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Ellis, Ernest Lewis
E L Ellis
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483 Items. Collection contains an oral History interview with Sidney and Una Ellis about their childhood in Sheffield during the war and about Flying Officer Ernest Lewis Ellis. (<span>183959 Royal Air Force) </span>He flew operations as a pilot with 166 Squadron and was killed 23 February 1945. Includes letters to and from family and friends, official correspondence, photographs, decorations, personal and official documents, newspaper cuttings, badges (pilot's brevet), maps, his pilot's flying log book and an aicraft notebook.<br /><br />
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<div class="element-text"><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2474">Scrapbook</a>: 14 items. Letters and documents concerning Lewis schooling and other family matters.<br /><br /><span><span><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2347">Photograph album</a> containing 59 items.<br /><br /></span></span>
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<div class="element-text"><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2480">Family album</a>: 68 items. Family album with multiple pages containing photographs of people and places as well as some documents, booklets, magazines as well as best wishes cards and post cards.</div>
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<br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Sidney Ellis and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /><br /><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-GB" lang="EN-GB" class="TextRun SCXW140975740 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW140975740 BCX0">Additional information on<span> Ernest Ellis</span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW140975740 BCX0"><span> </span>is available via the</span></span><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/107039/"> IBCC Losses Database.</a>
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2021-11-16
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Ellis, EL
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[missing letter]N ACTIVE SERVICE
[postmark]
SGT. E. L. ELLIS
1238597
54 WULFRIC
SHEFFIELD II YORKS.
ENGLAND.
[inserted] SERVICE CENSOR stamp [indecipherable word] F. McConnell. [/inserted]
[page break]
[underlined] From [/underlined]
P/O A. T. KNOX
415535
[page break]
I.
P/O A. T. KNOX
415535
A.P.O. 381
WELLINGTON.
N. Z.
Dear Lew,
It is a long time now since I wrote you and a still longer time since I saw you. I have been wondering where you are and what kites you are on. I have left N. Z. again and am stationed in Fiji near Java, that is all I can tell you and of course you know what sort of “boats” I am on.
They have bags of gear, all very hush – hush so the least said, the easiest mended. Fortunately I came here in the winter but it is still hot enough for me yet. I have not quite thawed out from Canada. I had two weeks leave in N. Z , at home and I can tell you
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II.
it was enjoyed all round. I am certainly a “proud father” my daughter is perfect an absolute gem of a child, talks and trots around.
My wife is O.K. and tomorrow is my fathers birthday so I guess I had better buy him a present. I only arrived here a week ago and this is the first opportunity I have had to write you.
Our Quarters are not so hot they are a “shed” thirty feet by eighteen with a concrete floor asbestos sides and tin roof they are a cameoflage color [sic] and have no windows only wooden shutters, it could be worse I daresay. The food hardly measures up to the Sgts mess at Paulson, the big trouble is to keep food in the tropics. There is an abundance of huge spiders, toads, and the
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III.
meanest breed of mosquito you ever clapped eyes on.
There is a Yankee store in town for the armed forces and tobacco and goods they sell is dirt cheap.
I did not do any O.T.U. in N. Z. they seemed to think we could go right on to the planes without any further training. I don’t think they realise what they have here. Still I daresay we will make out all right. I have almost perfected my Jap. A/C rec. They have a good system here too, instead of learning it as a Kawasaki or a Mitsubishi they call them by peoples’ names for instance the Mitsubishi 97 is Sallie and so on. The operating procedure is slightly U.S.[indecipherable letter] but it is all the better for that. The British is a lot of “B. S.”
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IV
The address at the top of the envelope will get me O.K. for the next month or so but After that send my letters to A.P.O. 331. as I may shift.
I was looking thru my note book and saw Brenda Lockwoods address I was sorry I could not get to England to see this “secret passion” of yours.
I would very much have liked to see all the boys, Tony, George, Les, R. B. Fennel and the rest again, but as I said in my previous letter I hope you are back [deleted] [indecipherable letter] [/deleted] in England with your people again.
Well old man I will close now, and wish you all the best
Cheers from your cobber
Gus Knox
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Letter to Lewis Ellis from Gus Knox
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Says it is a long time since he wrote last. Wonders where Lewis was now and what he was flying. Writes that he had left New Zealand and was stationed near Java but could not say much more as it was hush hush. Writes a little about conditions. Continues with news of family and more about his current accommodation and insects. Tells him how to keep in contact. Continues with more gossip.
