Hayter, Len

Title

Hayter, Len

Description

Five items. Collection concerns Len Hayter who flew as a wireless operator/air gunner on Wellington with 75 Squadron before deploying to the Middle East and flying with 148 Squadron. Collection consist of a memoir and photographs.

The collection was licensed to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Dr Steve Bond and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.

This collection was provided, in digital form, by a third-party organisation which used technical specifications and operational protocols that may differ from those used by the IBCC Digital Archive.

Date

2022-01-18

Publisher

IBCC Digital Archive

Rights

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.

Identifier

SBondS-HayterLv1

Collection Items

The Wellington bomber - Dad's life during the 2nd World War
Covers training as wireless operator then air gunner and posting to operations on 75 Squadron at RAF Feltwell with Wellingtons. Relates some early training and operational sorties. Tells of having to abandon aircraft over north Devon on tenth…

Three airmen
Three airmen wearing flying jackets in front of a Wellington. Submitted with caption 'L to R Jimmy WOp, Len Hayter AG, Andy Observer 148 Sqn LG09 May 41 [June Leese]. Additional information kindly provided by the donor.

Five airmen aboard ship
Five aircrew, wearing tunics with brevet, standing on deck of ship. Submitted with caption 'HMS Bonaventure en-route Malta & Alexandria to join 148 Sqn, Len Hayter 2nd right [June Leese]'. Additional information kindly provided by the donor.

Wellington Crew
Six airmen wearing tunics with brevet standing in front of a Wellington with cartoon character nose art. Man in the middle holds up two bombs resting on the ground. Submitted with caption 'Frank Denton & crew 75 Sqn Feltwell '40, Len Hayter 3rd from…

Course photograph
Fifteen airmen in three rows in front of wooden hut. Submitted with caption 'Aircrew Training Stormy Down, Len Hayter centre 2nd row [June Leese]'. Additional information kindly provided by the donor.
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