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List of next of kin of crew
List names and next of kin for Flying Officer L Ellis, Sergeant R C Finlayson, Flight Sergeant D Taylor, Flying Officer J W Rae, Flight Sergeant D W Eastcott, Sergeant A G Chapman, Sergeant R Richards.
Letter from the Air Ministry confirming John Holden's death
From the Casualty Branch to his next of kin stating that the International Red Cross had confirmed John's death although saying that it occurred in August not May.
Covering letter for John Holden's Log Book
From the Central Depository requesting acknowledgement of receipt of the Log Book.
Course 28 Pilots
Formal course photograph, 11 pilots posed in two rows in front of a wooden door. Annotated with 'Course 28 Pilots' and their names: Holden, Warmington, Swanston, Clifford, Crabtree, Shaw, Bryden, Slade, Aldridge, Gardner, Brown.
John Holden
Four formal portraits, head and shoulders of John, three as a sergeant one after his commission, one coloured. The reverse of one has a series of names and addresses.
List of operations
Operational flights undertaken by Geoffrey Gosney between 3 May 1942 and 8 November 1942 in France, Germany, North Africa, Egypt, and Crete for a total of 380.10 hours.
William Norman newspaper cuttings
Two cuttings reporting that William previously reported as missing is now presumed dead.
Ex-ATC cadet gets his "wings"
Article announcing Sergeant Lewis Ellis was awarded his wings.
Newspaper cutting - in memory F/O Harold Stevenson
Five in memorandum from various family members. Last one (sixth) from Mr and Mrs Ellis also refers to his friend Ellis lost Feb 1945.
Newspaper cutting - Eccleston Stanley
Missing November 1944, now officially presumed killed.
Airman killed on his birthday
Article concerning funeral of Sergeant G H Luxford who was killed in action on his 20th birthday. Gives some background. Includes photograph.
Admission to wings parade
Ticket for admission to tenth wing parade. Text on reverse is note to not 'miss the passing out of course 49, the first of the flying Englishmen seen in captivity.'
Personnel
Guy Gibson taking his oath to rejoin the Boy Scout movement together with Group Captain E Colbeck-Welch, Wing Commander S P Richards, Flight Lieutenant K Davison and Lieutenant F Carruthers; a report of an operation by Wing Commander C M…
Telegram from John Madge to his fiancé to arrange leave on completion of his first tour in November 1943
Telegram and envelope addressed to ACW Butler c/o sergeants mess RAF Wing ,Leighton Buzzard.
Letter to Sydney Ellis
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Informs him of existence of 166 Squadron association and mentions a plaque put up in the passenger terminal at Kirmington (Grimsby Airport). and a church service. Gives some other information about association and the compiling of a history of the…
RAF School of Administration and Accountancy - No 43 Elementary Course Syndicate "P"
A group of airmen arranged in four rows in front of wooden huts. Each man is named underneath.
43 Course AGS 17.9.42
13 air gunners arranged in two rows. Rowland is in the front row. All men have their names annotated on the photograph.
Bernay (Str Croix) Communal Cemetery France
Description of town and location of cemetery.
Collision of ED606 and ND637
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Research notes about the collision of two Lancasters over Branston.
Memoirs by Crew Members' Family of the Collision with Ron Carter's Lancaster
Brief memoirs by two members of family of the Halifax crew that collided with Ron's Lancaster over Caen.
Ron Carter, Crew and Ground Crew
13 airmen on the port inner engine of an aircraft. Three are named on the reverse, 'Paul, P/O Davey, Dad'. The image is badly damaged.
Ron Carter's Prisoner of War Record
Three lists related to Ron's time as a prisoner of war.
#1 is the camps he was incarcerated in and the duration.
#2 Ron's evacuation from Stalag Luft 7 on the Long March.
#3 is a list of the daily march from Stalag Luft 7 to 3A
#1 is the camps he was incarcerated in and the duration.
#2 Ron's evacuation from Stalag Luft 7 on the Long March.
#3 is a list of the daily march from Stalag Luft 7 to 3A
Ron Carter's Crew when Shot Down
A list of the seven crew on the day they were shot down.
Ron Carter's Regular Crew
A list of the seven regular crew, Lancaster KM-L
Presentation of DFM to Jack Ramshaw
A parade of airmen attending the award of the first DFM of the war at RAF Honington.
On the reverse '11 May 1940 Ramshaw DFM June 39 Hon I doubt the date of June 39 - DFMs are wartime decoration - peacetime equivalent is AFM also everyone wearing…
On the reverse '11 May 1940 Ramshaw DFM June 39 Hon I doubt the date of June 39 - DFMs are wartime decoration - peacetime equivalent is AFM also everyone wearing…