1 25 9 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 Chapelle Notre Dame [entry point] Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. France--Chapelle Notre Dame Description An account of the resource This page is an entry point for a place. While the spelling of this V-weapon site in France has been corroborated by multiple sources, the Archive team has not been able to accurately locate it. Please <a href="mailto:dellin@lincoln.ac.uk" style="color: black;">email us</a> if you can provide additional information - we would love to hear from you. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending identification. Places https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2769/48868/SBondS-ColesAv10001.2.pdf 9315b4121f1d97576d3502d84bea22ee 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 Coles, Aubrey Tom Coles, A T Coles, A T (Bond, S collection) Description An account of the resource Nine Items. Concerns Flying Officer Aubrey "Tommy" Coles DFC who flew operations as a pilot on Halifax with 158 Squadron. Collection consists of his log book, a memoir, two oral history interviews, documents and photographs. The collection was licensed to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Dr Steve Bond and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. This collection was provided, in digital form, by a third-party organisation which used technical specifications and operational protocols that may differ from those used by the IBCC Digital Archive. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-18 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. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SBondS-ColesAv1 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 Aubrey Coles’ Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book 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. Log book and record book Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Multi-page printed book with handwritten entries Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending review Review Oct 2024 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SBondS-ColesAv10001 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 Description An account of the resource Aubrey Coles’ Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 28th September 1942 until 19th December 1945. Initial training at No. 33 Elementary Flying Training School followed by No. 38 Service Flying training School, No. 14(Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit, 20 Operational Training Unit, and 1652 Conversion Unit. Operational posting to 158 Squadron in May 1944. Posted to 10 Operational Training Unit after completing first tour of operations. Trained as an instructor at Bomber Command Instructors School from March 1945, returning to 10 Operational Training Unit. Final posting to 1381 Transport Conversion Unit. Served at RCAF Caron, RCAF Estevan, RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Lissett, RAF Abingdon. He flew one night operation with 1652 Heavy Conversion Unit when his pilot was Flight Lieutenant Ainsley. The target was Frankfurt. With 158 Squadron he flew 38 operations (18 day and 20 night) The targets were Lens, Hasselt, Boulogne, Bourg Leopold, Amiens, Evrecy, Sterkrade, Oisemont, Rossignol, Mimoyecques, Wizernes, Villers Bocage, Ferme du Forestal, Les Landes Vieilles et Neuves, Caen, Ardouval, Stuttgart, Foret de Nieppe, Chapelle Notre Dame, L’Hey, Dijon, Brunswick, Eindhoven, Kiel, Watten, La Pourchinte, Neuss, Calais, Cap Gris Nez, Bottrop, Kleve, Duisburg, Wilhelmshaven, Hanover. Does include a few notes of flights as a passenger at the end. It is not a complete copy of his log book only showing left hand pages and missing some. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942 1943 1944-03-18 1944-03-19 1944-05-10 1944-05-11 1944-05-12 1944-05-13 1944-05-19 1944-05-20 1944-05-27 1944-05-28 1944-06-12 1944-06-13 1944-06-15 1944-06-16 1944-06-17 1944-06-23 1944-06-24 1944-06-25 1944-06-27 1944-06-28 1944-06-30 1944-07-01 1944-07-12 1944-07-13 1944-07-14 1944-07-15 1944-07-18 1944-07-20 1944-07-21 1944-07-24 1944-07-25 1944-07-29 1944-08-01 1944-08-02 1944-08-09 1944-08-10 1944-08-11 1944-08-12 1944-08-13 1944-08-15 1944-08-16 1944-08-17 1944-08-18 1944-08-19 1944-08-25 1944-09-01 1944-09-23 1944-09-24 1944-09-25 1944-09-26 1944-09-30 1944-10-01 1944-10-07 1944-10-14 1944-10-15 1944-10-21 1945 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Canada Saskatchewan Saskatchewan--Estevan Great Britain England--Oxfordshire England--Yorkshire Scotland--Moray Belgium Belgium--Hasselt Belgium--Leopoldsburg Belgium--Rossignol France France--Amiens France--Boulogne-sur-Mer France--Caen France--Calais France--Cap Gris Nez France--Dijon France--La Pourchinte France--Lens France--Landes-Vieilles-et-Neuves France--Mimoyecques France--Nieppe Forest France--Oisemont (Canton) France--Seine-Maritime France--Villers-Bocage (Calvados) France--Watten Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Bottrop Germany--Braunschweig Germany--Duisburg Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Hannover Germany--Kiel Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia) Germany--Neuss Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf) Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Wilhelmshaven Netherlands Netherlands--Eindhoven France--Ardouval France--Ferme du Forestal France--Noordpeene France--Évrecy France--La Pourchinte France--Chapelle Notre Dame France--Pas-de-Calais France--Wizernes Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Nick Cornwell-Smith 10 OTU 158 Squadron 1652 HCU 20 OTU Advanced Flying Unit aircrew Anson bombing bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944) bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944) C-47 Flying Training School Halifax Halifax Mk 2 Halifax Mk 3 Heavy Conversion Unit Magister Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operational Training Unit Oxford pilot RAF Abingdon RAF Lissett RAF Lossiemouth RCAF Caron RCAF Estevan tactical support for Normandy troops Tiger Moth training V-1 V-2 V-weapon Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2557/45578/LBlamiresRG139996v1.pdf d5dbe04b246faafba098d03b9297c5fe 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 Blamires, Robert Geoffrey R G Blamires Description An account of the resource 99 items. The collection concerns Robert Geoffrey Blamires (b. 1921, 139996 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, diary, correspondence, documents, charts and an <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2645">Album</a>. He flew operations as a navigator with 103 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Judith Coad and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-05-11 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. 