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G Knox
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New Zealand
New Zealand--Wellington
Indonesia
Indonesia--Java
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eng
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Four page handwritten letter
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EKnoxATEllisEL[Date]-02
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Ellis, Ernest Lewis
E L Ellis
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An account of the resource
483 Items. Collection contains an oral History interview with Sidney and Una Ellis about their childhood in Sheffield during the war and about Flying Officer Ernest Lewis Ellis. (<span>183959 Royal Air Force) </span>He flew operations as a pilot with 166 Squadron and was killed 23 February 1945. Includes letters to and from family and friends, official correspondence, photographs, decorations, personal and official documents, newspaper cuttings, badges (pilot's brevet), maps, his pilot's flying log book and an aicraft notebook.<br /><br />
<div id="dublin-core-title" class="element">
<div class="element-text"><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2474">Scrapbook</a>: 14 items. Letters and documents concerning Lewis schooling and other family matters.<br /><br /><span><span><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2347">Photograph album</a> containing 59 items.<br /><br /></span></span>
<div id="dublin-core-title" class="element">
<div class="element-text"><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2480">Family album</a>: 68 items. Family album with multiple pages containing photographs of people and places as well as some documents, booklets, magazines as well as best wishes cards and post cards.</div>
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<br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Sidney Ellis and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.<br /><br /><span data-contrast="none" xml:lang="EN-GB" lang="EN-GB" class="TextRun SCXW140975740 BCX0"><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW140975740 BCX0">Additional information on<span> Ernest Ellis</span></span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW140975740 BCX0"><span> </span>is available via the</span></span><a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/107039/"> IBCC Losses Database.</a>
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2021-11-16
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Ellis, EL
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Letter to Lewis Ellis from Gus Knox
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Commiserates over loss of friend from whom he had had a recent letter. He had no details about the incident. Notes that Lewis was on his way home. Mentions that he had been busy and flying as well as describing some of his activities. Comments that he flew 53 hours in six days. Speculates on the end of war in Europe and possibility that personnel would be sent to his area. Continues to comment on losses and wonders if Lewis will get promotion. Continues to gossip about acquaintances. Asks what station he was on and what he was flying now.
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G Knox
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1943-10-04
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1943-10-04
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Great Britain
England--Yorkshire
England--Sheffield
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New Zealand--Wellington
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Royal Air Force
Royal New Zealand Air Force
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eng
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Seven page handwritten letter and envelope
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EKnoxATEllisEL431004
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Crawford, Jack 416818
John Crawford
J Crawford
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2017-08-08
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Crawford, J
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18 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer John "Jack" Crawford (416818 Royal New Zealand Air Force) and contains his diaries, documents, correspondence and photographs. He flew operations as a wireless operator/ air gunner with 189 Squadron and was killed 4 March 1945. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by john Herbert and catalogued by Lynn Corrigan.<br /><br /><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220471175 BCX0">Additional information on John "Jack" Crawford</span><span class="NormalTextRun SCXW220471175 BCX0"> is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/105207/">IBCC Losses Database.</a></span>
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From the commanding officer
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Providing details of of the air operation following which her husband, Warrant Officer John 'Jack' Crawford, had been reported missing. Advising that Jack had been held in high regard and that his personal belongings had been safeguarded and would be forwarded to her.
This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force Squadron 189
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1945-03-05
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1945-03-03
1945-03-04
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Great Britain
England--Buckinghamshire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Oxfordshire
Germany
Germany--Ladbergen
New Zealand
New Zealand--Wellington
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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eng
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One typewritten letter
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EShorthouseJSCrawford[Mrs]450305
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189 Squadron
aircrew
ground personnel
missing in action
pilot
RAF Fulbeck
wireless operator
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
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Cahir, Francis Shamus
Francis Shamus Cahir
Jim Cahir
Francis S Cahir
Francis Cahir
F S Cahir
F Cahir
J Cahir
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44 items. An oral history interview with Francis Shamus "Jim" Cahir (419441 Royal Australian Air Force), letters, documents, photographs and a sub collection.
He flew operations as a mid upper gunner with 466 Squadron. His aircraft was shot down and he became a prisoner of war.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Jim Cahir and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2016-06-09
2016-06-08
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Cahir, FS
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[inserted] P.P.S. Best wishes & love to the Cahir family, I sent them a post card sometime ago, when we settle down again I will write them a decent letter. Jim. [/inserted]
Sgt. CAHIR. FS.
Aust. 419441
Friday July 2nd 43
Postal. No 272
RAAF
[underlined] overseas [/underlined]
Dear Mum & Vincent
It is quite a while since I last wrote to you, I hope you and Vincent are quite up to the mark & Paddy is still getting a kick out of Army Life, as for myself I am in the best of health & am enjoying Life to its upmost. [sic]
As you can see by the address [inserted] we [/inserted] [deleted] I [/deleted] have left Wellington far behind [deleted] [indecipherable word] [/deleted] us & are now enjoying the sights of a new place.
The last letter I wrote you I left off whilst we were still at Wellington so I will go back there again in theory & start writing from where I left off.
Tuesday June 23rd I posted the last letter to you, that Evening Bill Purtell & myself were invited out to tea to a family in one of the suburbs in Wellington they were very nice & this was the second occasion they had invited us out, before going out we bought them a framed Picture of Our Lady, it did not cost us much & we thought we ought leave them something for their kindness; there were two Boys & two Girls in the family.
Wednesday found Bill & myself
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[underlined] 2 [/underlined]
at the Catholic Services Club at Wellington & as usual we had a very enjoyable time. We met one of the Jemm Boys there you remember I told you about the Jemm Family in my last letter there are seven Boys in the Family.
