Message to station commander, Coningsby from OC No 5 Group
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Message to station commander, Coningsby from OC No 5 Group
Description
Offers highest praise from C-in-C Bomber Command on the attack of Düsseldorf for the magnificent effort by his squadrons, The watermarked unit badge is not 5 Group as griffin with spear and moto are incorrect. Submitted with caption 'A copy-of: 'Message to Station Commander Coningsby from AOC 5 Group', congratulating the Coningsby squadrons for their efforts on a mission to Düsseldorf.'
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Typewritten document
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This content is property of the Royal Air Force Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre which has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a royalty-free permission to publish it. Please note that it was digitised by a third-party which used technical specifications that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre.
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PFOMetheringhamAF25030020
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AOC 5 Group, “Message to station commander, Coningsby from OC No 5 Group,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed January 16, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/58515.
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