1 25 236 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3324/59380/LBlowerMJ177993v1.pdf 74cdf05dd07a2c0502545680c56d76df 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 Blower, Maurice James Description An account of the resource Two items. The collection concerns Flying Officer Maurice James Blower (177993 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book and a certificate. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 83 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Wendy Price and Janet Gorton and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-10-25 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 Blower, MJ 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 Maurice James Blower’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LBlowerMJ177993v1 Description An account of the resource Maurice Blower’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 29th June 1942 until 12th December 1945. During this time trained as a wireless operator and air gunner. Training as an air gunner started at No. 45 Air School in South Africa, and then No. 43 Air School. Further training as a bomb aimer at 19 Operational Training Unit from January 1943, followed by 10 Operational Training Unit (Coastal Command), 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit, and operational posting to 83 Squadron (Pathfinder Force) in July 1943. During this time role changed to observer. Posted to 1660 and 1661 Heavy Conversion Units as an H2S and navigation instructor. Served at SAAF Oudtshoorn, RAF Kinloss, RAF Forres, RAF St Eval, RAF Wigsley, RAF Wyton, RAF Upwood, RAF Coningsby, RAF Swinderby, RAF Winthorpe. Aircraft flown were Anson, Oxford, Whitley, Manchester, Lancaster, Stirling, C-47 Dakota. With 10 Operational Training Unit, Blower flew 4 daylight operational Sweeps with Flight Lieutenant Pidding as pilot. Whilst flying with 83 Squadron he flew 1 day and 44 night bombing operations. His targets were Hamburg, Nuremberg, Berlin, Mannheim, Modane, Hanover, Munich, Frankfurt, Friedrichshafen, Stettin, Brunswick, Magdeburg, Leipzig, Stuttgart, Schweinfurt, Augsburg, Paris - La Chapelle, Brest - Lanveoc Aerodrome, Bourg-Leopold, Tours, Antwerp, Nantes, St. Martin-de-Varreville, La Pernelle, Caen, Saumur, Vitry le Francois, St. Leu D’Esserent, Villeneuve St. George. His pilots were Flight Lieutenant Pidding, Wing Commander Deane, and Warrant Officer Erritt. With 83 Squadron, his aircraft was often one of the blind marking aircraft. Also flew as part of the flare force for 617 Squadron’s operation to bomb the Saumur Viaduct on 8/9th June 1944. On 26th September 1944 whilst flying with 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit as an H2S Instructor, his aircraft force landed in a ploughed field due to engine failure. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. 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Bomber Command Royal Air Force. Coastal 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 Nick Cornwell-Smith 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. 10 OTU 1654 HCU 1660 HCU 1661 HCU 19 OTU 617 Squadron 83 Squadron air gunner aircrew Anson anti-aircraft fire Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944) bomb aimer bombing bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944) bombing of the Saumur tunnel (8/9 June 1944) Flying Training School forced landing H2S Heavy Conversion Unit Instructor Lancaster Manchester Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) observer Operational Training Unit Oxford Pathfinders RAF Coningsby RAF Forres RAF Kinloss RAF St Eval RAF Swinderby RAF Wigsley RAF Winthorpe RAF Wyton Stirling training Whitley wireless operator / air gunner 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 Hoare, Peter P Hoare 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 2016-10-04 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 Hoare, P Description An account of the resource 36 items. The collection concerns Squadron Leader Peter Hoare (b. 165592 1923, Royal Air Force) and contains his memoir, correspondence, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as a navigator with 83 and 106 Squadrons and took part a Goodwill Mission to the United States with 617 Squadron post war. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Peter Hoare and catalogued by Barry Hunter. In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln. 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 Peter Hoare - Flying Timeline Description An account of the resource A list of Peter's operations with date, squadron, operation, pilot and hours flown, day and night. In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Peter Hoare Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. 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Michigan--Detroit Colorado--Denver California--Mather Air Force Base California--March Air Force Base Texas--Fort Worth Alabama--Maxwell Field Ontario--Trenton 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. Personal research Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two printed sheets Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MHoareP165592-161004-17 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 106 Squadron 617 Squadron 83 Squadron bombing bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945) mine laying Operation Dodge (1945) Operation Exodus (1945) Pathfinders RAF Binbrook RAF Seighford RAF Westcott 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 Hoare, Peter P Hoare 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 2016-10-04 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 Hoare, P Description An account of the resource 36 items. The collection concerns Squadron Leader Peter Hoare (b. 165592 1923, Royal Air Force) and contains his memoir, correspondence, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as a navigator with 83 and 106 Squadrons and took part a Goodwill Mission to the United States with 617 Squadron post war. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Peter Hoare and catalogued by Barry Hunter. In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln. 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 Bomber Command Career 1942-49 Description An account of the resource Peter Hoare's air force career. A second copy includes some photographs. In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Peter Hoare Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. 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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 15 printed sheets Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context BHoarePHoarePv09, BHoarePHoparePv01 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 106 Squadron 1654 HCU 17 OTU 5 Group 617 Squadron 8 Group 83 Squadron 9 Squadron 97 Squadron Advanced Flying Unit Air Observers School aircrew Anson anti-aircraft fire bomb aimer bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945) Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992) Cook’s tour Cornell crash Distinguished Flying Cross ditching entertainment FIDO Flying Training School Gee Gibson, Guy Penrose (1918-1944) H2S Heavy Conversion Unit Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945) lack of moral fibre Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Lincoln mess military living conditions military service conditions mine laying navigator Nissen hut Operation Dodge (1945) Operation Exodus (1945) Operational Training Unit Pathfinders pilot radar RAF Binbrook RAF Cardington RAF Carlisle RAF Castel Benito RAF Coningsby RAF Dumfries RAF Harrogate RAF Heaton Park RAF Hemswell RAF Hunmanby Moor RAF Lindholme RAF Lissett RAF Metheringham RAF Shallufa RAF Shawbury RAF Silverstone RAF Syerston RAF Thorney Island RAF Warboys RAF Wigsley RCAF Brandon RCAF Caron RCAF Estevan RCAF Moncton sport Stirling target indicator Tiger force Tiger Moth training Victoria Cross Wellington Window wireless operator 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 Hoare, Peter P Hoare 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 2016-10-04 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 Hoare, P Description An account of the resource 36 items. The collection concerns Squadron Leader Peter Hoare (b. 165592 1923, Royal Air Force) and contains his memoir, correspondence, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as a navigator with 83 and 106 Squadrons and took part a Goodwill Mission to the United States with 617 Squadron post war. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Peter Hoare and catalogued by Barry Hunter. In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln. 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 Life after Metheringham - Memories of Coningsby from Feb 45 to VJ Day Description An account of the resource Peter Hoare's service life. In accordance with the conditions stipulated by the donor, this collection is available only at the University of Lincoln. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Peter Hoare 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 Six printed sheets Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context BHoarePHoarePv05 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Germany--Siegen Germany--Karlsruhe Poland--Szczecin Germany--Altenburg (Thuringia) Germany--Dresden Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal Germany--Sassnitz Germany--Würzburg Norway Norway--Tønsberg Germany--Leipzig France France--Reims Germany--Mönchengladbach Germany--Cologne Germany--Koblenz Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Darmstadt Germany--Mannheim Germany--Saarbrucken Germany--Helgoland Germany--Bremerhaven Germany--Wilhelmshaven 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 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1945 106 Squadron 5 Group 8 Group 83 Squadron 97 Squadron anti-aircraft fire bombing bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945) bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944) Cook’s tour Distinguished Service Order evading Gee H2S Lancaster Lincoln master bomber mess Meteor military living conditions military service conditions mine laying Morse-keyed wireless telegraphy Mosquito navigator Nissen hut Oboe Operation Exodus (1945) Pathfinders RAF Bourn RAF Coningsby RAF East Kirkby RAF Hemswell RAF Metheringham RAF Tangmere RAF Warboys RAF Westcott RAF Wyton target indicator Tiger force https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3080/58925/LBrownAE1282879v1.pdf 25a1a13d4492a212d85fa455672bb77b 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 Brown, Albert Edward Buster Brown Description An account of the resource 16 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Albert Edward Brown (b. 1921, 1282879 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, decorations, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 100 and 214 Squadrons. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Mrs Sandra Ann Parkes and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-07-18 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. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Brown, AE 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 Albert Edward Brown’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LBrownAE1282879v1 Description An account of the resource Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for A E Brown, air gunner, covering the period from 19 November 1942 to 29 November 1944. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at 7 Air Gunnery School RAF Stormy Down, 81 Operational Training Unit RAF Tilstock (aka RAF Whitchurch Heath), 1656 heavy Conversion Unit RAF Lindholme, 100 Squadron RAF Grimsby (aka RAF Waltham), 18 Operational Training Unit RAF Worksop and 214 Squadron RAF Oulton. Aircraft flown in were Defiant, Whitley, Halifax, Lancaster, Martinet, Wellington and Fortress. He flew a total of 49 operations, 25 night operations with 100 Squadron and 24 night operations with 214 Squadron. Targets were Dortmund, Dusseldorf, Essen, Wuppertal, Bochum, Oberhausen, Mulheim, Cologne, Gelsenkirchen, Turin, Hamburg, Mannheim, Milan, Nurnberg, Hagen, Munich, Ludwigshafen, Stuttgart, Culmont-Chalindrey, Wanne Eickel, Brunswick, Stettin, Karlsruhe, Kaiserslautern, Saarbrucken, Sterkrade and Munchen Gladbach. Other operations are listed as special operations, including the Netherlands and Denmark. His pilots on operations were Warrant Officer Smith, Flight lieutenant Puterbaugh, Flying Lieutenant Wright, Flying Officer Hell, Flying Officer Rix, Flight Lieutenant Savage, Flying Officer Scholes and Flight Lieutenant Lye. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Denmark France Germany Great Britain Italy Netherlands Poland Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Germany--Ruhr (Region) England--Lincolnshire England--Norfolk England--Nottinghamshire England--Shropshire England--Yorkshire Germany--Bochum Germany--Braunschweig Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund Germany--Dusseldorf Germany--Essen Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Hamburg Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg) Germany--Kaiserslautern Germany--Karlsruhe Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein Germany--Mannheim Germany--Monchengladbach Germany--Mulheim an der Ruhr Germany--Munich Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Oberhausen (Dusseldorf) Germany--Saarbrucken Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Wanne-Eickel Germany--Wuppertal Italy--Milan Italy--Turin Poland--Szczecin Wales--Bridgend France--Culmont-Chalindrey 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 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. 1942 1943-05-23 1943-05-24 1943-05-25 1943-05-26 1943-05-27 1943-05-28 1943-05-29 1943-05-30 1943-06-11 1943-06-12 1943-06-13 1943-06-14 1943-06-15 1943-06-22 1943-06-23 1943-06-24 1943-06-25 1943-06-28 1943-06-29 1943-07-03 1943-07-04 1943-07-08 1943-07-09 1943-07-10 1943-07-12 1943-07-13 1943-07-27 1943-07-28 1943-07-29 1943-07-30 1943-08-02 1943-08-03 1943-08-09 1943-08-10 1943-08-12 1943-08-13 1943-08-18 1943-08-19 1943-08-27 1943-08-28 1943-09-29 1943-09-30 1943-10-01 1943-10-02 1943-10-03 1943-10-04 1943-10-05 1943-10-07 1943-10-08 1944-07-12 1944-07-13 1944-07-25 1944-07-26 1944-07-29 1944-07-30 1944-08-08 1944-08-09 1944-08-12 1944-08-13 1944-08-26 1944-08-27 1944-08-28 1944-08-29 1944-08-30 1944-09-10 1944-09-11 1944-09-13 1944-09-14 1944-09-25 1944-09-26 1944-09-27 1944-09-28 1944-10-05 1944-10-06 1944-10-26 1944-10-27 1944-11-01 1944-11-02 1944-11-11 1944-11-12 1944-11-15 1944-11-16 1944-11-21 1944-11-22 1944-11-25 1944-11-26 1944-11-27 1944-11-29 1944-11-30 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mike Connock Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 100 Squadron 1656 HCU 18 OTU 214 Squadron 81 OTU air gunner Air Gunnery School aircrew B-17 bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943) Defiant Fw 190 Halifax Heavy Conversion Unit Hurricane Ju 88 Lancaster Martinet Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operational Training Unit P-40 RAF Grimsby RAF Lindholme RAF Oulton RAF Stormy Down RAF Tilstock RAF Worksop Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943) training Wellington Whitley Window https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3345/58713/CReeksA-211201-010006.jpg 9afe96f9ccc90e41cac7c004c015fd22 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 Reeks, Albert Description An account of the resource 39 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Albert Reeks (b. 1921, 649770 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, objects and photographs. He flew operations as a wireless operator/air gunner with 216 Squadron in North Africa. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Philip Reeks and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-12-01 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 Reeks, 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 Poland map Description An account of the resource A section of a map with northern Poland. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Poland Poland--Szczecin 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 Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Map 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 CReeksA-211201-010006 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. https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2613/58615/LCrimminWJ[Ser -DoB]v1.pdf 70900ce19d9ae877f14d5a216c0106f7 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 Crimmin, W J Bill Crimmin Description An account of the resource Two items. The collection concerns W J 'Bill' Crimmin (Royal Air Force) and contains his log books. He flew operations as a pilot with 115, 161 and 192 Squadrons. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Josephine Crimmin and catalogued by Nick Cornwell-Smith. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-09-17 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. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Crimmin, WJ 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 W J (Bill) Crimmin’s Royal Canadian Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book. One Description An account of the resource Bill Crimmin’s Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 19th June 1941 until 29th December 1944. During this time he trained as a pilot. Training started at No. 4 British Flying Training School in Phoenix, Arizona. This continued at No. 3 Service Flying training School, 1517 Beam Approach Training Flight and 25 Operational Training Unit before being posted to 115 Squadron for operations in August 1942. In March 1943 posted to 161 Squadron and then 1483 (Bomber) Gunnery Flight. Posted to 1655 Mechanical Transport Unit in January 1944 and then 192 Squadron for Special Duty operations. September 1944 saw a posting to Bomber Command HQ Courier Flight. Served at Thunderbird Field (Phoenix), Falcon Field (Mesa), RAF South Cerney, RAF Ipswich, RAF Finningley, RAF Bircotes, RAF Marham, RAF Mildenhall, RAF East Wretham, RAF Oakington, RAF Tempsford, RAF Newmarket, RAF Foulsham, RAF Halton. Aircraft flown were Boeing-Stearman PT 17, Vultee BT13A Valiant, North American AT6A Texan, Oxford, Anson, Wellington, Wellington III, Halifax V, Wellington X, Stirling, Martinet, Lancaster, Mosquito, Tiger Moth, Moth Minor, Auster, Proctor, Hornet Moth. With 115 Squadron he flew 21 bombing operations (2 day, 18 night), 13 night minelaying operations and 1 night special duties. His targets were Mainz, Flensburg, Ameland, Saarbrucken, Karlsruhe, Bremen, Duisburg, Norderney, Dusseldorf, Samso Island, Lingen, Krefeld, Aachen, Osnabruck, La Rochelle, Kiel, Cologne, Genoa, Turin, Frankfurt, Neuwerk Island, Lorient. His pilot on his first two operations was Sergeant Norrington, and then he flew as 1st pilot on all further operations. Flying with 192 Squadron he flew 37 night Special Duties operations. Targets for these operations were Dortmund, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Nuremberg, Wittenburg, Karlsruhe, The Ruhr, Aachen, Berlin, Liege, Brest, Cologne, Duisburg, Brunswick, Bordeaux, Laval, Paris, Gelsenkirchen, Neufchatel, Watten, Vitry-le-François, Orleans, Dunkerque, Revigny, Bourges, Wesseling, Hamburg, Stettin, Stendal. Whilst carry out a Special Duties operation to Vitry on 28th June 1944 his aircraft was attacked and damaged by a Mosquito night fighter resulting in a forced landing at RAF Friston. No injuries were sustained. The log book also includes a hand written note from the Officer Commanding RAF Foulsham giving Commendatory Endorsements in regards the Mosquito night fighter attack on 27/28th June 1944. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941 1942-08-11 1942-08-12 1942-08-18 1942-08-19 1942-08-24 1942-08-25 1942-08-28 1942-08-29 1942-09-01 1942-09-02 1942-09-03 1942-09-04 1942-09-05 1942-09-07 1942-09-08 1942-09-10 1942-09-11 1942-09-13 1942-09-14 1942-09-21 1942-09-22 1942-09-26 1942-09-27 1942-09-28 1942-10-02 1942-10-03 1942-10-05 1942-10-06 1942-10-07 1942-10-10 1942-10-11 1942-10-13 1942-10-14 1942-10-15 1942-10-16 1942-10-22 1942-10-23 1942-10-24 1942-11-02 1942-11-03 1942-11-28 1942-11-29 1942-11-30 1942-12-01 1942-12-02 1942-12-03 1942-12-31 1943-01-01 1943-01-02 1943-01-03 1943-01-04 1943-01-05 1943-01-09 1943-01-10 1943-01-12 1943-01-13 1943-01-14 1943-01-15 1943-01-16 1943-01-18 1943-01-19 1944-03-14 1944-03-22 1944-03-24 1944-03-25 1944-03-26 1944-03-30 1944-03-31 1944-04-20 1944-04-22 1944-04-24 1944-04-25 1944-04-26 1944-04-27 1944-04-28 1944-05-09 1944-05-10 1944-05-12 1944-05-13 1944-05-18 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 1944-06-09 1944-06-10 1944-06-11 1944-06-12 1944-06-13 1944-06-24 1944-06-25 1944-06-27 1944-06-28 1944-07-04 1944-07-05 1944-07-07 1944-07-08 1944-07-12 1944-07-13 1944-07-14 1944-07-15 1944-07-18 1944-07-19 1944-07-20 1944-07-21 1944-07-28 1944-07-29 1944-08-14 1944-08-15 1944-08-16 1944-08-17 1944-08-18 1944-08-19 1944-08-25 1944-08-26 1944-08-27 1944-08-29 1944-08-30 1945 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. United States Arizona Arizona--Mesa Arizona--Phoenix Great Britain England--Bedfordshire England--Buckinghamshire England--Gloucestershire England--Norfolk England--Suffolk England--Yorkshire Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Aachen Germany--Berlin Germany--Braunschweig Germany--Bremen Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund Germany--Duisburg Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Flensburg Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Hamburg Germany--Karlsruhe Germany--Kiel Germany--Krefeld Germany--Leipzig Germany--Lingen (Lower Saxony) Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) Europe--Frisian Islands Germany--Norderney Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Osnabrück Germany--Saarbrücken Germany--Stendal Germany--Wesseling Germany--Wittenburg (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Belgium Belgium--Liège Denmark Denmark--Samsø France France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France--Bourges France--Brest France--Dunkerque France--La Rochelle France--Laval (Mayenne) France--Lorient France--Neufchâtel-en-Bray France--Orléans France--Paris France--Revigny-sur-Ornain France--Vitry-le-François France--Watten Italy Italy--Genoa Italy--Turin Netherlands Netherlands--Ameland Island Poland Poland--Szczecin Germany--Neuwerk Island 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 Canadian Air Force 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 Nick Cornwell-Smith 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 LCrimminWJ[Ser#-DoB]v1 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 115 Squadron 161 Squadron 192 Squadron 25 OTU 3 SFTS 4 BFTS Advanced Flying Unit Air Gunnery School aircrew Anson bombing bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944) British Flying Training School Program Flying Training School forced landing Halifax Halifax Mk 5 Hornet Moth Lancaster Lancaster Mk 2 Martinet mine laying Mosquito Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operational Training Unit Oxford pilot Proctor RAF Bircotes RAF East Wretham RAF Finningley RAF Foulsham RAF Halton RAF Ipswich RAF Marham RAF Mildenhall RAF Newmarket RAF Oakington RAF South Cerney RAF Tempsford searchlight Stearman Stirling Tiger Moth training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3074/58560/LHammentNW1335642v1.pdf 9b69f71a0d6a4b07482baa56d3c4baf5 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 Hamment, Norman William Description An account of the resource 49 items. The collection concerns Norman William Hamment (b.1921, 1335642 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, objects and photographs. He flew two tours of operations as an air gunner with 61, 97 and 635 Squadrons. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Andy Hamment and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024-10-09 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. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Hamment, NW 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 Norman Hamment observers and air gunners 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 One booklet 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 LHammentNW1335642v1 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 Description An account of the resource Norman Hamment’s RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 24 June 1942 to 7 November 1944, recording training, operations and instructional duties as an Air Gunner. He was stationed at RAF Morpeth (No. 4 Air Gunnery School), RAF Syerston (61 Squadron), RAF Scampton (No. 1485 Target Towing and Gunnery Flight), RAF Bruntingthorpe (No. 29 Operational Training Unit), RAF Bourn (97 Squadron), RAF Downham Market (635 Squadron), RAF Moreton-in-Marsh (No. 21 Operational Training Unit). Aircraft flown: Botha, Lancaster, Manchester, Whitley, Wellington. Records two competed tours: first tour with 61 Squadron, 31 operations (29 night, 2 day, plus 5 not completed/recalled).Targets in Czech Republic, France, Germany and Italy were: Duisburg, Frankfurt, Munich, Wismar, Pomeranian Bay (mine laying), Aachen, Osnabruck, Kiel, Cologne, Le Creusot, Genoa, Milan, Turin, Mannheim, Baltic (mine laying), Essen, Berlin, Lorient, St Nazaire, Pilsen, Spezia. His pilots on 61 Squadron operations were: P/O Meagher, F/Sgt Cockshott, S/Ldr Ward-Hunt and S/Ldr Cecil. Second tour with 97 and 635 Squadrons, 30 operations (25 night, 5 day, plus one not completed). Targets in Poland, France, Germany, Italy and Belgium were: Stettin, Brunswick, Berlin, Magdeburg, Frankfurt, Augsburg, Stuttgart, Nuremburg, Rouen, Laon, Karlsruhe, Essen, Friedrichshafen, Malines, Haines-St Pierre, Orleans, Aachen, Rennes, Middel Straete, Wizernes, Coquereau, Caen, L’Hey, Nucourt, Vaires. His pilots on 97 Squadron operations were: Flight Lieutenant Owen, Pilot Officer Edwards, Flight Lieutenant Snell; and on 635 squadron operations: Flight Lieutenant Snell , Pilot Officer Weaver, Flight Lieutenant Gillmore and Wing Commander Brookes. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Belgium Czech Republic France Germany Great Britain Italy Poland Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay Atlantic Ocean--Pomeranian Bay Italy--Po River Valley England--Cambridgeshire England--Gloucestershire England--Leicestershire England--Lincolnshire England--Norfolk England--Northumberland England--Nottinghamshire France--Pas-de-Calais Belgium--Haine-Saint-Pierre Belgium--Mechelen Czech Republic--Plzeň France--Caen France--Coquereaux France--Laon France--Le Creusot France--Lorient France--Middel Straete France--Noordpeene France--Nucourt France--Orléans France--Rennes France--Rouen France--Saint-Nazaire France--Vaires-sur-Marne Germany--Aachen Germany--Augsburg Germany--Berlin Germany--Braunschweig Germany--Cologne Germany--Duisburg Germany--Essen Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Friedrichshafen Germany--Karlsruhe Germany--Kiel Germany--Magdeburg Germany--Mannheim Germany--Munich Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Osnabrück Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Wismar Italy--Genoa Italy--La Spezia Italy--Milan Italy--Turin Poland--Szczecin Germany--Ruhr (Region) France--Wizernes Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942-09-07 1942-09-08 1942-09-09 1942-09-19 1942-09-20 1942-09-23 1942-09-24 1942-09-25 1942-10-05 1942-10-06 1942-10-07 1942-10-12 1942-10-13 1942-10-14 1942-10-15 1942-10-16 1942-10-17 1942-10-22 1942-10-23 1942-10-24 1942-11-06 1942-11-07 1942-11-20 1942-11-21 1942-12-06 1942-12-08 1942-12-09 1942-12-17 1943-01-03 1943-01-05 1943-01-16 1943-01-17 1943-02-13 1943-02-14 1943-02-16 1943-02-17 1943-03-05 1943-03-09 1943-03-10 1943-03-12 1943-03-22 1943-03-23 1943-03-26 1943-03-27 1943-04-03 1943-04-04 1943-04-16 1943-04-17 1943-04-18 1943-04-19 1944-01-05 1944-01-06 1944-01-13 1944-01-14 1944-01-20 1944-01-21 1944-01-22 1944-01-27 1944-01-28 1944-01-29 1944-02-15 1944-02-16 1944-02-25 1944-02-26 1944-03-01 1944-03-02 1944-03-15 1944-03-16 1944-03-18 1944-03-19 1944-03-23 1944-03-24 1944-03-30 1944-03-31 1944-04-18 1944-04-19 1944-04-22 1944-04-23 1944-04-24 1944-04-25 1944-04-26 1944-04-27 1944-04-28 1944-05-01 1944-05-02 1944-05-08 1944-05-19 1944-05-20 1944-05-24 1944-05-27 1944-05-28 1944-06-24 1944-07-05 1944-07-06 1944-07-07 1944-07-09 1944-07-10 1944-07-12 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource David Leitch 21 OTU 29 OTU 61 Squadron 635 Squadron 97 Squadron air gunner Air Gunnery School aircrew Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944) bombing bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944) Botha Harrow Lancaster Lancaster Mk 1 Lancaster Mk 2 Lancaster Mk 3 Manchester mine laying Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operational Training Unit Pathfinders RAF Bourn RAF Bruntingthorpe RAF Downham Market RAF Moreton in the Marsh RAF Morpeth RAF North Luffenham RAF Scampton RAF St Eval RAF Syerston RAF Upwood Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943) tactical support for Normandy troops Tiger Moth training Wellington Whitley https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/4085/58479/PFOMetheringhamAF25020003.jpg 16b1d96babf245c333b3c281936a8e9d 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 RAF Metheringham collection - album 2 - aircrew and target/reconnaissance photographs Description An account of the resource Twenty items. - Photographs of aircrew along with target and reconnaissance photographs. The collection has been licensed to the IBCC Digital Archive by the RAF Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre 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 property of the Royal Air Force Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre which has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a royalty-free permission to publish it. Please note that it was digitised by a third-party which used technical specifications that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘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. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context FOMetheringhamAF Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-01-31 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 Urft Dam and Politze Description An account of the resource Top - target photograph of Urft Dam showing river valley, cloud/smoke. Captioned 'METH 8.12.44//8" 9500 120 1106 URFT DAM, 14 MC 1000 DT C26 F/L BARDEN Z/106. Submitted with caption 'Target photo of the Urft Dam dated 8/12/1944. The pilot was F/Lt A G Barden, flying 106 Sqn Lancaster LM211 ZN-Z'. Bottom - target photograph of Politze showing glare and no ground details. Captioned '3772 meth 13/14.1.45//NTC 8" 17900 320 2216 POLITZE, 1HC4000IN 7GP500DT 2MC500LD 29 SEC F/L BARDEN O/106'. Submitted with caption 'target photo of Politze dated 13-14/1/1945. The pilot was F/Lt A G Barden, flying 106 Sqn Lancaster ND501 ZN-O'. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-12-08 1945-01-13 1945-01-14 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-12 1945-01 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Germany--Euskirchen Poland Poland--Szczecin Great Britain England--Lincolnshire 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 Photograph Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two b/w photographs mounted on an album page Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PFOMetheringhamAF25020003 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Geolocated 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 property of the Royal Air Force Metheringham Airfield Visitor Centre which has kindly granted the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive a royalty-free permission to publish it. Please note that it was digitised by a third-party which used technical specifications that may differ from those used by International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive. It has been published here ‘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. 106 Squadron aerial photograph bombing Lancaster RAF Metheringham target photograph https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/4055/58365/SRogersK1579511v10052.jpg d18a58c1044d908a0709629438d242cc 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 Ken Rogers. Scrapbook Description An account of the resource 68 page scrapbook containing documents, photographs, and cuttings about his service. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2023-04-27 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. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SRogersK1579511v1 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 4000 tons on Essen in heaviest day raid Description An account of the resource Page 18 of Marjorie Rogers' diary. Ken's 19th operation was to Essen, which is covered by a newspaper cutting. His 20th operation was to Dortmund which is covered in a second cutting. His 21st, 22nd and 23rd operations were to Arnsberg, these are covered by a sketch map. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Marjorie Rogers Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Germany--Essen Germany--Dortmund Germany--Arnsberg Poland--Szczecin Poland Poland--Świnoujście Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Ruhr (Region) Austria Austria--Vienna Italy Italy--Venice Europe--Brenner Pass 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 United States Army Air Force Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One b/w photocopy Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SRogersK1579511v10052 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription 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. air gunner aircrew anti-aircraft fire B-17 B-24 Halifax incendiary device Lancaster P-51 Pathfinders pilot Spitfire https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1508/58267/ESmithJAMillerA440113.jpg 638b93f29abe1eab9491649e96e6761c 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 Miller, Aubrey Harris A H Miller 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 2016-05-11 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 Miller, AH Description An account of the resource Four items. The collection concerns Sergeant Aubrey Harris Miller (1621743 Royal Air Force) and contains documents. He flew operations as an air gunner with 207 Squadron and was killed 6 January 1944. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by G A Garner and catalogued by andy Fitter. Additional information on Aubrey Harris Miller is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/116157/">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 Letter from the Air Ministry to Mrs A. Miller Description An account of the resource A letter from the Casualty Branch to Mrs. A Miller in Hounslow carrying the reference: "P.412420/7/P.4.A.2.". It expresses regret that Sergeant Aubrey Harris Miller is missing as a result of his aircraft failing to return from operations. It further states that enquiries are being made through the International Red Cross and requests that, should Mrs. Miller receives any information, it should be passed on to the Air Ministry. It ends expressing sympathy. The stamped and postmarked envelope is included. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Air Ministry. Casualty Branch Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-01-13 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-01-05 1944-01-06 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Poland Poland--Szczecin 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 Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One single page letter and envelope Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context ESmithJAMillerA440113. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription 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. air gunner aircrew Lancaster missing in action Red Cross https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2752/55543/SAudisRJ[Ser -DoB]v010013.pdf bcad0ef8613507284c405f5c593a421e 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 Audis, Roger J 9 Squadron Association Description An account of the resource 41 items. The collection contains material collected by Roger Audis related to 9 Squadron RAF and airmen who served in the squadron. The collection includes four hand written operational record books, copies of log books, and interviews with Bomber Command veterans. It includes a <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.omeka.net/collections/show/4055">Scrapbook</a> belonging to Ken Rogers. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Richard James and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff, Barry Hunter, and Nick Cornwell-Smith. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2023-04-27 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. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Audis, RJ 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 Ken Johnson’s Royal Air Force Observers and Air Gunners Flying Log Book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SAudisRJ[Ser#-DoB]v010013 Description An account of the resource Ken Johnson’s Flying Log Book as an air gunner from 23rd October 1943 until 17th July 1945. During this time trained as an air gunner. Trained at No. 2 Air Gunners School, 29 Operational Training Unit, 1654 Conversion Unit, and No 5 Lancaster Finishing School. During OTU Gunnery Course, a Miles Martinet was used as the target aircraft. In June 1944 posted to 61 Squadron. For his second tour he was posted to 9 Squadron in December often dropping Tallboy bombs. Served at RAF Dalcross, RAF Bruntingthorpe, RAF Wigsley, RAF Syerston, RAF Skellingthorpe, RAF Bardney. Aircraft flown were Anson, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster. With 29 OTU, Johnson flew one leaflet operation at night. With 61 Squadron he flew 33 bombing operations (18 night, 15 day) whilst with 9 Squadron there were 10 day bombing, 1 Operation Exodus, and 1 Operation Post Mortem. His targets were Orleans, Watten, Gelsenkirchen, Limoges, Prouville, Vitry, Beauvoir, St. Leu D’Esserent, Kiel, Donges, St Cyr Versailles, Givors, Stuttgart, Cahagnes, Joigny, Mont Candon, Bois de Cassan, Trossy St. Maximin, Secqueville, Chatellerault, Russelsheim, Bordeaux, Gilze-Rijen, Stettin, La Pallice, Rollancourt, Brest, Le Havre, Darmstadt, Boulogne, Dortmund Ems Canal, Karlsruhe, Urft Dam, Bergen, Altenbeken, Dortmund, Arnsberg, Swinemünde (Prinz Eugen), Heligoland, Berchtesgaden, Flensburg. His pilot for all operations was Flight Lieutenant Watkins, other than the Operation Post Mortem when it was Flying Officer Macdonald. On the operation to St. Cyr on 25th July 1944, his aircraft was hit by bombs from an aircraft above, causing the loss of the rear turret including the rear gunner. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available. 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 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-02-28 1944-02-29 1944-06-19 1944-06-20 1944-06-21 1944-06-22 1944-06-23 1944-06-24 1944-06-25 1944-06-27 1944-06-28 1944-06-29 1944-07-04 1944-07-05 1944-07-07 1944-07-08 1944-07-23 1944-07-24 1944-07-25 1944-07-26 1944-07-27 1944-07-28 1944-07-29 1944-07-30 1944-07-31 1944-08-01 1944-08-02 1944-08-03 1944-08-05 1944-08-07 1944-08-08 1944-08-09 1944-08-10 1944-08-12 1944-08-13 1944-08-15 1944-08-16 1944-08-17 1944-08-19 1944-08-31 1944-09-05 1944-09-10 1944-09-11 1944-09-12 1944-09-17 1944-09-23 1944-09-24 1944-09-27 1944-12-09 1944-12-11 1945-01-12 1945-02-22 1945-03-12 1945-03-13 1945-03-14 1945-04-13 1945-04-19 1945-04-25 1945-05-04 1945-07-03 1943 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Leicestershire England--Lincolnshire England--Nottinghamshire Scotland--Highlands Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Arnsberg Germany--Altenbeken Germany--Berchtesgaden Germany--Darmstadt Germany--Dortmund Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal Germany--Flensburg Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Helgoland Germany--Karlsruhe Germany--Kiel Germany--Rüsselsheim Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Urft Dam France France--Beauvoir-sur-Mer France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France--Boulogne-sur-Mer France--Brest France--Cahagnes France--Châtellerault France--Givors France--Joigny France--La Pallice France--Le Havre France--Limoges France--L'Isle-Adam France--Mont-Candon France--Orléans France--Rollancourt France--Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer France--Saint-Leu-d'Esserent France--Saint-Nazaire France--Secqueville-en-Bessin France--Trossy St. Maximin France--Vitry-sur-Seine France--Watten Netherlands Netherlands--Tilburg Norway Norway--Bergen Poland Poland--Świnoujście Poland--Szczecin France--Pas-de-Calais France--Saint-Cyr-l'Ecole France--Donges France--Versailles France--Prouville 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 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 Nick Cornwell-Smith Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 1654 HCU 29 OTU 61 Squadron 9 Squadron air gunner Air Gunnery School aircrew Anson bombing bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945) bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944) bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944) bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944) Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operation Exodus (1945) Operational Training Unit Prinz Eugen RAF Bardney RAF Bruntingthorpe RAF Dalcross RAF Skellingthorpe RAF Syerston RAF Wigsley Stirling Tallboy training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2951/55378/LRichardsWE424940v2.pdf 79bf7673f37f38eec6a40eb5b5b23aca 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 Richards, William Evans Description An account of the resource 23 items. The collection concerns William Evans Richards (b. 1922, 424940 Royal Australian Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 622 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Bruce Richards and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-04-25 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 Richards, WE 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 Pages from flying log book Description An account of the resource Four pages from flying log book for W E Richards with entries from 18 August 1944 to 23 December 1944 covering operations as a Lancaster pilot on 622 Squadron. This being a copy of his operations flown, taken from log book one. He was stationed at 622 Squadron RAF Mildenhall. Aircraft flown were Lancaster and Oxford. He flew a total of 30 operations with 622 squadron, 21 Daylight and 9 Night operations. Targets were Bremen, Kiel, Stettin, Le Havre, Kamen, Frankfurt, Calais, Neuss, Saarbrucken, Dortmund, Kleve, Duisburg, Bonn, Stuttgart, Essen, Cologne, Wesseling, Homberg, Solingen, Castrop-Rauxel, Gelsenkirchen, Fulda, Bottrop, Oberhausen, Kattegat and Trier. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-08-18 1944-08-26 1944-08-29 1944-09-05 1944-09-07 1944-09-11 1944-09-12 1944-09-20 1944-09-23 1944-09-24 1944-10-05 1944-10-06 1944-10-07 1944-10-14 1944-10-18 1944-10-19 1944-10-23 1944-10-28 1944-10-30 1944-11-02 1944-11-04 1944-11-05 1944-11-11 1944-11-21 1944-11-23 1944-11-26 1944-11-27 1944-11-30 1944-12-04 1944-12-14 1944-12-23 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean--English Channel Germany Germany--Bremen Germany--Kiel Poland Poland--Szczecin France France--Le Havre Germany--Kamen Germany--Frankfurt am Main France--Calais Germany--Neuss Germany--Saarbrücken Germany--Dortmund Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia) Germany--Duisburg Germany--Bonn Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Essen Germany--Cologne Germany--Wesseling Germany--Homberg (Kassel) Germany--Solingen Germany--Castrop-Rauxel Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Fulda Germany--Bottrop Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf) Germany--Trier Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea) Germany--Hamburg France--Pas-de-Calais Germany--Ruhr (Region) 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 b/w photocopy Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LRichardsWE424940v2 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 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mike Connock 622 Squadron aircrew bombing Lancaster mine laying pilot RAF Mildenhall https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2951/55377/LRichardsWE424940v1.pdf 0698dfcd08352905c5ceb90ce09a3d6a 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 Richards, William Evans Description An account of the resource 23 items. The collection concerns William Evans Richards (b. 1922, 424940 Royal Australian Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 622 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Bruce Richards and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-04-25 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 Richards, WE 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 William Richards's Royal Australian Air Force 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 Royal Australian Air Force 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 LRichardsWE424940v1 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 Flying log book one for W E Richards, pilot, covering the period from 22 December 1942 to 21 May 1945. