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RAF Onslaught - 25 bombers missing
Page 16 of Marjorie Rogers' diary. Ken's 14th operation was to Brux in Czechoslovakia. A newspaper cutting and a sketch map give some detail.
Four more operations are detailed.
Four more operations are detailed.
Tags: aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bomb aimer; bombing; Halifax; Lancaster; mine laying
4000 tons on Essen in heaviest day raid
Page 18 of Marjorie Rogers' diary. Ken's 19th operation was to Essen, which is covered by a newspaper cutting. His 20th operation was to Dortmund which is covered in a second cutting. His 21st, 22nd and 23rd operations were to Arnsberg, these areā¦
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; B-17; B-24; Halifax; incendiary device; Lancaster; P-51; Pathfinders; pilot; Spitfire
Ten-ton Tessies blast Ruhr
Page 23 of Marjorie Rogers' diary.
Four newspaper cuttings covering operations using the ten-ton bomb and its production. One cutting has Ken's Lancaster taken on a raid to Bergen. One of the cuttings has been folded over.
Four newspaper cuttings covering operations using the ten-ton bomb and its production. One cutting has Ken's Lancaster taken on a raid to Bergen. One of the cuttings has been folded over.
Tags: B-17; B-24; Grand Slam; Lancaster; Tallboy
Bombing of U-boat shelters
Page 24 of Marjorie Rogers' diary.
Marjorie covers Ken's operation on U-boat shelters under construction at Farge.
Marjorie covers Ken's operation on U-boat shelters under construction at Farge.
Heligoland again hit
Page 26 of Marjorie Rogers' diary. Marjorie refers to the raids on Heligoland on 19-4-45 and Berchtesgaden on 25-4-45, carried out by Ken. This last was Ken's 30th operation and he was allowed 14 days leave then reported to Catterick.
Page 30 Marjorie Rogers' diary
A telegram instructing Ken to report to Catterick on 20 June 1945.
On the same sheet is some text about Ken's time in Catterick after which he was on indefinite leave. He and Marjorie got married on 6 July 1945.
On the same sheet is some text about Ken's time in Catterick after which he was on indefinite leave. He and Marjorie got married on 6 July 1945.
Page 31 Marjorie Rogers' diary
Ken's wife writes about their honeymoon in London then Lynmouth in Devon. Shortly after the American dropped the atomic bombs on Japan. Marjorie writes about the VJ day celebrations.
Page 36 Marjorie Rogers' diary
Marjorie writes about their time in Blackpool as Ken waited to sail to India.
Tags: aircrew; love and romance