https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/776/9969/MBrittainJT2227748-170725-04.2.pdf 2cff8d1f5beef8cb4bf4c2b8d4e7d8dd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Brittain, John Taylor J T Brittain Description An account of the resource 42 items. The collection concerns Sergeant John Taylor Brittain (2227748, Royal Air Force). After training as an air gunner at Morpeth and conversion and training at Silverston, North Luffenham and Feltwell, he was posted to 195 Squadron at RAF Wratting Common in February 1945 and flew on operations as a mid upper gunner on Lancaster. The collection consists of his flying logbook; official documents; letters to colleagues and his mother; photographs of people, events, places and aircraft; as well as an album concerning his boat. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Andrew Whitehouse and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-07-25 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘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. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Brittain, JT Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Permission granted for commercial projects Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Extracts from 195 Squadron Operations Record book covering John Brittain's operations Description An account of the resource Extracts cover thirteen wartime bombing operations and four Operation Manna supply drops as well as three post war prisoner of war repatriation flights. Details include number of aircraft involved, weather, bomb load, marking seen, operational assessment, enemy activity and casualties. Eight operations were by day and five by night. Targets were Dortmund (twice), Gelsenkirchen (four times), Heliogoland (twice), Kamen Oil plant, Wesel, Datteln, Merseburg and Kiel. Supply drops to Rotterdam and The Haque and repatriation flights to Juvincourt in France. Extracts from his log book have been added to the pages. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Scanned or photographed extracts from the original Operations book, cropped and inserted into an Microsoft Excel spreadsheet. Printed as PDF. Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Personal research Text. Service material Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MBrittainJT2227748-170725-04 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Germany--Dortmund Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Merseburg Atlantic Ocean--North Sea Germany--Kiel Germany--Kamen Netherlands Netherlands--Rotterdam Netherlands--Hague France France--Reims Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia) Germany--Ruhr (Region) Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1945-02-03 1945-02-20 1945-02-22 1945-02-25 1945-02-27 1945-02-28 1945-03-05 1945-03-07 1945-03-14 1945-04-04 1945-04-09 1945-04-18 1945-04-22 1945-04-29 1945-04-30 1945-05-02 1945-05-17 1945-05-19 1945-05-23 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘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. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. 195 Squadron air gunner aircrew bombing bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945) Operation Exodus (1945) Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945) prisoner of war