RAF Operations

Ilya Grinberg and Dmitri Sribnys' comprehensive Lend-Lease to Russia site

RAF Operations - 151 Wing

'1941: The RAF in North Russia', Spirit of the Air, Vol. 1 No. 6, 2006 

Mark Sheppard's RAF Hurricanes in Russia page

'Stalin's British Heroes', Daily Mail newspaper article, 14th May 2009

Extract from Carl-Fredrik Geust's book "Red Stars Vol.4 - Lend-lease aircraft in Russia", with full details of Hurricane serial numbers and markings

RAF Operations - Operation Paravane

Details of Op PARAVANE, including useful maps, from John Asmussen's Bismarck-Class site

Two interesting articles about Op PARAVANE from the 617 Sqn Association Newsletter, inter 2009/10. One is written by 617 Sqn aircrew, one by a German sailor on the Tirpitz

Thread on Op PARAVANE from the World Naval Ships forum, including the story of the RAF museum's Tirpitz bulkhead

RAF Operations - Coastal Command

Details of 540 Sqn Mosquito deployment on Ross McNeill's RAF Commands site

Details of 543 Sqn Spitfire deployment on Ross McNeill's RAF Commands site

Books

Arctic Airmen: The RAF in Spitsbergen and North Russia, 1942

Royal Navy Operations - Arctic Convoys

Naval History.Net -  Arctic Convoys Pages

Convoy Web - Russian Convoys Pages

Very comprehensive Russian Convoy Club of New Zealand site

Arctic Convoys section of Sirri Lawson's Warsailors.com site

Russian Convoy Medal information from the UK Ministry of Defence Veterans Agency site

Russian Convoys pages on the The Second World War Experience Centre site