Thursday being [deleted] Ch [/deleted] Corpus Christi Bill & myself decided we would go to Mass and I think you will agree with me when I tell you what happened that we got our material reward for going. We were just coming out of the Church when [inserted] we [/inserted] were stopped by a Girl we knew, we had met her at the Club & she was a member of the Grail Movement, she very kindly asked us home for tea that evening, we had a very enjoyable evening & a good tuck in. Her father is Manager of the Bank of New South Wales over here. Films are severely rationed over here, after Mass Bill & myself went to Kodaks to form up in the queque [sic] to try & buy a film, when we reached the queque [sic] at 7.45 [inserted] am [/inserted] we found it about 150 yds long & at least 100 people in front of us, we eventually reached the counter & just to be different from everybody else & to show my ill breeding I asked for an extra one, much to my surprise I got it, Bill could not get his film so he got one for me, a lady directly behind me could not get [inserted] her [/inserted] size so she kindly got one for me
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that brought my total to four, but the story does not end there when Bill & myself got out of the shop & he was congratulating me on my fine performance a girl came up to us & asked us what size I took, I told her & she said that if I cared to come up to her office she would give me one, well this was just too much for us, but we managed to pull ourselves together & follow her & so ended up with five films for the morning, not bad eh!
Friday we had a very short leave on dry land & [inserted] then [/inserted] we got back to the usual routine of the trip, I went to bed early but did not sleep so well.
Saturday Morning found us in New Plymouth where we were given a Civic Welcome by the Mayor, gee Mum it was great, here was the Mayor & all his counsellors blowing hot air about us, when I joined the Airforce I never thought I would even see anything like that. Saturday afternoon the Mayor took Bill myself & two other chaps in his Car to a Maori Settlement at Waitara. We were very lucky in going out to see the Maoris on that particular Day as it was [inserted] a [/inserted] day of Remembrance for them & is only held once every ten years. Tribes from all over New Zealand collect for it & the Mayor introduced us to
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many famous Maoris. We met Lady Maui Pomare who is the widow of Sir Maui Pomare a famous Maori Doctor who practised all over the world & who eventually held the position of Minister for Public Health for the whole of New Zealand, we also met her son who holds a very high position in the health Department today. Amongst [deleted] one [/deleted] other famous Maoris we met were a Major & two Captains back from the Middle East, they were extra good Blokes & had quite a bit to do with the Australians in the M.E.
The Ceremony on this day was very peculiar, at an appointed hour each tribe advanced towards the centre square, a photo of which I [inserted] am [/inserted] sending home, whilst they advance a spokesman for each tribe pours forth the tribal history & the old women of the tribe weep & wail for those long passed. When they collect in the centre there are speeches, we did not understand what was going on as it was all in Maori Language. Later on in the day the Maori Girls put a concert on for us & can those girls sing! they don’t need a musical instrument at all they have a wonderful sense of timing. Before leaving we were shown over many Maori Buildings & some of the carvings were explained to us. At the end of the Ceremony we were taken home by the Mayor to meet his wife.
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Sunday – Taxis were arranged take us to Mass there are 12 of us & every one went which is not too bad.
Bill & myself went down to the Service hut where we had a bite of Breakfast & returned to our lodgings. I spent the rest of the day inside as it was very squally weather outside, it reminded me very much of Melbourne Sunday evening I went to the Catholic Service Club dance & enjoyed myself, there were not very many chaps there consequently there were dozens of girls sitting out. New Zealand is far more than Australia in the way of man-power since I have been here I have not seen one young chap about Military [inserted] age [/inserted] in civilian clothes, the country is just void of young men, you hardly ever see a New Zealand Soldier in the streets.
Monday June 29th – A trip up Mount Egmont was arranged for us but was postponed at the last minute, I went into town to look around, also sent a cable to you no doubt you received it! In the afternoon, Bill & myself took a walk through the gardens, the are marvellous here, & you would swear you were walking through the glades & glens at Yew Tree Gully. From the Gardens you can get a perfect view of Mount Egmont & it is one of the most beautiful sights I have ever seen in my life
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it is snow capped all the year around, & often the Base of the mountain is hidden in clouds & the sun glitters on the snow capped peak, it is something I could not explain Mum, I know you would think it marvellous if you saw it.
In the Evening I went to the Pictures with a couple of the Boys to see “Canal Zone” it was terrible & one of the worst pictures I have ever seen, they did the most impossible things with Aircraft & equipment that it was almost a comedy to sit there & see what next they were going to do.
Tuesday we toured the country side with a convoy of Mechanised Army units in Aid of the Third Liberty Loan, we travelled about 120 miles & saw some marvellous country. The country around this part is the greenest I have ever seen. We passed through numerous towns the names of which were beyond me. In some of the larger towns we had to march through the main streets, we got a great ovation from the crowd, & the school children had us signing Autograph Books by the dozens. All along the route there were strong points of civilians & school kids & after we had passed each group I was just about all in with the moving & shouting. We had lunch at one of the Hotels on route & the Ladies of another town provided
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Afternoon tea for us. We travelled by Army bus for the first few miles but that got too boring so we transferred over to a few Bren Gun Carriers. The Nursing Sister who is with us also rode in one of the lorries, she is a great scout.