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at 2 Initial Training School RAAF Bradfield park, 7 Service Flying Training School RAAF Deniliquin, 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Banff and RAF Dallachy, 26 Operational Training Unit RAF Wing and RAF Little Harwood, 1657 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF Shepherds Grove, 3 Lancaster Finishing School RAF Feltwell, 622 Squadron RAF Mildenhall, 84 Operation Training Unit RAF Desford and 3 Flying Instructors School RAF Lulsgate Bottom. Aircraft flown in were Tiger Moth, Wirraway, Oxford, Wellington, Stirling and Lancaster. He flew a total of 30 operations with 622 squadron, 21 Daylight and 9 Night operations. Targets were Bremen, Kiel, Stettin, Le Havre, Kamen, Frankfurt, Calais, Neuss, Saarbrucken, Dortmund, Kleve, Duisburg, Bonn, Stuttgart, Essen, Cologne, Wesseling, Homberg, Solingen, Castrop-Rauxel, Gelsenkirchen, Fulda, Bottrop, Oberhausen, Kattegat and Trier. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942 1943 1944-08-18 1944-08-19 1944-08-26 1944-08-27 1944-08-29 1944-08-30 1944-09-05 1944-09-07 1944-09-11 1944-09-12 1944-09-13 1944-09-20 1944-09-23 1944-09-24 1944-10-05 1944-10-06 1944-10-07 1944-10-14 1944-10-18 1944-10-19 1944-10-20 1944-10-23 1944-10-24 1944-10-28 1944-10-30 1944-11-02 1944-11-03 1944-11-05 1944-11-11 1944-11-21 1944-11-23 1944-11-26 1944-11-27 1944-11-30 1944-12-04 1944-12-14 1944-12-15 1944-12-23 1945 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Australia France Germany Great Britain Poland Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean--English Channel Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea) Germany--Ruhr (Region) England--Buckinghamshire England--Leicestershire England--Norfolk England--Somerset England--Suffolk France--Calais France--Le Havre Germany--Bonn Germany--Bottrop Germany--Bremen Germany--Castrop-Rauxel Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund Germany--Duisburg Germany--Essen Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Fulda Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Homberg (Kassel) Germany--Kamen Germany--Kiel Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia) Germany--Neuss Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf) Germany--Saarbrucken Germany--Solingen Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Trier Germany--Wesseling New South Wales--Deniliquin New South Wales--Lindfield Poland--Szczecin Scotland--Banffshire Scotland--Moray France--Pas-de-Calais New South Wales Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mike Connock Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 1657 HCU 26 OTU 54 OTU 622 Squadron 84 OTU Advanced Flying Unit aircrew bombing Flying Training School Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Lancaster Mk 1 Lancaster Mk 3 mine laying Operational Training Unit Oxford pilot RAAF Bradfield Park RAF Dallachy RAF Desborough RAF Feltwell RAF Little Horwood RAF Lulsgate Bottom RAF Methwold RAF Mildenhall RAF Shepherds Grove RAF Silverstone RAF Stradishall RAF Wing Stirling Tiger Moth training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2997/54987/LIzzardVR419046v1 copy.pdf 677e98e5f6fca213ebee2978134f63d8 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 Izzard, Victor R Izzard, V R Vic Izzard Description An account of the resource One item. The collection concerns Vic Izzard (b. 1918, 419046 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book. He flew operations as an air gunner with 467 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Peter R Izzard and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-07-24 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. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Izzard, V R 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 Vic Izzard’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book Description An account of the resource Vic Izzard’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 26th June 1942 until 2nd July 1945. During this time trained as a rear gunner. In Australia attended No 1. Recruit Depot, No. 1 Wireless Air Gunnery School, No. 1 Initial Training School, No. 2 Wireless Air Gunnery School, No. 2 Bombing and Gunnery School. During September/October 1943 travelled to the United Kingdom to be posted to 27 Operational Training Unit. Posted to 1654 Heavy Conversion Unit, No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School, and then 467 (RAAF) Squadron for operations. On 2 July 1945 embarked for return to Australia. Served at RAAF Ballarat, RAAF Somers, RAAF Parkes, RAAF Port Pirie, RAAF Ascot Vale, RAAF Bradfield Park, RAF Lichfield, RAF Church Broughton, RAF Scampton, RAF Wigsley, RAF Syerston, RAF Waddington. Aircraft flown were Battle, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster. He flew 31 operations (12 day and 19 night) with 467 Squadron. His targets were Falaise, Gilze-Rijen, Stettin, Bordeaux, Darmstadt, Königsberg, Rollancourt, Brest, Le Havre, Stuttgart, Boulogne, Bremerhaven, Dortmund-Ems Canal, Bremen, Flushing, Nuremberg, Bergen, Ems-Weser Canal, Munich, Urft Dam, Gdynia, Rheydt, Moss, Oslo Fjord, Houffalize, Politz, Nordhausen, Lützkendorf, Pilzen. On the 8/9th April 1945 his aircraft was chased by a Ju 88. His pilots were Squadron Leader Broad, Flying Officer Stewart and Wing Commander Douglas. Includes 12 photographs of unnamed personnel in uniform. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available. 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 LIzzardVR419046v1 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942 1943 1944-08-14 1944-08-15 1944-08-16 1944-08-17 1944-08-18 1944-08-25 1944-08-26 1944-08-29 1944-08-30 1944-08-31 1944-09-05 1944-09-10 1944-09-12 1944-09-13 1944-09-17 1944-09-18 1944-09-23 1944-09-24 1944-10-06 1944-10-11 1944-10-19 1944-10-20 1944-10-28 1944-10-29 1944-11-06 1944-11-26 1944-11-27 1944-12-10 1944-12-11 1944-12-17 1944-12-18 1944-12-19 1944-12-27 1944-12-28 1944-12-29 1945-01-05 1945-02-08 1945-02-09 1945-03-22 1945-04-04 1945-04-08 1945-04-09 1945-04-16 1945-04-17 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Australia New South Wales New South Wales--Parkes South Australia South Australia--Port Pirie Victoria--Melbourne Victoria Victoria--Ballarat Victoria--Somers Great Britain England--Derbyshire England--Lincolnshire England--Nottinghamshire England--Staffordshire Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden Belgium Belgium--Houffalize Czech Republic Czech Republic--Plzeň France France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France--Boulogne-sur-Mer France--Brest France--Falaise France--Hesdin France--Le Havre Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Bremen Germany--Bremerhaven Germany--Darmstadt Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal Germany--Mittelland Canal Germany--Munich Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia) Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Rheydt Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Urft Dam Germany--Wettin Netherlands Netherlands--Tilburg Netherlands--Vlissingen Norway Norway--Bergen Norway--Moss Poland Poland--Gdynia Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie) Poland--Szczecin Russia (Federation) Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ) France--Rollancourt 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 Royal Australian Air Force Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Log book and record book Photograph Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Nick Cornwell-Smith Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 1654 HCU 27 OTU 467 Squadron air gunner aircrew anti-aircraft fire Battle bombing Bombing and Gunnery School bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944) Heavy Conversion Unit Hurricane incendiary device Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operational Training Unit P-51 RAAF Ascot Vale RAAF Ballarat RAAF Bradfield Park RAAF Parkes RAAF Port Pirie RAAF Somers RAF Church Broughton RAF Lichfield RAF Scampton RAF Syerston RAF Waddington RAF Wigsley searchlight Spitfire Stirling tactical support for Normandy troops training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2921/53701/LBarryPG1535811v1.pdf bde374063e513419aadfbcea0a2a5cb2 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 Barry, Patrick Gerard Description An account of the resource Six items. The collection concerns W/O Patrick Gerard Barry DFM (b. 1919, 1535811Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, biography and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner on 467 Squadron and became a member of the Guinea Pig Club. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Paula Elizabeth Burnell and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024-06-24 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 Barry, PG 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 Patrick Barry’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’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 One booklet Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LBarryPG1535811v1 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 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain, Royal Air Force Description An account of the resource Patrick Barry’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 23rd August 1942 until 17th August 1943. During this time trained as an air gunner. Training with No. 4 Air Gunners School, 19 Operational Training Unit and 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit. Posted to 467 Squadron for operations from March 1943. On 17/18th August 1943 he was seriously wounded when his aircraft was attacked by an enemy fighter aircraft. The enemy aircraft was shot down. Served at RAF Kinloss RAF Bottesford, RAF Metheringham. Aircraft flown were Botha, Whitley, Manchester, Lancaster. Patrick Barry flew 20 bombing and one mining night operation, a total of 21 operations. His pilot for all these operations was Warrant Officer W Wilson. His targets were St Nazaire, Pilsen, Spezia, Stettin, Duisburg, Essen, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Bochum, Friedrichshafen, Gelsenkirchen, Cologne, Turin, Genoa, Mannheim, Peenemünde. The log book includes a sketch of his aircraft with each bomb including the crew’s names. It is the operation to Spezia on 18/19th April 1943. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-04-02 1943-04-03 1943-04-16 1943-04-17 1943-04-18 1943-04-19 1943-04-20 1943-04-26 1943-04-27 1943-04-28 1943-04-29 1943-04-30 1943-05-01 1943-05-04 1943-05-05 1943-05-23 1943-05-24 1943-05-25 1943-05-26 1943-06-11 1943-06-12 1943-06-13 1943-06-20 1943-06-21 1943-06-24 1943-06-25 1943-06-26 1943-06-28 1943-06-29 1943-07-09 1943-07-10 1943-07-12 1943-07-13 1943-08-07 1943-08-08 1943-08-09 1943-08-10 1943-08-17 1943-08-18 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain Scotland--Grampian France France--Saint-Nazaire Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Bochum Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund Germany--Duisburg Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Essen Germany--Friedrichshafen Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Mannheim Germany--Peenemünde Italy Italy--Genoa Italy--La Spezia Italy--Turin Poland Poland--Szczecin Czech Republic Czech Republic--Plzeň England--Leicestershire England--Lincolnshire Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Nick Cornwell-Smith Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 1660 HCU 19 OTU 467 Squadron air gunner Air Gunnery School aircrew bombing bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943) Botha Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Manchester mine laying Operational Training Unit RAF Bottesford RAF Kinloss RAF Metheringham Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943) training Whitley https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2982/53668/SKnoxVD63842v10017-0001.jpg d5f8eb048c85e820ec8f20ec53e84b13 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2982/53668/SKnoxVD63842v10017-0002.jpg 699e97bc0f1d21f4198ebc11898c993d 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 Knox, Victor Douglas Knox, V D Description An account of the resource 196 items. The collection concerns Squadron Leader Victor Douglas Knox (b 27 October 1920, 63842 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, correspondence, documents, objects and photographs. Following his career in which he flew operations as a pilot with 462 Squadron in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa he was Accidents Officer at 4 Group. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Stephen Knox and catalogued by Lynn Corrigan. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024-08-18 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 Knox, VD 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 List of operations of F/Lt V Douglas Knox 63842 Description An account of the resource List of dates and targets of Douglas' 45 operations totalling 326.50 hours. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Victor Douglas Knox Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-07-16 1941-07-22 1941-07-24 1941-08-06 1941-08-08 1941-08-18 1941-09-13 1941-09-29 1941-10-10 1941-10-16 1941-10-21 1941-10-23 1941-11-07 1941-11-30 1942-01-02 1942-01-10 1942-04-29 1942-05-03 1942-05-30 1942-06-01 1942-06-05 1942-06-20 1942-06-22 1942-06-25 1942-07-14 1942-07-15 1942-07-23 1942-07-25 1942-08-02 1942-08-10 1942-08-15 1942-08-23 1942-08-25 1942-09-01 1942-09-03 1942-09-08 1942-09-13 1942-10-07 1942-10-19 1942-10-29 1942-11-02 1942-11-04 1942-11-06 1942-11-07 1942-11-10 1942-11-23 1942-12-02 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. Personal research Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two typed sheets Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SKnoxVD63842v10017-0001; SKnoxVD63842v10017-0002 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Mediterranean Sea Belgium Egypt France Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Greece Libya Poland Mediterranean Sea--Suda Bay Belgium--Ostend Egypt--Marsá Maṭrūḥ Egypt--Halfaya Pass Egypt--Sidi Barrani Egypt--Sallūm France--Brest France--Dunkerque France--Saint-Nazaire Germany--Berlin Germany--Bremen Germany--Cologne Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony) Germany--Essen Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Hamburg Germany--Kiel Greece--Crete Greece--Ērakleion Greece--Maleme Libya--Tobruk Poland--Szczecin North Africa 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 aircrew bombing pilot https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2982/53659/SKnoxVD63842v10016.jpg 8a8978286aa623bbd1f1ec3a2575633d 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 Knox, Victor Douglas Knox, V D Description An account of the resource 196 items. The collection concerns Squadron Leader Victor Douglas Knox (b 27 October 1920, 63842 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, correspondence, documents, objects and photographs. Following his career in which he flew operations as a pilot with 462 Squadron in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa he was Accidents Officer at 4 Group. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Stephen Knox and catalogued by Lynn Corrigan. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024-08-18 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 Knox, VD 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 List of operations Description An account of the resource A list of 42 operational targets undertaken by Douglas Knox to, Berlin, Hamburg, Kiel, Bremen, Emden, Cologne, Essen, Brest, Frankfurt, Ostend, Dunkirk, Stettin, Wilhelmshaven, Tobruk, Cretan Aerodromes and Battle Area. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Victor Douglas Knox Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941 1942 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Mediterranean Sea Belgium France Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Greece Libya Poland Belgium--Ostend France--Brest France--Dunkerque Germany--Berlin Germany--Bremen Germany--Cologne Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony) Germany--Essen Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Hamburg Germany--Kiel Germany--Wilhelmshaven Greece--Crete Libya--Tobruk Poland--Szczecin North Africa 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. Personal research Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One hand written list Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SknoxVD63842v10016 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 bombing https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2982/53582/LKnoxVD63842v1.pdf bbce3fb634a79db7ff5e508c5d288d75 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 Knox, Victor Douglas Knox, V D Description An account of the resource 196 items. The collection concerns Squadron Leader Victor Douglas Knox (b 27 October 1920, 63842 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, correspondence, documents, objects and photographs. Following his career in which he flew operations as a pilot with 462 Squadron in Europe, the Middle East and North Africa he was Accidents Officer at 4 Group. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Stephen Knox and catalogued by Lynn Corrigan. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2024-08-18 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 Knox, VD 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 Victor Douglas Knox's pilot's flying log book. One Description An account of the resource Pilot's flying log book for Douglas Knox covering the period 20 October 1940 to 1 March 1946 detailing training and operations flown as pilot. He was stationed at RAF Fair Oaks (18 EFTS), RAF Little Rissington (6 Flying Training School), RAF Kinloss (19 OTU), RAF Middleton-St-George and RAF Croft (78 Squadron), RAF Marston Moor (76 Squadron) and RAF Rufforth (1663 HCU). Aircraft flown were Tiger Moth, Anson, Whitley, Halifax, Oxford, Proctor and Vega. Douglas flew 44 night time operations, 3 as second pilot to Pilot Officer Wright and Sergeant Woodhatch and 41 as pilot in Europe and North Africa. Targets were Hamburg, Dunkirk, Emden, Frankfurt, Kiel, Brest, Stettin, Essen, Ostend, Bremen, Kiel, Berlin, St. Nazaire, Cologne, Tobruk, Suda Bay, Maleme and Heraklion. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-07-14 1941-07-17 1941-07-24 1941-07-25 1941-08-06 1941-08-07 1941-08-08 1941-08-09 1941-08-18 1941-08-19 1941-09-13 1941-09-14 1941-09-29 1941-09-30 1941-10-10 1941-10-11 1941-10-16 1941-10-17 1941-10-21 1941-10-22 1941-10-23 1941-10-24 1941-11-07 1941-11-08 1941-11-30 1941-12-01 1941-01-02 1941-01-03 1942-01-05 1942-01-06 1942-01-29 1942-01-30 1942-05-03 1942-05-04 1942-05-30 1942-05-31 1942-06-01 1942-06-02 1942-06-20 1942-06-21 1942-06-23 1942-06-24 1942-06-25 1942-06-26 1942-07-23 1942-07-24 1942-07-25 1942-07-26 1942-08-02 1942-08-03 1942-08-10 1942-08-11 1942-08-15 1942-08-16 1942-08-23 1942-08-24 1942-09-01 1942-09-02 1942-09-03 1942-09-04 1942-09-08 1942-09-09 1942-09-13 1942-09-14 1942-10-07 1942-10-08 1942-10-19 1942-10-20 1942-10-29 1942-10-30 1942-12-02 1942-12-03 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 Lynn Corrigan Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LKnoxVD63842v1 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Mediterranean Sea North Africa Belgium France Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Great Britain Greece Libya Poland Mediterranean Sea--Suda Bay Belgium--Ostend England--Durham (County) England--Gloucestershire England--Surrey England--Yorkshire France--Brest France--Dunkerque France--Saint-Nazaire Germany--Berlin Germany--Bremen Germany--Cologne Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony) Germany--Essen Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Hamburg Germany--Kiel Greece--Ērakleion Greece--Maleme Libya--Tobruk Poland--Szczecin Scotland--Moray 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 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 1652 HCU 1663 HCU 19 OTU 462 Squadron 76 Squadron 78 Squadron Anson bombing bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942) Flying Training School Halifax Halifax Mk 1 Halifax Mk 2 Halifax Mk 5 Heavy Conversion Unit Operational Training Unit Oxford Proctor RAF Aqir RAF Croft RAF Fairoaks RAF Kinloss RAF Little Rissington RAF Marston Moor RAF Middleton St George RAF Rufforth Tiger Moth training Ventura Whitley York https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2934/53577/LDowdeswellGD1261816v1.pdf 93c57e7555f05a900328ecf427ed03a7 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 Dowdeswell, Dennis Dowdeswell, Gerald Dennis Dowdeswell, GD Description An account of the resource Five items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Dennis Dowdeswell DFC (1261816 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, object, and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 101 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Chris Dowdeswell (son) and Hazel (daughter). It was catalogued by Lynn Corrigan. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-06-14 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 Dowdeswell, GD 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 Dennis Dowdeswell's navigator's, air bombers and air gunner's flying log book Description An account of the resource Navigator's, air bomber's and air gunner's flying log book for Dennis Dowdeswell covering the period 22 May 1943 to 14 November 1945. Details his training and operations flown as air gunner. He was stationed at RAF Morpeth (4 AGS), RAF Lichfield (27 OTU), RAF Sleep (81 OTU), RAF Ingham (1481 Gunnery Flight), RAF Lindholme (1656 HCU), RAF Ludford Magna (101 Squadron). RAF Catfoss (CGS) and RAF Hemswell (170 Squadron). Aircraft flows were Martinet, Botha, Wellington, Whitley, Halifax and Lancaster. Gerald flew 37 operations, 32 night time and 5 daylight with 101 and 170 Squadrons including one Cook's tour with Pilot Officer Forsyth, Flight Lieutenant Dixie, Flight Lieutenant Court, Flight Lieutenant Chandler and Wing Commander Rooke. Targets were Berlin, Stettin, Magdeburg, Leipzig, Stuttgart, Scheinfurt, Frankfurt, Essen, Aulnoye, Aachen, Rouen, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Karlsruhe, Maintenon, Mailly-le-Camp, Rennes–Saint-Jacques airport, Orleans, Duisburg, Brunswick, Leopoldsburg, Trappes, Politz, Dortmund, Nordhausen, Heligoland, and Rotterdam. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-01-01 1944-01-02 1944-01-05 1944-01-06 1944-01-20 1944-01-21 1944-01-27 1944-01-28 1944-01-29 1944-01-30 1944-01-31 1944-02-15 1944-02-16 1944-02-19 1944-02-20 1944-02-21 1944-02-24 1944-02-05 1944-03-15 1944-03-16 1944-03-18 1944-03-19 1944-03-22 1944-03-23 1944-03-24 1944-03-25 1944-03-26 1944-03-27 1944-04-10 1944-04-11 1944-04-10 1944-04-11 1944-04-12 1944-04-18 1944-04-19 1944-04-20 1944-04-21 1944-04-22 1944-04-23 1944-04-24 1944-04-25 1944-04-26 1944-04-27 1944-04-30 1944-05-01 1944-05-03 1944-05-04 1944-05-07 1944-05-08 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 1944-05-31 1944-06-01 1945-02-08 1945-02-09 1945-03-03 1945-04-03 1945-04-18 1945-05-01 1945-05-25 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Belgium France Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Great Britain Netherlands Poland Belgium--Leopoldsburg England--Lincolnshire England--Northumberland England--Shropshire England--Staffordshire England--Yorkshire France--Aulnoye-Aymeries France--Maintenon France--Mailly-le-Camp France--Orléans France--Rennes France--Rouen France--Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines Germany--Aachen Germany--Berlin Germany--Braunschweig Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund Germany--Duisburg Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Essen Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Helgoland Germany--Karlsruhe Germany--Leipzig Germany--Magdeburg Germany--Nordhausen (Thuringia) Germany--Schweinfurt Germany--Stuttgart Netherlands--Rotterdam Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie) Poland--Szczecin 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 LDowdeswellGD1261816v1 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lynn Corrigan 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 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 101 Squadron 1656 HCU 170 Squadron 27 OTU 81 OTU air gunner Air Gunnery School aircrew Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944) bombing bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945) bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944) Botha Cook’s tour Halifax Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Mk 1 Lancaster Mk 3 Martinet Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945) Operational Training Unit pilot RAF Binbrook RAF Catfoss RAF Hemswell RAF Ingham RAF Lichfield RAF Lindholme RAF Ludford Magna RAF Morpeth RAF Sleap training V-weapon Wellington Whitley https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2970/53143/NThomsonE190529-01.jpg b3355d4be9c882eea13d8cdb9a3e14a2 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 Thomson, Edwin Description An account of the resource 24 items. The collection concerns Edwin Thomson (Royal Air Force) and contains documents, contents of wallet, photographs and decorations. He flew operations as a pilot. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Melvyne Fyffe Thomson and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-05-25 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. 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 Newspaper cutting - Scots help man 'Victory' bomber Description An account of the resource Mentions that three Scots were members of the crew of a Lancaster flown in to support Edinburgh's wings for victory campaign. Gives account of aircraft's arrival. Gives some background of crew captained by Pilot Officer E Thomson, light Sergeant Bell (second pilot) and Sergeant Cook. Mentions recent operations to Stettin, Skoda works, Berlin, Essen and Italy. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain Scotland--Edinburgh Scotland--Dundee Scotland--Aberdeen Germany Germany--Berlin Germany--Essen Poland Poland--Szczecin Italy Czech Republic Czech Republic--Plzeň Germany--Ruhr (Region) 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 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One newspaper cutting Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context NThomsonE190529-01 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 aircrew bombing Lancaster https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2915/52810/LFaircloughT1077120v2.2.pdf fc1c8b04f1518bcb91664f7ff423109b 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 Fairclough, Thomas Fairclough, T Fairclough, Tom Fairclough, Tommy Fairclough, Fairy Description An account of the resource 63 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Thomas Fairclough (b. 1920, 1077120 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book correspondence, documents and photographs. He flew operations as a wireless operator / air gunner with 100 and 550 Squadrons. He was shot down in March 1945 and evaded via Sweden. Additional information Donald Morris and Harvey Porter is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?aircraft-serial=ME449&forename=&initials=&surname=&select-search-options%5B%5D=surname&select-search-options%5B%5D=initials&select-search-options%5B%5D=forename&select-search-options%5B%5D=aircraft-serial-number&_token=rBVwiziIcR7p7ml6InefGYtXPxMhBKjfjvhJ7PJy&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc">IBCC Losses Database</a>. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Nigel Fairclough and catalogued by Lynn Corrigan. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-08-17 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. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Fairclough, T 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 Tommy Fairclough's flying log book for observers and air gunners. Two Description An account of the resource Flying log book for observers and air gunners for Tommy Fairclough from 9 July 1942 to September 1945, detailing his training and operational duties. Tommy flew 43 operations, 33 night time and ten daylight as wireless operator/air gunner in Lancaster aircraft. His pilots were Squadron Leader Slater, Flight Officer Hussey, Flight Officer Ferguson and Flight Officer Doward. Tommy served with 100 and 550 Squadrons in Europe. Operations were to Munich, Stuttgart, Essen, Duisberg, Kiel, Spezia, minelaying in Baltic Sea, Dortmund, Bochum, Dusseldorf, Oberhausen, Cologne, Krefeld, Mulheim, Wuppertal, Gelsenkirchen, Stettin, Ghent–Terneuzen, Rüsselsheim, Agenville, Le Havre, Cap Gris Nez, Calais, Saarrbruchen, Fort Frederik Hendrik, Hanover and mine laying off Sweden. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Air Ministry Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Europe--Scheldt River Belgium France Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Great Britain Italy Poland Sweden England--Buckinghamshire England--Derbyshire England--Leicestershire England--Lincolnshire England--Nottinghamshire England--Staffordshire England--Wiltshire England--Yorkshire France--Agenville France--Calais France--Cap Gris Nez France--Le Havre Germany--Bochum Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund Germany--Duisburg Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Essen Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Hannover Germany--Kiel Germany--Krefeld Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany--Munich Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf) Germany--Rüsselsheim Germany--Saarbrücken Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Wuppertal Italy--La Spezia Poland--Szczecin Wales--Carmarthenshire Belgium--Ghent Netherlands Netherlands--Terneuzen Europe--Ghent-Terneuzen Canal France--Pas-de-Calais Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-03-02 1943-03-11 1943-03-12 1943-03-13 1943-03-26 1943-03-27 1943-04-03 1943-04-04 1943-04-05 1943-04-13 1943-04-14 1943-04-18 1943-04-19 1943-04-26 1943-04-27 1943-04-28 1943-04-29 1943-04-30 1943-05-01 1943-05-04 1943-05-05 1943-05-12 1943-05-13 1943-05-23 1943-05-24 1943-06-11 1943-06-12 1943-06-13 1943-06-14 1943-06-15 1943-06-16 1943-06-17 1943-06-21 1943-06-22 1943-06-23 1943-06-24 1943-06-25 1943-06-26 1943-06-28 1943-06-29 1944-08-16 1944-08-17 1944-08-18 1944-08-19 1944-08-25 1944-08-26 1944-08-27 1944-08-29 1944-08-30 1944-08-31 1944-09-05 1944-09-05 1944-09-10 1944-09-26 1944-09-27 1944-09-28 1944-10-05 1944-10-06 1944-10-11 1944-10-12 1944-10-31 1944-11-01 1944-12-29 1944-12-30 1945-01-05 1945-03-12 1945-03-13 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. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LFaircloughT1077120v2 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 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lynn Corrigan Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 100 Squadron 103 Squadron 1656 HCU 1668 HCU 28 OTU 30 OTU 550 Squadron 82 OTU air gunner Air Gunnery School aircrew Anson bale out bombing Cook’s tour Dominie evading Halifax Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Mk 3 mine laying Operational Training Unit Oxford pilot Proctor RAF Bircotes RAF Bottesford RAF Church Broughton RAF Cottesmore RAF Finningley RAF Gamston RAF Grimsby RAF Hixon RAF Lindholme RAF North Killingholme RAF Ossington RAF Pembrey RAF Sandtoft RAF Wing RAF Yatesbury Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943) shot down training Wellington Whitley wireless operator wireless operator / air gunner https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2915/52794/LFaircloughT1077120v1.1.pdf 2396399613bca5328804014c2bc33f42 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 Fairclough, Thomas Fairclough, T Fairclough, Tom Fairclough, Tommy Fairclough, Fairy Description An account of the resource 63 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Thomas Fairclough (b. 1920, 1077120 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book correspondence, documents and photographs. He flew operations as a wireless operator / air gunner with 100 and 550 Squadrons. He was shot down in March 1945 and evaded via Sweden. Additional information Donald Morris and Harvey Porter is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?aircraft-serial=ME449&forename=&initials=&surname=&select-search-options%5B%5D=surname&select-search-options%5B%5D=initials&select-search-options%5B%5D=forename&select-search-options%5B%5D=aircraft-serial-number&_token=rBVwiziIcR7p7ml6InefGYtXPxMhBKjfjvhJ7PJy&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc">IBCC Losses Database</a>. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Nigel Fairclough and catalogued by Lynn Corrigan. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-08-17 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. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Fairclough, T 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 Tommy Fairclough's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers. One Description An account of the resource Flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers for Tommy Fairclough from 9 July 1942 to 12 March 1945, detailing his training and operational duties. Tommy flew 43 operations, 33 night time and ten daylight as wireless operator/air gunner in Lancaster aircraft. His pilots were Squadron Leader Slater, Flight Officer Hussey, Flight Officer Ferguson and Flight Officer Doward. Tommy served with 100 and 550 Squadrons in Europe. Operations were to Munich, Stuttgart, Essen, Duisburg, Kiel, Spezia, minelayer in the Baltic, Dortmund, Bochum, Düsseldorf, Oberhausen, Cologne, Krefeld, Mulheim, Wuppertal, Gelsenkirchen, Stettin, Ghent-Terneuzen Canal, Rüsselsheim, Kiel, Agenville, Le Havre, Cap Gris Nez, Calais, Saarbrücken, Fort Fredrik Hendrik, Cologne, Hanover and mine laying off Sweden. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Europe--Scheldt River France Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Great Britain Italy Poland Sweden England--Buckinghamshire England--Derbyshire England--Leicestershire England--Lincolnshire England--Nottinghamshire England--Staffordshire England--Wiltshire England--Yorkshire France--Agenville France--Calais France--Cap Gris Nez France--Le Havre Germany--Bochum Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund Germany--Duisburg Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Essen Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Hannover Germany--Kiel Germany--Krefeld Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany--Munich Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf) Germany--Rüsselsheim Germany--Saarbrücken Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Wuppertal Italy--La Spezia Poland--Szczecin Wales--Carmarthenshire Netherlands Netherlands--Breskens Netherlands--Terneuzen Belgium Belgium--Ghent France--Pas-de-Calais Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-03-02 1944-03-11 1944-03-12 1944-03-13 1944-03-26 1944-03-27 1944-04-03 1944-04-04 1944-04-05 1944-04-13 1944-04-14 1944-04-18 1944-04-19 1944-04-26 1944-04-27 1944-04-28 1944-04-29 1944-04-30 1944-05-01 1944-05-04 1944-05-05 1944-05-12 1944-05-13 1944-05-14 1944-05-23 1944-05-24 1944-06-11 1944-06-12 1944-06-14 1944-05-15 1944-06-16 1944-06-17 1944-06-21 1944-06-22 1944-06-23 1944-06-24 1944-06-25 1944-06-26 1944-06-28 1944-06-29 1944-08-16 1944-08-17 1944-08-18 1944-08-19 1944-08-25 1944-08-26 1944-08-27 1944-08-29 1944-08-30 1944-08-31 1944-09-05 1944-09-08 1944-09-10 1944-09-26 1944-09-27 1944-09-28 1944-10-05 1944-10-06 1944-10-11 1944-10-12 1944-10-31 1944-11-01 1944-12-29 1944-12-30 1945-01-05 1945-03-12 1945-03-13 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 LFaircloughT1077120v1 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Lynn Corrigan 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. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 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 100 Squadron 1656 HCU 1668 HCU 26 OTU 30 OTU 550 Squadron 82 OTU Air Gunnery School aircrew Anson Blenheim bombing C-47 Dominie evading Halifax Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster mine laying Operational Training Unit Oxford Proctor RAF Bircotes RAF Bottesford RAF Church Broughton RAF Elsham Wolds RAF Finningley RAF Gamston RAF Grimsby RAF Hixon RAF Lindholme RAF North Killingholme RAF Ossington RAF Pembrey RAF Sandtoft RAF Wing RAF Yatesbury Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943) shot down training Wellington Whitley wireless operator wireless operator / air gunner https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2915/52751/CFaircloughT-220817-020001.jpg 6bb91df8d422c1313e88b9b554d164b1 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2915/52751/CFaircloughT-220817-020002.jpg 5da9687f41a576f87e5afa1183dc7514 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2915/52751/CFaircloughT-220817-020003.jpg 49eafab04fea5b910ee95bef8a2d15be https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2915/52751/CFaircloughT-220817-020004.jpg aebe9df0ae2e15a9efb0b6a4528e0190 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2915/52751/CFaircloughT-220817-020005.jpg 674996b12caf3eafa4ec5f1919a10fe5 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2915/52751/CFaircloughT-220817-020006.jpg e53925567144a7bd29ac74536c3cd749 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 Fairclough, Thomas Fairclough, T Fairclough, Tom Fairclough, Tommy Fairclough, Fairy Description An account of the resource 63 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Thomas Fairclough (b. 1920, 1077120 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book correspondence, documents and photographs. He flew operations as a wireless operator / air gunner with 100 and 550 Squadrons. He was shot down in March 1945 and evaded via Sweden. Additional information Donald Morris and Harvey Porter is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/?aircraft-serial=ME449&forename=&initials=&surname=&select-search-options%5B%5D=surname&select-search-options%5B%5D=initials&select-search-options%5B%5D=forename&select-search-options%5B%5D=aircraft-serial-number&_token=rBVwiziIcR7p7ml6InefGYtXPxMhBKjfjvhJ7PJy&losses_form=7f8a0f6148&orderby=surname&order=asc">IBCC Losses Database</a>. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Nigel Fairclough and catalogued by Lynn Corrigan. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-08-17 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. Some items have not been published in order to protect the privacy of third parties, to comply with intellectual property regulations, or have been assessed as medium or low priority according to the IBCC Digital Archive collection policy and will therefore be published at a later stage. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collection-policy. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Fairclough, T 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 chart Description An account of the resource A map of Great Britain and North West Europe annotated with lines from RAF stations where Tommy was based to operational targets. The targets were Stettin, minelaying in the Baltic, Dortmund, Wuppertal, Essen, Oberhausen, Gelsenkirchen, Bochum, Mulhiem, Koln, Frankfurt, Russelhiem, Stuttgart, Calais, Cap Griz Nez, Agenville, Le Havre and Spezia. The item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive in digital form: no better quality copies are available. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Europe--Baltic Sea Region France Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Great Britain Italy Poland England--Lincolnshire France--Abbeville France--Calais France--Le Havre France--Pas-de-Calais Germany--Bochum Germany--Cologne Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf) Germany--Rüsselsheim Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Wuppertal Italy--La Spezia Poland--Szczecin France--Cap Gris Nez 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 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One annotated map Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context CFaircloughT220817-0020001; CFaircloughT220817-0020002; CFaircloughT220817-0020003; CFaircloughT220817-0020004; CFaircloughT220817-0020005; CFaircloughT220817-0020006; 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. 100 Squadron 550 Squadron mine laying RAF Grimsby RAF North Killingholme https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2881/52722/LKingFR1386709v1.2.pdf e4b40c4a9173af64706051af0656f84f 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 King, Frank Reginald Description An account of the resource Three items. The collection concerns Frank Reginald King (b. 1925, 1386709 203447 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book and service documents. He flew operations as an flight engineer with 156 and 460 Squadrons. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Robert Fifield King and catalogued by Jan Johnstone. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-09-28 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 King, FR 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/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LKingFR1386709v1 Title A name given to the resource Frank King's Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book Description An account of the resource Oberver's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book for Sergeant Frank King covering the period 12 January 1943 to 31 July 1945 and detailing training flights, operations and air transport flights. Served with 76 Squadron, 156 Squadron, 1656 Conversion Unit at RAF Lindholme, 460 Squadron, 1652 Conversion Unit (Air Transport Auxiliary) at RAF Marston Moor and the Number 14 Ferry Pool (Air Transport Auxiliary) at RAF Ringway. Aircraft flown in: Halifax, Lancaster, Oxford, Wellington, Anson, Fairchild, Firefly, Barracuda, Mitchell, Harvard, York, Sea Otter and Lincoln. Pilots flown with were: Flight Lieutenant Lang, Sergeant Wenden, Wing Commander Duigan, Squadron Leader Marsh, Flight Sergeant Newstead, Group Captain Collings, Flight Lieutenant Smith, Flight Sergeant Banaszuk, Pilot Officer Hicks, Pilot Officer Platts, Flight Lieutenant Naden, Pilot Officer Caldow, Flight Lieutenant Craham, Flying Officer Crawford, Flight Lieutenant Sanderson, Pilot Officer Goodall, Warrant Officer Brooke, Flying Officer Addison, Flying Officer Brown, Flight Lieutenant Van-Rolleghem, Pilot Officer Moore, Pilot Officer Munch, Flying Officer Banks, Flying Officer McDougall, Squadron Leader Manlove, Flight Captain Burnes (also recorded as Burns), Flying Officer Bayliss, Flying Officer Yingst, Flying Officer Radwanski, Flying Officer Witklwski (also recorded as Witklowski) Flying Officer Holland, Flying Officer Williams, Flying Officer Ratomski, Flying Officer Carter, Flying Officer Pimble, Flying Officer Switalkski, Flying Officer Pashley, Flying Officer Drabble, Flying Officer Carter, Second Officer Butler, Second Officer Olt, Flying Officer McClaren, Commander Cooke, Flight Captain Wikner, Second Officer Bromley, Flying Officer Ritchie, Flying Officer Carter, Third Officer Leach, Captain Rees (Miss), Third Officer Guthrie (Miss), Flying Officer Farr (Miss), Third Officer Pane (also recorded as Paine), Third Officer Angus, Flying Officer Parks, Flying Officer Harrison and Commander Wardle. He flew a total of 30 night operations, 16 with 156 Squadron and 14 with 460 Squadron. His pilots on operations were: Flight Lieutenant Lang, Sergeant Wenden, Wing Commander Duigan, Squadron Leader Marsh and Flight Sergeant Newstead. Frank King flew on night operations to Lorient, Düsseldorf, Hamburg, Cologne, Wilhelmshaven, Nurnberg, Stettin, Dortmund, Wuppertal, Elberfeld, Turin, the Frisian Islands, Mannheim, Bochum, Hagen, Kassel, Hannover, Modane, Berlin and Frankfurt . A newspaper cutting from The Daily Telegraph, annotated in pencil 12 January 2010, is included in the log book. The cutting reproduces an article by Major C C Turner, published in The Daily Telegraph on 12 January 1940, entitled 'Protests at use of women pilots', subtitle 'Men on waiting lists'. 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 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 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-01-26 1943-01-27 1943-01-30 1943-02-02 1943-02-03 1943-02-07 1943-02-24 1943-02-25 1943-04-20 1943-04-21 1943-05-23 1943-05-24 1943-05-25 1943-05-26 1943-05-29 1943-05-30 1943-06-24 1943-06-25 1943-07-08 1943-07-09 1943-07-12 1943-07-13 1943-07-24 1943-07-25 1943-09-21 1943-09-23 1943-09-24 1943-09-29 1943-10-01 1943-10-02 1943-10-03 1943-10-04 1943-10-08 1943-10-09 1943-11-10 1943-11-11 1943-11-18 1943-11-22 1943-11-23 1943-12-20 1943-12-23 1943-12-24 1943-12-29 1943-12-30 1944-01-01 1944-01-02 1944-01-03 1944-01-05 1945 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Yorkshire Europe--Frisian Islands France France--Lorient France--Modane Germany Germany--Berlin Germany--Bochum Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Wuppertal Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg) Germany--Hamburg Germany--Hannover Germany--Kassel Germany--Mannheim Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Wilhelmshaven Germany--Wuppertal Germany--Ruhr (Region) Italy Italy--Turin Poland Poland--Szczecin Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mike Connock 156 Squadron 1652 HCU 1656 HCU 460 Squadron 76 Squadron air gunner Air Transport Auxiliary aircrew Anson B-25 Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944) bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943) flight engineer Halifax Halifax Mk 2 Halifax Mk 3 Harvard Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Mk 1 Lancaster Mk 3 Lincoln mine laying Oxford Pathfinders RAF Lindholme RAF Marston Moor RAF Ringway RAF Stormy Down RAF White Waltham Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943) training Wellington York