3 25 64 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/167/2329/PAllenDJ1532-0052.2.jpg 3b13a20b62b2f20ae5ca591e263c0040 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/167/2329/PAllenDJ1532-0053.2.jpg 289a5b421074d4ee9b506ef28fff6034 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 Allen, Derrick Derrick Allen D J Allen Description An account of the resource 75 items. The collection covers the career of Flight Sergeant Derrick John Allen (1880966 Royal Air Force) who was a mid-upper gunner on 467 Royal Australian Air Force Squadron at RAF Waddington in 1944-45. Collection contains his logbook, Royal Air Force documentation, notes on air gunners course and photographs of various aircrew. Collection also contains maps and photographs covering the loss of his Lancaster near Spa in Belgium from which he successfully bailed out on 2 November 1944. There is also an oral history interview with his family. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Judy Hodgson and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-08-30 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. 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 Allen, DJ Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Permission granted for commercial projects 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 15 air gunners Description An account of the resource 15 airmen in two rows, seven in front row kneeling and eight standing behind. All are wearing battledress and side cap. On the reverse 'No 1 AGS Pembrey, 30-1-44/25-3-44, Bert Davies kneeling third from right, passing out parade'. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One b/w photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PAllenDJ1532-0052, PAllenDJ1532-0053 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 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain Wales--Carmarthenshire Wales Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-03-25 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. 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 1944-03-25 air gunner Air Gunnery School aircrew RAF Pembrey training https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/167/2330/PAllenDJ1532-0054.1.jpg 1c7ba339884a9d66a00f0cc6171e8e16 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/167/2330/PAllenDJ1532-0055.2.jpg 13fa2b59cca1689479f259227a96b8e7 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 Allen, Derrick Derrick Allen D J Allen Description An account of the resource 75 items. The collection covers the career of Flight Sergeant Derrick John Allen (1880966 Royal Air Force) who was a mid-upper gunner on 467 Royal Australian Air Force Squadron at RAF Waddington in 1944-45. Collection contains his logbook, Royal Air Force documentation, notes on air gunners course and photographs of various aircrew. Collection also contains maps and photographs covering the loss of his Lancaster near Spa in Belgium from which he successfully bailed out on 2 November 1944. There is also an oral history interview with his family. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Judy Hodgson and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-08-30 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. 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 Allen, DJ Access Rights Information about who can access the resource or an indication of its security status. Access Rights may include information regarding access or restrictions based on privacy, security, or other policies. Permission granted for commercial projects 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 15 air gunners Description An account of the resource 15 airmen in two rows, seven kneeling in the front and eight standing to the rear. All wearing battledress and side cap. On the reverse 'H. R. Harvey, kneeling extreme right, trainee air gunner, passing out parade, No 1 AGS Pembrey 1944'. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One b/w photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PAllenDJ1532-0054, PAllenDJ1532-0055 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 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain Wales--Carmarthenshire Wales Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944 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 air gunner Air Gunnery School aircrew RAF Pembrey training https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/187/2440/SMarshallS1594781v10005.1.jpg 15c017f44b371c25b74f1268fc9e05f8 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 Marshall, Syd. Album Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Marshall, S Description An account of the resource 77 items. The album contains wartime and post-war photographs, newspaper cuttings, and memorabilia assembled by Warrant Officer Sidney Charles Marshall (1924 - 2017, 1594781 Royal Air Force). Syd Marshall was a flight engineer with 103 Squadron and flew operations from RAF Elsham Wolds. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Syd Marshall and catalogued by Barry Hunter. 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. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-05-08 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 Syd Marshall and flight engineer brevet Description An account of the resource Half-length portrait of Sergeant Syd Marshall with flight engineer brevet. Syd Marshall's flight engineer's brevet. Captioned 'After passing out St Athan 12-7-1944 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-07-12 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One b/w photograph on an album page One brevet on an album page Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Physical object Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SMarshallS1594781v10005 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 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain Wales Wales--Vale of Glamorgan Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-07-12 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. aircrew flight engineer RAF St Athan training https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/189/2505/PCaseyJ1516.2.jpg c02e3f78495cbecb592075f459314112 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 Casey, John J Casey John Casey Description An account of the resource 14 items. Collection contains an oral history interview with Sergeant John Casey (- 2016, 2217470, Royal Air Force), an escape map, logbook, service documentation, a wallet and photographs. John Casey served as an air gunner on 61 Squadron in 1944-45. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by John Casey and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-06-10 2015-11-19 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 Casey, J 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 13 airmen Description An account of the resource 13 airmen in two rows, front row of seven sitting and rear row of six standing. All are wearing greatcoats and side caps. In the background a wooden hut with windows. A board at the front reads 'No 126 Course Air Gunners Squad B, 13-12-43 [....]'. Captioned 'Stormy Dawn S Wales'. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PCaseyJ1516 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain Wales Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-12 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 b/w photograph Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph 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 air gunner Air Gunnery School aircrew RAF Stormy Down training https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1823/32458/PKentKD17010014.1.jpg 28422c2cbd35dc3f62afe4c9fffde00a 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 Kent, Kenneth D K D Kent Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-04-04 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 Kent, KD Description An account of the resource 31 items. The collection concerns Kenneth Kent (b. 1922, 572440, 55219 Royal Air Force) and contains a photograph album and documents. He joined the RAF as an Apprentice in 1936, starting his training at RAF Halton later going to RAF Cosford. He completed his training as an aircraft tradesman and was promoted to corporal. He volunteered for aircrew and went to the United States and Canada for flight training in July 1942. He was commissioned in July 1943 and was posted to 106 Squadron at RAF Metheringham. He was promoted to Squadron Leader in August 1945. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Nigel Kent and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle. 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 Course photographs 1942 Description An account of the resource Two photographs, first is formal photograph, 61 individuals posed in thee rows, in front of brick building with large windows. Captioned 'No 38 SFTS RAF Estavan, Saskatchewan, Canada, December 1942. Second is of 43 aircrew trainees and four staff, posed in four rows in front of imposing building, captioned No 6 ITW Aberystwyth, Wales May 1942. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942-05 1942-12 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two b/w photographs on an album page Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PKentKD17010014 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 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. England Wales Canada Saskatchewan Great Britain Great Britain Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942-05 1942-12 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. aircrew Flying Training School Initial Training Wing training https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1881/36282/SChristianAL29160v10005-0001.1.jpg bafa44abd9bdc8577f521ac92b6402a3 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1881/36282/SChristianAL29160v10005-0002.1.jpg 5214838e98a691805e89578fd922dbab https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1881/36282/SChristianAL29160v10005-0003.1.jpg 89e83670129bd78b506027cd2c60b74d 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 Christian, Arnold Louis A L Christian Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-06-26 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 Christian, AL Description An account of the resource 93 items. The collection concerns Wing Commander&nbsp;<span>Arnold Louis</span> <span>Christian&nbsp;</span>(1906 - 1941, 29160 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents and photographs. He flew operation as a pilot with 105 Squadron and was killed 8 May 1941.<br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Steven Christian and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br />Additional information on <span>Arnold Louis</span> <span>Christian</span>&nbsp;is available via the&nbsp;<a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/204958/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document INTRODUCTION The idea to put together the ‘Christian’ family history first took shape around 1992 when Diana Pick, my stepmother-in-law on a visit home to the UK from New Zealand, made the suggestion that it could prove an interesting undertaking. I think her curiosity was piqued by my telling her the family story of possible French descent and, like many other people, her assumption that in some way we were connected to Fletcher Christian of Mutiny on the Bounty fame. A keen amateur genealogist herself, she offered to research through the Morman [sic]church records she used when she got back to New Zealand. No on-line research in those days. The story of a possible French connection in the Christian family was first told to me by grannie. (As a point of reference, grannie is Catherine Allan Christian, and grandpa is her husband Arnold Louis Christian. I will mention them as grannie and grandpa throughout any narrative). Grannie told me that the handed down story suggested that the Christians had French blood through an ancestor who had been, it was believed, a second secretary at the British embassy in Paris sometime in the C19th, and had married a French women [sic] but no-one knew who, where or when. This was the explanation for why the name Francis and Frances often seemed to appear as Christian family names ie; grandpa’s sister Vera had the middle name Frances, their brother Norman, father Vincent and Uncle Victor had all had Francis as a middle name and, as it turned out, that was their grandfather’s anglicised name too. Grannie also told how her mother-in-law, Gertrude Louisa Christian, (nee Barley), would claim that ‘we are descended from Italian and French royalty!’ Quite who she meant by ‘we’ wasn’t clear – was it we the Christians, (which wouldn’t apply to her), or was she referring to the Barley’s from she descended? I first began to wonder if there was some validity to the tales when I stayed for a few days as an adult visitor with Gt. Aunt Vera whose home in North Wales stood on the farm owned by her daughter Audrey. On the dining room mantelpiece stood two brass ornaments. One of these was a small table bell but in the form of a women [sic] wearing a crinoline dress, (the bell), and around the base of which was the French inscription ‘Vive la empress’. The second ornament was the uniformed figure of a man with the inscription “Vive le Emperor’. (I later found out that these were of the French Emperor Napoleon III (the last French monarch – died 1873 and his wife the Empress Eugenie). I asked Aunt Vera where these had come from and she said her parents. She also mentioned French blood but wasn’t sure from where precisely. The ornaments were still there on subsequent visits I made during the time I was stationed in the RAF at Valley, Anglesey in the mid 1970’s. Much of the family ‘knowledge’ that I have, such as it is, I have by word of mouth from grannie which also includes here own Cordner and Barrass families, as well as the Barleys who were grandpa’s maternal antecedents. The Povey’s – other than grandpa’s grandmother, Emma, who had this surname before her marriage to James Barley – did not enter the picture until much later in the research. In addition to receiving much information from the endless questions I asked of grannie over the years, both as a child and as an adult, I had the opportunity on some occasions to gain information from others in the family. While at school I used to write quite regularly to my Great, Great Aunt Molly, (originally a Cordner), and as mentioned earlier visited Gt Aunt Vera & Cousin Audrey a number of times. Through Audrey I was able to write to grandpa’s younger brother Norman, who Gilly and I subsequently visited once at his home in Leeds. Second to grannie, Audrey was a big source of information, albeit sketchy, and of photographs. The wedding photographs here of grannie and grandpa’s wedding came from Aunt Vera’s album, (Audrey was the bridesmaid). Many years later grannie also put me in touch with her niece, Christine Molly, (nee Cordner), who was researching the Cordner & Barrass families. We have met a few times and now correspond quite regularly. It is Christine we have to thank for the Cordner and Barrass family trees. As part of my research, inspired by Diana Pick, Gilly and I spent a few days with Audrey in 1994. Here we were able to see a large album of postcards, sent to and from the family. The postcards mainly covered the first three decades of the C20th, and gave vital clues as to names, addresses and dates of residence – all by postmarks. Additionally, Audrey showed us around the local area – Ruthin & Birkenhead – where grandpa grew up. This included Ruthin school where he and brother Norman were educated, the public houses run by his mother Gertrude and possibly his father Vincent too, and [page break] the home in Birkenhead – 4 Devonshire Road – from where the family ran the Birkenhead Motor Works and later Bolton’s Grey Cabs. As previously mentioned, the most informative source of information at the personal level was grannie. As children we often lived within an hour or two of her home in Oxford and, consequently, we saw quite a lot of grannie and auntie June. Later, and now in the RAF myself, I was fortunate to have two consecutive postings over an eight year period within two hours of grannie, and a further three year posting at only forty five minutes away and was able to make many visits to her. As a young boy I had been fascinated by grandpa’s RAF story and, as usual, always wanting to hear it again. Grannie was bombarded with many questions but never resented them. I think she knew the interest was deep and genuine and she seemed happy to answer them. Later, when I was an older child, she went through the photographs she had of her and grandpa’s life and his RAF days – telling me of the stories and events that surrounded them. As a fifteen year old schoolboy I spent a few days with grannie during a half-term and remember a long discussion we had. I asked her many questions, mainly about grandpa, the war years and life afterwards which may have brought back many memories for her, some of which may have been upsetting. However, she did not seem to be so and was happy, as always, to answer those questions. When beginning the research into the Christian family the first decision was where to start. The obvious place was with grandpa’s father, Vincent Francis, (known as Pom-Pom within the family although the reason remains a mystery), but even here there was little to go on. No-one seemed to know who is [sic] parents had been or where they had lived, or their occupation. It appears that from the 1930’s onwards, and once his children had reached adulthood, Vincent lived apart – although in occasional contact – from his family. From this point knowledge of his movements and employments is particularly sparse. Grannie told me that from the time she married grandpa in 1932 until Vincent’s death in 1964, she had only met him on about four occasions. She did say that he was always a smartly dressed, well-spoken and upright gentleman, but one not much given to talking. By 1994 he, his wife Gertrude and two of his children, Vera and grandpa, were dead. Norman’s whereabouts, or if even alive were not known by grannie although she did know that Vincent had been cared for, towards and at the end of his life, by his daughter Vera, and although she too was now dead her daughter Audrey was the most likely source for any further information. This was when Gilly & went to see Audrey and were able to see & make notes from the postcards she held and previously mentioned. Many of these – the major form of short communication in the early C20th – were written by Vincent when on his travels as a commercial traveler. [sic] However, even Audrey was unable to throw much light onto Vincent’s life or earlier family, but she knew that his son Norman was still alive and living in Leeds. It was from Audrey that we received his address and was subsequently able to write and visit him. In compiling this ‘history’, I have constantly been amazed at how little closely related individuals knew of each other, but then I am judging it from the perspective of a modern world with many varied and instant communication methods. In fairness, in the more deferential, perhaps respectful and less connected world that existed before WW2, privacy was expected and less exposed. Aunty June readily admits that I have more information about her