After our trip around the country side yesterday I slept in until late, the rest of the Boys went up the Mountain to see the snow, I would have liked to have gone but I took a few pills for my old complaint & did not dare move out. Mount Egmont looks beautiful from where we are, it is snow capped all the year around & it towers above any other range of mountains, [deleted] often [/deleted] the best time to see it is early in the morning before the clouds hide it from view. A few of the chaps I believe hired skis & had some fun skiing.
Thursday July 2nd. – We had our photo taken as a group, I came out rather well even though I say it myself, I bought a copy & will send it home at the first opportunity, just in passing I have quite a few thing to send you I will parcel them up & register them to you I meant to send them last post but forgot about it.
During the morning Bill & myself got talking to a chap that we met & he turned out to be a high Postal Official & he showed us over the working of a Post Office, it was a very interesting morning & its really amazing the
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workings of a Big Post office. During the afternoon Bill & myself went down to Eltham to try & trace some long lossed [sic] relatives of [underlined] ours [/underlined], that rather surprises you doesn’t it!
It’s a pretty long story so I had better start from the beginning. At the dance on Saturday night I met a few of the Boys & they introduced me to a couple of girls they had in tow, that was alright [inserted] but [/inserted] on Sunday a Phone Call comes for me so I took Bill Cashman up to the Phone with me to find out who it was, it turned out to be one of Girls I had been introduced to the previous night so I gave Bill the nod to tell her I was out as I did not want anything to do with her; a few hours later the phone rang again & here she was again so again Bill told her “he was very sorry that I was out”, this went on for a couple of days & I was getting fed up with her so I decided to answer the Phone myself the next time she rang. When she did ring I had it all worked out what I was going to say & boy did I think I was going to go to town on her; before I could get a word in edge ways she asked me did I know the “Cahir’s” in Geelong so I said I knew of them, well it appears that her [deleted] lad [/deleted] landlady is a sister of Mrs Cahir of Geelong & she was wondering if I spelt my name the same way as they did & if I was any relation.
When I heard what she wanted I just had to withdraw
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a few of the nasty remarks I had made.
I eventually saw this land lady of hers she is an Australian from Warracknabeal, her first husband whose name was Willocks enlisted from Warracknabeal in the last War & has a soldiers chart like the one we have at home signed by the counsellors of the “Shire of Borung” to top it all he belonged to the old 60th Btn, my old unit. This woman’s sister is a Mrs Cahir in Geelong, they have not seen one another for about 30 years [inserted] ever [/inserted] since they left Warracknabeal. This is one little accident that happened to me whilst I was at N.P., here’ another one just as good. I was dancing with a girl at the Catholic Service Club & she asked me where I came from, when I told her she asked me did I know anybody by the name of McNamara, I thought for a moment & I said I knew a couple of families by that name, she then told me she has been a pen friend of Laurie McNamara from St Pat’s for over seven years & that she had a letter from [inserted] him [/inserted] not so long ago, when I heard that I immediately sat down & scribbled a short note to Laurie telling him I had met his pen friend, I left the note with the girl to post.
Now here’s number three & the final coincidence, a Nun at the Convent was printing on the back of
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a holy Picture for me the Prayer for the Protection of an aircraft that Doreen gave me. This particular Nun was a cousin of Miss Meagher the school teacher & was very interested to know I knew Miss Meagher.
Friday was a big day for us, most of the Boys offered their services for street collecting for the Local Patriotic fund, the people of New Zealand have been so good to us that it was only right we should do something in return; Bill Purtell & myself did three hours collecting in the afternoon & I think the total sum collected for the Day was £42 just twice as much as the second collection, the Mayor was as pleased as punch over it & presented us with ample reading matter for the rest of the voyage.
Friday Evening Bill & myself were invited out for tea, we had a very enjoyable evening & spent the time in talking with a few [indecipherable word]. Once again it was a member of the fairer sex who invited us out, we seem to be doing pretty well for ourselves over here don’t we Mum! They were a very nice family we went to, we met the daughter at the Club, she is one of the hostesses there, she has a brother away in the N.Z. Army. You have no need to worry about NZ Brides or any other Brides, as Bill
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Purtell is engaged to a girl in Wagga & is most faithful, in fact I think he over does his fidelity a little, and there is no need to add my opinion on the matter, my motto still stands “Like them all Love none” & “there’s safety in numbers”.
Saturday today – is on account of circumstances a very quite [sic] day, the boys are just lounging around reading & talking, there are also a few with their mouths wide open lying back in arm chairs making some terrible noises.
Tonight will be an early night as there [inserted] is [/inserted] nowhere to go except to bed. I think I will be missing Mass again in the morning, it’s a pity but [inserted] it [/inserted] cannot be avoided.
Before I close, do you know anybody by the name of Jack Guthrie in Coburg? he had a lot to do with the Irish Pipers Band some years ago, I am pretty certain I have heard that name somewhere, Uncle Gerard might know him; a lady I met in Wellington asked me did I know him as he was her cousin, her name was Kelly.
I still have not heard from anybody back home, no doubt your letters will be awaiting me on arrival, I think it would be quite safe sending them care of Uncle Shamus. This is the third letter I have written to you & hope you got the previous two, I have sent one Pkt & will
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send another registered one, I have also sent two cables up to date did you receive them? In the registered Pkt will be a couple of tea towels, two small presents for Betty & Phil, & a set of mats for the side Board, you might have to see the customs about them.
