IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> South African Air Force]]> France]]> Great Britain]]> South Africa]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Ancerville (Meuse)]]> France--Revigny-sur-Ornain]]> South Africa--Queenstown]]> 1942]]> 1944-07-14]]> 1944-07-15]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending OH transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Moving image]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending OH transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Moving image]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> 1936-10-04]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Tompkins]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> There then follows a summary of a typical training route to becoming an air gunner and it is presumed Harry followed this before being posted to 83 Squadron at RAF Scampton, where he flew in Avro Manchesters.
The research now gives details of three operations on which Harry flew. He was killed on the last of these when his aircraft collided with a barrage balloon cable and crashed.
Harry was buried in his local churchyard in Brantham and the research includes burial details (some of it handwritten after printing) of the other six crew members killed in the crash.
The article concludes with a photograph of Harry's gravestone.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Essen]]> Great Britain]]> England--Bolton]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--London]]> England--Kent]]> England--Faversham]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Ipswich]]> Scotland--Glasgow]]> 1917-06-03]]> 1940-10]]> 1942-01-26]]> 1942-03-13]]> 1942-03-14]]> 1942-03-20]]> 1942-03-25]]> 1942-03-26]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> New Brunswick--Moncton]]> France]]> France--Gennevilliers]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]>
The biography contains a link to a YouTube documentary produced in Dutch by Brinkman Productions in June 2017. This video about R1397 features Jack Cox's relatives talking about him and has war time footage of Wellington crews and aircraft.

]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Somerset]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Europe--Frisian Islands]]> Germany]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Leeuwarden]]> 1941-07-24]]> 1941-07-25]]> Pilot Officer Mervyn Sydney Lund (pilot);
Sergeant Arthur Edward Owen (pilot);
Sergeant John James Cox (Air Observer);
Sergeant Frank Gordon Walker (Gunner);
Sergeant Alfred John Le Poidevin (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner);
Sergeant Roy Penry Williams (Wireless Operator/Air Gunner).
The front cover displays the badge of the RAF in colour. The badge of 103 Squadron, in colour, is on page two and a photograph of eight Wellington aircraft in flight is shown on page eleven. The letters B KA are painted on the fuselage of one of the aircraft.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony)]]> Netherlands--Leeuwarden]]> 1941-07-24]]> 1941-07-25]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Civilian]]> France]]> France--Haussy]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Spalding]]> 1944-04-11]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Spalding]]> France]]> France--Haussy]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> 1944]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> France]]> France--La Pallice]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> 1944]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Norway]]> Norway--Trondheim]]> Germany]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-10-25]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Zimbabwe]]> Zimbabwe--Harare]]> 1941-10-27]]> Bottom - an airmen working with an oxygen trolley in front of a Lancaster while another stands by attached hose. Submitted with caption 'Two airmen with a trolley of gas cylinders in front of Lancaster R5665, ZN-D. Annotated: "D-Dog charging up the oxygen bottles This kite was Stan Walford's baby"'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> 1944-08-29]]> 1944-08-30]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocation impractical]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dresden]]> 1945-02-13]]> 1945-02-14]]> Bottom - target photograph of Rositz shwoing glare upper right. Captioned '3880 METH 14/15.2.45//8" 9200 024 2104 ROSITZ P, 1HC4000IN 8AMD65DT 19 SECS F/L BARDEN P/106'. Submitted with caption 'Target photo of Rositz dated 14-15/2/1945. The pilot was F/Lt A G Barden, flying 106 Sqn Lancaster LM690 ZN-P'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocation impractical]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Steinfurt (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany]]> Germany--Steinfurt (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> 1945-02-07]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-15]]> Bottom - target photograph of Karlsruhe showing no detail. Captiuoned '3831 METH 2/3.2.45//NTC8" 15500 102 2324 KARLSRUHE, 1HC4000I 18.4 27 SECS F/L BARDEN P/106'. Submitted with caption 'Target photo of Karlsruhe dated 2-3/2/1945. The pilot was F/Lt A G Barden, flying 106 Sqn Lancaster LM690 ZN-P'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocation impractical]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Siegen]]> Germany--Karlsruhe]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1945-02]]> Bottom - target photograph of Politze showing glare and no ground details. Captioned '3772 meth 13/14.1.45//NTC 8" 17900 320 2216 POLITZE, 1HC4000IN 7GP500DT 2MC500LD 29 SEC F/L BARDEN O/106'. Submitted with caption 'target photo of Politze dated 13-14/1/1945. The pilot was F/Lt A G Barden, flying 106 Sqn Lancaster ND501 ZN-O'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Euskirchen]]> Poland]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1944-12]]> 1945-01]]> Bottom - target photograph of Heilbronn showing smoke and glare. Captioned '3437 METH 4/5.12.44//NTC8" 113500 076 1934 HEILBRONN, 1HC4000 5AMD65 6GP 500 DT 22 SECS F/L BARDEN Z/106'. Submitted with caption 'Target photo of Heilbronn dated 4-5/12/1944. The pilot was F/Lt A G Barden, flying 106 Sqn Lancaster LM211 ZN-Z'.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocation impractical]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Steinfurt (North Rhine-Westphalia)]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Heilbronn]]> 1944-11]]> 1944-12]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1942]]> 1942-09]]> 1943-03]]>