley; RAF Langar; RAF Manston; RAF Middle Wallop; RAF North Weald; RAF Northolt; RAF Pembrey; RAF Saltby; RAF Scampton; RAF Spilsby; RAF Syerston; RAF Waddington; tactical support for Normandy troops; Tiger Moth; training; Wellington
Douglas’ manifold notebook
Tags: 120 Squadron; 206 Squadron; 78 Squadron; 86 Squadron; aircrew; crash; Distinguished Flying Cross; ditching; flight engineer; Halifax; Horsa; Lancaster; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bassingbourn; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bramcote; RAF Crosby-on-Eden; RAF Desborough; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Gransden Lodge; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Leicester East; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Nuneaton; RAF Oakington; RAF Riccall; RAF Saltby; RAF Snaith; RAF Stradishall; RAF Syerston; RAF Tempsford; RAF Topcliffe; RAF Valley; RAF Waterbeach; RAF Welford; RAF Winthorpe; runway; Wellington; wireless operator
No. 4 Group Monthly summary. July 1945
Tags: 10 Squadron; 102 Squadron; 150 Squadron; 158 Squadron; 4 Group; 462 Squadron; 464 Squadron; 51 Squadron; 578 Squadron; 640 Squadron; 70 Squadron; 76 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 81 OTU; air sea rescue; aircrew; bomb disposal; dispersal; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Flying Medal; flight engineer; ground crew; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster Finishing School; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; pilot; RAF Bitteswell; RAF Bramcote; RAF Breighton; RAF Broadwell; RAF Carnaby; RAF Castle Donington; RAF Crosby-on-Eden; RAF Down Ampney; RAF Driffield; RAF Elvington; RAF Filton; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Greenham Common; RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor; RAF Leconfield; RAF Leicester East; RAF Lissett; RAF Marston Moor; RAF Melbourne; RAF Nuneaton; RAF Nutts Corner; RAF Odiham; RAF Ossington; RAF Pocklington; RAF Prestwick; RAF Riccall; RAF Snaith; RAF St Mawgan; RAF Tempsford; RAF Tilstock; RAF Valley; RAF Welford; RAF Wymeswold; sport; training
J F D Savill’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Training started at No. 3 Air Observers’ School, followed by posting to 78 Squadron in September 1939. Further training at the School of Air Navigation before returning to 78…
Tags: 10 OTU; 527 Squadron; 77 Squadron; 78 Squadron; air gunner; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; Blenheim; bomb aimer; bombing; crash; demobilisation; Dominie; Flying Training School; Hornet Moth; Lysander; Magister; Martinet; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Oxford; radar; RAF Abingdon; RAF Aldergrove; RAF Biggin Hill; RAF Castle Camps; RAF Digby; RAF Dishforth; RAF Drem; RAF Driffield; RAF Fowlmere; RAF Kinloss; RAF Linton on Ouse; RAF North Weald; RAF Ouston; RAF Shawbury; RAF Snailwell; RAF St Athan; RAF Stapleford Tawney; RAF Sywell; RAF Usworth; RAF Watton; Stirling; training; Wellington; Whitley
Diary 1944
Tags: 578 Squadron; 640 Squadron; 78 Squadron; aircrew; bale out; crash; dispersal; Halifax; Halifax Mk 3; Halifax Mk 5; hangar; Hurricane; killed in action; missing in action; Mosquito; Oxford; pilot; RAF Full Sutton; RAF Henlow; RAF Leconfield; RAF Pocklington; RAF Rufforth; RAF Snaith; RAF Wymeswold
Albert Mogg's Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book
He was stationed at RAF Cranwell (No.1 Signals School),…
Tags: 25 Squadron; 38 Squadron; Air Gunnery School; aircrew; Anson; Battle; Beaufighter; Blenheim; bombing; Bombing and Gunnery School; Boston; Defiant; Do 217; Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944); Harvard; Magister; Me 410; Mosquito; observer; Oxford; Proctor; RAF Church Fenton; RAF Cranwell; RAF Defford; RAF Hunsdon; RAF Jurby; Tiger Moth; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington; wireless operator / air gunner