Today the N.Z. airforce put a show on for us, we were sitting quitely [sic] in the saloon when we heard a terrific roar and an aeroplane started to shoot us up, by the time we reached the deck there were a few more on the job & we had a thrilling half an hour, apparently the pilots knew where we were & had flown over to give us a last minute farewell.
Well Mum I think I have [inserted] [deleted] you [/deleted] [/inserted] told [inserted] you [/inserted] all the news at the moment, don’t expect another letter from me for some time after you receive this one.
All my love Mum I think of home often in my prayers.
Your [deleted] long [/deleted] loving Son & Brother
Jim XXXX
P.S. Remember that old hat you tried to make me take with me, I wish I had now it would be very useful in the near future.
Jim.
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Letter to Mrs Cahir from Jim Cahir
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Letter from Sergeant Jim Cahir to his mother and brother. He writes about his many experiences whilst in Wellington and New Plymouth including going to a Maori Ceremony, describing the view of Mount Egmont, touring the surrounding countryside where they marched through some of the larger towns and about various people they had met, some of whom knew people from his hometown area.
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Meehan, Jack
J Meehan
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One oral history interview with Jack Meehan.
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2015-06-04
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NB: Right. This is an oral history interview for the International Bomber Command Centre. I’m here with Jack Meehan at his home, Tauranga, New Zealand and the time is 14:00. My name is Nicky Barr, I’m IBCC Director. Thank you for agreeing to do this, Jack. It’s really important for us to make sure we record all your histories. Could you start off by telling me a bit about your life before Bomber Command?
JM: Before I went in the air force. Just an ordinary life. When I left college —when I was living in Wellington I went to Wellington Technical College and had three years there and my intention was to take up art. I was in the art classes. And at that time of course the word came out about the war and the beginning of the war and what you could do. Previously to that I was in the Territorial Army. I decided to do it as a hobby sort of thing or a novelty to get away at the weekend at various camps etcetera. And when the war broke out I was working for the Wellington, at the Wellington Railway Station and the government Railway. And in the early part of the war I used to do fire duty on the roof of the Wellington Railway Station. And eventually when they sent away the first lot of troops from Wellington there was five big boats, tourist boats, all arrived in Wellington Harbour and the first lot of troops were going off. Presumably, we thought, to Egypt. And I was on the roof of the Wellington Railway Station watching all these boats going out of the harbour and one of the boats was called the Aquitania. You probably would have heard about it but that was one of the boats and it just sort of stuck in my mind. And eventually, a couple of years later I was leaving Quebec to go from Quebec to England to join up with the Royal New Zealand — Royal Air Force over in England and there was only the one boat in the harbour, and lo and behold it was the Aquitania. And I went so strange. It turned out that, you know seeing it two or three years beforehand and leaving Wellington Harbour and here I was on it going over to Scotland. England and Scotland. So that’s getting back to just side-tracking a wee bit but it was just a coincidence. So with my days of working in the railway I couldn’t get away with the railway contingent going in the army so I eventually joined up in the air force. And I was at the age of twenty one years when I joined, joined the air force. We did the training in New Zealand, training at, first of all at Whenuapai Airport. And then we had six weeks training at Rotorua. We went on final leave from Rotorua and left in January 1942 and left from Waltham. Went from Waltham to San Francisco. That was our, we didn’t know at the time where we were going, we had no idea. We left and then went from [pause] arrived in San Francisco. Had four days holiday sort of thing and there was four, we were just walking around the town and we met up with four American who had been in hospital in [unclear] and were being invalided back from Guadalcanal. And they stopped us and we had a little yarn. And they said, ‘We were treated so well in New Zealand while we were there. Would you like to be our —’ what’s the word?
NB: Guests.
JM: Friends or whatever, ‘We’ll take you around San Francisco.’ And we went around various places. I remember one that always stuck in mind was the hotel. The Mark Hopkins Hotel at San Francisco which is on the top of a hill at San Francisco.
NB: Right.
JM: And that had a, the top of the hotel had a big bar. A big circular bar and in the centre of the bar itself which in turn revolved around while you were sitting there drinking. That was always in my memory. Eventually we had to be down by the railway station at a certain time. We were met there by a wing commander and said farewell to these boys that had taken us round and we never have seen or heard from that day onwards. Unfortunately, we never thought about addresses. And we left then from San Francisco to go to, to Vancouver. Made our way to Vancouver, then we stayed there at Vancouver for a couple of nights and then from Vancouver through the Rockies to Edmonton.
NB: Right.
JM: Had a week in Edmonton being fitted out with all our winter. Winter had arrived. It was January of course and we’d just arrived in a bit of snow etcetera which was the first time I’d ever seen snow because I’d never been in New Zealand, anywhere in New Zealand to see it. However, we had the — from then we finished in Vancouver — to Edmonton, rather. We journeyed then down to Calgary and we were stationed then at Calgary. At Number 2 Wireless School, Calgary. It was a university which had been taken over by the air force. Dormitory sleeping. Dormitories and everything were all in the one building. And we were there for about six months training at Number 2 Wireless School and we were, did all the wireless side of it there at Calgary. And then we went to a place called Dafoe, which was just a small place just out of Calgary where we did our training for shooting.