father, grandpa Arnold, than she does herself, and this was also true of my father Brian, and yet the source of my information was their mother, grannie! We were still no further forward with where Vincent came from and a search at the National Records Office yielded nothing further. In 1995 I corresponded with Gt. Uncle Norman but little of substance came of these letters, (in this archive). I followed this up with a visit to Norman, the first and last time I ever met him, but his knowledge of Vincent was as sketchy as the rest and so nothing new was revealed. In the meantime, Diana Pick in New Zealand was plodding away on my behalf with searches where possible and every so often would write with information which she felt could be a ‘lead’. Usually though, while one or two names might fit, the dates and locations wouldn’t, or vice versa, and the lead would have to be discarded. In 2004 Diana telephone to say that she thought she had finally found Vincent’s family, and that they came from Switzerland. My father Brian was quite taken with the idea of being of Swiss descent, but had said previously that he would rather not be of French or Italian extraction. Needless to say, the Swiss connection when the papers finally arrived proved to be another blind alley. In 2006 not long after Brian’s death, Diana again telephoned to say that this time she really had found Vincent’s parents & siblings, and that the evidence was incontrovertible. And so, upon arrival, it proved to be. There was Vincent’s birth & marriage certificates, and those for each of his siblings bar one. The dates, locations and names all matched the known but patchy information already held. The documentation itself gave two further steps forward the first of which was more information that could be explored – previously unknown names, addresses, occupations etc from birth or [page break] marriage certificates, but the second was the proof that there was French ancestry – Vincent’s mother was French, (Eualalia Bons), Vincent was half French! More than that, his father was Italian, (Francesco Cristini). There it was on the paper, Brian’s jesting dread, he was of both French and Italian descent, and relatively closely so too. The claims of Gertrude proved to be founded, in fact. Something I have learned, at that point and since, is that usually family stories have some basis in truth – it’s just that with the passing between generations they become distorted. It is interesting to note from the documents available that the names Cristini and Christian were interchanged before they finally settled into the anglicised version of Christian. As the family of Francesco and Eulalia became more integrated into British life and had their children it will have become more necessary that the name reflected the English version, particularly perhaps for Vincent and his older brother Victor, who would have to enter the wider society of employment after school and would therefore probably find it much easier to be a Christian than a Cristini. Interestingly, their sister Beatrice seems to have retained Cristini right through to her marriage and maybe that was the standard of the time – it would have been less important for a girl to have an anglicised name since she was far more likely to go from the home of her parents to her new husband’s home. First names too became anglicised, Francesco becoming Francis – another mystery solved – why so many holders of the name Francis or Frances in the family! Having ‘found’ Vincent in verifiable documentation, we also found his father so what of Francesco or Francis? It is believed from the documentation held that he and Eulalia probably arrived in England around 1868/69. In the 1881 census, both he and Eulalia were shown as being born in C1845 which would put them in their early twenties. From the death certificate of their second child, Alfred, Francis’ profession was ‘book-keeper.’ As we follow him through subsequent births and marriages we see that he progresses to ‘teacher of languages’ and ‘professor of languages’. Italy, at the time of Francis’ birth was not a state as Britain was, but comprised of small principalities and dukedoms which had a huge agricultural peasant base. One therefore wonders at his education and societal level. He must have been numerate to be able to book keep, and literate too. He could obviously speak, (and teach), more than one language. He obviously also travelled from Italy, through France at least, to England and married along the way. To do this, and to have the level of education he appeared to have, assumes that he came from a reasonably affluent family. Francis died sometime between the marriage of his daughter in 1902 and of his eldest son, Victor, in 1906. Where he was living at the time is, as yet, un-researched. Of his wife, Eulalia, nothing beyond the probable year of birth, her nationality and her maiden name of Bons, is known or researched. She had the ability though to make the registration in 1872 of the death of her son Alfred. The real ‘Christian’ family history therefore begins, most significantly, with the children of Francis and Eulalia and for me, my siblings and cousins, with their fourth child and second son, our Great Grandfather, Vincent Francis Christian – born Cristini. 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 Christian Family History Introduction Description An account of the resource A biography of the Christian family written by Arnold's grandson. There appears to be a connection to France, perhaps to Italian and French royalty. Later research suggested a Swiss connection but after research the Italian and French links were confirmed. 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 Text Text. Personal research Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Three printed sheets Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SChristianAL29160v10005-0001, SChristianAL29160v10005-0002, SChristianAL29160v10005-0003 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. 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Title A name given to the resource Christian, Arnold Louis A L Christian Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-06-26 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 Christian, AL Description An account of the resource 93 items. The collection concerns Wing Commander&nbsp;<span>Arnold Louis</span> <span>Christian&nbsp;</span>(1906 - 1941, 29160 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents and photographs. He flew operation as a pilot with 105 Squadron and was killed 8 May 1941.