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 Blamires, RG 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 Robert Blamires' South African Air Force observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LBlamiresRG139996v1 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 Description An account of the resource R G Blamires Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book covering the period from 25 November 1942 to 10 May 1946, detailing his flying training and operations flown as Navigator. He was stationed at South African AF Port Elizabeth (42 Air School), RAF Millom (2 OAFU), RAF Wymeswold (28 OTU), RAF Blyton (1662 HCU), RAF Hemswell (1 LFS), RAF Elsham Wolds (103 Squadron) and RAF Scampton and RAF Lindholme (57 Squadron). Aircraft flown in Anson, Wellington, Halifax, Lancaster and Lincoln. He flew on one night operation with 1662 HCU, and 17 night and 13 day operations with 103 Squadron, total 31. He also flew three Operation Manna and three Operation Dodge POW repatriation flights. Targets were Orleans, Duisburg, Dortmund, Aachen, Calais, St Martin-de-Varreville, Vire, Flers, Gelsenkirchen, Cahagnes, Le Havre, Belle Croix les Bruyères, Trossy St. Maximin, Paulliac, Blaye, Fontenay, Le Culot, mining Stettin, Rieme, Russelheim, mining Danzig, Chapelle Notre Dame, Stettin, Agenville, Eindhoven, Leeuwarden and Neuss. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force 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. Log book and record book Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Terry Hancock Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Belgium France Germany Netherlands Great Britain Poland South Africa Belgium--Beauvechain Belgium--Ghent Region England--Cumbria England--Leicestershire England--Lincolnshire England--Yorkshire France--Caen Region France--Calais France--Flers-de-l'Orne France--Le Havre France--Orléans France--Pauillac (Gironde) France--Cahagnes Germany--Aachen Germany--Dortmund Germany--Duisburg Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Neuss Germany--Rüsselsheim Netherlands--Eindhoven Netherlands--Leeuwarden Poland--Gdańsk Poland--Szczecin South Africa--Port Elizabeth France--Vire (Calvados) France--Saint-Martin-de-Varreville France--Fontenay France--Trossy St. Maximin France--Agenville Belgium--Rieme France--Baudringhem France--Chapelle Notre Dame France--Pauillac (Gironde) France--Blaye France--Chapelle Notre Dame Germany--Rüsselsheim France--Pas-de-Calais Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-03-24 1944-05-19 1944-05-21 1944-05-22 1944-05-24 1944-06-02 1944-06-05 1944-06-06 1944-06-09 1944-06-12 1944-07-11 1944-07-12 1944-08-01 1944-08-03 1944-08-04 1944-08-05 1944-08-07 1944-08-15 1944-08-16 1944-08-18 1944-08-25 1944-08-26 1944-08-28 1944-08-29 1944-08-31 1944-09-03 1944-09-06 1944-09-10 1944-09-17 1944-09-20 1944-09-23 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 103 Squadron 1662 HCU 28 OTU 57 Squadron Advanced Flying Unit aircrew Anson bombing bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944) bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944) bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944) Halifax Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Lincoln mine laying navigator Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operation Dodge (1945) Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945) Operational Training Unit RAF Blyton RAF Elsham Wolds RAF Hemswell RAF Lindholme RAF Millom RAF Scampton RAF Wymeswold tactical support for Normandy troops training V-1 V-weapon Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2557/44741/SBlamiresRG139996v20018-0001.2.jpg 7684f67e20d0a7013b2f7b0565aeecfb https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2557/44741/SBlamiresRG139996v20018-0002.2.jpg 11c5cdd19a457c5e466b2d6b1251aac8 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2557/44741/SBlamiresRG139996v10029-0001.1.jpg 4ce312c8d5498d26b18ca5dbf350d393 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2557/44741/SBlamiresRG139996v10029-0002.1.jpg 2a54f4854202001b9b3a597388e5c1d2 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 Blamires, Robert Geoffrey R G Blamires Description An account of the resource 99 items. The collection concerns Robert Geoffrey Blamires (b. 1921, 139996 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, diary, correspondence, documents, charts and an <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2645">Album</a>. He flew operations as a navigator with 103 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Judith Coad and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-05-11 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. 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 Blamires, RG 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 Navigation log and charts for operation to Chapelle Notre Dame Description An account of the resource Form 441 and chart for operation. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Geoffrey Blamires Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-08-28 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-08-28 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire France France--Chapelle Notre Dame 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 Map. Navigation chart and navigation log Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One printed form and one printed chart both with handwritten annotations Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SBlamiresRG139996v20018-0001, SBlamiresRG139996v20018-0002, SBlamiresRG139996v10029-0001, SBlamiresRG139996v10029-0002 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. 103 Squadron aircrew bombing Lancaster Lancaster Mk 3 RAF Elsham Wolds https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1977/38299/LPalmerRAM115772v2.pdf 766f44ee456792c0f14f465ace4bfbca 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 Palmer, Robert Anthony Maurice R A M Palmer 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 2017-10-30 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 Palmer, RAM Description An account of the resource 38 items. The collection concerns Squadron Leader Robert AM Palmer VC, DFC and Bar (115772, Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, photographs, fact sheets, newspaper cuttings, documents, correspondence and a substancial history of his last operation. He flew one hundred and eleven operations as a pilot with 75, 149  and 109 Squadrons and was killed 23 December 1944 when leading a daylight operation as an Oboe marker. The collection also contains 51 items in a <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2178">Photograph album</a>. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Penny Palmer and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Additional information on Robert AM Palmer is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/221528/">IBCC Losses Database</a> 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 Robert Palmer's pilot's flying log book. Two 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. Log book and record book Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LPalmerRAM115772v2 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. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Belgium France Germany Great Britain Netherlands England--Norfolk England--Oxfordshire England--Wiltshire France--Normandy France--Pas-de-Calais France--Somme Belgium--Ghent Belgium--Leopoldsburg Belgium--Louvain France--Argentan France--Aulnoye-Aymeries France--Calais France--Châteaudun France--Dieppe France--Donges France--Dunkerque France--Falaise France--Houlgate France--Laon France--Le Havre France--Morsalines France--Nieppe Forest France--Nucourt France--Oise France--Oisemont (Canton) France--Paris France--Rennes France--Watten Germany--Aachen Germany--Bottrop Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund Germany--Duisburg Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Eisenach Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg) Germany--Homberg (Kassel) Germany--Krefeld Germany--Leverkusen Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf) Germany--Osnabrück Germany--Soest Germany--Urft Dam Netherlands--Leeuwarden Netherlands--Uden Netherlands--Venlo Scotland--Moray Belgium--Kortrijk France--Œuf-en-Ternois Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Scholven France--Landes-Vieilles-et-Neuves France--Mont-Candon France--Marquise France--Wemaers-Cappel France--Mimoyecques France--Le Clipon France--Chambly France--Chambly France--Bientques France--Cap Gris Nez France--Bois des Jardins France--Bois de la Haie France--Chapelle Notre Dame France--Conteville France--Les Hauts Buissons France--Pas-de-Calais Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942 1943 1944-02-03 1944-02-05 1944-02-07 1944-02-08 1944-02-10 1944-02-15 1944-02-18 1944-02-19 1944-02-20 1944-02-21 1944-02-22 1944-02-24 1944-02-25 1944-03-02 1944-03-12 1944-03-15 1944-03-18 1944-03-21 1944-03-23 1944-03-25 1944-03-26 1944-03-29 1944-03-30 1944-04-01 1944-04-09 1944-04-10 1944-04-11 1944-04-12 1944-04-13 1944-05-14 1944-04-18 1944-04-19 1944-05-01 1944-05-02 1944-05-03 1944-05-04 1944-05-07 1944-05-08 1944-05-10 1944-05-11 1944-05-12 1944-05-13 1944-05-19 1944-05-20 1944-05-21 1944-05-22 1944-05-23 1944-05-24 1944-05-25 1944-05-27 1944-05-28 1944-05-29 1944-05-30 1944-06-02 1944-06-03 1944-06-05 1944-06-06 1944-06-07 1944-06-08 1944-06-09 1944-06-17 1944-06-18 1944-06-23 1944-06-24 1944-06-30 1944-07-01 1944-07-05 1944-07-06 1944-07-10 1944-07-12 1944-07-13 1944-07-15 1944-07-16 1944-07-17 1944-07-20 1944-07-23 1944-07-24 1944-07-25 1944-07-28 1944-08-09 1944-08-10 1944-08-11 1944-08-14 1944-08-18 1944-08-19 1944-08-25 1944-08-27 1944-08-28 1944-08-29 1944-08-30 1944-08-31 1944-09-01 1944-09-03 1944-09-06 1944-09-08 1944-09-09 1944-09-10 1944-09-24 1944-09-26 1944-09-27 1944-09-28 1944-11-23 1944-11-25 1944-11-26 1944-11-28 1944-12-03 1944-12-05 1944-12-06 1944-12-23 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource David Leitch Description An account of the resource Robert Palmer’s RAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 12 May 1942 to 23 December 1944, detailing training and operations as a pilot and instructor. He was stationed at RAF Lossiemouth (No. 20 OTU), RAF Hullavington (No. 3 Flying Instructors School), RAF Abingdon (1501 BAT Flight), RAF Marham (1655 Mosquito Training Unit and 109 Squadron (PFF)). Aircraft flown: Tiger Moth, Wellington, Lysander, Anson, Oxford, Lancaster, Martinet, Mosquito. Records 80 operations (55 night, 25 day) on the following targets in Belgium, France, Germany and Netherlands: Aachen, Argentan, Aulnoye, Bientques, Bois de la Haie, Bois des Jardins, Bottrop, Bourg-Leopold, Calais, Cap Gris Nez, Chambly, Chapelle Notre Dame, Châteaudun, Cologne/Gremberg, Conteville, Courtrai, Donges, Dortmund, Duisberg, Düsseldorf, Eisenach, Falaise, Foret de Nieppe, Ghent, Hagen, Hamborn, Heimbach Dam, Homberg, Houlgate, Krefeld, Laon, Le Clipon, Le Havre, Leeuwarden, Wemaers-Cappel, Les Hauts Buissons, Landes-Vieilles-et-Neuves, Leverkusen, Louvain, Mardyck, Marquise-Mimoyecques, Mont Candon, Morsalines, Nucourt, Oberhausen, Œuf-en-Ternois, Osnabrück, Oisemont-Neuville, Paris, Rennes, Ruhrort, Scholven, Soest, Sterkrade, Venlo, Volkel, Watten. Entry for 30/9/44 reads “Engine failure on take-off. Both injured”. Final entry for 23/12/44 reads “Failed to return”. Also includes various technical notes and the coat of arms for 109 Squadron (College of Arms January 1944). Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 109 Squadron 15 OTU 20 OTU aircrew Anson bombing bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944) Lancaster Lysander Magister Martinet Mosquito Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operational Training Unit Oxford Pathfinders pilot RAF Abingdon RAF Hullavington RAF Lossiemouth RAF Marham tactical support for Normandy troops Tiger Moth training V-1 V-2 V-weapon Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1153/34166/BThomasJHThomasJHv1.1.pdf 9a596508c094843367071bcd8c323d5f 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 Thomas, John Henry J H Thomas Description An account of the resource Seven items. Collection concerns John Henry Thomas (b. 1923, 424515 Royal Australian Air Force). He flew operations as a pilot with 102 Squadron. Collection contains an oral history interview, memoirs of his service and other events and a painting. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by John Thomas 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 2018-01-22 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 Thomas, JH Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document SERVICE RECORD JOHN HENRY (JACK) THOMAS A424515 DATE OF BIRTH: 14TH September 1923 Enlisting in the R.A.A.F. in December 1941 my call-up was delayed until September 1942, as the Army had conscripted me in early 1942. My concern was that the Army was reluctant to release me and I was prevented from accepting the June, July and August call-ups by the Air Force. In early Septeber an R.A.A.F. recruiting van arrived at Hume Camp, Albury and the following morning I was on my way to Sydney for discharge from the Army. I became an Aircraftsman 11 on the 12th Septemner 1942 at Bradfield Park, Sydney, completed the twelve week initial training course and was classified for pilot training. On the 9th December 1942 I was posted to No 8 Elementary Flying Training School, Narrandera N.S.W. for training on Tiger Moth aircraft. After completion of a course lasting eight weeks, my logbook recorded 7 0 flying hours. The next post was to No 1 Service Flying Training School at Point Cook, Victoria, arriving there on the 7th February 1943. Flying training was on twin engine Airspeed Oxford aircraft operating from satellite airfields at Werribee, Lara and Little River. I received my Pilot's brevet on 16th June 1943 and became a Sergeant Pilot with 200 flying hours in my logbook. The ground subjects were rather onerous, but navigation being a form of Trigonometry and having been in an army artillery survey unit I found it an interesting subject. A Tasmanian trainee and self finished equal first in the course. After Embarkation leave and a short stay at Bradfield Park I went by train to Brisbane, stayed two days in an army camp in West Brisbane and then boarded a U.S. army transport for the voyage to San Francisco. "NOORDAM" was a Dutch 2nd class passenger/cargo ship of 11,000 tons and the sea trip was an 18 day non stop run. Four days were spent in a U.S. army camp on Angel Island in San Francisco bay. The ferry to Angel Island also called at Alcatraz. Ken Jagger and I stepped onto the wharf and a guard, with Tommy gun and loud hailer, situated in a tower promptly ordered us back on board the ferry; we complied even more promptly. The next part of the journey was from San Francisco (Oakland) to New York by troop train. In New York boarded the "AQUITANIA" a 46,500 ton sister ship of "TITANIC". The voyage to Greenock in Scotland was a solo trip of 5 1/2 days. On board were 4,000 air force personnel and 7,800 American troops. Meals were twice daily only. In New York harbour the capsized French Ship 'NORMANDIE' was at the adjoining wharf. The train trip from GREENOCK TO 11 P.R.D.C. Brighton on the English South Coast took place overnight, and in mid September was seconded (with Ken Jagger) to Empire Central Flying School, Hullavington. The purpose of this secondment was for comparison of training standards throughout the Empire Air Training Scheme. There [page break] were 96 types of aircraft at this establishment. Shortly after returning to Brighton I was post to No 18 Pilot Advanced Flying Unit at CHURCH LAWFORD (near RUGBY) IN WARWICKSHIRE. Completed course on Airspeed Oxford aircraft and now had 284 flying hours in logbook. I was then posted to 21 Operational Training Unit Moreton in Marsh Gloucestershire and teamed up with crew. Unfortunately Navigator and Bomb Aimer dropped out and had to wait for next intake to complete crew. Completed course on Wellington Bombers on 27.4.1944 and now had 388 flying hours. It was at 21 O.T.U. sustained spinal injury in landing accident caused by instructor and failure of safety harness. Next posting was to 4.G.B.S. (Ground battle School) at Acaster Malbis in Yorkshire. Trained with the Kings Rifle Corps and the Coldstream Guards in self defence and escape routines plus night vision improvement. At the end of May posted to 1658 Heavy Conversion Unit (Riccall) in East Yorkshire where our crew was increased by the addition of Flight Engineer and totalled seven men. Completed course on Halifax MK2 Aircraft and had now 427 hrs, in logbook. Was posted to 102 (Ceylon) squadron Pocklington in East Yorkshire located 12 miles from York on the Hull/York road. After conversion onto Halifax MK3 Aircraft commenced operational duties on 12th July 1944 and completed tour of operations on 22nd January 1945. The last five sorties the crew numbers had increased to eight now by the addition of a Mid Under[?] Gunner in a nacelle using a point 5 calibre Machine Gun. [centred] CREW LIST [/centred] FLYING OFFICER JACK THOMAS PILOT RAAF PILOT OFFICER JACK WHITE BOMB AIMER RAAF SERGEAMT DEREK TURNER NAVIGATOR RAF FLIGHT SERGEANT ROSS PEARSON WIRELESS /OPERATOR RAAF SERGEANT JOHN HUGHES FLIGHT ENGINEER RAF SERGEANT NAT GOLDBERG MID UPPER GUNNER RAF FLYING OFFICER NEIL DAVIES MID [deleted] UPPER [/deleted] [inserted] UNDER [/inserted] RAF FLIGHT SERGEANT JOHN WILLIAMSON REAR GUNNER RAAF Now had 613 flying hours in logbook, thereafter I was posted to 21 O.T.U. Moreton In the Marsh, as a screen (instructor) Pilot where I remained until 22nd June 1945. Logbook total 693 hours. Then posted to Brighton for Repatriation to Australia. Travelled on R.M.S. "STRATHEDEN" arriving in Sydney mid November 1945 and was discharged on 7th December 1945. [page break] [centred] SORTIES CARRIED OUT [/centred] 12-7-44 Les Hauts Buisson Night raid returned with bomb load as unserviceability of equipment prevented bombing 17-7-44 Bois De La Haire Daylight raid 18-7-44 Vaires Daylight raid on Paris Rail Depot 20-7-44 Chapelle Notre Dame Daylight raid 03-8-44 Foret De Nieppe Daylight raid 05-8-44 Foret De Nieppe Daylight raid 01-8-44 Novelle En Chausse II [Noyelle-en-Chaussée] Daylight raid 07-8-44 Battle Area 3 Night raid on the Falaise Gap east of Caen & attack destroyed a Panzer division, 70.00[?] ton ammunition dump and allowed British and Canadian armies to attack the defending German forces. 