NB: Right.
JM: And after we finished at the [pause] come back to the Wireless School again and we went on, following on leave from Calgary across to Winnipeg and on down towards making our way to New York. On the way of course we called in at Niagara Falls etcetera. Had a couple of nights there touring around and we just had to be in, at Quebec, by a certain date and which was sort of freelancing. Taking in the country and the scenery etcetera and eventually arrived at Quebec. And we were billeted in a college there at Quebec getting fitted out for certain things that we had to have. And then leaving, as I say, from Quebec to Scotland on the Aquitania. Eventually we arrived in Scotland. Boarded the train in Scotland right down to Brighton. Our headquarters at this stage were going to be Brighton, Brighton. We stayed at the Grand Hotel in Brighton. Brighton. Which I’d — we were there for a few weeks. Then training for doing wireless work etcetera. And then we were, sent me to various air force stations. We went, we went to Air Force Station Westcott where we had an OTU. Westcott. And into the hall and met in the hall with dozens of other crew who were eventually going to be crew members.
NB: What stage did you crew up, Jack?
JM: Well, I was just going to say —
NB: I’m sorry.
JM: From that stage we were just left to wander, talk, meet up with all the different other. We had one or two other nationalities with us as well. There were some English boys. Some were — I remember one from British Honduras. We had Australian ones, Canadians. But we were just left on our own for an hour or so just to wander around and talk to different ones. And we were told that during that time we were to meet up with your crew together. So the pilots of course, they were, they started off by picking who they thought they wanted to have for a, for a navigator, and then a bomb aimer.
NB: Right.
JM: And a wireless operator. They had to, they could pick out who they wanted. It didn’t matter who it was. Whether it was a New Zealander or Australian.
NB: Right.
JM: And once they’d all got had their respective crews up, respective members they all met together. They were all, particulars and everything were all taken and they were given a short talk and you were allocated to a hut and your crew sort, if he wasn’t an officer he would be with us. But if he was already appointed an officer like a pilot officer he would go off to the officer’s headquarters. Eventually when it would come to meeting up together. We’d all get together again. So that’s we went along and after about a few days or a week or so we were then told. We were allocated to station such and such. You were given your tickets and that too for travel and told to report there by a certain date. And that’s how it all started.
NB: Did it take you long to bond as a crew?
JM: To go around?
NB: To get together and —
JM: No. They did it. It was up to them. Some of them took a bit longer than others. But some — it was just the pilot, you know. He was the captain and if he liked the look of you he just picked you out.
NB: I mean, did you feel as a kinship as a solid crew relatively quickly or did that take quite some time?
JM: Oh no. Relatively quickly. I mean once he’d sorted out his navigator he didn’t have to worry about him anymore. I think he had to go on to the engineer. And we finished up with the captain and the navigator, bomb aimer and the wireless operator. We were four New Zealanders and the other three —two gunners and the engineer were three English boys. That’s how he picked it out. He didn’t want all New Zealand.
NB: Right.
JM: He broke it up and we got on marvellously well. No problem at all. Some of them might have [pause] once you got into your own crew you didn’t worry about anybody else, you know. It was a good way of doing it. Leaving it to yourself.
NB: Yeah. Formed some very strong ties didn’t they?
JM: We, as I was saying once we’d done that and you were sent off. Sent off then to a squadron or a training school for a bit of training before you got to the squadron itself and once you’d done a certain number of hours pre-flying. Pre-flying and then getting the feel of an aeroplane and to a certain — started off on the Wellingtons.
NB: Where were you stationed?
JM: We were at Westcott there for a while training. And we eventually went straight to number 75 Squadron which was a New Zealand, nearly a New Zealand squadron. We said that’s where we wanted to go. We had the option to go where we wanted. We said we wanted 75 Squadron seeing as it’s a New Zealand squadron. Even our three English boys. They didn’t mind. So we had four New Zealanders and three English. And it was very good because when we went on leave and that we went to visit their places, and that. And we used to be very popular being New Zealanders. Getting all the food parcels and cigarettes and tobacco and everything, you know. You had no trouble leaving out the [unclear] bills, they’d bring you home for tea and you always took cigarettes or things that they couldn’t get, you know. Or were hard to get. And they didn’t take long. It was amazing to see how, how we sort of just fitted in. of course every time you went on leave you didn’t go back home. Where we were going we used to always make for London. But as I say Brighton was a very popular place. And I went back there a few years later at different times when I went there. And the Grand Hotel had been all redecorated and, years after the war of course. And I went to there and made myself known and asked them, ‘Could I have a look around?’ I told them I used to be in England during the war. They all treated you well every time.
NB: Perfect. So how, how long was it before you left New Zealand and before you ended up with 75 Squadron at Mepal. How, how long a time span was that?
JM: Between?
NB: Between you leaving New Zealand and and getting to your squadron.
JM: Well we left in January. I left off in January. It would be about [pause] if I had my log book here I could tell you but I keep it up at Waltham at my son’s place in case I ever lose it. I’d say [pause] I have to try and think now. [unclear]. We went to a place called [unclear] which was on the outer Scotch coast and we had a Christmas. That would be, that was our first Christmas I think that we had so that’s nearly twelve months.
