1 25 22 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2924/55480/BMilsonGWMilsonGWv1.pdf 8f34f02a38b3e3793de663de1cf0bfc7 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Milson, George William Description An account of the resource 203 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant George William Milson DFC (b. 1916, 937875 Royal Air Force) and contains correspondence, documents, and photographs]. He flew operations as a pilot with 18 and 84 Squadrons and became a prisoner of war of the Japanese. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Elizabeth Jane McElwee and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024-01-19 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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 An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Milson, GW Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource George Milson's memoir Description An account of the resource George Milson joined the RAF in September 1939. After receiving his wings, he was posted to No. 18 Squadron, flying night operations to Dunkirk, Duisburg, Wilhelmshaven, and later carrying out low level shipping sweeps and “Circus” operations over northern France. George completed thirty operations before being posted to the Middle East, joining No. 84 Squadron at Mosul and later serving in the Western Desert. There he flew repeated daylight strikes on enemy troops and shipping during the advance across Libya and took part in formation work, desert flying and intensive operational activity as the squadron moved forward. In January 1942 he flew as part of a six aircraft ferry flight from Egypt to the Far East, travelling via Habbaniya, Bahrain, Sharja, Karachi, Calcutta, Rangoon and finally Sumatra. He carried out both day and night attacks on Japanese landing forces, fleet units and positions around Palembang and Java, often in difficult conditions with poor facilities and heavy losses. During the collapse of Java he escaped on foot from Kalidjati with a small mixed group before being captured near Tjilatjap. He spent more than three years as a prisoner of war, first in solitary confinement and then in camps at Tjilatjap, Bandoeng, Changi and Kranji, taking part in work parties and camp duties until liberation in 1945. After repatriation he returned to Britain and was demobilised later that year. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource George Milson Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. 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Bomber Command Royal Air Force. Fighter Command Royal Australian Air Force Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Memoir Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 41 printed sheets Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context BMilsonGWMilsonGWv1 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Maureen Clarke Claire Campbell Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. 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Pending text-based transcription Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1939-09 1942-01 1942-02 1945 13 OTU 18 Squadron 2 Group 211 Squadron 84 Squadron air gunner aircrew Anson anti-aircraft fire B-17 Blenheim bomb aimer bombing Catalina Distinguished Flying Cross Distinguished Flying Medal ditching escaping Gneisenau Hampden Harvard Hudson Hurricane Initial Training Wing Magister Me 109 mess Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy navigator observer Operational Training Unit Oxford pilot prisoner of war RAF Abu Sueir RAF Bicester RAF Bodney RAF Boscombe Down RAF Cardington RAF Coningsby RAF Cosford RAF Cranfield RAF Farnborough RAF Ford RAF Great Massingham RAF Halton RAF Hendon RAF Hinton RAF Horsham St Faith RAF Little Rissington RAF Lydda RAF Oulton RAF Polebrook RAF Portreath RAF Skegness RAF Upwood RAF Watton RAF West Raynham Red Cross Scharnhorst sport training Wellington Whitley wireless operator wireless operator / air gunner https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2852/50770/PDaviesIDW1924.1.jpg 1a20a355a0bbbf224289ba6004705193 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2852/50770/PDaviesIDW1925.1.jpg 555323e1add19bb3831308badf3d51ce Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Davies, Idwal Davies, I D W Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Davies, IDW Description An account of the resource 159 items. The collection concerns Idwal Davies (b. 1923, 1515585 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, photographs, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2859">Album,</a> service documents, letters, and decorations. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 620 Squadron. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Dafydd Glyn Davies and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-04-18 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Five airmen under the port side of their Stirling Description An account of the resource Five airmen in flying kit standing under the port side of their Stirling. On the reverse the men have filled in their names and addresses. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Boston England--Chesterfield England--Bromsgrove Jamaica Australia New South Wales--Young West Indies New South Wales Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Australian Air Force Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One b/w photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PDaviesIDW1924, PDaviesIDW1925 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription aircrew pilot Stirling https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2707/48648/SBratleyHW755503v10025.1.pdf a3186923ab113bba91b2da2f8600d967 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bratley, Harold W Bratley, H W Description An account of the resource 30 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Harold W Bratley (755503, 145716 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents and photographs. He flew operations as a wireless operator with 9 and 7 Squadrons. He was shot down and was captured but escaped and evaded through Spain. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Hayley Keady and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-03-22 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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 An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Bratley, HW Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [inserted] when [/inserted] we were suddenly pleased to be pressed hard [deleted] but [/deleted] down as we thankfully realized that the Skipper was pulling out of the dive [deleted] Thank the Lord [/deleted]. I got back to my position & was watching the Air Speed Indicator & noticed that we were losing speed rapid [sic] & when [deleted] to [/deleted] it seemed we were nearly down to the stalling speed I [deleted] [indecipherable word] [/deleted] just had to go forward to see what was happening. I found the Skipper pushing hard on the control column to level off but the old Wellington was so iced up [deleted] again [/deleted] that he couldn’t get the nose down so he eventually [deleted] cut & [/deleted] cut back the throttles & we wallowing about like a limp fish before stalling & falling out of the sky for the second time. I [deleted] went [/deleted] clambered back to my position & thought this is it. [page break] In the early days on my first tour of operational flying I recall [inserted] one raid where [/inserted] we were promised lousy weather [inserted] seven [/inserted] [deleted] the [/deleted] by the Met people. very [indecipherable word] [deleted] up to 8 or 10 Thou feet [/deleted]. How right they were. [inserted] Our Wellington [/inserted] [deleted] We [/deleted] iced up @ about 6 Thou & fell like a stone. [deleted] We all [/deleted] [indecipherable words] & clambered forward during the dive to get the front gunner out of his turret. I had a hell of a job [deleted] getting [/deleted] [inserted] with [/inserted] the bulkhead door [deleted] open [/deleted] as [indecipherable word] the [indecipherable word] pressure flattened me against the side [inserted] when [/inserted] [deleted] as [/deleted] I released the catch. I thumped him on the back & he followed me [deleted] [indecipherable word] [/deleted] & as we [inserted] were [/inserted] crawling back [page break] [underlined] 3 [/underlined] I recall clearly pushing my torch down inside my clothing so that it was next to my skin as we [deleted] were [/deleted] had the sea beneath us as far as I was aware & I reckoned I would [deleted] be [/deleted] need the torch to signal for assistance once we bailed out. [inserted] However [/inserted] At about 2 Th she pulled out & we climbed [inserted] once more [/inserted] [deleted] [indecipherable words] [/deleted] & then the skipper reported that he had normal control [deleted] once more [/deleted] so we decided to call it a night & return to base rather than try to climb back thru it all a second time. [page break] [underlined] Cambridge [/underlined] [deleted] A10 ELY [/deleted] A604 Huntingdon 16 A1 Peterboro 20 A15 MKT [Market] Deeping 8 A16 Spalding [deleted] 16 [/deleted] 12 A16 Boston A16 Stickford } 33 miles A16 Spilsby A16 Louth [horizontal line] [deleted] [underlined] 79 [/underlined] [/deleted] 89 [vertical line] A16 Grimsby [underlined] 17 [/underlined] 106 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Description of operation Description An account of the resource The document relates the experience of a pilot trying to get control of their Wellington which had iced up. The author describes an incident where he was trying to get the front gunner out of his turret, and putting his torch inside his clothing, as he would need it to signal for assistance. Once the pilot regained control, they decided to call it a night and return to base. The last page mentions route turning points. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Huntingdonshire England--Cambridgeshire England--Lincolnshire England--Huntingdon England--Peterborough England--Market Deeping England--Spalding England--Boston England--Louth England--Grimsby Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Memoir Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Four page handwritten document Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SBratleyHW755503v10025 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Steven Westwood Maureen Clarke air gunner aircrew pilot Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2620/45944/MMackieNAJ88410-210811-170001.1.jpg 4b8d3912ecdcf2c92d5ba6dfa05875cc https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2620/45944/MMackieNAJ88410-210811-170002.1.jpg 9777576055e5502b4db5f13156dc21b8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Mackie, Norman A J N A J Mackie Description An account of the resource 135 items. The collection concerns Squadron Leader Norman A J Mackie DSO, DFC (b. 1920, 88410 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, correspondence, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 83 Squadron and was shot down on his second tour after 52 operations. He evaded to Switzerland and subsequently re-escaped through France to Spain. On return to Great Britain, he retrained on Mosquito and flew a further 40 operations on 571 Squadron. He continued to fly in the RAF after the war. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Laura Carter and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-08-11 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Mackie, NAJ Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Parade orders Description An account of the resource List of sequential parade commands for parade of RAF Conningsby personnel through streets of Boston. Included colours of 9, 12 and 35 Squadron standards. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Boston Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two sided typewritten document Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MMackieNAJ88410-210811-17 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. 12 Squadron 35 Squadron 9 Squadron RAF Coningsby https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2601/45293/NHomewoodWR190724-01.2.jpg 48bd8f71bf21180f3b8d5a75d0fbf44a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Homewood, William Robert Homewood, W R Description An account of the resource 17 items. The collection concerns William Robert Homewood (1577093 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, photographs and a piece of shrapnel. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 51 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Jeffrey Homewood and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-07-24 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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 An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Homewood, WR Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource News from Distant Lands Description An account of the resource A newspaper cutting about the three Homewood brothers who are serving in the Army, Navy and Air Force. Three more articles cover other Boston residents on active service. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Boston Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Navy British Army Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One newspaper cutting Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NHomewoodWR190724-01 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription aircrew training https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2261/40743/PGrayDA21010012.1.jpg e0268ff8cb7384c359b8909d3d503bd8 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2261/40743/PGrayDA21010013.1.jpg 77b5e2977b622b0d58d1b46447c75945 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Gray, Donald Arthur Description An account of the resource 57 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Donald Arthur Gray (b. 1922, 1006912 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, correspondence and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 460 Squadron. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Catherine Burrows and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-06-10 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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 An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Gray, DA Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Flight Sergeant S A Robinson Description An account of the resource Robbie is standing wearing his full flying kit including Sidcot suit, boots, helmet and oxygen mask. On the reverse 'Robbie F/S A Robinson Boston, Lincs Bomb Aimer'. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Boston Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One b/w photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PGrayDA21010012, PGrayDA21010013 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive aircrew bomb aimer https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1986/37849/EBurnsideJGBBurnsideKE430626.1.pdf 9bdfde8c9a0d3aae3f82daa4cb0f70b8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Burnside, James Gordon Bennett J G B Burnside Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-11-16 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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 An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Burnside, JGB Description An account of the resource 44 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant James Gordon Bennett Burnside (b. 1909, 155209 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, correspondence and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 619 Squadron. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Reverend Canon Terence Alan Joyce and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [postage stamp] [postmark] Mrs. J. G. B. Burnside [underlined] at [/underlined] 33, Chilwell Road Beeston Nottingham. [page break] [calculations] [page break] Address as before. 26/6/43. Kay Darling, Many thanks for your letter received yesterday. Had a letter from Dad dated the 22nd & he writes that "mother is in Hospital, She had her operation yesterday, she seems very sick & down. Expressed a desire to see [deleted] you [/deleted] [inserted] me [/inserted], if I could possibly arrange it" so if possible I will get a 48 pass & dash up to see her. Dad is staying at Betty's place could you manage to come with me? I expect Betty could fix you up as well. Things are very much the same, afraid I haven't much in the news line. Sorry to hear you only received one letter up to Thursday, I can assure you I have written practically every other day. Did you tell Griffins that I was in the R.A.F. etc, it seems an awful long time to wait. Regarding leave I note your remarks for the 14th so will act accordingly, will try for an [page break] 2. earlier date, expect it will okay. I can't understand Pay accounts, yesterday I received the enormous sum of three pounds, I must go over & find them. Managed to get a swim with Ian the other day, it was super, also we [indecipherable word] Boston last night for a feed etc, afraid I don't like Boston very much, there are far too many of our type kicking around, personally I much prefer Horncastle, it's more like Newark. I am writing this in my office [indecipherable word] & have just got the tip I have a job of work to do, incidantly [sic] I have been duly appointed a Leader, so from the dizzy heights of same I have to administer a [indecipherable word] or so here & there. God bless darling with all my love Yours always Jim. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from James Burnside to Kay Description An account of the resource Catches up with mail and family news. Mother was in hospital and he would try and get pass to go and visit her. Discusses friends, leave and activities including going into Boston for meal which he did not like, preferred Horncastle. Mentions he had been appointed as leader. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource J G B Burnside Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-06-26 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-06-26 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Nottinghamshire England--Beeston (Nottinghamshire) England--Lincolnshire England--Boston England--Horncastle Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter and envelope Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EBurnsideJGBBurnsideKE430626 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sue Smith military living conditions military service conditions https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1986/37837/EBurnsideJGBBurnsideKE440228-0001.2.jpg 7563cd3da9f8d96cd374c6b5d0d7e47f https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1986/37837/EBurnsideJGBBurnsideKE440228-0002.2.jpg bba9360116755a00e7bd4ad9a22461fb Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Burnside, James Gordon Bennett J G B Burnside Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-11-16 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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 An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Burnside, JGB Description An account of the resource 44 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant James Gordon Bennett Burnside (b. 1909, 155209 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, correspondence and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 619 Squadron. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Reverend Canon Terence Alan Joyce and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document R.A.F. STATION CONINGSBY LINCOLN TELEPHONE: CONINGSBY 281/2/3 28-2-44 Kay Darling, News, News, had a word with the W/C & DV etc I should be on leave by this weekend, any chance of you getting some time off? Ron came over last night and took the crew to a friend in Boston Dr. Somebody or other, what a wizard feed we had, Ron really laid it on as our finishing up "Do" & believe me it was really bang-on Half expected a letter from [page break] you today but so far no luck. Received the Insurance & will see Percy when I'm on leave. Afraid I've nothing else in the news line, I really like being i/c of the section, bags to do & quite a feeling of satisfaction after doing it. Good bless Darling & don't forget I love you very much. Yours always Jim XXX Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from James Burnside to Kay Description An account of the resource Writes he had spoken to the wing commander and should be getting leave, asks if she could get time off. Writes of crew going out with friend for good feed in Boston. Mentions issuance. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource J G B Burnside Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-02-28 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-02-28 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Boston Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EBurnsideJGBBurnsideKE440228 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sue Smith military living conditions military service conditions RAF Coningsby https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1986/37825/EBurnsideJGBBurnsideKE430609-0001.1.jpg 08857fad1fc3c0eac312ff6902e90dad https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1986/37825/EBurnsideJGBBurnsideKE430609-0002.1.jpg 28952eb7d9d8158cf9cfed2999a868df Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Burnside, James Gordon Bennett J G B Burnside Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-11-16 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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 An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Burnside, JGB Description An account of the resource 44 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant James Gordon Bennett Burnside (b. 1909, 155209 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, correspondence and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 619 Squadron. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Reverend Canon Terence Alan Joyce and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [post mark][postage stamp] Mr. Jim Burnside at 33, Chilwell Road Beeston Nottingham. [page break] Address as before. 9-6-43 Kay Darling, Just a hurried note sending all my love. Many thanks for your letter received this AM. We all went to Boston on my birthday & had a feed at the Peacock & Royal, by all I mean the crew. Hard luck about your nose, what an opportunity for pulling your leg. Goodbye Sweetheart, keep smiling & don't forget what I told you about "Lucky Jim". Yours always Jim XXX & xxx for luck. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from James Burnside to Kay Description An account of the resource Sends his love. Thanks for letter. Mentions visit to Boston. Mentions he told her about lucky Jim. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource J G B Burnside Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-06-09 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-06-09 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Boston England--Nottinghamshire England--Beeston (Nottinghamshire) Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One page handwritten letter and envelope Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EBurnsideJGBBurnsideKE430609 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sue Smith military living conditions https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1986/37822/EBurnsideJGBBurnsideKE430602-0001.1.jpg 7bfc820eb0997a3aec43d085ec2f4f5d https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1986/37822/EBurnsideJGBBurnsideKE430602-0002.1.jpg bcf80f148f9f31947ab7555f2e7a3db4 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Burnside, James Gordon Bennett J G B Burnside Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-11-16 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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 An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Burnside, JGB Description An account of the resource 44 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant James Gordon Bennett Burnside (b. 1909, 155209 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, correspondence and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 619 Squadron. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Reverend Canon Terence Alan Joyce and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Address as before. June 2/43. Kay Darling. Your letter of Mondays [sic] to hand yesterday. Sorry to read that you don’t like your pen, I suggest you take it back & tell them either to change it there & then or save you a broad nib & then have it changed. You’d laugh! we have all been issued with bikes, Ian & Charlie do nothing else but ride around in circles going up banks in fact behaving like a couple of school kids. The skipper suggests that as it's my birthday we – the crew – all go to Boston tomorrow, so we’ll see! I clean forgot about the photographs, I must really attend to them when I fetch the Riley. Stil keeping pretty busy, & really like my new kite. [page break] 2. It’s nearly 10.30 & must get weaving on my laundry, should have been in today. Well sweetheart, my birthday has [deleted letter] come round again, another year gone, how do you feel with an Old man for a husband, of course I was forgetting you’r [sic] ag[deleted letter]ing at the same time: I believe you are 32! yes? no? Thank heavens Ian & Charlie have Shut up, they have done nothing but talk & argue. I’ve got that Snap of you & [indecipherable word] pinned up in front of me, do you remember? taken at Constantine Bay, you're dressed in slacks. Goodnight my Darling see you soon. All my love Yours always [underlined] Jim [/underlined]. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter from James Burnside to Kay Description An account of the resource Writes that he has been issued with a bicycle and plans to celebrate skipper's birthday. Mentions photographs and that his birthday had come and gone. End with endearment. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource J G B Burnside Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-06-02 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-06-02 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Boston Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page handwritten letter Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EBurnsideJGBBurnsideKE430602 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Frances Grundy military living conditions military service conditions https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2044/33090/PProbynEA17010010.2.jpg 4bda23b4949e9f032f4a1937d466c565 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Probyn, Ernest. Scrapbook Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-04-23 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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 An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Probyn, EA Description An account of the resource 42 items. Scrapbook containing photographs and clippings. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Jack Cottingham and Boston Stump Description An account of the resource Photo 1 is Jack at his station, captioned 'F/Sgt Jack Cottingham. Flight Engineer'. Photo 2 is a low level oblique of St Botolph's Church, captioned 'Taken from the rear turret. Boston Stump'. A third photo, captioned F/Sgt Ernie Probyn. Rear Gunner is missing. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two b/w photographs on an album page Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PProbynEA17010010 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Boston England--Lincolnshire Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive aerial photograph air gunner aircrew flight engineer Lancaster military service conditions https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1835/33040/PProbynEA17010059-0021.2.jpg 42e8b92167283b85fa5cc9ded3277d53 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Probyn, Ernest Arthur E A Probyn Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-04-23 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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 An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Probyn, EA Description An account of the resource 61 items. The collection concerns Ernest Arthur Probyn (Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, photographs, diary and a scrapbook. He flew operations as a rear gunner with 61 Squadron.<br /><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2044">Probyn, Ernest. Scrapbook</a> <br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by P Probyn and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Boston Stump Description An account of the resource A low level aerial oblique photograph of Boston St Botolph's Church, universally known as the Boston Stump. 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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. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive aerial photograph https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1414/28108/E[Author]EWareingJ440912.jpg 5cb5c8ea612925997832e606601d8a18 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Wareing, Robert R Wareing Description An account of the resource 258 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Robert Wareing DFC* (86325 Royal Air Force) and contains his flying logbooks, prisoner of war log book, memoirs, photographs, extensive personal and official correspondence, official documents, pilots/handling notes, decorations, mementos, uniform badges and buttons. He flew operations as a pilot with 106 Squadron. After a period of instructing he returned to operations on 582 Squadron but was shot down and became a prisoner of war. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Andrew Wareing and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-10-05 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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 An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Wareing, R Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document 23, Sydney Street, Boston, Lincs. September 12th Dear Joan, Father told me your sad news when I was at home this week-end. I am very sorry and you have my sincerest sympathies. As you found in March when you wrote to me, it is really difficult to express one’s feelings, but you will know now as I knew then, I am sure, how sorry I am and how much I wish I could help in some way. I felt greatly helped by the prayers of my friends then – you can reply on yours now you know. We have both been fortunate in having such happy memories. I am sorry that yours are of such a short period. With my love, Enid. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Joan Wareing from Enid Description An account of the resource Sends sympathy over her bad news. Seems to have been through a similar experience. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-09-12 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. 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For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Requires A related resource that is required by the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence. Workflow A completed Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Claire Monk killed in action missing in action Red Cross https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1088/19915/MRamseyNGC19191216-170217-010001.jpg 96fce692965c789b70c41b567e4bed62 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1088/19915/MRamseyNGC19191216-170217-010002.jpg f9d0ecabf754e2a6eb6fb5d9143a9329 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ramsey, Neil Neil Gordon Creswell Ramsey N G C Ramsey Description An account of the resource Five items. An oral history interview with Flight Lieutenant Neil Ramsey DFC (b. 1919, Royal Air Force), two cartoons and two memoirs. He flew operations with 105 Squadron. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Neil and Susan Ramsey and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-07-03 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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 An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Ramsey, NGC Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [inserted] PLEASE RETURN TO:- [/inserted] N.G.C. RAMSEY, D.F.C., [underlined] People I remember at Defford. [/underlined] [inserted] ENC. 4. [/inserted] Firstly the party at the Rose and Crown, Severn Stoke, March 8th I944: I too have a copy of the cartoon by Budd – He was a N.C.O. aircrew member who did numerous cartoons of members of “A” Flight, including Peter and myself. I was depicted a a [sic] “shooting man” in plus-fours with F/Lt sripes [sic] on the shoulder. He always signed himself Budd and I can’t remebre [sic] his name unless it was Burton (see under) Fortunately I got those attending to sign the back of the photoed [sic] cartoon and can give the names as follows: S/Ldr. Ronnie Smith D.F.C., L. Hopkins, W. Scullard, J.R. Crawford, Duncan Chisholm, - M. Darcy, Ron Leavers, J. Millar, Fred Carmichael, - Burton and N.G.C. Ramsey. Talking of shooting and Tony (not Jimmy) Meade, he and I were shotting companions and on one occasion went shooting rabbits on Bredon with the F/Sgt i/c “A” Flight groundcrew – his name escapes me although I can still picture him, he lived out on a farm on Bredon, hence the shooting there. Boffins: Boffin Bruce who never wore socks, a real eccentric. Mr Fry who had been in some sort of explosion and was disfigured. There was also a young Scot. I think working on Monica who could not ride a bike. Our geat [sic] delight was to put him on one and give him a push, he immediately fell off. Ronnie Smith did take a Lanc under the railway bridge over the Severn, I remember the mid-upper was Dunc. Chisholm who arrived back somewhat shocked. It was after a lunchtime session at the pub on the main road we used to cross on our way from Upton on Severn to Dafford. [sic] Dunc. Chisholm once took over the drums at a dance in Tewkesbury – he was superb – and told us he had once played with Fats Waller. He was as you say Canadian. By the way the session at the pub was brought about by a complete clampdown (fog) and a Met. report giving no hope of a clearance. We arrived back at camp to find a complete clearance and a Lanc. to fly. Give Ronnie his due he took it himself rather than drop someone else in. There was an Oboe re-union at the R.A.F. Club in I983 it was attended by Dr. F. E. Jones and John Hooper who organised it. There is to be another one on 22nd March, I993 again organised by John E.N. Hooper, 8, Meadow Close, Hinchley Wood, Esher, KT10 0AY. I see Dr Jones is not listed as attending so I presume he has died meantime. Others attending from HQ/AM/TRE are listed as E.L.T. Barton, AVM Sid Bufton, Sir Clifford Cornford, Sir Edward Fennesay, O.G. Williams and of course John Hooper. These name [sic] may be of interest to some of you. I will now list others I remeber [sic] or have knowledge of: [underlined] Gp. Capt. J.A. Macdonald. [/underlined] I last met him when I was Senior Ops. Controller at (1950) Transport Command H.Q. I had to see in Royal Flights and he was then Commandant of London Airport. An amusing episode occurred at “A” Flight offices when, one day, Wg. Cdr. Johnny Claydon was working under my car fitting big-end bearings. Groupie arrived and shouted come out from under that car, imagine his surprise to find not an erk (a heinous offence) but the Cg. Cdr. Flying. All he said was “Oh it’s you Johnny”. Lt. Cdr. Millward last heard of a senior executive of BEA in the early fifties. Wg. Cdr. Jackson, a boffin in uniform, maybe a liason [sic] officer. He had an office close to “A” flight and was reputed to be the owner of The News of the World and a friend of Churchill. Wg. Cdr Johnny Claydon, was the son of a garage proprietor at Deal, hence the episode above, given his expertise. Flt. Lt. Brian Smithers usec [sic] to play Chopin’s No. 1 Piano concerto at the same time as the recording by Rubinstein. I last met him in a night club in Athens. The band were on strike and Brian, then a Captain with BOAC (I945) was still playing the same piece. I recognised it from the bar, went over to the pianist and it was Brian. Moore: There were two Moores, the first must have left soon after I got to Defford since my wife and I took over his quarters in Upton. Was it “Dinty”? [page break] Lawrence Moore. He was a very keen bridge player. S/Ldr. Vernon Motion, a real smoothie in the Offensive Section. Reputed to be a stockbroker, lived out in Tewkesbury. F/O Jimmy Duff – Second i/c Armoury drove a smart SS 100 F/Lt Jack Etchells – believed related to one of the chiefs at Dunlop – drove a I939 drophead coupe M.G. Jack was by way of being a friend of mine and I would like to hear what became of him. We made up a foursome of car owners, Johnny Claydon, 2 1/2 litre SS, Ronnie Smith, Drophead Coupe Humber, Jack M.G. and myself Daimler Light I5. One of the Navs. was named Tait, with connections to my home town, Boston. I think he has a DGM (escaper?) or maybe Army co-op, on second thoughts. The Signals officer whose name eludes me drove a Singer Le Mans Coupe. Sdn. Ldr. Randall was, I think more specialised. I recently met: Ted (Tony) Barton who was definitely there when we were, he was I gather, a M.T. fitter. He now owns a fleet of coaches in Sleaford, Lincs. I did not know him at Defford; but we compared notes at a recent birthday party. Vic. Haley M.N. (escaper) and Taffy Bidder [brackets] Were both killed in a Mosquito, nightflying [sic] at the PFF Conversion Flight at Warboys. They were going on to OBOE on either 105 or 108. I went through Warboys just afterwrds [sic] on my way to 105 Sqn. [/brackets] Canadians – F/O Ed. Higgins, married a WAAF officer in Tewkesbury Abbey and last heard of they were living in Toronto. Ed used to go home with me to Boston and on visiting new friends he recognised a picture of Boston “Stump”. The other couple had emigrated and they wrote back to their parents. Ed, in fact, knew the girl’s father whom he had met with me at the local farmer’s club. Bourassa (not, I Think, Bourgasser) was a French Canadian. Flying Officer Johnny Turnbull married Flight Off. Joan Turnbull. Another WAAF Officer (from Tunbridge Wells area) was Pam Turnbull, she was the Cypher Officer and I remember that she, Johnny Clayden and I visited the cinema on the eve of “D” Day. They knew it was on, I discovered afterwards. I do remember the other names in the letters received from Peter; but unfortunately my log book is missing so I have to rely on my failing memory. I must add a word about Griff. He was reuted [sic] to have been a Trawler Skipper before the war and his SSC. In any event he was a very keen and remarkable sailor. After the war all Commands had a prize yacht, liberated from the German Baltic fleet. I did my first trip with Griff when I was a T.C. H.Q. and he taught me to sail. In I952 I navigated “Sea Lion” in the Cowes-Dinard R.A.R.C. race and we won “A” Div. of Class 1 (The big boys). The following year I was posted to Abingdon a few days before the race. I reported to H.Q. to see the Group Captain (Griff, of course). The Adjt. said the Gp. Capt. never sees new arrivals; but I persuaded him to tell Griff. He rushed out of the office and said “what the hell are you doing here, Neil, you should be preparing for the I953 race” I said I thought it not a good idea to start on a new Squadron by disapearing [sic] and he said “Character building sports take precedence over flying any day. However I persuaded him that my new Squadron Commander might have different views. A really great chap Griff. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource People I remember at Defford Description An account of the resource An article written by Neil Ramsey referring to a cartoon drawn by 'Budd'. He details the social life and personalities on the base including Ronnie Smith, who flew a Lancaster under a Severn railway bridge. Reference is made of an Oboe reunion in 1983, listing a few of the attendees. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Neil Ramsey Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Neil Ramsey Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two typewritten sheets Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MRamseyNGC19191216-170217-010001, MRamseyNGC19191216-170217-010002 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Severn Bridge (Railroad bridge) Greece--Athens England--Boston Canada Ontario--Toronto Ontario Greece England--Lincolnshire Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-03-08 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tricia Marshall Maureen Clarke aircrew Churchill, Winston (1874-1965) Distinguished Flying Cross entertainment ground personnel Lancaster Mosquito Oboe Pathfinders radar RAF Abingdon RAF Defford RAF Warboys Women’s Auxiliary Air Force https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1009/18716/EMadgettPMadgettAG-JR430903-0001.2.jpg a69fe402179d699a3ad1a5076b30a3c1 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1009/18716/EMadgettPMadgettAG-JR430903-0002.2.jpg 86b93d283f34e8f92123de25aa18ae8d https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1009/18716/EMadgettPMadgettAG-JR430903-0003.2.jpg fb37cdaf368b830de07ca946d962fa55 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Madgett, Hedley Robert H R Madgett Description An account of the resource 250 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Hedley Madgett DFM (1922 - 1943, 147519, 1330340 Royal Air Force), a pilot with 61 Squadron. He was killed 18 August 1943 on the last operation of his tour from RAF Syerston to Peenemünde. The collection consists of letters, postcards and telegrams to his parents while he was training in the United Kingdom and Canada. In addition the collection contains memorabilia, documents from the Air Training Corps, artwork, a railway map, diaries, medals as well as his logbook, photographs of people, places and aircraft. Also contains letters of condolence to parents and a sub collection containing a photograph album with 44 items of his time training in Canada'.<br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Joan Madgett and Carol Gibson, and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /><br /><span>Additional information on Hedley Madgett is available via the&nbsp;</span><a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/114690/" title="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/madgett-hr/ ">IBCC Losses Database</a><span>.</span> Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-03-17 2019-06-14 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Madgett, H Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document 77 Richmond Rd. Sidcup, Kent. 3.9.43. Dear Mum and Dad, I received your letters and parcels OK a few days ago and very nice they were too. The pea-nut had “spread” a bit, but otherwise it was alright. Had another letter from Nell the other day and seems to be keeping the same as per usual. We should have an interesting time this Sunday with the “sockless [page break] and shirtless army” – we’ve got a run with Regular Army Don R’s round Cleethorpes, Sleaford and Boston etc. – about 150 miles in all. It’ll be OK if its not raining, but it’s 10 to one that it will be – knowing the weather we get round here. The weathers a bit better now, but for the last week or two its been terrible – we’ll get used to it one of these days. Thanks for the local paper, it’s a pretty good description of how Hedley got his DFM, and [page break] Reading it makes me more determined than ever to do something active, instead of sticking around in a classroom all day, listening to the bombers going over. Glad to hear the chickens are still OK, and running about with the others – it doesn’t seem the other day since they were just hatched. Well, I think I’ve run out of news for now so I’ll say Cheerio Peter Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Hedley Madgett's parents from his brother Peter Description An account of the resource Thanks for parcels and catches up with news of friends. Writes of upcoming events and weather. Notes reading in the paper about how Hedley won Distinguished Flying Medal. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource P Madgett Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-09-03 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Three page handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EMadgettPMadgettAG-JR430903 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Lincoln England--Cleethorpes England--Boston Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-09-03 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource David Bloomfield Distinguished Flying Medal https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1147/11704/PStonemanMW1801.jpg 509d5227e21a19d7e4a5cb777fffce65 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1147/11704/AStonemanMW180605.mp3 5383088c11d268370aacf1062d3a73e3 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Stoneman, Maurice Description An account of the resource An oral history interview with Maurice Stoneman (1923 - 2018). He flew operations as a flight engineer with 57 and 9 Squadrons. The collection was catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-06-05 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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 An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Stoneman, MW Transcribed audio recording A resource consisting primarily of recorded human voice. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document DK: Let me introduce myself. So this is David Kavanagh for the International Bomber Command Centre interviewing Mr Maurice Stoneman [redacted] Other: In Farnborough. DK: in Farnborough. MS: [unclear] Cameron. DK: I’ll, I’ll just put that there. The date is the, where are we? 5th of — Other: 5th of June. DK: The 5th of June 2018. Other: Right. So I’m going to have a cigar now. DK: Okay. Other: I’ll be back in a minute Mog. DK: Okay. So, can, can you remember much about your time in the RAF? MS: Very well. I knew my crew. And from there I went to the parachute school. DK: Right. MS: Excuse me. DK: That’s okay. Take your time. It’s alright. MS: Yeah. DK: Is this your crew here? MS: That’s the crew. Yeah. DK: Yeah. So which one’s you? MS: There’s me. DK: That’s you. MS: Yeah. There’s the skipper. And he, he’s no longer with us. He had a prang. DK: Really. MS: He was crop spraying and ran into a tree. DK: Oh dear. Can you remember his name? MS: Yeah. Johnny Ludford. DK: Donny Lodford? MS: Ludford. DK: Ludford. Johnny Ludford. Right. Okay. MS: Yeah. That was a headmaster of a school in Edinburgh. DK: Right. MS: And he was an Eton schoolboy that one. DK: Right. MS: And that was Buzz. He’s just passed away. DK: Right. MS: I don’t know what happened. There was a Canadian. I know. DK: That’s you. MS: There. Yeah. DK: Yeah. MS: I don’t know what that bloke’s doing now. DK: So, so that’s you. You. Right. Going on. MS: That’s me there. That was our mid-upper. DK: Right. So you were the flight engineer. MS: I was the flight engineer. Yeah. DK: Right. So that’s the flight engineer. You. That’s the pilot. MS: Yeah. DK: Mid-upper gunner. MS: Yeah. Navigator. DK: Navigator. Yeah. MS: Bomb aimer. DK: Bomb aimer. MS: Wireless op. DK: Wireless operator. MS: Rear gunner. DK: Right. Can you, can you remember their names? MS: No. No. DK: No. Okay. MS: Johnny Ludford. Buzz, wireless op. Woody, he was the schoolboy. He attended [pause] what was that place near Windsor? DK: Eton. MS: Eton. DK: Eton. He went to Eton did he? MS: He was an Eton schoolboy. DK: Right. MS: And, and a very posh talk, you know and we used to pull his leg. But he flew. He flew in to a tree. He was low flying crop spraying and there should have been two on board. One was a lookout. He was the pilot and he hit a tree. DK: In South Africa. And was killed. Oh dear. MS: Yeah. Yeah. I don’t know which school but he was the headmaster of that school. DK: That’s the navigator. MS: Yeah. And that’s the wireless op. DK: Right. MS: And the rear gunner. Canadian. Mid-upper gunner. DK: Right. MS: Flight engineer. DK: Right. Okay. So, can you, can you recall which squadrons you were with? MS: Yeah. 57. DK: Just making sure we’re okay. MS: 57. Yeah. DK: Right. MS: At East Kirkby. DK: East Kirkby. Right. MS: And I remember we were near Boston and we used to come across the North Sea around there at Boston. What did they call it? DK: The Boston Stump. MS: The Stump. Yeah. The Stump. Go round, round, we used to, and around Lincoln Cathedral and land. But when we saw Boston Stump we said we’re home. DK: Home. MS: We made it. DK: So, how many operations did you fly? MS: Twenty-nine. DK: Twenty-nine. MS: They wouldn’t let, they wouldn’t [pause] but I laid, one part I laid mines. DK: Right. MS: In the Konigsberg Canal and we went low and laid these mines. And there was two German warships there. Gneisenau [pause] I can’t think of the other. DK: Scharnhorst. Was it the Scharnhorst? MS: There was two warships. DK: Right. Okay. MS: Gneisenau. And I went through this this morning in my mind and now I’ve forgotten it. DK: Was it the Prince Eugen? The Prince Eugen? MS: Yeah. DK: Ah right. The Prince Eugen. MS: Eugen. Yeah. Eugen. Yeah. DK: So, so you actually saw those two battleships. MS: Yeah. There was two of them and they were trapped in there for three weeks. Couldn’t get out because we were laying mines there. And we went down that low and off to port across Poland all the Polish people were — DK: Waving to you. MS: Yeah. DK: Waving. MS: Yeah. DK: So you were that low. Yeah. MS: We were that low dropping food and we were that low we were [pause] that middle picture there. DK: Ah. MS: Yeah DK: Let’s have a look. MS: The Duke of Edinburgh gave me a copy of that. DK: So, that was — MS: For each of the crew. DK: So, that was, that was Operation Manna. MS: Yeah. DK: Yeah. How many? How many Manna trips did you do? MS: Altogether I did twenty-nine. Plus laying the mines. And thirty-one. DK: Thirty-one. Is it okay if I have a look at your logbook? MS: You’re very welcome. DK: Thank you very much. MS: I’m afraid it’s got a bit worn. DK: Well it’s a bit old now, isn’t it? MS: Yeah. DK: So, you had a nickname of Mog then, did you? MS: Mog. Yeah. DK: Yeah. MS: The crew didn’t call me Mog. DK: No. MS: It’s the people here call me Mog. DK: Right. Okay. So, so you were 1943 then. I’m reading from the logbook. So you were with 57 Squadron. MS: Yeah. DK: And your pilot was Ludford. L U D F O R D. MS: Yeah. Johnny Ludford. DK: Johnny. MS: Johnny Ludford, and he, as I say he was crop spraying in Africa and he flew in to a tree. DK: Oh dear. Was he, was he a good pilot? MS: Yeah. DK: You felt, felt happy with him? Did you? MS: Yeah. Because my seat was next to his and I operated the, Johnny just used to steer it. DK: Right. MS: And I’d operate the throttles and the rev counters. I did all that. Otherwise it would have been monotonous. DK: Yeah. MS: But I sat next to Johnny. I met his, his father who took that photograph of the crew. DK: Right. So, so you, you and the pilot had to work as a team did you? MS: We certainly did. Yeah. DK: So he’s, he’s controlling the aircraft and you’re controlling the engines. MS: Yeah. DK: Right. MS: Yeah. DK: So you had to know what the engines were doing then, did you? MS: Yeah. Well, he would start them off at the take off, and then when we got to a certain speed I would follow his hand up with all four engines. DK: So you’d follow his hand up on the throttles. MS: Yeah. Yeah. DK: And then, and then you took over the throttle controls then. MS: Yeah. He would, he had to steer it. DK: Yeah. MS: Now, I controlled the throttles until we were airborne and get the flaps up, and got the revs out. DK: So did, is it something you could still today do you think? Could you get into a Lancaster today and take off? MS: I could do it I think. DK: Yeah. MS: But the controls are a bit more modern. DK: Right. So just, I’m just looking at your logbook here. MS: Yeah. DK: So, it’s 1943, and November the 5th and you’re doing a lot of training flights by the looks of it. Training. MS: Doing what? DK: Training flights. MS: Yeah. DK: Yeah. Bullseye. MS: Yeah. DK: Remember a bullseye? MS: Yeah. I enjoyed that actually. DK: So what was a bullseye then? MS: I’d sit next to the pilot and I would operate the throttles. Everything. He would steer it. DK: And on your right you’ve got the controls to the engines, haven’t you? Dials. MS: Yeah. DK: Yeah. So what, what did you have to do with the dials? MS: Well, usually once we got airborne I didn’t have to do much. DK: Right. MS: But I’d pull up the flaps. The undercart. Yeah. I did all that. The flaps. DK: Right. MS: Undercart. But I enjoyed it. I enjoyed the flying side. DK: Did you, did you control the flaps and the undercarriage when you landed as well? MS: Yeah. DK: So as you’re landing. MS: Before — DK: Johnny’s, Johnny’s controlling it. MS: That’s right. When we came in to land the skipper would say, ‘Wheels down.’ DK: Put the wheels down. MS: I’d put the wheels down. The flaps, fifteen when we took off. DK: So just looking at your logbook you’ve done an operation here. Your first operation to Berlin. MS: Yeah. DK: Do you remember? Do you remember going to Berlin? MS: Nine times. DK: Nine times. MS: Yeah. DK: And what was it like? A trip to Berlin. MS: You got flak up your bum [laugh] It was dodgy. And one time we landed. I’d got across the North Sea on two engines. DK: Right. MS: And then we crash landed in the Wash. DK: Oh. MS: In the Wash. And Boston Stump was just over there. And the air sea rescue people were there to pick us up. DK: Right. Can you remember what happened to the two engines? MS: Yeah. DK: Had they been hit by flak? MS: They were, they were alright. It was the supply. A shell hit the supply. DK: A shell. MS: A shell. MS: Yeah. Ack-ack. DK: Right. MS: Hit the supply. And so I switched them both off otherwise you’re losing fuel. DK: So the shell hit the fuel supply and you’re losing fuel so you switch off the engines. MS: Yeah. DK: Yeah. MS: Switched them off. Switched the supply to starboard off. DK: And, and can you remember much about crashing on the sea then? Because you said you landed in the Wash. MS: Yeah. On a sandbank. DK: On a sandbank. Ah. You weren’t actually in the water. MS: Not actually in the water but RNLI came in and saw we were okay. DK: Right. MS: And they took us [pause] from, from 57 Squadron. They came and picked us up. Went to their mess. But we reported it. One of their fighters was shot down. DK: Right. MS: And we saw the pilot on a parachute. DK: Right. MS: And we reported it and he then came to the mess. He then, he married an English girl [laughs] DK: So, so he was a German pilot. MS: German pilot shot down but we took him to the mess. DK: Right. MS: And — DK: He later married an English girl. MS: He, yeah he married one of the girls there. DK: Can, can, can you recall where this German aircraft was shot down? Was it over England? MS: No. The North Sea. DK: Right. Okay. MS: North Sea. And the RNI, RNLI went and picked him up. DK: Right. That wasn’t your aircraft that shot him down was it? MS: No. DK: No. MS: No. He was shot down by a Mosquito. DK: Right. MS: Yeah. The Mossie had a bit more fuel than the single seater fighter. DK: Did you have a drink with him in the mess then? Did you? MS: We did indeed [laughs] DK: What was it like meeting a German then? MS: Well, the point is he seemed to know Great Britain. So he weren’t a complete stranger. DK: Oh. DK: But he talked good English anyway. DK: He talked good English. Yeah. MS: Yeah. We, well, broken English. DK: It must have been very strange meeting your enemy then. MS: Yeah. DK: So I’m just looking at your logbook again. So you’d done nine trips to Berlin. MS: Yeah. Out of all the trips we did nine to Berlin. DK: Right. And you’ve also got Leipzig. Do you remember going to Leipzig? MS: Yeah. Leipzig. DK: And Frankfurt. MS: Yeah. Leipzig and Frankfurt. DK: So you got Brunswick on the 14th of January 1944. MS: Yeah. We bombed a dam. DK: Oh. MS: When what’s his name got all the publicity about bursting a dam — DK: The Dambusters. MS: We were bombing a dam further over. DK: They didn’t make a film about you though. MS: No. Möhne and Eder Dam. DK: So, I’ve just got here you did an operation to Berlin. MS: Yeah. DK: 15th of February 1944. And it says diverted to Swinderby. MS: Yeah. Swinderby. Yeah. DK: Can you remember why you had to go there? MS: Yeah. We lost our brakes. DK: Right. Okay. MS: And at Swinderby, I think Swinderby [pause] I didn’t think it was Swinderby. Anyway, we touched down at a special aerodrome where they let you touch down, across came out a wire. DK: Oh right. MS: On our tail wheel. And that slowed us down. DK: Oh okay. Okay. And you’ve got on here 19th of February 1944 you’d gone to Leipzig again. MS: Yeah. DK: And you’ve written in here, “Ju 88. No hydraulics, oxygen. Electrical failures.” MS: Yeah. DK: Right. MS: That was the worst raid. DK: Can you remember that? So you were attacked by a German Ju88. MS: Junkers 88. Yeah. DK: Can, can you remember much about that? MS: I remember him coming over the top and he hit the mid-upper gunner and wounded him. DK: Right. MS: But we got him back and he was in hospital. DK: Right. MS: He didn’t make it. DK: Oh [pause] So the Ju88 attacked you and killed your mid-upper gunner. MS: Yeah. DK: Right. You’ve put here brackets, “Shaky do.’’ Is that, is that an understatement? Right. So you remember the attack by the Ju88 then. MS: Yeah. DK: Did your gunners fire back? MS: Yeah. They, oh yeah. The rear gunner he was really good too. He was quick. And we know the rear gunner got one of the Junkers 88. But in the main the Mosquitoes and what’s the twin boom aircraft? DK: The Lightning? MS: Lightning. Yeah. Yeah. The Lightning. DK: That, that — MS: Yeah. He got, he came with us and he followed the Junkers 88 and we know that that aircraft pranged in the North Sea. DK: So it was shot down then. Right. And, and can you remember coming back then ‘cause from Leipzig because your aircraft’s damaged? MS: Yeah. Yeah. I remember that and Boston. There was a Boston Stump. And we’d go around Boston Stump, around Lincoln Cathedral and touch down. DK: At East Kirkby. Yeah. So just going through your logbook again you went to Stuttgart twice. Frankfurt. Essen. Nuremberg. MS: Frankfurt was a difficult one. DK: Right. MS: There was a lot of ack-ack on the way in. DK: So I’ve got here Frankfurt. That was on the 22nd of March 1944. MS: Yeah. DK: So that was a lot of flak fired. MS: Yeah. I can’t remember all those dates DK: No. No. No. No. And you’ve got an interesting one here. It’s the 5th of April 1944. Toulouse. MS: Toulouse. Yeah. DK: Yeah. And you’ve put here, “Nine tenths target destroyed.” MS: Yeah. DK: Was that a successful raid then? MS: Yeah. Mind you sometimes it was awkward because the Germans were in France and we, we took them on. I don’t know where. Toulouse. Yeah. Yeah. Toulouse it was, I think. And we took, took them on. DK: Right. And it says you actually attacked at six thousand feet in a full moon so — MS: Yeah. DK: Can you remember that? Clear conditions. MS: Yeah. DK: So you’ve got here Danzig Bay where you’re dropping mines. Dropping mines. MS: Yeah. DK: Yeah. MS: Yeah. Yeah. The two German warships. We dropped in the entrance and we dropped mines there and the Germans couldn’t get in. DK: Right. MS: Took them three weeks to clear the mines. DK: So that was very successful then. MS: Yeah. DK: Yeah. MS: I remember we kept the, kept the Germans at bay for another three weeks. I remember the Toulouse raid. DK: Right. MS: The Toulouse raid. That was a close call. DK: Can you remember what happened? MS: Yeah. We got hit in several places. I had to shut the engines off and we landed in the banks of a [pause] I can’t think of it. We were in the banks of the Wash anyway. DK: Yeah. Other: As I said, David, I don’t know if it’s in there but he was actually on the Tirpitz raid as well. DK: Oh right. Okay. Other: Presume that was with 9 Squadron. DK: Yeah. So you finished with 9 Squadron then and you’d gone off to the Lancaster Finishing School. MS: Yeah. I was an instructor. DK: And then it looks like you spent a bit of time with 50 Squadron. 50 Squadron. Five zero Squadron. MS: Yeah. Well, 57 was my main squadron. DK: Right. Oh, hang on. I’m going on a bit. Sorry. My fault. MS: The main thing that annoyed us was I was commissioned and a friend of mine I went through the ATC. The lot. But he failed his exam and he had a, he had a separate room to me and I said no, on the train this was going down to Cosford to the engineer’s course. And then they came and I said I wanted to stay with him. And the squadron leader came and ordered me out of that. I had to go in to the first class. DK: Right. MS: He ordered me to go and I left this bloke. My friend. We went through the ATC, the lot together. And he just failed his exam. DK: Right. Okay. Do you want to take a bit of a rest there? I’ll just stop this for a moment. [recording paused] DK: How do you look back now on your time now in the RAF? In Bomber Command. How do you look back on it? MS: Yeah. [pause] Yeah. I just wish that the skipper was alive. The last one as far as I know was the wireless op, Buzz. DK: Right. MS: And his son rang. Rang me up to say, ‘We lost dad.’ So — Other: That was a couple of years ago. DK: Right. So — [pause] MS: Yeah. Other: And your skipper was Johnny Ludford. MS: He was a good bloke. DK: Yeah. Done that. MS: A good crew we had really. DK: A good crew. Yeah. MS: Good and friendly. A Canadian. When we got back we had a moon stand down of four days. Our rear gunner, Canadian, he went back home and he got three months holiday [laughs] And we had just about four days I think it was. DK: So the Canadians got three months and you got four days. [pause] DK: So, in 19 — you then went to 9 Squadron. Do you remember 9 Squadron? MS: No. I did the one trip in 9 Squadron. DK: Only one. MS: And then peace was declared. DK: Right. So you went to 9 Squadron. You flew Lancaster WST and you did one operation to Pilsen. Pilsen. P I L S E N. MS: Yeah. DK: So, that’s when the war’s ended. MS: Yeah. DK: And did you do the Operation Manna trips then? Dropping the food. MS: Well, I was posted to Kidlington. DK: Right. MS: And from there I was at High Wycombe. That was a parachute school. DK: Right. MS: And I did several jumps, you know. Parachute jumps. And when I got to Kidlington they, they wanted to know what I did, and as a favour I did a parachute jump and landed in a field near the officer’s mess. Then we all went and had a drink. [pause – pages turning] DK: Okay. I’ll end it there. I can see you’re getting a little bit tired. If you want to have your drink I’ll turn that off now. [recording paused] DK: Just put that back on again. You’ve got some photos here. So that’s from 1945. [pause] MS: Yeah. That’s me. DK: Okay. MS: I was second. Second in command. DK: So, that’s at Skellingthorpe in 1945 and you’re third one in, is it? That one. MS: Yeah. DK: So, is that you there? MS: No. Next to him. Yeah. Next to — DK: Next. MS: Next to the silly bugger there [laughs] DK: Right. That’s you there. Right. Okay. [pause] MS: Those are photographs of the parade. DK: So, they’re after the war, are they? MS: I had to attend them. Yeah. There’s me. I’ve got a mark over them. There. DK: Oh that’s you there. Right. Okay. So that’s post war then. That’s 19 — MS: It was a very difficult because those rifles look a bit like that. And that bloke was doing his National Service. And that was the CO. DK: So that’s 1955 then. MS: Yeah. DK: So what year did you leave the RAF? Do you recall? MS: I don’t know. DK: No. Okay. Okay. Other: I think it was ’54. DK: Oh ‘54. Yeah. From ’45. Okay. Let’s stop that there. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Interview with Maurice Stoneman Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource David Kavanagh Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-06-05 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context AStonemanMW180605, PStonemanMW1801 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 00:35:15 audio recording Language A language of the resource eng Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Description An account of the resource Maurice Stoneman was posted to 57 Squadron at RAF East Kirkby as the flight engineer on Lancasters in 1943. He recalls that, on returning from operations, they used to fly around the Boston Stump and around Lincoln Cathedral before finally landing. In total, Maurice flew 29 operations across Europe. During an early operation mines were dropped in the Königsberg canal, blocking the exit of the German ships the Prinz Eugen and Gneisenau for three weeks. On one operation, anti-aircraft fire had cut the fuel to two engines. They had to crash land on a sandbank in the Wash. Air Sea Rescue came out and picked them up. In February 1944, their aircraft lost its brakes and was diverted to RAF Swinderby, where a cable across the runway was used to catch the tail wheel and bring them to a safe stop. During a flight, a German pilot was seen to parachute out of his aircraft and land in the sea and was rescued by Air Sea Rescue. He was taken to the squadron mess and entertained by Maurice. An operation to Leipzig resulted in his aircraft being attacked by a Ju 88. The mid-upper gunner was seriously wounded, later dying in hospital. The aircraft lost hydraulics and oxygen. Maurice describes this operation as ‘a shaky do’. He transferred to a Lancaster Finishing School as an instructor, and then to 9 Squadron for one final bombing operation before the war ended. He also took part in Operation Manna. 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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staves, Malcom Ely M E Staves Description An account of the resource 77 items. The collection concerns Flying Officer Malcom Staves (1924 - 2012, 1591418, 203137 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, items, documents, photographs, and training notebooks. He flew operations as a wireless operator with 207 Squadron. <br /><br />There is also a sub collection concerning Flight Lieutenant&nbsp;<a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/1020">D A MacArthur.</a><br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Christina Chatwin and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-02-26 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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 An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Staves, ME Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document The Hollies Stickford 20th November 1947 Dear Malcolm Just a line to let you know we have got all the apples pulled the wind blew them all of[sic] we picked about 16st. up so we had a bit of sport picking up we have sold 24st so we have got plenty of money yes but it soon goes. so does the fire logs we shall be ready for some more before Xmas so when you have a few minutes to spare just pop over and get us a few more. and dont[sic] forget to bring some food[?] and blow us up. [page break] hoping this finds you both well. With love from Grandad & Granma[?] H.I.[?]R. Ely. Tally oh keep smiling Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Malcolm Staves Description An account of the resource A letter to Malcolm Staves from his grandparents, with some notes from the farm. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1947-11-20 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two handwritten sheets Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EStavesMEStaves[GF-GM]471120-0001, EStavesMEStaves[GF-GM]471120-0002 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Boston England--Lincolnshire Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sue Smith David Bloomfield Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1947-11 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1011/11360/EStavesMEStaves[GF-GM]451115-0001.jpg 5249f3a3745f884dc5d92d7e38ad36a5 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1011/11360/EStavesMEStaves[GF-GM]451115-0002.jpg 2543f363cf83b17642f46c2d2a5ab08e https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1011/11360/EStavesMEStaves[GF-GM]451115-0003.jpg c1e56b5adc13e193c34a00b2eb057ebd Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staves, Malcom Ely M E Staves Description An account of the resource 77 items. The collection concerns Flying Officer Malcom Staves (1924 - 2012, 1591418, 203137 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, items, documents, photographs, and training notebooks. He flew operations as a wireless operator with 207 Squadron. <br /><br />There is also a sub collection concerning Flight Lieutenant&nbsp;<a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/1020">D A MacArthur.</a><br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Christina Chatwin and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-02-26 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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 An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Staves, ME Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [postmark] [postage stamp] 1591418 F/S Staves M. E. C/o Sgts. Mess. R.A.F. Station Methwold Nr Thetford [underlined] Norfolk. [/underlined] [page break] The Hollies Stickford Boston 15th Nov 1945 Dear Malcolm, Just a line now the fits on I have just been feeding pig & poultry & collecting eggs just one egg so you may guess it was rather disappointing, in fact I tell piggie but we are going to him on the 10th Dec if things go alright it is getting a very good pig so if you can come over and see us on that date you would be very useful if you wudnt [sic] kill it you could scratch some of the hair of, so much for the poor pig we have just about finished with the apples we have sold about 21st [sic] at 5/0 per stone so you may guess we have got heaps of money now anyway we keep strugling [sic] on we are saving some cold potatoes and cauliflower pickled onions ready when you come but dont [sic] forget to razor and apron as it look [inserted] very good [/inserted] [page break] Your Aunt Phoebe the last we heard she was improving so we hope she will soon be better and home again I think some of us is going to see her next Sunday then we shall see how She is we had a letter from your mother the other morning she told us about you been busy packing up I expect it not a very lively place perhaps you will not be there long I hope they will move you to Kirkby then you could soon pop in. So much for this lot, we are keeping real well and get about as usual Ben Walter Tom are all well Maud, Will, Peter are well hoping to hear from you when you have got spare time. So Cheerio With lots of Love From Grandad & Grandma H, & R, Ely Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Malcolm Staves Description An account of the resource A letter to Malcolm Staves from his grandparents. News from the farm and family matters. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945-11-15 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two handwritten sheets and an envelope Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. 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For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tricia Marshall David Bloomfield Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1945-11 aircrew RAF Methwold https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1011/11359/EStavesMEStaves[GF-GM]431221-0001.jpg f1cf2d1707df27738061bc8d4084caec https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1011/11359/EStavesMEStaves[GF-GM]431221-0002.jpg 315087d16c2e8607ddb0496e1c05db54 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1011/11359/EStavesMEStaves[GF-GM]431221-0003.jpg 87c761039c151bfaf86fd087e88f739e Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staves, Malcom Ely M E Staves Description An account of the resource 77 items. The collection concerns Flying Officer Malcom Staves (1924 - 2012, 1591418, 203137 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, items, documents, photographs, and training notebooks. He flew operations as a wireless operator with 207 Squadron. <br /><br />There is also a sub collection concerning Flight Lieutenant&nbsp;<a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/1020">D A MacArthur.</a><br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Christina Chatwin and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-02-26 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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 An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Staves, ME Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [postmark] 1591418. A.C.2 Staves M. E. 5 Hut 5 Site Class 10 – E B Squadron No 2 Air Crew Wing Royal Air Force Madley Nr Hereford [page break] The Hollie’s Stickford Boston [inserted] 21st Dec 1943 [/inserted] My Dear Malk, we are writing to wish you may have a nice xmas we did not know yours Addres [sic] untill [sic] your Mother sent it we are writing to six Grandsons to night [sic] you know what that means I am starting them then your Grandad is finsuing [sic] them, we had a box dates from Harry the other day, we keep hearing from him he is well that is all they can say, we had a letter from your Mother she said they was [sic] going to some friends for xmas day she said it would seem strang [sic] without you going with them but hope they will have a nice time and you will have plenty to eat when this job is over we hope to see it over soon, your Aunt Maud Billie & Pete is well Peter is busy making Airplanes he is making them for people for their boys you will be hearing from them no douth [sic], now I will give over and leave room for your Grandad with love from Grandma xxxxxxxxxxx [page break] Dear Malc I was thinking about you the other day when I was cutting my finger nails you thought that I kept them very tidy, so do I, well we keep hearing from Cottingham they seem to be alright we sent them a few apples and a little chicken of course if you had been at home we should have had to sent [sic] a couple lets hope you will at home for another Xmas. I think as things are looking now the war will soon be over they are getting a good smashing about now and I hope they will not forget it of a Thousand years Well I must close so Cheerio With best wishes for the future And the best of luck From Grannie 83 years & Grandad 81 years Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letters to Malcolm Staves Description An account of the resource Two letters to Malcolm Staves from his grandparents. Domestic news and wishes him a good christmas. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943-12-21 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two handwritten sheets and an enveloppe Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. 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For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tricia Marshall David Bloomfield Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-12-25 RAF Madley https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1011/11358/EStavesMEStaves[GF-GM]400712-0001.jpg ba915452e8fd72893f339c78c1ad4501 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1011/11358/EStavesMEStaves[GF-GM]400712-0002.jpg 99ed500a173c8e3435d9bd4b77dad9f3 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1011/11358/EStavesMEStaves[GF-GM]400712-0003.jpg fe03d3173979e027813b642aeffee02b Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Staves, Malcom Ely M E Staves Description An account of the resource 77 items. The collection concerns Flying Officer Malcom Staves (1924 - 2012, 1591418, 203137 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, items, documents, photographs, and training notebooks. He flew operations as a wireless operator with 207 Squadron. <br /><br />There is also a sub collection concerning Flight Lieutenant&nbsp;<a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/1020">D A MacArthur.