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Operational memoir by A L Joslin
Memoir of a flight engineer, covering training and operations through 1944. The narrative provides details of bomb loads, specific events experienced by the crew and details of German night fighter tactics.
Tags: 100 Squadron; 1651 HCU; 460 Squadron; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944); bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944); fear; flight engineer; gremlin; H2S; Heavy Conversion Unit; incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; master bomber; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); P-47; P-51; Pathfinders; RAF Binbrook; RAF Grimsby; RAF Hemswell; RAF Wratting Common; Schräge Musik; Spitfire; Stirling; target indicator; training; V-1; V-weapon; Window
Don Sparkes and airmen, village views and Marquis of Granby pub and church
Eleven photographs from an album.
#1 is Don and two colleagues, one a soldier, the other a civilian.
#2 is two men standing outside a house.
#3 is Back Lane / High Street junction in Binbrook.
#4 is Bayons Manor, Tealby.
#5 and 8 are the Marquis…
#1 is Don and two colleagues, one a soldier, the other a civilian.
#2 is two men standing outside a house.
#3 is Back Lane / High Street junction in Binbrook.
#4 is Bayons Manor, Tealby.
#5 and 8 are the Marquis…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew
Interview with Jan Albone
Jan was born on a farm in North Lincolnshire and went to school in Brigg. She loved the farm, particularly the horses. Their farm was close to RAF Kirton in Lindsey, which was used as a rest home for men from the Battle of Britain. They worked on the…
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Nine airmen and one woman in a bar
Five airmen standing, four airmen seated and a woman seated around a table in a bar. The woman is in civilian clothes. There are drinks on the table and at least three men are smoking. The Nissen hut has christmas decorations up. On the reverse the…
Tags: aircrew; Nissen hut; pilot; RAF Binbrook