NB: A long period.
JM: That was, we were only still training there. We weren’t — we were flying Oxfords in those days. They were trainers. We used to train out on the Irish Sea and that sort of thing. But yeah. That would have been the best part of twelve months. As I say when we eventually got to a squadron. 75 Squadron that was in, I think that was July, if I remember rightly. So it was nearly eighteen months from the time we left New Zealand.
NB: Right.
JM: I mean we did a lot of training in New Zealand before we went on in to —
NB: So did you feel confident when you finally went out on ops? Did you —
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Interview with Jack Meehan
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2015-06-04
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Jack Meehan grew up in New Zealand and worked on the railway before he volunteered for the Royal Air Force. He flew operations as a wireless operator/air gunner with 75 Squadron at RAF Mepal.
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Maureen Clarke
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Milson, George William
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The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant George William Milson DFC (b. 1916, 937875 Royal Air Force) and contains correspondence, documents, and photographs].
He flew operations as a pilot with 18 and 84 Squadrons and became a prisoner of war of the Japanese.
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Narrative of Personal Experiences of war in the Far East
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Memoir by Flight Lieutenant RD Millar DFC RNZAF
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1946-04-13
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Indonesia--Musi River
Indonesia--Batavia
Indonesia--Bandoeng
Indonesia--Tjimahi (Bandung)
Indonesia--Tasikmalaya
Indonesia--Tjilatjap
Indonesia--Soerabaia
Indonesia--Sampang
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Australia
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18 Squadron
203 Squadron
211 Squadron
27 Squadron
84 Squadron
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McGaughran, James Emmett
J E McGaughran
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2017-10-17
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McGaughran, JE
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24 items. The collection concerns James Emmett McGaughran (b. 1917, 427410, Royal New Zealand Air Force) and contains documents, photographs and postcards. He served as an air gunner.
The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Nichola Spencer and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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Broadcast Course in Morse Signalling
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A training booklet for morse code.
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RNZAF
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1941
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New Zealand
New Zealand--Wellington
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Royal New Zealand Air Force
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eng
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Text
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25 page printed booklet
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MMcGaughranJE427410-171017-14
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IBCC Digital Archive
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1941
aircrew
Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy
training
wireless operator
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New Zealand--Wellington
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Wellington [entry point]
Te Whanganui-a-Tara
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Quinn, Eric James
E J Quinn
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IBCC Digital Archive
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2020-02-09
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Quinn, EJ
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Four items. The collection concerns Eric James Quinn (1924 - 1944, 4210077 Royal New Zealand Air Force) and contains his biography, books and a photograph. He flew operations as a navigator with 75 Squadron and was killed 21 July 1944. <br /><br />Additional information on Eric James Quinn is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/223077/">IBCC Losses Database</a>.<br /> <br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Marilyn Standfast and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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KC/NF
4210077: Flight Sergeant Eric James QUINN.
PARENTS: Mr. & Mrs. H.J. Quinn of Wellington.
Eric Quinn was born at Wellington on the 29th February, 1924, and received his secondary education at Wellington College, where he was successful in passing the Matriculation examination, also in gaining the Higher Leaving Certificate. He furthered his education by studying at the Teachers’ Training College and at night classes at Victoria University College for his Bachelor of Arts Degree. At the time of his making application for enlistment for aircrew training on the 1st May, 1942, he was employed as a student teacher by the Wellington Education Board.
Flight Sergeant Quinn was enlisted on the 22nd August, 1942, at the Initial Training Wing, Rotorua, for training as aircrew and on the 10th January, 1943, embarked for Canada to continue his training under the Empire Air Training Scheme.
Flt/Sgt. Quinn arrived in Canada on the 29th January, 1943, at No. 3 “M” Depot, Edmonton, Alberta and was posted on the 21st February, 1943, to No. 7 Air Observers’ School, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, where on the 9th July, 1943, he was awarded the air navigator’s badge and promoted to the rank of Sergeant. He was further promoted to Flight Sergeant on the 9th January, 1944. Meanwhile on the 20th July, 1943, he had proceeded to No 1 “Y” Depot, Halifax, Nova Scotia, to await embarkation to the United Kingdom.
F/Sgt. Quinn arrived at No. 3 Personnel Reception Centre, Bournemouth, on the 12th August, 1943, and was posted to No. 4 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit, West Freugh, Scotland, on 14th September, 1943, where he remained until posting early in November to No. 11 Operational Training Unit, Westcott, Buckinghamshire. At this unit and its nearby satellite airfield at Oakley, he crewed up and completed his training on Wellington bomber aircraft. Early in May, 1944, F/Sgt. Quinn was posted to No. 1651 Conversion Unit,
[inserted] FILE 6/6/19 [signature] [/inserted]
[page break]
E.J. QUINN.
2.
Wratting Common, Cambridgeshire, for converting to Stirling bomber aircraft and thence in June to No. 3 Lancaster Finishing School, Feltwell, Norfolk, where he trained on Lancaster bomber aircraft. On 26th June, 1944, F/Sgt. Quinn was posted to No. 75 (NZ) Squadron at Mepal, Cambridgeshire, where, as navigator of Lancaster bomber aircraft, he took part in 8 operational flights, including 3 raids on V.1 weapon sites in France; the marshalling yards at Shalons sur Marne and Aulnoye, in France, and a raid on a Panzer Unit at Cagny, in France.