<br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Steven Christian and catalogued by Barry Hunter.<br /><br />Additional information on <span>Arnold Louis</span> <span>Christian</span>&nbsp;is available via the&nbsp;<a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/204958/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document VINCENT FRANCIS CHRISTIAN Nothing, beyond some of the addresses the family lived at, is known of Vincent’s early life before his marriage to Gertrude Louisa Barley in 1899 at the age of 22. At this time he was a commercial traveler [sic] in tobacco products and, in 1900 at his daughter Vera’s birth, he is described on her birth certificate as a tobacconist. We know, from the previously mentioned postcards held by Audrey that he travelled extensively, probably in support of of [sic] occupation as a tobacco salesman. Between 1900 and 1903 Vincent and Gertrude were resident at 38 Cedar Grove, Charlton but, during 1903 moved to 93 Loder Road, Preston Park, Brighton. Their second child, Arnold Louis was born here on 30th January 1906. However, by this time Vincent had changed occupation, (maybe, with a young family to be at home more regularly), to that of cashier for the Brighton & Sussex Motor Company which was based at the Grand Hotel, Brighton. He held this position at least between 1905 and 1907. In November 1906 the family moved to 91 Addison Road, Hove, and remained here until 1912. This was their address at the time of the 1911 census which also shows that Norman had been born a few months earlier. From the postcards, one was addressed to the family at ‘Shamrock’, Lyndhurst Road, (Hove?), but in May 1912 both Vincent and Gertrude were in the Isle of Man. It is not known if this was a short visit, (holiday?), or a longer stay. Nor is it known if the children were with them. By 1914 the family address had changed to 111 Albion Street, New Brighton, Cheshire. (On the Wirral). Why the move here is not known but, most likely, due to employment opportunities. Between 1915 and 1918 the family address was 54 Duke Street, Birkenhead and Vincent either owned, or was employed by, Birkenhead Motor Works at Shoto garage. (My inclination is that he owned the business. Firstly, he had the financial capacity at this time to send his son Arnold to a first rate public school, (Ruthin College), and to move the business to, presumably, a much larger premises at 4 Devonshire Road. His second son, Norman, was also a student at Ruthin School around this time. Note Although there are gaps in dates between moves, the known addresses is where the post cards were sent. Dates are taken from the postmarks. It could well be that the family was at a known address but outside known dates and this would be because there was no postcard correspondence available to accurately locate them there at a particular time. By 1922 the next recorded address was 4 Devonshire Road although the exact date of their arrival there is not known. This large property had a vehicle yard and garages with rooms above, (these buildings may have been stales and cart lodges previously). Daughter Vera was employed in an administrative and under manager capacity within the business. It was here that Vera met her future husband – George Bolton. He was employed as a mechanic/driver. Apparently, the match being one of employer and employee wasn’t with complete approval by her family at the time. After this date things become a little hazy. Vincent was the proprietor at least until 1924, but it is known that at some point after this date, and before 1930, Vera and her husband took over the business and it became Bolton’s Grey Cabs – a taxi company – and still run from 4 Devonshire Road. During WW2 a bomb fell in the area of the main vehicle entranceway just to the right of the house. No-one was hurt, but the archway over the entrance was destroyed. After 1924 Vincent’s movements are unclear. During the mid to late 1920’s Gertrude certainly, and possibly Vincent too, owned, leased or managed at least three public houses in the Ruthin area of North Wales, though it is not known if more than one at any time. First was the King’s Head, (and Audrey believed they were together here), followed by the Druids Inn and then the Solusbury [sic] Arms In 1928 a ‘Christian’ was at Solusbury [sic] Arms though who isn’t known. Did Vincent sell or give the motor business to Vera and her husband sometime in the mid to late ‘20’s and move into the hostelry trade – or was that just Gertrude while Vincent did other things? Did Vincent continue to own the motor company for a while with Vera managing it while he went elsewhere? The answers to these questions are not known – even by Audrey – who lived and grew up at 4 Devonshire Road while her parents owned the cab company. It is known in the family, and was related to me first by grannie, and then by Audrey, that Vincent and Gertrude came to live separate lives but they remained married with a certain level of affection and would meet-up for family events – Christmas being one such – at 4 Devonshire Road, even sharing a room. The reason for the separation, at least outwardly appears to have been Gertrude’s profligacy. Both grannie and Audrey have said how she would spend considerable funds at Birkenhead & Liverpool department stores – often on account – on such items as shoes, bedding [page break] and linens, much of which was put away, unopened and unused. Eventually, Vincent took out newspaper statements that he could no longer be liable for debts she incurred if stores sold on account. This would have been quite a drastic step to take, particularly in public, and no doubt this occurred in the mid to late 20’s coinciding with the separation, and the general loss of who was where and when. Note In the ‘Barley’ family section of this history, see the handwritten letter to Audrey from her cousin Christine in which the purchase of ‘hats’ is mentioned. The same letter also mentions Gertrude’s father, James Barley, ‘drinking the profits.’ Is this history repeating itself? My own feeling is that Vincent either sold or left the management of the motor business to Vera and her husband and then, in someway, set Gertrude up in the public house business before leaving her to ‘get on with it’ while he pursued his own fairly separate life. The location of the public houses is an area they both knew, but it was removed from the ignomy [sic] of remaining in Birkenhead after the newspaper statements. Coincidentally it was close to Ruthin school where Norman may still have been a pupil but, also conceivably, if this had all occurred in the very late 20’s, (Norman would have been 18 in September 1928), it was after all the children were grown. Note Norman owned or leased a succession of public houses in Bradford and West Yorkshire, (the Rose & Crown in Westgate, Bradford), was one of these, during the 1950’s and 60’s. Did he learn the trade as a teenager or young man in those North Wales public houses? A postcard from the collection has Vincent sending or selling cigarettes from Birch House, Bodfare, Denbigh In June 1929. It seems, over the following years, Vincent only occasionally dipped into his family’s lives. Where he lived or how he gained an income, certainly after the mid to late 1920’s is unclear. It has been said that he worked for the Thomas Cook Company in some capacity. Vera, his daughter, claimed he lived in a caravan at some time which could all, to a greater or lesser degree, be true. Vincent was certainly in the area of North Wales where Vera lived, (Pant Erwyn, Trelawnydd), at the end of the 1950’s and early 1960’s. At that time my family lived in Angelsey where my father was stationed with the RAF and either we visited Aunt Vera while Vincent was with her, or they visited us, (possibly with Norman – see his letter). Either way, I am told that as a very small child I was bounced on Great grandfather Vincent’s knee, though of course I don’t remember it. At the end of his life Vincent was living with, and being cared for by Aunt Vera. It was from her home that into hospital where he died in February 1964. His estate amounted to £9300 – enough to buy three good sized houses at the time. Much of this was held in stocks and shares and he seems to have been an astute investor. Wherever he had been and whatever he had done since leaving Birkenhead, he had been quite successful financially. Half his estate was used to provide an income, for life, for his wife Gertrude. The remaining half was equally divided between his children with Arnold’s share, (as he was deceased), divided equally by his children, Brian, Derek and June. Gertrude lived at her small house ‘Firwood’ in Rhewl, North Wales, from at least mid 1937 until her death in 1968. After her death, the original half of Vincent’s estate was again divided equally as before. There are no graves for either Vincent or Gertrude Christian as both were cremated after death. 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 Vincent Francis Christian Description An account of the resource A biography of Vincent, Arnold's father. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--London England--Brighton Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man England--New Brighton (Wirral) Wales England--Sussex 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 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 SChristianAL29160v10018-0001, SChristianAL29160v10018-0002 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. Pending text-based transcription. Under review Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tricia Marshall https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2144/37057/PFieldPL19070015.1.jpg ded0e41724985279cb0e98cbe9eacf22 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 Field, Peter L and Cynthia G. Photograph album 4 Description An account of the resource 22 items. Photograph album covers, eighteen double pages of photographs of family events, places and people as well as three stand alone photographs. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2017-09-19 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 Field, PL-CG 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 Family photographs Description An account of the resource Right page: Top left - woman sitting in chair in garden. Top right - woman and a man sitting alongside each other on chairs in garden with trellis behind them. Bottom left - a man wearing suit and tie and woman wearing dress standing side by side in a doorway. Caption on spine 'Wimbourne 1976'. Right page: Captions on spine from top to bottom 'Central Wales, 1961', '1961', 'Wales 1961'. Top - woman wearing skirt ad top walking across slope of mountain with valley and other mountain in the distance. Bottom left - woman standing on mountainside looking over valley at rock outcrops on far side. Bottom right - half length image of a woman wearing striped top. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1976 1961 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1976 1961 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain Wales England--Dorset England--Wimborne Minster 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 Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Six colour photographs mounted on two album pages Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PFieldPL19070015 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 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2192/39099/MWalleyBS1062112-180127-11.1.jpg 09407506fa374c4cbc041d97787a034e 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 Walley, Brian Stephen Walley, BS Description An account of the resource 69 items. The collection concerns Brian Stephen Walley (b. 1922, 1062112 Royal Air Force) and contains correspondence and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 51 Squadron before he was forced to ditch his Whitley in the North Sea and became a prisoner of war. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Brian Stephen Walley and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-01-27 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. 