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                <text>97 items. The collection concerns Royal Air Force ex-Prisoner of War Association and contains items including drawings by the artist Ley Kenyon.&#13;
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The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Robert Ankerson and catalogued by Barry Hunter. &#13;
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            <text>[inserted] "PIPPA – 1"  Sony tape 1-11 74/5 (TAB 1 = 22 TAB 2 = 44) [/inserted]&#13;
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Extracted from 102 Sq'n Operational Log at the Public Records Office.&#13;
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19th May 1942 Halifax II W7677 "O" MANNHEIM&#13;
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Take-off 22-30 Landed 04-55 Duration 6hrs 25mins.&#13;
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Crew:-&#13;
H E Batchelder, pilot and captain&#13;
J B Robinson, second pilot&#13;
G Hobsbawn, navigator&#13;
F L Ringham, wireless operator/air gunner&#13;
F G Kuebler, wireless operator/air gunner&#13;
T H May, bomb aimer&#13;
R H Rivers, air gunner&#13;
F Bell, [deleted] air gunner [/deleted] [inserted] flight engineer [/inserted]&#13;
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Attacked primary target at 16600ft. Bomb bursts observed but no results seen. Aircraft hit by flak and later attacked by night fighter over Dutch coast. Aircraft very severely damaged and forced to land at Horsham St. Faith.&#13;
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5 aircraft detailed to attack Mannheim.&#13;
Weather and visibility both good.&#13;
Opposition, moderate heavy flak and night fighters.&#13;
1 aircraft attacking St. Nazaire.&#13;
1 aircraft dropping nickels (leaflets) Vichy area.&#13;
1 aircraft dropping nickels Paris area.&#13;
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Base conditions:- Dalton, Tuesday 19-5-1942.&#13;
Weather, cloudy.&#13;
Visibility, mainly very good.&#13;
Wind, light to moderate westerly.</text>
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