08-8-44 Belle Croix Daylight raid 11-8-44 Somain Daylight raid on Marshalling yards 15-8-44 Eindhoven Holland Daylight raid on Philips Electrical works 16-8-44 Kiel Night raid on Submarine Pens & supporting factories 18-8-44 Sterkrade Night raid on German Synthetic oil refinery 25-8-44 Wemars Capelle Daylight raid 31-8-44 Lumbres Daylight raid 09-9-44 Le Havre Daylight raid cancelled with 7/10 cloud over target, bombs dropped in English Channel narrowly missing H.M.S. Warspite and H.M.S. Black Prince bombarding Le Havre, but well out of their assigned zone, trespassing in R.A.F. bomb disposal area 10-9-44 Le Harve Daylight raid 11-9-44 Gelsenkirchen Daylight raid on German Synthetic Oil refinery intense flak barrage 12-9-44 Munster Daylight raid, 400 fighter escort Mustang & Spitfires 20-9-44 Calais Daylight raid 7-10-44 Cleve Daylight raid with large fighter escort 14-10-44 Duisberg Daylight raid, RAF dropped 4,500 tons mid morning, USAAC bombed early afternoon and RAF bombed before midnight. Total bomb load 10,000 tons 15-10-44 Wilhemshaven Night raid on Naval Base 25-10-44 Essen Daylight raid 30-10-44 Cologne Night raid, Target covered by cloud P.F.F. used sky markers and target was successfully bombed by main force 02-11-44 Dusseldorf Night raid with a Night Fighter firing & missing [page break] 18-11-44 Munster Daylight raid and Master Bomber in a Lancaster lost rear turret from a bomb dropped from above. He passed in front of me and I could see right up the fuselage to the cockpit. I became hospitalised with severe tonsillitis at this time for a period of two weeks. Subsequently I had a tonsillectomy in March 1945. From 25-11-44 to 20-12-44 Britain experienced the coldest winter for 40 years and air operations were at a standstill. Low cloud, snow, and ice were constant. The coldest day was 2 Fahrenheit. 24-12-44 Mulheim Airfield Daylight raid when RAF and USAAC bombed 8 major German airbases under the protection of an enormous fighter cover ... On take-off our airspeed indicator became unserviceable and navigational aids and bombsight were rendered useless. Target was successfully bombed by closely formatting with another Halifax. Landed at Carnaby as home airfield under cloud cover. 28-12-44 Munchen-Gladbach Night raid 29-12-44 Koblenz Daylight raid 02-01-45 Ludwigshaven Night raid 05-01-45 Hanover Night raid, near collision when a FW190 crossed our bow from right to left. 13-01-45 Saarbrucken Night raid 16-01-45 Madgeburg [Magdeburg] Night raid 22-01-45 Gelsendirchen Night raid Typical procedures carried out in preparation for night bombing raid over Germany Daylight 0745 0630 Reveille {broadcast over Tannoy} 0700 to 0830 Breakfast available in Messes 0830 Pilots report to flight office {if not already booked for 1 hour Link trainer session}. Other crew members report to their respective sections. 1000 Notification of operartions[sic] planned for tonight. War list drawn up in each flight office in accordance with number of aircraft by Operational Plan. 1100 Check of aircraft to operate, pilot and flight sergeant in charge of ground crew talk over vital points and airtest aircraft where necessary 1200 to 1300 Lunch available at Messes. [page break] 1.30pm to 3.30pm Crews take rest 3.30pm Report back to sections, Shortly, call for all operational crews to go to respective messes for operational meal (Bacon, eggs, tomato, toast, tea etc.) thence proceed to briefing Room at 4.15pm 4.15pm Briefing room. All operational crews taking part are assembled. The squadron commander (wing Commander rank) arrives, says "sit down gentlemen" turns to the covered map on the wall, removes cover and announces the target for tonight (Magdeburg). The map has the route to the target indicated by a coloured tape, with changes of direction to avoid defended areas. The return flight is indicated by a coloured tape, again with changes of course to avoid defended areas. The Wing-Co states time of take off, E.T.A. (estimated time of arrival) having an accuracy of plus or minus 15 seconds. He then says adjust your watches and everyone synchronises their wrist watches. The Wing-Co concludes his briefing and is followed by the intelligence officer, meterology officer, navigation leader, bombing leader, wireless leader, flight engineering leader and finally the gunnery leader. It is now about 5.15pm and the sun has set about 1 1/4 hrs ago. The crews now travel to the Parachute section where they pick up their chute, don cold weather gear including flying boots and the gunners collect their heated flying suit. It will be cold, -45deg.c. at 24,000 feet. The crews re-enter the crew buses and are transported to their respective aircraft which are around the airfield in dispersal bays. It is now about 5.35pm and take off has been set for 6pm. The aircraft nearest to the runway in use will start its engines in about 5 minutes and each aircraft thereafter will start engines so that when the first aircraft taxies from its dispersal point, onto the perimeter track, an orderly file of all the other aircraft involved begins. The noise level created by the twenty, four engined Halifaxes moving round to the take-off position is very loud. As the first aircraft swings onto the runway it travels forward to ensure the tail wheel is straight before being locked in position. With brakes fully on, each engine in succession is run up to full revs and returned to idle. Now all four engines are opened up to 2,000 revs and the brakes released. The aircraft moves and begins to pick up speed as full revs (3,100 per minute) are achieved. Minimum take off speed, 120mph. is reached after a run of 1,200 metres, but usually held aircraft down until 130ph. showing, then lift off, squeeze brakes, lift undercarriage then the 5deg. of flap used for take off. At 160mph. engines throttled back to 2,300 revs. and climb to 2,000ft. level off, circle drome and set course for Germany. Each aircraft followed the above procedures and took off at little more than 20 second intervals. The first 120 miles is flown at 2,000ft. to stay under enemy radar, then climb begins at 160 mph., 1,200ft. per minute initially but declining as the air gets thinner. The [page break] Dutch coast is crossed about one hour after take off at a height of 12,000ft. Climb continues and 24,000ft. is reached; it is now 1 1/2 hrs. since take off. At 160mph. indicated air speed, the aircraft is now travelling at true air speed of 227mph. We are now well and truly in the danger zone as German rader[sic] is tracking us and directing their A/A guns and night fighters. At 24,000ft. it will take 1 1/2 hrs. to reach Magdeburg. It is very cold and the air is clear. I had my side window open on the climb and when I tried to close it, no luck, it was frozen tight. Later I found the heel of my left thumb had been frost bitten through three glove layers from trying to force the window shut. For 1 1/2 hrs. the aircraft, weaved, skidded and undulated to avoid being a steady target for any night fighters trying to home in. By this time the inside of the windscreen had iced up so there was no forward vision. The bombd aimer became the forward eyes of the aircraft. The target area comes into view and the P.F.F. flares are visible; now the Master bomber could be heard on the R/T directing traffic. This is the most dangerous time