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 Walley, BS Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document TARGET BERLIN 7 NOV 1941 – 51 SQN WHITLEY ‘F’ FREDDIE – 2ND PILOT BRIAN WALLEY YET ANOTHER MIRACULOUS SURVIVAL AND HIS 1995 VISIT TO GERMAN RESCUER The July issue article on Jack Heckendorf stirred poignant memories for Brian Walley, whose story of his November 1941 time in the bitterly cold water of the North Sea was briefly summated in an earlier issue, based on his story in his excellent book, ‘Silk and Barbed Wire’. That summary recorded how the five-man crew of ‘Freddie’ made a remarkable ditching in mountainous seas at night in winter and they all made it into the dinghy. The Skipper, in a very humble voice, suggested we pray to God for succour. We did so most fervently, each quietly in his own way. The next day, the dinghy capsized. The R/G & WOP vanished beneath those great grey ugly breakers. Herculean efforts saw the Nav roll back into the dinghy & help the other two thoroughly soaked and frozen survivors back into it. But during the next night & day, first the Nav and then the Skipper died. Brian Walley, as the then sole survivor, was reconciled to not seeing the next morning when the seas abated, a German float plane landed beside him and took him to a German hospital to see out the rest of the war as a PoW. Bonus? This year, Brian celebrated his 64th wedding anniversary living in the Bull Creek (W.A.) RAAF development with Mair, the girl he left behind in Vale of Clwyd, North Wales when he went down in the North Sea in 1941. Miracles do happen! Brian wishes he had written a letter to the relatives of his deceased crew as Arthur Hope did to the Heckendorfs. But Brian has since shown very commendable Christian spirit and action as this quote from his recent email shows:- “However, as the sole survivor of my crew, I did return to Germany in 1995, this time as a guest of Karl Tubessing, Uber Feltwebel of their ‘Seenot retungstdienst’ (Air Sea Rescue unit), responsible for my rescue. He took me back to the Island of Nordeney where I and the bodies of my Skipper and Navigator had been brought ashore after two days adrift in the North Sea. We later visited the War Graves Cemetery at Sage near Oldenberg where I was able to pay my respects to my Skipper … and Navigator …, leaving with a very heartfelt RIP. After all, I owed my life to both of them. The Skipper went back into the sinking wreck of the Whitley to cut the umbilical cord tethering us to the now- submerged plane, and the navigator, who managed to climb back in to the dinghy after it capsized the following morning – something none of the other four of us had been able to accomplish. “After my return to Australia in 1995, I thought that relatives of my crew, even after so many years, might like to hear first hand of what happened over those terrible two days. It was Berlin or bust and we bust with a vengeance. “My search hit a brick wall until, out of the blue in January 2010, I heard from Neil Smith of the 51 Sqn History Association listing names and addresses of my entire crew. Since then I have followed them all up successfully and have located SQNLDR Dickenson’s son and daughter, now living in NZ; PLOFF Simpson’s relatives, three sisters in Canada; SGT Chambers also has three sisters in Canada and the nephew and niece of SGT Carpenter in the UK, all of whom now have a copy of my book… “I started this venture with much trepidation, not knowing how the relatives would feel about being reminded of their tragic loss. I need not have had any qualms as, without exception, all have been touched and truly grateful, particularly those of SGTs Chambers (RCAF) and Carpenter (RAF), who had only been told they had been lost without trace, even though I had, on two occasions, given the full story to the Red Cross representatives while a PoW. They are now remembered on the walls of Runnymede.” One of the real pluses, emphasized by Brian Walley’s account is the fraternal feeling exhibited by both his rescuer and him, fifty years after the ditching experience – enemies no longer, now friends, and, no doubt, Brian has always been extremely grateful to that Air Sea Rescue pilot. Another plus is that, if any of our members are in doubt about passing on information to relatives of colleagues lost on operations, take the risk and act. 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 Target Berlin 7 Nov 1941 Description An account of the resource Brian Walley's ditching in the North Sea and the loss of his crew members. He describes his return to Norderney in 1995. Later he made contact wit the families of his crew. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-11-07 1995 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany--Berlin Germany--Norderney Germany--Oldenburg Great Britain Wales Australia New Zealand Canada England--Runnymede England--Surrey Germany Europe--Frisian Islands 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 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 MWalleyBS1062112-180127-11 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription. Under review Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tricia Marshall 51 Squadron air gunner air sea rescue aircrew bombing ditching memorial navigator pilot prisoner of war Red Cross Whitley wireless operator https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2333/42126/PCrossK22010012.2.jpg f88ae0bee4cd9a6e0e45e8d26d902f6a 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 Cross, Kathleen. Album Description An account of the resource 27 items. An album with newspaper cuttings, photographs and postcards covering RAF personnel and establishments in West Malling, Penarth and Peterborough. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-05-07 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 Cross, K 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 Penarth and RAF Peterborough Description An account of the resource A photograph of 24 members of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force in three rows; the first row of eight sat either side of a member of the Royal Air Force wearing a side cap. The second and third rows, each of eight women, are standing. All personnel are wearing gloves. It has been taken outside alongside a building and in front of trees. It is annotated 'Penarth - S Wales, 1943'. A second photograph has been taken inside a hall and shows members of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force with Group Captain A Damms, wearing a greatcoat and holding an officer's cap with women civilians. It is annotated 'RAF Westwoood - Peterborough Left to right A\S\O, Staff Officer Kenny, Group Captain A Damms, Flight officer Walker, Staff Officer, Sergeant S Kelly'. 