1 25 4 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1490/27597/LMitchellJEF550261v1.1.pdf 12af30c01e71c2c6bb7e257155d97e84 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 Mitchell, Mitch John Ernest Francis Mitchell J E F Mitchell 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 2016-02-27 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 Mitchell, JEF Description An account of the resource 59 items. Flight Lieutenant John Ernest Francis 'Mitch' Mitchell. Joined the RAF as a boy entrant in 1934 and trained as a wireless operator. Flew on Vickers Virginia, Handley Page Heyford and Whitley before the war. Completed an operational tour on Whitley 1939-41. After being rested he flew a second tour of operations as a wireless operator with 207 Squadron before retraining as a pilot post war. Collection contains his flying logbooks, memoires of his air force career and first operations, lists of his operations, correspondence and photographs. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by C A Wood and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. 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/. Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Log book and record book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LMitchellJEF550261v1 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending review Review Oct 2024 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 L Mitchell’s air gunner’s flying log book covering the period from 1 July 1936 to 17 September 1941. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as air gunner. He was stationed at Upper Heyford, Driffield, Boscombe Down and Linton-on-Ouse (58 Squadron), RAF Acklington (2 AOS) and RAF Kinloss (19 OTU). Aircraft flown in were Virginia, Anson, Whitley and Hind. Targets were Ruhr, Kiel, Germany, Oslo, Stavanger, Maastrich, France, Italy and convoy patrols. He flew twelve convoy patrols and thirteen night operations with 58 Squadron. His pilots on operations were Flight Lieutenant O'Niell, Flying Officer Espley, Flight Sergeant Moore, Flying Officer Russell, Flying Officer Cribb, Flying Officer Rail, Pilot Officer Pyke, Sergeant Terreneau, Sergeant Cornish, and Pilot Officer Clements. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Terry Hancock Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet 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. France Germany Great Britain Italy Netherlands Norway Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea England--Northumberland England--Oxfordshire England--Wiltshire England--Yorkshire Germany--Kiel Netherlands--Maastricht Norway--Oslo Norway--Stavanger Scotland--Moray Firth Germany--Ruhr (Region) Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1939-09-03 1939-09-04 1939-10-12 1939-10-16 1939-11-08 1939-12-04 1939-12-17 1939-12-30 1940-01-13 1940-01-17 1940-01-23 1940-04-17 1940-04-18 1940-04-30 1940-05-01 1940-05-13 1940-05-14 1940-05-15 1940-05-16 1940-05-19 1940-05-20 1940-05-21 1940-05-22 1940-05-23 1940-05-24 1940-06-01 1940-06-02 1940-06-03 1940-06-04 1940-06-04 1940-06-05 1940-06-07 1940-06-08 1940-06-09 1940-06-10 1940-06-11 1940-06-12 1940-06-13 1940-06-14 1940-06-15 1940-06-17 1940-06-18 1940-06-19 1940-06-20 1940-06-21 1940-06-26 1940-06-27 1940-06-28 1940-06-29 1940-07-07 1940-07-08 Title A name given to the resource John Mitchell's flying log book. One 19 OTU 58 Squadron air gunner Air Gunnery School Air Observers School aircrew Anson bombing crash forced landing Operational Training Unit RAF Boscombe Down RAF Driffield RAF Kinloss RAF Linton on Ouse RAF Upper Heyford RAF West Freugh training Whitley wireless operator / air gunner https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2847/50439/SBondS-StoneGv10001.1.pdf 4dd3ff10f566526dad3ad12bce0aab9b 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 Stone, Gerry Description An account of the resource Four items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer Gerry Stone RAF who flew 2 tours as a Wellington wireless operator/air gunner on 115 and 156 Squadrons. His aircraft was shot down with the loss of all crew on his 34th operation. The collection was licensed to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Dr Steve Bond and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. This collection was provided, in digital form, by a third-party organisation which used technical specifications and operational protocols that may differ from those used by the IBCC Digital Archive. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-18 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 SBondS-StoneGv1 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 Gerry Stone’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 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 SBondS-StoneGv10001 Description An account of the resource Gerry Stone’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from September 1937 until 28th August 1942. During this time trained as a wireless operator, air gunner and bomb aimer. Initial training at Electrical and Wireless School before posted to 64 Squadron in November 1937. Operational posting in November 1939 to 115 Squadron. In July 1940 posted to 20 Operational Training Unit until June 1942 when posted back to operations in 156 Squadron. He did not return from his last operation on 27/28 August 1942. Served at RAF Cranwell, RAF Martlesham