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Glad to get their letter with good news. Writes that he would drop George a line when he got home in December but not sure of actual date.

Learned from his mother that George had been posted missing. Hoping for the best and offers deepest sympathy.

The letter confirms that Granville is missing.

A detailed description of an operation to Mannheim on 19 May 1942. The author describes the preparation, the operation and their safe return to the UK.

Batchelder was the pilot of this operation. They bombed inside flares but the navigator insisted it was not Mannheim. Damage to one engine from flak, later they were attacked by a Me 110. They successfully landed at RAF Horsham St Faith, Norwich.

An address book kept by Maurice. It includes a list of when he wrote letters.

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Two photographs from an album.
Photo 1 is a starboard side view of a Lancaster in flight.
Photo 2 is a view of Lowestoft harbour, docks and river Waveney with row of ships. Underneath is a post-it with 'Op Manna'.

Identification kindly provided…

Lowestoft harbour viewed from the cockpit of an aircraft.

An air-to-air view of two Lancasters in formation taken from the rear turret of a third. Both have fared over front turrets and no mid upper turrets. They are over Lowestoft on the Suffolk coast. White prefabs on the Gunton estate and Eastern Coach…