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It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. ground personnel RAF Peterborough Women’s Auxiliary Air Force https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2626/46602/PShepherdGC18010030.jpg 80720236513462261a2a18a3ce641724 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2626/46602/PShepherdGC18010031.jpg c7939c8f4ab86fdade6e17564738dd28 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 Shepherd, George Charles Charlie Shepherd Description An account of the resource 211 items. The collection concerns George Charles 'Charlie' Shepherd (b. 1924, 303576 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, objects and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 115 Squadron. <br /><br />The collection also contains a folder <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2658">The War Years</a> containing correspondence, documents, and photographs, and a <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2660">Wooden box</a> containing medals, badges and ribbons. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Melissa Shepherd and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-05-25 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. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Shepherd, C 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 View from cockpit Description An account of the resource View of a mountain through front cockpit window of an airborne Lancaster. On the reverse 'Welsh mountain from Lancaster M'. (Photo shows Mt Snowden (Yr Wyddfa)). 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 One b/w photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PShepherdGC18010030, PShepherdGC18010031 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Geolocated Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain Wales 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. Lancaster https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2687/47941/PPearceNL18010014.jpg 51a9c57c85e52f2d108773ef934990a4 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2687/47941/PPearceNL18010015.jpg 01bf300541990b3a1298af1c2ef80bed 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 Pearce, NL Description An account of the resource 48 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Noel 'Bob' Pearce (941082 Royal Air Force) and contains correspondence, documents, his scarf and photographs He flew operations as an air gunner with 102 Squadron and became a prisoner of war in December 1943. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Ian Box and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-06-11 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. 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 Pearce, NL 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 Noel Pearce and colleague Description An account of the resource A head and shoulders photograph of two trainee airmen. On the reverse 'World War 1939-45 Gunner School Wales 1942' and on a post-it 'subject right'. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain Wales 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 Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One b/w photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PPearceNL18010014, PPearceNL18010015 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. 1942 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Pearce, NL. Photographs air gunner aircrew training https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2318/51247/BBlewittTBlewittPv10001.1.jpg e22464f91688e19b2cc7239d5eeeeca6 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2318/51247/BBlewittTBlewittPv10002.1.jpg 4e68b27360acd1d6cea097032ce668d8 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 Blewitt, Trevor Description An account of the resource 99 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant Trevor Blewitt (b. 1911, 562676 Royal Air Force) and contains documents, objects and photographs. He served as an aircraft fitter. Three albums&nbsp;<span>contain photographs of Trevor, other personnel, aircraft and places concerning his service.</span><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2875">Album one</a>&nbsp;<span><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2876">Album two</a><br /></span><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2877">Album three</a><br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Paul Blewitt and catalogued by Lynn Corrigan. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-02-08 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 Blewitt, 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 Trevor and Phyllis Blewit Description An account of the resource Personal and family details. Mentions Trevor joining and his service with the Royal Air Force including overseas postings. 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. Personal research Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two handwritten sheets 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 BBlewittTBlewittv10001; BBlewittTBlewittv10002 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 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain Singapore Wales England--Buckinghamshire ground crew ground personnel love and romance RAF Halton sport https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2999/55182/PDaviesCC1914.jpg 5fd87feb800eb1c5129c1deeb41c59ad https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2999/55182/PDaviesCC1915.jpg 5908db10d1e0d1375c2854cf820f2e6f 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 Davies, Cyril Caradoe Davies, CC Description An account of the resource Eight items. The collection concerns Sergeant Cyril Caradoe Davies (1052270 Royal Air Force) and contains documents and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot on 460 Squadron and was killed17 February 1942. <br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Kenneth Moore and catalogued by John England. <br /><br />Additional information on Cyril Caradoe Davies is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/206838/">IBCC Losses Database</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-05-22 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 Photograph of five civilians Description An account of the resource Five civilians outside a cinema, the two males wearing uniform-type jacket and trousers. Reverse has later sticker affixed, 'C C Davies - LEFT, Cinema Projectionist - Colwyn Bay Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain Wales Wales--Colwyn Bay 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 Photograph Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One b/w photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PDaviesCC1914, PDaviesCC1915 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.