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  • Spatial Coverage is exactly "Denmark"

Identity card
Identification card in the name of Peter Hansen with a head and shoulder portrait of Tommy attached.

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Best greetings
Woman in a checked dress sitting on a table. On reverse, 'my best greetings Anna Körvel 15/2/1947 now Mörk'.

The Storebaelt
A steamship with two funnels and life boats slung on either side of the foredeck. The name 'Storebaelt' is on her port side. Captioned, 'Nyborg, Faergen "Storebaelt"'.

Bulow's monument
Bronze bust of General Lieutenant F R H Bulow on a pedestal under an ornamental arch.

Fredericia
View along a river with wooded banks. On reverse, 'Fredericia - East coast Jutland'.

Beaches
A beach scene with families on the sand and walking along a raised footpath behind the beach. On reverse, 'Kattegat ?' and 'Beaches'.

Little belt bridge
View up at the road bridge spanning the Little Belt Strait. On reverse, 'the bridge across the Little belt'.

Lake scene
View across a lake with wooded banks towards a building with an onion domed roofed tower attached.

Princes gate
Three women and a man walk through a stone arch set in the ramparts. Two men and two women sit either side of the gate on benches. On reverse, 'old gate in the ramparts' and 'Princes gate'.

The foot soldier
Statue of a soldier holding a rifle in one hand and a laurel leaf branch in the other. One foot rests on a short mortar cannon. On reverse, 'The unknown soldier of the war 1898-99, when it also was Germany who attacked'.

Women looking up at a tower
Three women on grass looking up at a water tower. On reverse, 'from the ramparts'.

Danish Underground Planned His Escape
Reporting on the help provided to Tommy and pilot, Stan Slater, by the Danish underground movement during their evasion. Mentions Tommy witnessing the liberation of Danish people from a prison house.

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Gratitude and appreciation
A booklet containing various documents including a certificate expressing thanks to Frederick Chr. Oscar Korvel for the help provided to evading combatants. Personal accounts of the events following the crash of a mine-laying Lancaster including the…

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Aftermath
Recounts events following the crash of a Lancaster in Denmark, treatment of the two dead crew members and evasion of the survivors. Includes a photograph of Tommy at his wedding and a poem.

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Allied air crew
Programme of events to remember the crew of Lancaster ME449. Includes images of the crew: pilot, Squadron Leader Stan Slater; flight engineer, Sergeant Ken Foster; navigator, Flying Officer Stoney Mitchell; bomb aimer, Pilot Officer Merv Bertie;…

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Evasion
Writing to Tommy's son Nigel, Stan references writings made by Borge Rassmussen about the evasion of five of crew members.

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Danish resistance
Writting to Stan Slater, Borge explains he had been a member of the Danish resistance and is researching escaped airmen.He describes how, following the crash of Stan's aircraft, the bodies of Harvey James Portor and Donald Morris were taken to the…

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Letter from Stan and Anne
Writing to Phyllis about the incident in which his crew was shot down from which he escaped with Tommy and enclosing a photograph. Mentions his time at Waltham and losing contact with Tommy and meeting again after the war ended.

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Tommy's service
Tommy's great grand daughter describes his period of service. Includes the incidence when pilot Stan Slater's Lancaster was set on fire and he tried to dive to put the fire out but was unsuccessful. Tommy bailed out by parachute and was taken in by…

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Denmark
A trimmed map of Denmark. Some airfields and lightships have been marked on.

Conversation with Henry Payne
Starts by outlining his early career flying Hampden torpedo bombers over the Pacific Ocean from Pat Bay, British Columbia, Canada. Then mentions flying Mosquitos on a holding post before training in parachute dropping and glider towing on Whitley.…

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James Douglas Crew's log book
Log book for James Douglas Crew covering the period 2 March 1943 to 24 September 949. Details his training and operations flown as wireless operator and navigator. He was stationed at RAF Binbrook (142 Squadron), RAF Swanton Morley (No4 RS), RAF…

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Interview with David Fellowes
David discusses crew over photograph taken at RAF Hixon and goes on to describe flying and other activities while at OTU. He briefly mentions attending gunnery school and other gunnery training. He recalls their Australian skipper getting permission…

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Transcript of conversation with David Fellowes
Discusses crew over photograph taken at RAF Hixon. Went on to describe flying and other activities while at OTU. Brief mention of attending gunnery school and other gunnery training. Recalls their Australian skipper getting permission for them to go…

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Jens Henning Fisker Hansen
Biography of Danish volunteer in the Royal air Force. His history as a pre-war motorbike racer, volunteer for the RAF, time on 99 Squadron including incident when as a gunner he shot down an Me 110 (possibly a first in Bomber Command) , which had…

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