</a><br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Christina Chatwin and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-02-26 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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 An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Staves, ME Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [postage stamp] [postmark] P/O Staves M. E. Officers Mess R.A.F. Tuddenham Bury St. Edmunds [underlined] Suffolk [/underlined] [page break] The Hollies Stickford Boston Lincs 12th July 1940 Dear [indecipherable word] Received your interesting letter very pleased to hear you are a good boy and getting promoted. I hope you get out soon with a big pension. I must tell you Harry at the mill has got discharged at last but I expect he will not get so much money but that will not matter as they need him so badly at home. Well so much for that it dont [sic] get me shaved Well we keep trudging along plenty to do in the garden I was pulling peas last night so we had a bust up for dinner today with new potatoes and peas weve [sic] had plenty of gooseberries and black currants, several busts up. [page break] We had a few hours leave last Sunday week we went to Sutton on the Sunday and came back on the Tuesday so we were not away long but when you get spent out home you have to come. I expect Gwen & Mac will soon be leaving Cottingham your mam will feel very lonely for a while, but she will soon get used to it, it’s a very busy world there seems [inserted] more [/inserted] to do than can be done. Well I shall have to draw to a close, we have just put on the nine news so its getting nearly roost time So Cheerio Keep nipping about With Love from Grandad & Grannie Tally oh Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Letter to Malcolm Staves Description An account of the resource A letter to Malcolm from his Grandparents. A lot of domestic news but also congratulates Malcolm on his promotion. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940-07-12 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two handwritten sheets and envelope Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EStavesMEStaves[GF-GM]400712-0001, EStavesMEStaves[GF-GM]400712-0002, EStavesMEStaves[GF-GM]400712-0003 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Suffolk England--Boston England--Lincolnshire Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Steve Christian David Bloomfield Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1940-07 aircrew home front RAF Tuddenham Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. England--Boston Description An account of the resource This page is an entry point for a place. Please use the links below to see all relevant documents available in the Archive. Title A name given to the resource Boston [entry point] https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/10/18/ABulleymentB150603.2.mp3 3aee02dfedac71c87526a19eb5cce2c8 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bulleyment, Barbara B Bulleyment Barbara Watkinson Description An account of the resource One oral history interview with Barbara Bulleyment née Watkinson (b. 1920), Women’s Auxiliary Air Force clerk and equipment assistant. The collection has been catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-03 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Bulleyment, B Transcribed audio recording A resource consisting primarily of recorded human voice. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document DE: Try again. This is an interview with Barbara Bulleyment. We’re in Brigg. It is the 3rd of June. My name is Dan Ellin. I’m terribly sorry, can you - BB: That’s alright. DE: Start that again? BB: My parents were farmers in New Bolingbroke and I worked in a large department store in Boston, in the millinery department and one of the assistants had already left to do war work and so I was, I didn’t have to go straightaway and eventually I got my call up papers and I went to Bridgnorth. DE: Ahum. BB: And I did a month’s training there and then I went to Bridlington on the equipment course for about six weeks and after that I was posted to 16MU in Stafford. And when I got there I was told that would be it. I would never move to another station ‘cause once you got to 16MU station they never posted you anywhere else. But eventually I was posted to 209MU in Broughton near Brigg and I stayed there until I was demobbed sometime in March. 19 - 1945. And while I was in Broughton people from the village used to invite us to their homes and I, myself and a friend went to this lady’s house and eventually her brother came home from Rhodesia and so I got to know him. DE: What had he been doing in Rhodesia? BB: He was in the RAF. DE: Ahum. BB: And he was, he’d gone there for training to be a pilot but in Rhodesia he couldn’t fly there so he changed and he became an electrician. And eventually we got married in June 1946. DE: Ahum. BB: And came to live in Broughton because he worked for the council and by then the camp had closed and the council had took it over and modernised the huts and with my husband being in charge of that in, at the council we managed to get the officers’ quarters which was very nice. And we stayed there for about three years until we rented a property in Brigg. And [pause] And then we eventually bought this house on the Bigby High Road. DE: Ahum. BB: And unfortunately, oh I think it was about ten years ago, my husband died but by that time I’d become friendly with somebody and, oh I know what it was, it was a lady who, [pause] who bred cocker spaniel dogs. DE: Ahum. BB: And we wanted one so we went to see her and so she said, “Why don’t you join the Elsham Association?” which I did. DE: Ahum. BB: And, and I’m still a member. DE: But you were never stationed at Elsham Wolds? It’s, it’s BB: No I was never stationed there but because I was stationed in Broughton, we used, at Broughton it was all equipment stuff for aeroplanes. DE: Ahum. BB: And that’s how I could become a member and I used to think to myself well although I wasn’t on an operational station at least I did help with equipment for aeroplanes and helped to keep them up in the sky. DE: Yeah. Quite right. So what sort of, what sort of equipment did they have in 209 MU? BB: it was only, anything that you’d need to keep planes up. DE: So was this, was this spare parts? Or BB: Spare parts yeah. DE: For the aircraft. BB: For the aircraft. And we and we used to send parts out to other like, used to send them to Lindholme and all the stations around there. DE: Ahum. [knocking] This is, I’d better – it’s my gardener. Other: Morning. DE: Alright. I’ll pause it then for a moment. Somebody’s knocked at the door. [pause] DE: Ok so resuming the interview you were telling me about the, the spare parts and, and BB: Yes. DE: What it was like working at 209 MU? Did you – What, what was your role there? Your, your job? BB: Well I used to issue whatever any, any, anything that maybe was, we’d get it through the post. And there was, there were fifty WAAFs and the majority of the airmen we thought were old but they weren’t. They were only about in say their thirties or forties. DE: Ahum. BB: And there was one lady, she was a cook, and of course the living quarters was in some woods and were some pheasants and one day she decided that she’d steep some raisins in some whisky and put them on a line to see if she could catch one of these pheasants which she did and she sat nursing it until somebody came and could take it away from her. DE: Ahum. BB: And of course the RAF officers had that for their meal one day. DE: Do you think that was a fair trade for the, for the booze that she steeped the raisins in? BB: Yes [laughs]. And I was demobbed then and afterwards with my husband working for the council the council took them over the huts and made them into living quarters. DE: Ahum. BB: And so we were able to get the WAAF officers’ quarters and we stayed there for about three years. DE: What were, what were the huts like when you were living there and working there? BB: Well they just had the beds and, and of course they had the heating was a coke stove. DE: Was it a large - large camp? BB: No there was only about the fifty WAAFs and about fifty airmen. That’s all. DE: Ahum and so how many people were there to a hut? BB: I would say about twenty. DE: Did you, did you mix with, with any of the airmen or did you have friends among the other WAAF? BB: We mixed with the airmen when we went to, for the, for our meals. DE: Ahum. BB: Because there was just the one dining hall. DE: What was the food like? BB: Reasonable. We got used to it. DE: And while you were working there did you do shifts or did you -? BB: No we worked about 8 o’clock in the morning till about say five at night. DE: And what did you do in the evening? BB: Mostly we’d go into Scunthorpe. Maybe to the pictures or something. DE: And how did you get to Scunthorpe? BB: I think there was some vehicle on the camp that took us. DE: Ahum. [pause] DE: Did you go anywhere else for, you know, during your time off? BB: I think we might have gone into the village of Broughton. DE: Ahum. What was in Broughton? BB: Only the pubs. DE: So did you, did you go, gp for a drink with some of your friends then? BB: Yes. DE: Which pub did you go to? BB: I think there’s a, there was the Dog and Rat. Sometimes to the Red Lion and sometimes in the village they would put a dance on DE: Ahum BB: Which we’d go to. And when I got leave I used to go home. DE: How did you get, how did you get home? BB: Sometimes I’d get on a bus and sometimes I would try, I’d try to hitch home. And sometimes there was a train from Lincoln late at night and I’d get on that and get to New Bolingbroke Station and sometimes my father would meet me from there. DE: Ahum. BB: He would ride a bike and bring me a bike as well. And um [Phone ringing] BB: Who’s that one? DE: That’s yours yeah. [pause] DE: Right. Resuming the interview again after a phone call. You were talking about going home on leave and your father meeting you with - BB: Yes. DE: With, with bicycles. BB: And sometimes I would try and hitchhike with somebody and give me a lift. DE: Ahum. BB: If not I’d get to Tumby Woodside Station and sometimes the porter would walk with me and otherwise I’d just walk home on my own and sometimes I’d get home and my parents didn’t know I was arriving so I climbed through the kitchen window and they’d find me there. I’d get up in the morning and [pause] then when I went back I could always get on a train from New Bolingbroke station to Lincoln and the railway line passed through my father’s land and I could always wave to my parents. And then I’d get to Lincoln and I could manage to get a bus back to Broughton and then, [pause] DE: Was it easier to get home from Broughton then from Stafford then? BB: Yes I always got, I used to walk to the camp at Stafford to the station there and it was about a three mile walk. DE: Ahum. BB: And then I could get, I’d get a train from Stafford to Lincoln. DE: Was, was the work very different at Stafford to, compared to Broughton? BB: Not really. And I know, I remember, I got to Lincoln Station and the train only went to Tumby Woodside and somebody told me that I wanted to have a word with the engine drivers and that they would take me on to Tumby Woodside Station. And one of them said you may as well work, do some work while you’re here so they got me shovelling coal on to the train. [pause] DE: What was that like? BB: It was, I suppose you just took it in your stride. DE: Ahum. [pause] DE: Can we go, go back a little bit further and well, did you have a choice about joining the WAAF or did you - ? BB: Oh yes I did I [pause] you could join any, any service that you wanted. DE: Ahum. BB: I don’t know why I joined the WAAF but I did. I didn’t regret doing it. In actual fact I quite enjoyed my life in the forces. DE: Ahum. So can you remember when you, when you did join? BB: December 12th 1941. DE: And how old were you then? BB: Twenty one. DE: Ahum so, and then what happened you were called up to go to? BB: I went to Bridgnorth first. DE: And what was that like there? BB: It was just a training camp. And the first time I went I met some people, some other people who were joining the WAAFs and we decided one night that we’d go out and get into Bridgnorth itself and we lost our way. DE: Ahum BB: And we finally got back to the camp and of course it was nearly midnight when we should have been in bed so we all got into our beds in our clothing when, when the duty officer came around. Why I was at 16 MU because I was, I would become equipment assistant. I was in the barrack stores there issuing clothing and what not. DE: Ahum. BB: And I think that is why, when that I was sent to 209 MU at Broughton and [pause] Am I repeating myself again when I say that we arrived at Appleby Station in Broughton? DE: No, no, no. BB: And we were just told, we rang up for transport and were told that the camp had closed down because it was a new one and there was nobody on duty there and that we were to start, they told us which way to come and that this somebody would meet us on the, on a bike and [pause] DE: So was, were you posted to Broughton right at the very start of its existence? BB: Yes. DE: So. BB: And that was 1943 DE: Ahum. BB: And I stayed there until I was demobbed. DE: So you think you were posted there because you had experience of BB: Of MU. DE: Ahum. BB: Yes. DE: So what was it like when, when you first arrived? BB: Everything was new [pause] and I know when there were showers and no, they weren’t ever used and the WAAF officer said why weren’t the showers used so we said because there weren’t any curtains to make them, you know, private. DE: Ahum. BB: So eventually we got the curtains and we did use the showers. DE: So how were getting washed before the shower curtains arrived? BB: I think there were about, a couple of bathrooms so we used to have to try and get to the bathroom before anybody else did. DE: And did it, did it start quite small? A small number of people or - ? BB: No it never got any larger. It just, I think just supplied to the other stations around. DE: Ahum. BB: I can remember Lindholme, Old Finningley but we never sent anything to Elsham and I think Elsham was only used if we needed the MO. And all our mail went to Elsham. DE: I see. Did you ever have any dealings with the MO? BB: I don’t think I did. I don’t seem to remember. DE: So what were the officers like at - ? BB: Well they, there was only the one WAAF officer and two RAF officers and they were cause it was such, with it being such a small unit they were quite friendly. DE: Ahum. [pause] So were you all friends there together? Did you got on well or did you - ? BB: Yes we all got on well together. And eventually the Canadians arrived in to the woods and some of the WAAFs got friendly with them. DE: Ahum. So were the Canadians stationed there? BB: Yes they were. DE: What jobs were they doing? BB: Do you know I don’t really know. It seems such a long time ago now. DE: Did you make a friend with any of the Canadians? BB: No I didn’t. I never used to bother. DE: Had you met your husband by then then? BB: I don’t think I had. [pause] I’ve been going, since I heard from you about, I’ve been going through my head to think what on earth can I think about? [pause] BB: What did you think about, about the war during the time? DE: Well I suppose sometimes you’d think how much longer is it going on? BB: Ahum. [pause] DE: And of course we’d listen to the news. [pause] DE: Did you have a NAAFI on the site? BB: No. One used to come and we’d get whatever we wanted. DE: How, sorry I don’t understand. How, how did a, how did the NAAFI? BB: Well the NAAFI, in a van of some sort. DE: Ahum BB: I mean we did, we did get issued with coupons for cigarettes and chocolate but I used to swap my cigarette coupons for chocolate. BB: Ahum. DE: Did many of you friends smoke then? BB: Some of them did but not a lot. [pause] DE: You were saying that a lot of the men who worked at Broughton were, were, seemed older. Were the Canadians also a bit older? BB: No I think they were younger ones. [pause] DE: So can you tell me a little bit more about how you met your husband? BB: It was when he came home from Rhodesia which it was then and he came to see his sister. DE: Ahum. BB: And then he, I was visiting her and she had a little boy about seven or eight. Her husband was in the army. DE: Ahuh. BB: And that, that time, that evening I was visiting his sister and my husband came and well eventually was my husband, he came, and he walked me back to the camp and I think I saw him a few times before he went back. And he went back to, trying to think where he went back, to a station somewhere in – oh I know where he went back. Is it Fenton? DE: Ahum. BB: And I know we were both wondering who would be demobbed first and I think I just managed it but I can’t remember the actual date but I know it was in March. DE: Ahum. How did that make you feel? BB: I think that, I think if I’d met him, I’d enjoyed my life in the, in the WAAFs, I might have stayed on. DE: Ahum. BB: But my job had been kept open for me but of course I never went back because three months after we got married so I was busy making my wedding dress and my sisters were bridesmaids - made theirs. And as I say the council took over the camp and we went into the WAAF officers’ quarters. DE: Ahum. BB: And it was [pause] and while, while we were there it was made into living quarters for us. DE: Can I just go back a little bit more? You said you met your husband at, I guess, your sister in law’s house. BB: Yes. DE: Why were you visiting her? BB: Because people in the village used to invite people from the camp. I suppose to [pause] they thought they were being kind to us. DE: Ahum. [pause] So you’d go to their, their houses? BB: Yes. DE: What would you do there? BB: Well I think they’d give us a meal [pause] and it was just nice to get away from the, the camp. DE: Were there, what were the living conditions on the camp like then? BB: They were quite nice. Fortunately we had our own single beds and they weren’t bunk beds which was nice. [pause] I’m not being very helpful am I? BB: You’re doing wonderfully. I’m asking lots of silly questions. DE: No you’re not because it it will probably bring some things back to me. BB: Ahum. DE: Did you ever get into trouble? BB: No I [laughs] I behaved myself I think. DE: Did you know anybody who did get into any trouble? BB: I don’t think, I don’t think so because there not being many of us with us only being the fifty WAAFs and fifty airmen. DE: Ahum and that time in Bridgnorth. You got away with it when you snuck back in? BB: Yes. [pause] I know we seemed to have gone miles then before we eventually found our way back in to the camp. DE: Ahuh. What had you been looking for when you - ? BB: I think we were just going to get out and, and maybe have a look around. Probably get something to eat. DE: Ahum. BB: And where did you say you had your trade training? DE: At Bridlington. BB: Bridlington and it was, it was a bad winter and I think hotels were taken over as classrooms. DE: Ahum. BB: We’d be sitting in our classrooms and you could see the, which we thought it was ice coming in from off the water and in Bridlington we were in private accommodation there and I was with [pause] I can remember the, I know it was 44 Promenade - the name of the, where I was billeted and there were, there were some middle aged ladies [pause] who for a while after I was demobbed I did keep in touch with them ‘cause I remember when we got married they sent us some teacloths as a wedding present. DE: The people you were billeted with? BB: Yes. DE: Ahh so they were quite nice. They were quite nice and friendly? BB: Yes and I did keep in touch with them but after a while DE: Ahum BB: It just, you seem to, it fades away. DE: Yeah. Did you write a lot of letters then? When you were - BB: No I used to write home every day, week to my mother and father. DE: Ahum and did you get a lot of letters from home as well then? BB: Quite a few. DE: Did you ask for things? Did they send you - ? BB: No I can’t remember. I know if I came back after I’d been home on leave I’d have a little case about like that. DE: Ahum. BB: In fact I’ve still got it. DE: Have you? BB: Because I had two sisters. One stayed at home to look after the farm and one sister joined the nursing reserve. DE: Ahum. [pause] Did you have any brothers? BB: No. DE: No. BB: Just the three sisters. Two sisters. DE: Were you ever homesick then at any time? BB: No I can’t say I was. I might have been when I first went but once you’d got there and settled down and you made friends and you thought to yourself well you were in it make the best of it. DE: Ahum. BB: I know when I was in Stafford I took home a little kitten. And I know that, that time I did stay somewhere overnight and of course I had this little kitten - had to go somewhere and I thought, I hope it’s still there when I get up in the morning and it was. DE: Ahum BB: So I took that home and I think I even took another one home. [pause] And I remember one night I couldn’t find anywhere to sleep so I met, I came across some men that were doing fire watch and I told them and so they told me not to worry and I stayed the night with them. DE: Ahum. BB: And the next morning I got the train from Lincoln home and I remember my mother and father told me to never do that again but of course in those days you didn’t have to bother about anything happening to you. [pause] DE: Ahuh. No, there was far worse things happening all over the place wasn’t there? BB: There were. DE: Yeah. How did you feel when the war ended then? BB: Do you know I know that of course we were at Broughton and we all got on to this sixty foot trailer and we went into the village of Winterton. DE: Ahum. BB: And had some drinks as I can remember. [pause] DE: Was there some late night partying then? BB: Yes it was I think. [pause] It, it seems so long and long ago that I bet when you’ve gone I shall remember something. DE: Oh that’s always the way. Yeah. Yeah. That’s always the way. BB: That’s when I’ll remember something and I know, you know since I heard from you I thought I must remember to think of things. [pause] DE: I think you’ve told me an awful lot. You’ve done very well. BB: Thank you. My friend is hoping to take me to see this in Lincoln. DE: Oh the memorial? BB: Yes. DE: Yeah. What do you think about that? BB: I think it’s really good that you know that there should be something with so many, there being so many aerodromes in Lincolnshire. DE: Ahum [pause] So you were happy to settle down around here then after the war? BB: No, I know when my husband said that when he went back to work that he would try and move away from Brigg but of course he was born and bred and we never did move away. DE: Ahuh. BB: [unclear] whether it brings me back that I can remember anything. DE: I’ll just press pause again for a moment. [pause] BB: Ok, its recording again. You were going to tell me your service number. BB: 439661 - that was my service number. DE: And when, when did you, when were you given the number? [pause] BB: Do you know that I can’t remember? [pause] Do you know I’m not sure. Before I went to Bridgnorth that [pause] I probably went to Lincoln. That’s in the back of my mind DE: Ahum. BB: And I might, they might have given it to me there. [pause] ‘Cause I know I did go with, with somebody else from the department store where I worked in Boston and I never saw here again. DE: Ahum. BB: Because she went on a different trade. [pause] DE: How did you get to be assigned to become an equipment assistant? BB: I think it was because I had worked in a shop before. I worked in the millinery department of this shop in Boston. DE: Ahum BB: Where you thought nothing of selling hats at four and eleven pence a time and if you sold one for about twelve and eleven pence you thought you’d sold the world nearly. [pause] DE: So did they, did they give you a choice of trade or was it just, BB: No, no I just made up, made up my mind I think. I thought well I think I thought I’d be happy to be an equipment assistant. DE: Ok. Well I think we’ll end it there. Just another couple of questions again that I should have asked at the beginning. What was your maiden name and your date of birth? BB: Watkinson W A T K I N S O N. DE: Thank you. BB: 28 4 20 so I’m quite an old person. DE: Ahuh yeah well thank you very much. BB: I hope I’ve been of some interest. DE: That’s been smashing. Thank you. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Interview with Barbara Bulleyment Subject The topic of the resource World War (1939-1945) Great Britain. Women's Auxiliary Air Force Great Britain. Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Description An account of the resource Barbara Bulleyment worked at a department store in Boston until she joined the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force and was, initially, stationed at 16 Maintenance Unit Stafford and then 209 Maintenance Unit at Broughton. She recounts her life as an equipment assistant, how leisure time was spent and about the cook catching a pheasant to eat. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dan Ellin Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-03 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Julie Williams Heather Hughes Maureen Clarke Language A language of the resource eng Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 00:50:34 audio recording Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ABulleymentB150603 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Stafford England--Boston Wales--Broughton England--Staffordshire Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource 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. Type The nature or genre of the resource Sound Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force ground personnel home front Women’s Auxiliary Air Force