1 25 4 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/501/22571/MCurnockRM1815605-171114-018.1.pdf 016c5b36e006bb2bf9b025c8d8d14b3a 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 Curnock, Richard Richard Murdock Curnock R M Curnock Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Curnock, RM Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-04-18 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). 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Title A name given to the resource Ex-RCAF The Camp Jan 1990 Description An account of the resource News-sheet of the ex-Air Force POW Association. This edition covers POW's in Perpetuity, the Red Cross, a new memorial at Plymouth Hoe, Geoof Taylor -author, advance notice of a reunion in Vancouver, lost members, ex-POW histories, Obituaries, a message from the President, Gen from around the circuit and photographs from the 1989 Ottawa reunion. 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Title A name given to the resource Holden, John J Holden 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 2017-07-25 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 Holden, J Description An account of the resource 30 items. The collection concerns Sergeant John Holden (1521290 Royal Air Force) and contains photographs, documents and correspondence. he flew operations as a wireless operator with 49 Squadron and was killed 10 June 1944. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Andrew Whitehouse and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Additional information on John Holden is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/110983/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [inserted] From Pierre [/inserted] [inserted] To Ron Lorna [/inserted] Pierre Madry, raises his hat to the crew of a British bomber Pierre Madry, insurance writer for Axa in Belbeuf, is a fanatic of history, with a capital H, more than 50 years ago. It is thanks to him that the recent ceremony in honour of the allied soldiers who crashed to the west of Lyons-la-forêt, took place. [italics] "In February 1994, I heard an appeal from Laurent D'hondt, a gendarme from Notre-Dame-de-Gravenchon, who was looking for information about the planes which crashed down in Normandy, he explained. My mother, who was 12 at the time, remembered a bomber crashing in the hamlet of La villenaise, on the Lyons plateau. the inhabitants had picked up the pieces, that is why a fragment of that plane decorated our kitchen for a long time". [italics] Pierre Madry got in touch with the gendarme who then asked him some very precise questions, which brought our man to examine the problem in more detail in England. He put an advertisement in the Royal Air Force magazine and was soon in touch with a lady whose boy friend was on a bomber which crashed on the 9 Th. June 1944. Pierre Madry discovers what follows step by step on backdrop of Liberation: [italics] It is the 6 Th. June 1944 . . . [/italics] [page break] [underlined] Pierre MADRY: [/underlined] It is the 6 Th. June 1944 and the Allies are landing on the beaches of Calvados. The German troops which are advancing towards the beaches of Normandy are a serious threat to the success of the military operation. Our Allies decide to bomb the railway network at the rear of the front in an attempt to disorganise the progression of the enemy. Therefore during the night of 9 Th. to 10 Th. of June 1944, a squadron made up of 106 Lancaster bombers flies over our region to bomb a rail junction in Etampes, South of Paris. The Lancaster No ND 533 from the 49 Th. squadron takes off from its base in Fiskerton at 21.36 hours. It is attacked by the FLAK or by night fighters and crashes down ablaze here, among the trees. Due to lack of time or sufficient height, most of the members of the crew are unable to bail out. According to official reports, only two members out of the seven crew were able to do so. Of these two, one did not survive. The remaining bomb-aimer managed to get out and the local Resistance very quickly took care of him. Unfortunately, he was discovered during his trip back to England only to be imprisoned in Fresnes near to Paris. He will then be deported to the concentration camp in Buchenwald where he died of sickness on the 18 Th. October 1944, just one day before he was to be transferred among other Allied pilots and crew members to an aviators prisoners war camp. [page break] [underlined] Air Commodore EUSTACE: [/underlined] I would like to address the Lord Mayor, the Ladies and Gentlemen of the Town council and all those members of the war-veterans associations, Ladies and Gentlemen It is a great privilege for me to represent the Ambassador of Great Britain and the Royal Air Force at this ceremony in memory of my country's pilots whose Lancaster ND 533 crashed in Lyons-la-Forêt. My military colleagues of the Embassy and I attend many commemorations and each time they are dignified and moving occasions. We greatly admire the way in which you, the French, took in our wounded during the war and the way in which you faithfully honour every