of the operation. Steady course, steady speed, aircraft straight and level, bomb doors open, bomb aimer watching the target marker slide along the bombsight until it reaches the cross, Bombs Gone. The sudden release of 9,000lbs. of bombs in just over 1 second causes the aircraft to suddenly rise 200 feet. Bomb doors shut, but fly straight and level for one minute for aiming point photo. Then turning (rate 1 turn) to starboard to go on reciprocal course for home. Now its nose down 220mph. which is 297mph. true air speed for eight minutes and levelling off at 16,000ft. on course at 160mph. Indicated (205 T.A.S.) This part of the return flight takes 2 1/4 hrs., constantly weaving, skidding, undulating. After this, descent commences at 300/400ft. per minute crossing the coast again at 10/12,000ft. and continuing until 2,000ft. then level off, and the aircraft, because of its lightened weight cruises easily in the range 210/230mph. After some 14 minutes of flight the outer circle lights of Pocklington Airfield are sighted and after receipt of permission to land, taxy to dispersal area, leave aircraft and ride on bus back to parachute section then to debriefing. The aircraft had been airbourne for 6 hours 15 minutes. After debriefing back to mess for meal, as before, then to bed. P.S. As Britain was subject to sudden cloud and fog cover, three emergency airfields were established, at Manston, Woodbridge and Carnaby, ringed by petrol filled piping, which ignited dispersed cloud or fog for safe landings. They were known as F.I.D.O. (Fog Intensive Disposal Of.). 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 Service record John Henry (Jack) Thomas Description An account of the resource The record covers enlistment and early training in the Royal Australian Air Force, and continues with a description of John's journey to England via the United States and training in England. It lists his crew formed during training. He joined 102 Squadron with Halifax Mk 3 on 12 July 1944 and completed tour of operations on 22 January 1945, listing 36 operational sorties. It continues with a detailed description of a typical day's preparation for night bombing raid over Germany. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource J H Thomas Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-12 1942-09-12 1942-12-09 1943-02-07 1943-06-16 1944-04-27 1944-07-12 1944-07-17 1944-07-18 1944-07-30 1944-08-03 1944-08-05 1944-08-01 1944-08-07 1944-08-08 1944-08-11 1944-08-15 1944-08-16 1944-08-18 1944-08-25 1944-08-31 1944-09-09 1944-09-10 1944-09-11 1944-09-12 1944-09-20 1944-10-07 1944-10-14 1944-10-15 1944-10-25 1944-10-30 1944-11-02 1944-11-18 1944-12-24 1944-12-28 1944-12-29 1945-01-02 1945-01-05 1945-01-13 1945-01-16 1945-01-22 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Australia New South Wales--Albury New South Wales--Sydney New South Wales--Narrandera Victoria--Point Cook United States California--San Francisco New York (State)--New York Great Britain Scotland--Greenock England--Wiltshire England--Sussex England--Brighton England--Warwickshire England--Rugby England--Gloucestershire England--Yorkshire France France--Paris France--Nieppe Forest France--Falaise France--Somain Netherlands Netherlands--Eindhoven Germany--Kiel Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf) France--Pas-de-Calais France--Lumbres France--Le Havre Atlantic Ocean--English Channel Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Münster in Westfalen France--Calais Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia) Germany--Duisburg Germany--Wilhelmshaven Germany--Essen Germany--Cologne Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany--Mönchengladbach Germany--Koblenz Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein Germany--Saarbrücken Germany--Magdeburg Germany--Hannover California New York (State) New South Wales Victoria Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) France--Wemaers-Cappel France--Noyelle-en-Chaussée France--Chapelle Notre Dame 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 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 Six page printed document Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription. Under review Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context BThomasJHThomasJHv1 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 Maureen Clarke 102 Squadron 1658 HCU 21 OTU air gunner aircrew bomb aimer crewing up flight engineer Halifax Halifax Mk 2 Halifax Mk 3 Heavy Conversion Unit navigator Operational Training Unit Oxford pilot RAF Acaster Malbis RAF Hullavington RAF Moreton in the Marsh RAF Pocklington RAF Riccall Tiger Moth training Wellington wireless operator https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1822/32379/LWellsRG1686349v1.pdf 845721e657e86c45caa0c997eec33a96 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 Wells, Ray R G Wells 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 2017-04-03 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 Wells, RG Description An account of the resource 51 items. The collection concerns (1686349 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents and photographs in a separate album. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 158 Squadron. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2029">Wells, Ray. Album</a> The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Carole Dukes 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 Ray Wells' Pilot’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Language A language of the resource eng Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LWellsRG1686349v1 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. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. France Germany Great Britain Netherlands France--Boulogne-sur-Mer France--Brest France--Caen France--Dijon France--Etaples France--Le Havre France--Oisemont (Canton) Germany--Kiel Germany--Cologne Germany--Duisburg Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Essen Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Homberg (Kassel) Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf) Germany--Wanne-Eickel Netherlands--Eindhoven Netherlands--Walcheren Germany--Ruhr (Region) France--Domléger-Longvillers France--Nieppe Forest France--Noordpeene France--Marquise France--La Pourchinte France--Les Catelliers France--Bois de la Haie France--Chapelle Notre Dame France--Le Grand Rossignol France--Pas-de-Calais 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 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Log book and record book Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Terry Hancock Description An account of the resource R G Wells Flight Engineer’s Flying Log Book covering the period 16 April 1944 to 30 September 1944. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as flight engineer. He was stationed at RAF Riccall (1658 HCU), RAF Lisset (158 Squadron) and RAF Leconfield (96 Squadron). Aircraft flown in were Halifax II and III. Targets were Oisemont, Le Grand Rossignol, Les Catelliers, Wanne-Eickel, Foret de Nieppe, Chapelle Notre Dame, L’Hey, battle area, Dijon, Kiel, Brest, Sterkrade, Duisburg, Essen, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Domleger, Marquise, Caen, Bois de la Haie, Etaples, Eindhoven, Homberg, La Pourchinte, Le Havre, Gelsenkirchen, Nordstern, Boulogne and Walcheren. His pilot on operations was Flight Sergeant Meaden. He flew 20 day operations and 17 night operations with 158 Squadron. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 158 Squadron 1658 HCU aircrew bombing bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944) bombing of the Pas de Calais V-1 sites (24/25 June 1944) flight engineer Halifax Halifax Mk 2 Halifax Mk 3 Heavy Conversion Unit Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) RAF Leconfield RAF Lissett RAF Riccall tactical support for Normandy troops training V-2 V-weapon https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1271/17886/LBrittRG1739520v1.pdf b99268ee5803cc0846735451cd928fa9 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 Britt, Ron Ronald Gleeson Britt R G Britt Description An account of the resource Five items. The collection concerns Ronald Britt (b.1923, 1939520 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book and photographs. He was an air gunner who flew 30 operations with 103 squadron and Binbrook Special Duties flight. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Stuart Pearce, Debbie Pearce, nee Britt, and Gail Elizabeth Britt. It was 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 2017-05-21 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 Britt, RG 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 Ronald G Britt’s navigator’s air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Log book and record book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LBrittRG1739520v1 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. Bomber Command Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Belgium Germany Great Britain Netherlands Poland Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean--English Channel Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea) Belgium--Flanders England--Leicestershire England--Lincolnshire England--Yorkshire France--Beaupréau France--Calais France--Dijon France--Douai France--Flers-de-l'Orne France--Jura France--Le Havre France--Manche France--Nord (Department) France--Oisemont (Canton) France--Orléans France--Reims France--Pas-de-Calais France--Somme France--Vire (Calvados) France--Wimereux Germany--Aachen Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Rüsselsheim Netherlands--Leeuwarden Poland--Gdynia Scotland--Greenock Wales--Bridgend Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf) France Germany--Ruhr (Region) France--Domléger-Longvillers France--Fontenay France--Aulnoye-Aymeries France--Agenville Belgium--Rieme France--Crisbecq France--Chapelle Notre Dame Netherlands--Eindhoven France--Revigny-sur-Ornain Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943 1944 1945 1944-06 1944-07 1944-08 1944-01-28 1944-01-30 1944-05-24 1944-05-28 1944-06-02 1944-06-03 1944-06-04 1944-06-05 1944-06-06 1944-06-09 1944-06-12 1944-06-13 1944-06-14 1944-06-15 1944-06-16 1944-06-17 1944-06-18 1944-06-27 1944-06-29 1944-06-30 1944-07-04 1944-07-05 1944-07-06 1944-07-08 1944-07-09 1944-07-12 1944-07-13 1944-07-15 1944-07-16 1944-07-17 1944-07-19 1944-07-20 1944-07-23 1944-08-07 1944-08-08 1944-08-11 1944-08-19 1944-08-20 1944-08-25 1944-08-26 1944-08-27 1944-08-28 1944-08-29 1944-08-30 1944-08-31 1944-09-03 1944-09-05 1944-09-10 1944-09-12 1944-09-13 1944-09-15 1944-09-16 1944-09-17 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. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mike Connock Description An account of the resource Navigator’s air bomber’s and air gunner’s flying log book for Ronald G Britt, covering the period from 1 October 1943 to 26 May 1945. Detailing his flying training and operations flown. He was stationed at RAF Stormy Down, RAF Wymeswold, RAF Lindholme, RAF Hemswell, RAF Elsham Wolds, RAF Binbrook and RAF Greenock. Aircraft flown in were, Anson, Wellington, Halifax, Lancaster and Sunderland. He flew a total of 30 operations with 103 squadron and 103 special duties flight, 22 Night and 8 daylight operations. Targets were Aachen, Calais, Wimereux, Crisbecq, Vire, Flers, Gelsenkirchen, Le Havre, Sterkrade, Aulnoye, Beaupréau, Domleger, Oisemont, Revigny, Fontenay, Douai, Orleans, Dijon, Rieme, Rüsselsheim, Gdynia, Chapelle Notre Dame, Stettin, Agenville, Eindhoven, Frankfurt, Kattegat and Leeuwarden. His pilots on operations were Flying Officer Colvin, Pilot Officer Green and Group Captain Shean. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 103 Squadron 1656 HCU 28 OTU air gunner Air Gunnery School aircrew Anson bombing of the Le Havre E-boat pens (14/15 June 1944) bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944) Halifax Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operational Training Unit RAF Binbrook RAF Elsham Wolds RAF Greenock RAF Hemswell RAF Lindholme RAF Stormy Down RAF Wymeswold Sunderland tactical support for Normandy troops training V-1 V-weapon Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/81/7914/LGodfreyCR1281391v10001.pdf 2bb4feee369606f050f7e0e0563b6922 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 Godfrey, Charles Randall Subject The topic of the resource World War (1939-1945) Description An account of the resource 64 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Charles Randall Godfrey DFC (b. 1921, 146099, Royal Air Force) and consists of his logbook and operational notes, items of memorabilia, association memberships, personnel documentation, medals and photographs. He completed 37 operations with 37 Squadron in North Africa and the Mediterranean and 59 operations with 635 Squadron. He flew as a wireless operator in the crew of Squadron Leader Ian Willoughby Bazalgette VC. The collection has has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by David Charles Godfrey and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. 