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Top - A group of seven aircrew in a mix of battledress and service dress, standing in front of the starboard wing of a Lancaster. The officers are wearing peaked caps, the NCO's side caps. This is the F/Lt Dave Shannon crew, 106 Squadron. A…
Airmen
Top - Six airmen outside a brick building. Five are RAF, of which three are wearing service dress and two battledress. The other, second from right, is an FAA airman. The annotation to the photograph reads: "L.R. Frank Ruskell, Johnny Wickins, Winco…
James Davies' Grave
Two photos of James Davies grave. The reverse contains notes including the date of 1st Dec 1983.
Letter to Mrs Davies regarding James Davies
A letter from the Air Ministry regarding the location of a cemetery in which James is buried.
James Brown’s Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
James Brown’s Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 3rd May 1943 until 3rd June 1989. During this time trained as a wireless operator and air gunner. Trained at No. 4 Air Gunnery School, 14 Operational Training Unit, 5…
Tom Lofthouse’s Royal Australian Air Force Observer’s, Air Gunner’s, and W/T Operator’s Flying Log Book
Tom Lofthouse’s Observer’s, Air Gunner’s, and W/T Operator’s Flying Log Book from 16th January 1943 until 3rd May 1945. During this time trained as an air gunner. Trained at No. 3 Bombing and Gunnery School, 21 Operational Training Unit, 1652 Heavy…
Target map of gas works Berlin (Neukoln)
1:1,000,000 scale colour map showing city of Neukoln and surrounds. Marked target gas works in centre and hospitals highlighted with red cross.
Derek Skinner’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book
Derek Skinner’s Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 2nd May 1939 until 7th December 1941. During this time trained as a pilot. Trained at No. 13 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, No. 4 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, No. 11…
Pages from flying log book
Records sorties from 23 November 1943 to 3 May 1944. Operations for complete first tour. Twenty-nine operations with comments on each.
Letter from Royal Air Force Graveley to Mrs. Wells
A typed letter from Wing Commander S. P. Daniels of Royal Air Force Graveley, to Mrs H. Wells, formally notifying her that her son Sergeant R. H. Wells, as a Tail Gunner, is missing as a result of air operations on 2/3 December 1943 to attack Berlin,…
Reginald Johnstone’s Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Reginald Johnstone’s Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 1st December 1942 until 22nd May 1944 when he was killed in action. During this time trained as an air gunner. Trained at No. 4 Radio School, No. 7 Air Gunner’s…
Paul Edward Thompson DFC RAF
Service history including service notes. Joining up, initial and basic training followed flying training as pilot in UK then by training as a navigator in the United States and Canada. Lists his first crew. List 15 operations on 50 Squadron with…
A note about Jim Hadland's burial and reburial.
A note with some details regarding Jim's final resting place in Berlin.
Letter from Jim Hadland to his sister
Jim writes to Elsie, his sister. He has been bombing Germany, Leipzig and Berlin.
Letter to JT Hadland's father from Air Ministry
The letter expresses sorrow over the loss of their son. It supplies details of where he is being reinterred.
A second page is missing.
A second page is missing.
Newspaper cutting - 'Flying Backwards - Jock Haire could see where he had been'.
A newspaper article describing Robert Haire's training as an air gunner and operations as a rear gunner on 467 Squadron Lancaster. Operations include Dortmund-Ems canal, Wilhelmshaven, Karlsruhe, Bremen, Berlin, Dortmund, Saarbrucken, Walcheren and…
Interrupting the news
Cartoon of a man, wearing a suit, sat at a desk. He is reading a news item into a BBC microphone. Captioned 'We are interrupting the news with an item of special interest. Last night our Mosquitoes did not bomb Berlin'.
James Darroch Crawford's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Observer's and air gunner's flying log book for James Darroch Crawford from 11 September 1943 to 1 June 1946. Details his training, operational duties and post conflict service. James served with 139 (Jamacia) and 627 Squadrons and flew 48 night time…
Interview with Roger Rogers. One
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‘Roger’ Rogers trained as a rear gunner. On one operation he saw what he describes as a salmon in the sky above their aircraft. This was the reflection of fires below on the metal of the German aircraft. As it manoeuvred to attack Roger managed to…
Jack Wolff’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Jack Wolff’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 13th October 1940 until 31st October 1952. He trained as a wireless operator and air gunner.
Initial training at No. 1 Air Observer and Navigation School, followed by No. 2 Signals…
Initial training at No. 1 Air Observer and Navigation School, followed by No. 2 Signals…
Edwin Jury's wartime log for British prisoners
Gives personal details and at Stalag Luft 6. Note about Dennis Watkins air gunner killed and buried in Berlin war cemetery. Gives addresses of fellow prisoners not all readable names but includes D B W Brewell (air gunner), P Hewdick, D A , H J…
Edwin Jury’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Edwin Jury’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 10th October 1942 until 20th April 1943. During this time trained as an air gunner. Trained at No. 2 Air Gunnery School and 1659 Heavy Conversion Unit, before being posted for operations…
Prisoner of war recollections of Ronald Mogg
Ronald was as navigator in a Wellington shot down over Osnabruck 30 October 1940. He was interrogated and then detained in Dulag Luft, Stalag Luft I (Barth), Stalag Luft 3 (Sagan), Stalag Luft 6 (Heydekrug), Stalag XX-A (Thorun) and the…
Berlin
Target photograph of Berlin. Shows glare and tracer. No ground visible. Captioned '83 LS. 31/1-9/43 // NT.F/8" 18000 - 350 degrees. 2357 BERLIN RAID . R. 1x4000. 2x30. 2x4. .W/O BOUTILLIER. R115.'.
Reverse printed 'AM Crown Copyright…
Reverse printed 'AM Crown Copyright…
Interview with Clement Murray Chown
Clement's experiences as a prisoner of war.