year the memory of your and our dead ones. Your armed forces and ours fought alongside more than 50 years ago. The French pilots were with the British Royal Air Force during the Battle of Britain, and our pilots, our soldiers and our sailors fought together with the members of the Resistance against the Germans in Europe and in North Africa. The three corps are once more side by side; five years ago during the Golf [sic] war, for the last 4 years in Bosnia and in the North and South of Iraq to protect the Kurds and the Arabs who live in the marshes. In most of the United Nations headquarters, the main motor of influence is French-British. Likewise our military relationship is the main vector of the defence of Europe and of the development of an European identity within the NATO. Hardly a week goes by without Army, Navy or Air Force units crossing the Channel. British officers are sent to French units and vice versa. Our staff meet regularly on a ministerial level as do our Chiefs of staff and Field officers. Moreover the European French-British Air Group was established last October and will carry out its first operational exercise next September. It is therefore not surprising that our Ministers and our Chiefs of staff expressed their satisfaction at the co-operation which reigns between us. May this co-operation be for ever progressive and lasting. That is my wish, not only as far as defence is concerned but also in every field of our political and daily life. The world is changing but one thing remains true: the friendship and the affection which bring together the men and women of France and Great Britain as it was the case during the Second World War. Today you are providing evidence of it. The State visit of President Jacques CHIRAC to Great-Britain two weeks ago was yet another example of the very warm relation between our two countries. I thank you from deep down in my heart for being faithful to the memory of our deads [sic], to those who died in your country and particularly today for honouring the sacrifice made by these English pilots who lost their lives in Lyons-la-Forêt. We must not forget them. Thank you. [page break] [underlined] Abbé PLANTÉ, parish priest of Lyons-la-forêt: [/underlined] May the Grace of Jesus, giver of life and conqueror of death still be with you. We are gathered around this cross and around this spray of flowers to honour our British brothers who lost their lives here. With this commemoration, this spray of flowers and our presence here today, we would like to show our gratitude. Through our prayer, we entrust them to the risen Christ. Lord, please give our brothers, who sacrificed their lives eternal rest. May the endless light of His Face shining on them. By the Christ, our Lord. Amen! Let us pray once more that our brothers may be in the hands of our Father: Our Father, which are in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. Thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive them that trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, But deliver us from evil; for thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen! May for our brothers the promise of resurrection be fulfilled. "I am the resurrection and the life", says Lord Jesus. He who believes me, will have eternal life, even after death. Go in the peace of Christ and give thanks to God. Que la Grâce de Jésus, donateur de vie et vainqueur de la mort soit toujours avec vous. Nous voici rassemblés autour de cette croix et autour de cette gerbe en hommage à nos frères Britanniques qui sont tombés en ce lieu. Nous voulons, par notre démarche, notre présence et l'offrande de cette gerbe leur manifester notre gratitude, et par notre priéres les confier au Christ ressuscité. Seigneur donne à nos frères, qui ont fait le sacrifice de leur vie, le repos éternel et que brille sur eux la lumière sans fin de Sa Face, par le Christ notre Seigneur. Amen! Prions encore en remettant nos frères entre les mains du Père: Notre Père, qui est aux cieux, que ton nom soit sanctifié, que ton règne vienne, que ta volonté soit faite sur la terre comme au ciel. Donne nous aujourd'hui notre pain de ce jour, pardonne nous nos offenses, comme nous pardonnons aussi à ceux qui nous ont offensé, et ne nous soumets pas à le tentation, mais délivre nous du mal. Amen! Que s'accomplisse pour nos frères la promesse de la résurrection. "Je suis la résurrection et la vie" dit Jésus. Celui qui croit en moi, même s'il meurt, vivra éternellement. Allons dans la paix du Christ, et rendons grâce à Dieu. 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 Pierre Madry raises his Hat to the Crew of a British Bomber Description An account of the resource An account of the crash of Lancaster ND533 written by Pierre Madry. It is followed by an address given by Air Commodore Eustace at a memorial ceremony for the crew of the Lancaster. Finally, there is an address by Abbe Plante, parish priest of Lyons-la-Foret, in English and French. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-06-09 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. France--Normandy France--Lyons-la-Forêt France--Fresnes (Val-de-Marne) France 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 Civilian 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 printed sheets Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MHoldenJ1521290-170725-080001, MHoldenJ1521290-170725-080002, MHoldenJ1521290-170725-080003, MHoldenJ1521290-170725-080004 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 Maureen Clarke 49 Squadron aircrew anti-aircraft fire bale out bomb aimer bombing crash escaping evading Lancaster Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) prisoner of war RAF Fiskerton Resistance https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1913/41125/MHoldenJ1521290-170725-17.1.jpg f96f205c672cdbc5973d1ade36cec027 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 Holden, John J Holden 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 2017-07-25 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 Holden, J Description An account of the resource 30 items. The collection concerns Sergeant John Holden (1521290 Royal Air Force) and contains photographs, documents and correspondence. he flew operations as a wireless operator with 49 Squadron and was killed 10 June 1944. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Andrew Whitehouse and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Additional information on John Holden is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/110983/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [inserted] FROM PIERRE. [/inserted] [inserted] PM. To Ron Lorna [/inserted] The HEMMENS story Itinerary of a bomb aimer, after the crash of his Lancaster bomber ND 533 9 Th. June 1944 Mrs Adeline LAVANDIER is making enquiries about aircraft shot down in the forest of Lyons, in Normandy. She contacted Mr RAULIN, who was a teacher in Hacqueville during the war. This man used to keep a register of the allied aviators who crashed in the area. He also used to organise their way back to London. RAULIN advised Mrs LAVANDIER to contact René HERCOUET, a farmer, who was a resistance fighter during the war. Then, Mr Hercouet told her about HEMMENS: Four aviators from a Halifax bomber survived the crash of their plane in Goupilière, on the 28 Th. of June 1944. (It was the Handley Page Halifax LW 143 DY.O – squadron 102 and the aviators were D. EAGLE, R. JOYCE, D. LESLIE and R. LEVERINGTON) Three of them (JOYCE, LESLIE and EVERINGTON) joined the farm HELLOT in Beauficel, probably with the help of the forestry workers who were very active in the "Resistance". Later on, they joined the farm VERHAEGUE in Mortemer's abbey. There are several kilometres between those two farms. The fourth one, EAGLE, was hidden by HERCOUET and joined his colleagues later on directly at the farm VERHAEGUE. But when he got to that place, four aviators were already hidden! Five people were there, even though only four had survived! Mr. Hercouet supposes that the fifth one was HEMMENS. Then, the five men travelled towards Paris, but were arrested on their way and deported to Buckenwald. A very active resistance fighter, ALBERT DELACOUR, the last remaining of his group, told me recently that 17 aviators were betrayed and arrested in the escape network in the vicinity of BONNIERES SUR SEINE, between Les Andelys and Paris. You can find the four names of the Halifax bomber crew on the list given by Frank Peirson, who was radio in an other Halifax bomber shot down in the area on the 15 Th. of July 1944. On this list, you find also WATMOUGH, who had known Hemmens in Fresnes prison. Mrs Lavandier deduced from it that they had been betrayed and given up to the Germans by DESOUBRIES, who also betrayed resistance fighters in the area: This traitor Desoubries had been discovered thanks to an enquiry about the death of BECK (an American pilot) in Buckenwald. In fact, Beck's mother was a friend of the American General Marshall's wife. She had began an enquiry about the presence of numerous aviators in the concentration camp, even though those boys should have been sent to a prisoner's camp for aviators, the "Stalag Luft III". Thanks to that enquiry, the aviators were transferred to this Stalag on the 19 Th. of October 1944. Later, Desoubries was arrested and shot in the "Fort de Montrouge" in 1947. "Long live Hitler" was his last cry! 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 The Hemmens Story Description An account of the resource A complicated story of how Hemmens was mixed with four aircrew who survived a Halifax crash. They were all arrested on their way to Paris. They were sent to Fresnes prison then Buchenwald where Hemmens died, due to medical neglect. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. France--Eure France--Paris France--Lyons-la-Forêt France--Fresnes (Val-de-Marne) France 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 One printed sheet Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MHoldenJ1521290-170725-17 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 Maureen Clarke 102 Squadron aircrew crash Halifax Lancaster Resistance shot down Stalag Luft 3