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 Godfrey, CR Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-11-18 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 Charles Godfrey's observer's and air gunner's flying log book Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Log book and record book 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 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LGodfreyCR1281391v10001 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. 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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 Description An account of the resource Observer's and air gunner's flying log book for Pilot Officer Godfrey from 3 of February 1941 to 25 of September 1945 detailing training schedule, instructional duties and operations flown. Aircraft flown were Dominie, Proctor, Wellington, Hampden, Anson, Defiant, Martinet, Stirling, Lancaster, C-47 and Oxford. He was stationed at RAF Manby, RAF Bassingbourn, RAF Harwell, RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Downham Market, RAF Hemswell, RAF Wittering, RAF Abingdon, RAF Upper- Heyford, RAF Upwood, RAF Gillingham, RAF Cranwell, RAF Melton Mowbray, RAF Church Fenton, RAF Market Drayton, RAF Waddington, RAF Upavon, RAF Sywell, RAF Carlisle, RAF Linton-On-Ouse, RAF Newbury, RAF Cottesmore, RAF Brize Norton, RAF Exeter, RAF Andover, RAF Hampstead Norris, RAF Hythe, RAF Gibraltar, RAF St Eval, RAF El Dabba, RAF Shaluffa, RAF Abu Sueir, RAF Almaza, RAF Blyton, RAF Ingham, RAF Marston Moor, RAF Leeming, RAF Acklington, RAF Middleton St. George, RAF Newmarket, RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, RAF Leconfield, RAF Skipton-on-Swale, RAF Wyton, RAF Warboys, RAF Westcott, RAF Gravely and RAF Worcester. He completed 37 operations with 37 Squadron in North Africa and the Mediterranean and 59 operations with 635 Squadron to targets in Belgium, France and Germany. Targets included: Heraklion, Piraeus, Derna, Tmimi, Benghazi Harbour, Gazala, Mersa Matruh, Ras El Shaqiq, El Dabaa, Tobruk, Fukah, Quotaifiyah, Düren, Munster, Mantes- Gassicourt rail yards, Haine-Saint-Pierre rail yards, Hasselt rail yards, Rennes, Angers rail yards, Caen, Revigny rail yards, Nucourt, Wesseling oil refineries, L’Hey, Kiel, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Notre Dame [Chapelle Notre Dame?], Trossy St. Maximin, Karlsruhe, Merseburg, Essen, Ludwigshafen, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Mönchengladbach, Troisdorf, Dortmund, Nuremberg, Hannover, Munich, Gelsenkirchen, Mainz, Wiesbaden, Osterfeld, Kleve, Wanne-Eickel, Chemnitz, Wesel, Worms, Hemmingstedt, Dorsten, Bottrop, Osnabruck, Berchtesgaden, Ypenburg and Rotterdam. Notable events are that Charles Godfrey undertook a search and rescue operation in a Defiant and during the operation to Trossy St. Maximin 4 August 1944 his aircraft, Lancaster ND811, was brought down by anti-aircraft fire. Whilst he survived and evaded, his pilot, Ian Willoughby Bazalgette was awarded the Posthumous Victoria Cross. Pilot Officer Godfrey also took part in Operation Manna, Operation Exodus and Operation Dodge. The hand written notes added to the end of the log book give a description to the crash at Senantes, and his attempts to evade capture: RAF Lossiemouth S/L Ian Willoughby Bazalgette 33 on first [?] [indecipherable] DFC Flight Commander Deputy – RAM Palmer Left there April 1944 – 37 on first tour [?] [indecipherable] F/O Geof [sic] Goddard Nav F/O Ivan Hibbert Bomb Aimer F/O Godfrey F/O Cameron DFM ex F/Sgt Middleton’s V.C. rear gunner Joined at PFF Navigation Training met [?] by Sgt George Turner then on Sqdn by F/LT Colonel Hewell [?] mid upper 6/5/44 First op as crew During May 5 and June 7 night ops In July Daylight and night ops 1 2 ND950 ‘M’ Mother 23 Kiel Last week in July 24 Stuttgart 25 Stuttgart [indecipherable] and motor bike [?] 28 Hamburg 4 August 1944 Should have gone on leave F/L Henson missing – Oxford to York One crew required Baz [?] volunteered – get one more in before leave Daylight to Trossy St Maximin Took T for Tommy instead of M Mother Crew conference at [?] dispersal – decided to go in at 6000 feet main force up at 12000 feet. [page break] F/LT Beveridge (DMB) shot down by flak going into target Nearing target heavy Ack-Ack shell penetrated starboard wing – Both engines spluttered to standstill Bomb aimer wounded [page break] Godfrey last to leave aircraft G. Goddard put foot [?] on him and out he went. Landed in tree I landed in cornfield – stripped [?] [indecipherable] and hid parachute under corn stacks [?] - lay under hedge – rather shocked Lancaster hit deck two fields ahead exploded on landing down Village of Senantes Maire of village helped us – in civvies within a few minutes of landing. Lay in potato bed all afternoon while Germans searched for survivors – waited till darkness into house for meal. Slept at gentlemans [sic] house – [indecipherable]. Moved by horse and Cart to farm near Chappelle [sic] aux Pots No English – lying sunbathing alongside Railway line – Thunderbolts beat up train SS troops moved back. Moved to Forest for 10 days – [indecipherable] to lay on food from 3 farms. 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Review Oct 2024 11 OTU 15 OTU 20 OTU 37 Squadron 635 Squadron air gunner Air Gunnery School aircrew Anson anti-aircraft fire bale out bombing bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944) bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944) C-47 Cook’s tour Defiant Dominie evading Hampden killed in action Lancaster Martinet missing in action Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operation Dodge (1945) Operation Exodus (1945) Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945) Operational Training Unit Oxford Pathfinders Proctor RAF Abingdon RAF Almaza RAF Andover RAF Bassingbourn RAF Blyton RAF Brize Norton RAF Carlisle RAF Church Fenton RAF Cottesmore RAF Cranwell RAF Downham Market RAF Graveley RAF Hampstead Norris RAF Harwell RAF Hemswell RAF Ingham RAF Leconfield RAF Leeming RAF Linton on Ouse RAF Lossiemouth RAF Manby RAF Marston Moor RAF Melton Mowbray RAF Middleton St George RAF Moreton in the Marsh RAF Newmarket RAF Skipton on Swale RAF St Eval RAF Sywell RAF Upavon RAF Upper Heyford RAF Upwood RAF Waddington RAF Warboys RAF Westcott RAF Wittering RAF Wyton Resistance shot down Stirling tactical support for Normandy troops training Victoria Cross Wellington wireless operator