Heath, RAF Marham, RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Kinloss. Aircraft flown were Valencia, Wallace, Hawker Demon, Harrow, Wellington, Anson, Lysander. Flew 26 operations (10 day and 16 night) with 115 Squadron. These included anti-shipping sweeps in the North Sea including hunting for the Scharnhorst and bombing to Borkum, Bremen, Bergen, Kristiansand, Stavanger, the Ruhr, Gembloux, Namur, Furnes, Roulers, Monheim, Oldenburg, Munster and Frankfurt. His pilots were Flying Officers Gibbes and Wood. With 20 Operational Training Unit he flew 2 night operations to Cologne and Caen, piloted by Warrant Officer Fortier. On posting to 156 Squadron he flew 6 night operations to Bremen, Wilhelmshaven, Duisburg , Osnabruck, Mainz and Kassel. His pilots were Sergeant Thompson, Flight Sergeant Mackenzie, Squadron Leader Collier and Flight Sergeant Savage. On a number of occasions his aircraft was involved in forced or crash landings on return to the United Kingdom. These occurred on 18 May 1940, 1 July 1940 and 26 June 1942. He did not return from his last operation on 27/28 August 1942 and was presumed killed in action. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1937 1938 1939-12-01 1939-12-24 1940-01-03 1940-01-23 1940-02-01 1940-03-09 1940-03-15 1940-03-23 1940-03-24 1940-04-07 1940-04-09 1940-04-10 1940-04-14 1940-04-30 1940-05-01 1940-05-17 1940-05-18 1940-05-20 1940-05-21 1940-05-22 1940-05-23 1940-05-27 1940-05-28 1940-05-30 1940-05-31 1940-06-01 1940-06-02 1940-06-03 1940-06-04 1940-06-08 1940-06-09 1940-06-17 1940-06-18 1940-06-21 1940-06-22 1940-06-24 1940-06-25 1940-06-26 1940-06-27 1940-06-30 1940-07-01 1941 1942-05-30 1942-05-31 1942-06-01 1942-06-02 1942-06-25 1942-06-26 1942-07-08 1942-07-09 1942-08-06 1942-08-09 1942-08-10 1942-08-11 1942-08-12 1942-08-27 1942-08-28 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Norfolk England--Suffolk Scotland--Moray Atlantic Ocean--North Sea Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Borkum Germany--Bremen Germany--Cologne Germany--Duisburg Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Kassel Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) Germany--Monheim (North Rhine-Westphalia) Germany--Münster in Westfalen Germany--Oldenburg Germany--Osnabrück Germany--Wilhelmshaven Belgium Belgium--Gembloux Belgium--Namur Belgium--Roeselare (West Flanders) Belgium--Veurne France France--Caen Norway Norway--Bergen Norway--Kristiansand Norway--Stavanger Europe--Frisian Islands 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. 115 Squadron 156 Squadron 20 OTU 64 Squadron aircrew Anson anti-aircraft fire bomb aimer bombing bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942) crash forced landing Harrow killed in action Lysander Operational Training Unit RAF Cranwell RAF Kinloss RAF Lossiemouth RAF Marham RAF Martlesham Heath Scharnhorst training Wellington wireless operator / air gunner https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2847/50442/SBondS-StoneGv10005.1.pdf e1e3592410f0d8d015e0b1c69036f3b9 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 Stone, Gerry Description An account of the resource Four items. Collection concerns Pilot Officer Gerry Stone RAF who flew 2 tours as a Wellington wireless operator/air gunner on 115 and 156 Squadrons. His aircraft was shot down with the loss of all crew on his 34th operation. The collection was licensed to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Dr Steve Bond and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. This collection was provided, in digital form, by a third-party organisation which used technical specifications and operational protocols that may differ from those used by the IBCC Digital Archive. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-18 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 SBondS-StoneGv1 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 Wimpey Nights - the life and times of Pilot Officer Gerry Stone RAF Description An account of the resource Biography by Steve Bond. Include photograph of Gerry Stone in uniform at the beginning. There are several photographs throughout the document of aircrew and aircraft. Chapter 1 - enlistment and training. Covers joining up, training as wireless operator/air gunner where he flew in Vickers Valentia and Westland Wallace. Chapter 2 - Turret fighters. Posted to 64 Squadron and flew in Hawker Demon. as air gunner. Posted to bomber command in December 1938. Chapter 3 - first bomber tour. Describes move to 115 Squadron initially flying in Harrow and then converting to Wellington. Goes on to describe his 26 operations in some detail. Mentions being shot at by Me 110, covers losses in some operations, forced landings, wounded crew members. Posted to OTU after 26 operations. Chapter 4 - rested from operations. Spend nearly two years flying routine training on 20 OTU at RAF Lossiemouth. Participated in two more operations while at Lossiemouth to Cologne for which a detailed description is provided. Second was to Essen , also with derailed description. Chapter 5 -second tour. Posted to 156 Squadron still with Wellington in June 1942. Describes his subsequent six operations including the 34th on 27 August 1942 when his aircraft was shot down by Me 110 flown by Hauptmann Wolfgang Thimmig. Notes that crew were buried in the Reichswald Forrest war cemetery at Kleve (photograph included). List the other members of the crew: Flt Sgt Michael Gordon Savage (930778), pilot age 20, from Eastbourne in Sussex Sgt Gilbert Hebblethwaite (657350), 2nd pilot age 24, from Crosland Moor, Huddersfield P/O Peter Hayes RNZAF (404484), observer age 20, from Sydney, New South Wales P/O Jack Leewarden (132751) WOp/AG age 25, from Hampstead Heath, London Sgt Frederick Valentine Herbert Shepherd (629714), rear gunner. Appendix A - Hauptmann Wolfgang Thimmig - provided biographic details and service history of the Luftwaffe night fighter pilot. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource S Bond Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1937 1937-09 1937-11-30 1938-05 1938-06 1938-10-18 1938-12-14 1939-06 1939-05-09 1939-12-01 1939-12-24 1940-01-03 1940-01-23 1940-02-01 1940-03-09 1940-03-15 1940-03-23 1940-04-07 1940-04-09 1940-04-10 1940-04-14 1940-04-30 1940-05-17 1940-05-20 1940-05-22 1940-05-27 1940-05-30 1940-06-01 1940-06-03 1940-06-17 1940-06-21 1940-06-24 1940-06-26 1940-06-30 1942-02-02 1942-04-28 1942-05-30 1942-06-01 1942-06-25 1942-07-08 1942-08-06 1942-08-09 1942-08-11 1942-08-27 1941-06-17 1941-06-18 1942-05-30 1942-05-31 1942-06-06 1943-06-11 1944-11 1945-02 1945-05-08 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--London England--Hillingdon England--Lincolnshire England--Suffolk England--Yorkshire England--Norfolk Netherlands Netherlands--Ameland Island Germany Germany--Borkum Atlantic Ocean--North Sea Germany--Bremen Norway Norway--Bergen Norway--Kristiansand Norway--Stavanger England--Colchester England--Essex Belgium Belgium--Gembloux France France--Dunkerque Germany--Hamburg Germany--Koblenz Germany--Münster in Westfalen Germany--Mannheim Germany--Frankfurt am Main Scotland--Moray Germany--Cologne Germany--Essen Germany--Wilhelmshaven Germany--Duisburg England--Cambridgeshire Germany--Osnabrück Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) Germany--Kassel Germany--Gronau (North Rhine-Westphalia)--Epe Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia) Germany--Ruhr (Region) Europe--Frisian Islands 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. Fighter Command Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Wehrmacht Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Photograph Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Twenty-two page printed document with photiographs 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 SBondS-StoneGv10005 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. 115 Squadron 156 Squadron 20 OTU 38 Squadron air gunner aircrew bomb aimer bomb trolley bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942) bombing up debriefing final resting place forced landing ground personnel Halifax Harrow intelligence officer killed in action Me 110 mine laying observer Operational Training Unit pilot RAF Alconbury RAF Church Fenton RAF Cranwell RAF Lossiemouth RAF Marham RAF Martlesham Heath RAF Uxbridge RAF Warboys RAF Wyton recruitment Scharnhorst service vehicle shot down training Wellington wireless operator / air gunner Women’s Auxiliary Air Force https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1930/51641/EDwyerJHPDwyerWM400123.pdf fb7685362baae08c004925d260473ac2 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 Dwyer, John Henry Patrick J H P Dwyer 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 2017-09-02 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 Dwyer, JHP Description An account of the resource 283 items. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant John Henry Patrick Dwyer DFM (1913 - 1942, 746829 Royal Air Force) and contains documents, correspondence and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 57 Squadron and was killed 9/10 November 1942. <br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by John L Dwyer and catalogued by Barry Hunter. <br /><br />Additional information on John Dwyer is available via the&nbsp;<a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/106743/">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 Jack Dwyer to his wife Description An account of the resource Three letters. #1 Jack writes that he has returned to Croydon. They went on a training flight and have started radio telegraphy training. He is expecting a bumper pay day soon. #2 there is an issue with their pay, because the squadron is not operational then they don't get extra money. The regulations suggest they should be getting extra pay. #3 One of his friends had a lucky escape when he had engine trouble but made it back to Gatwick. He has been to the pictures. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Jack Dwyer Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1940-01-23 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Hastings England--Guildford England--Brooklands England--Brighton England--London 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 Civilian 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 Three double sided handwritten sheets and envelope Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EDwyerJHPDwyerWM400123 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription 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. 1940-01-23 Is Part Of A related resource in which the described resource is physically or logically included. Dwyer, John Henry Patrick. Mail from Croydon air gunner aircrew entertainment pilot RAF Croydon RAF Gatwick