The IBCC Digital Archive consists of more than 43,000 documents about those who were caught up in bombing war in Europe 1939-1945. Our ethos is to promote recognition, remembrance, and reconciliation. Archival content includes interviews with eyewitnesses, personal papers and memorabilia that have for the most part not been seen in the public domain before.
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Group of 18 RAF Warrant Officers and SNCOs, and Wing Commander wearing pilot brevet, all in No1 uniform outside a Sergeants' Mess.
Group of 21 aircrew, commissioned and non-commissioned, all wearing pilot brevet, with a Hurricane on each side. Hangar doors behind. Douglas Bader is…
Wedding photograph with groom in RAF uniform with corporal chevrons. On reverse, handwritten note 'Norman and Violet Lester, Edgefield, Norfolk,…
F W Clarke wedding photograph. On reverse, handwritten note 'March 21st 1942' and, in capitals, FW Clarke, W H Clarke.
Five airmen, one with Sergeant chevrons, in front of a tent. Label on top right of picture 'Instrument Section'. On reverse, handwritten note - 'My…
An airman in uniform, who is in training.
Letter from the 97 Squadron confirming that Sergeant George John Hill failed to return from operations on the 10 May 1944 from an operation in Lille,…
A letter from the British Red Cross and the Order of St John regarding the death of her son as a report of their death had been received in Geneva…
A priority telegram from the Air Ministry telling that his son has been killed in action.
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