F/Sgt. Quinn was the navigator of a Lancaster bomber aircraft which took off on the night of 20/21st July, 1944, to attack the target of Homberg, in Germany and failed to return to its base and all the members of the crew, including F/Sgt. Quinn, were classified as missing. No further news was heard of F/Sgt. Quinn and subsequently his death was officially presumed as at 21st July, 1944.
5/2/15521 AS2
335 hrs. as navigator.
Mr. [deleted] A [/deleted] [inserted] H. [/inserted] J. Quinn
207 Hanson St.,
[underlined] WELLINGTON. [/underlined]
[inserted] FILE. 6/6/19 [signature] [/inserted]
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FLIGHT SERGEANT ERIC JAMES QUINN
RNZAF 75 SQUADRON
NZ4210077
[black and white head and shoulders photograph of Sergeant Quinn wearing his uniform]
Born 29th February 1924 in Wellington, New Zealand.
Parents Mr and Mrs H J Quinn 207 Hanson Street Wellington, New Zealand.
Education Attended Wellington College, gaining the Higher Leaving Certificate and passing the Matriculation examination. He continued his education at the Teacher’s Training College and at night classes at Victoria University College for his Batchelor of Arts degree. At the time of his Application for aircrew training on the 1st May 1942 He was employed as a student teacher by the Wellington Education Board.
Military Service Eric Quinn enlisted on the 22nd August 1942 at the Initial Training Wing Rotorua, for training as aircrew and on the 10th January 1943 embarked for Canada to continue his training Under the Empire Air Training Scheme.
Quinn arrived in Canada on the 29th January 1943 at No 3 “M” Depot Edmonton, Alberta and was posted on the 21st February 1943 to No 7 Air Observer’s School, Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, where on The 9th July 1943 he was awarded the air navigator’s badge and promoted to the rank of sergeant. He was again promoted on the 9th January 1944 to the rank of Flight Sergeant. Meanwhile on the 20th July 1943 he had proceeded to No 1 “Y” Depot, Halifax, Nova Scotia to await embarkation to the United Kingdom.
Flt/Sgt Quinn arrived at No 3 Personnel Reception Centre, Bournemouth on the 12th August 1943 and was posted to No 4 (Observer) Advanced Flying Unit, West Freugh, Scotland on 14th September 1943 where he remained until posting early in November to No 11 Operational Training Unit, Westcott, Buckinghamshire. At this unit and its nearby satellite airfield at
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Oakley, he crewed up and completed his training on Wellington Bombers. Early in May 1944 Flt/Sgt Quinn was posted to No 1651 Conversion Unit, Wrattling Common, Cambridgeshire for converting To Stirling bombers and then in June to No 3 Lancaster Finishing School, Feltwell, Norfolk where he trained on Lancasters. On 26th June 1944 Flt/Sgt Quinn was posted to No 75 (NZ) Squadron at Mepal Cambridgeshire, where as a navigator on Lancasters he took part in 8 operational flights and completed 335 hours which included three Raids on V1 weapon sites in France; the marshalling yards at Shalons Sur Marne and Aulnoye and a raid on a Panzer Unit at Cagny.
Flt/Sgt Quinn was the navigator of Lancaster III ND8000/J captained By P/O Kenneth McIndoe RNZAF which took off at 2320 from Mepal to raid an oil plant at Homberg, Ruhr, Germany and was lost without trace with all members of the crew posted as missing.
All are commemorated on the Runnymede Memorial. Flt/Sgt Quinn Is on panel 264.
MS/24.12.2019
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Eric Quinn Biography
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Two copies of Eric's biography.
Spatial Coverage
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New Zealand--Wellington
Canada
Alberta--Edmonton
Manitoba--Portage la Prairie
Nova Scotia--Halifax
Great Britain
England--Bournemouth
France--Châlons-en-Champagne
Germany--Homburg (Saarland)
France
Alberta
Germany
Nova Scotia
New Zealand
England--Hampshire
Manitoba
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Language
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eng
Type
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Text
Text. Memoir
Format
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Four typed sheets
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MQuinnEJ4210077-200209-010001,MQuinnEJ4210077-200209-010002, MQuinnEJ4210077-200209-020001, MQuinnEJ4210077-200209-020002
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Pending text-based transcription. Under review
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IBCC Digital Archive
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Tricia Marshall
Maureen Clarke
Date
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2019-12-24
Temporal Coverage
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1944-07-20
1944-07-21
11 OTU
1651 HCU
75 Squadron
Advanced Flying Unit
Air Observers School
aircrew
Heavy Conversion Unit
Initial Training Wing
killed in action
Lancaster
Lancaster Finishing School
missing in action
navigator
Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944)
Operational Training Unit
RAF Feltwell
RAF Mepal
RAF Oakley
RAF West Freugh
RAF Westcott
RAF Wratting Common
Stirling
tactical support for Normandy troops
training
V-1
V-weapon
Wellington