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Gill, Kenneth
K Gill
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Gill, K
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One hundred and sixty-four items plus another one hundred and fifteen in two sub-ciollections. The collection concerns Flying Officer Kenneth Gill DFC (1922 - 1945, 1438901, 155097 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, photographs and family and other correspondence. <br />He flew operations as a navigator with 9 Squadron before starting a second tour with 617 Squadron. He was killed 21 March 1945 having completed 45 operations.<br /><br />The collection also contains two albums. <br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2114">Kenneth Gill. Album One</a><br /><a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2117">Kenneth Gill. Album Two</a><br /><br />Additional information on Kenneth Gill is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/108654/">IBCC Losses Database.</a><br /><br />The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Derek Gill and catalogued by Nigel Huckins.
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Memoranda for 1941
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Gives synopsis of locations in 1941. July 7th to London, London to Leuchars July 26, leave October 3rd, returned to London from Leuchars October 17th, left London for Clyffe Pypard November 22. Leave December 13, became engaged December 16th. Left home December 27th for Heaton Park.
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1941-07-07
1941-07-26
1941-10-03
1941-10-12
1941-10-17
1941-11-22
1941-12-13
1941-12-16
1941-12-27
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Great Britain
England--London
Scotland--Fife
England--Wiltshire
England--Manchester
England--Lancashire
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Royal Air Force
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eng
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SGillK1438901v10010
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RAF Clyffe Pypard
RAF Leuchars
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Clegg, Peter Vernon. Lang, Alastair - folder
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Fifteen items. Contains description of the terrible three, a biography of Squadron Leader Alastair Lang DFC, photographs, a portrait, details of his flight engineer, operational diary, correspondence, newspaper cuttings and extracts from his log book.
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2015-07-02
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Clegg, PV
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Extracts from Alastair Lang's pilot's flying log book
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Covers from April 1941 on 150 Squadron flying Wellington, then on 21 Operational Training Unit and finally on 156 Squadron with Wellington and then Lancaster until operation to Dortmund 4 May 1943 when his aircraft was hit and target indicator bomb exploded in bomb bay and he was reported missing. A second pilot on operations was Flying Officer Skinner.
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21 b/w photocopied sheets
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eng
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BCleggPVLangAGv1
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
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Germany
Germany--Berlin
Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea
Germany--Kiel
Germany--Cologne
Germany--Mannheim
France
France--Saint-Nazaire
Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay
Germany--Bremen
Germany--Hamburg
Atlantic Ocean--English Channel
France--Boulogne-sur-Mer
Germany--Osnabrück
Germany--Duisburg
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Bielefeld
Italy
Italy--Turin
Germany--Stuttgart
Germany--Munich
France--Lorient
Germany--Wilhelmshaven
Germany--Nuremberg
Germany--Essen
Czech Republic
Czech Republic--Plzeň
Italy--La Spezia
Germany--Dortmund
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
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1941
1942
1943
1941-04-15
1941-04-16
1941-04-17
1941-04-18
1941-04-30
1941-05-01
1941-05-03
1941-05-04
1941-05-05
1941-05-06
1941-05-07
1941-05-08
1941-05-09
1941-05-10
1941-05-11
1941-05-12
1941-05-13
1941-06-11
1941-06-12
1941-06-13
1941-06-16
1941-06-17
1941-06-26
1941-06-27
1941-07-03
1941-07-04
1941-07-05
1941-07-06
1941-07-07
1941-07-08
1941-07-09
1941-07-10
1941-07-11
1941-09-13
1941-09-14
1941-10-15
1941-10-16
1941-11-09
1941-11-10
1941-11-20
1941-11-21
1941-11-22
1941-11-23
1941-11-29
1941-11-30
1941-12-08
1941-12-09
1941-12-10
1941-12-11
1941-12-12
1941-12-20
1941-12-21
1941-12-22
1942-01-26
1942-01-27
1942-01-28
1942-01-30
1942-01-31
1942-02-02
1942-02-03
1942-02-04
1942-02-09
1942-02-10
1942-02-24
1942-02-25
1942-02-26
1942-02-28
1942-03-01
1942-03-02
1942-03-08
1942-03-09
1942-03-10
1942-03-12
1942-03-13
1942-03-22
1942-03-23
1942-04-16
1942-04-17
1942-04-18
1942-04-19
1942-04-26
1942-04-27
1942-05-04
1942-05-05
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Review Oct 2024
12 Squadron
150 Squadron
156 Squadron
20 OTU
21 OTU
23 OTU
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Flying Training School
Harvard
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Lincoln
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Honey, Fred
F W G Honey
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2015-04-27
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Honey, FWG
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15 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Fred Honey (915946 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, documents, decorations and photographs. He flew operations as a wireless operator with 104 and 101 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Christopher Honey and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
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Note-Book
[Drawing]
Amenophis IV
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[Map]
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F. Honey. F. Honey.
F. Honey. Esq.
Ops Heraklion.
F. Honey.
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[blank page]
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[underlined] NOVEMBER. 1941 [/underlined]
(a) DATE (b) A/B (c) A/C (d) CAPTAIN (e) DUTY (f) REMARKS (g) TIME DAY (h) TIME NIGHT
(a) 2. 11. 41. (b) 1815 (c) 'H' (d) Sgt. Benitz (e) W/Op. (f) Ops. Castel Benito A'drome (south of Trip): direct hits on buildings: machine-gunned a/c in dispersal (S.M. 85's & JU 52's): 2 CR. 42's seen by T.G.: circled dinghy 3 hours on return - launch summoned by W/T: crew not picked up (h) 7.00
(a) 7. 11. 41. (b) 2350 (c) 'E' (d) Sgt. Benitz (e) Front Gunner (f) Ops. Brindisi Rly. Station & A/C Works: One S light & some heavy flak: fires started (h) 5.10
(a) 9. 11. 41. (b) 2100 (c) 'H' (d) Sgt. Benitz (e) W/Op. (f) Ops. Messina. (s/e Brindisi, but diverted - weather u/s): 6 hang-ups brought back - faulty wiring. (h) 4.50
(a) 11. 11. 41. (b) 2335 (c) 'Z' (d) Sgt. Benitz (e) Front Gunner (f) Ops. Naples: 1 x 4000lb.: little flak: direct hit on factory. (h) 5.20
(a) 17. 11. 41 (b) 2000 (c) H (d) Sgt. Benitz (e) W/Op. (f) Ops. Naples: some heavy flak. (h) 6.10
(a) 19. 11. 41 (b) 1900 (c) Z (d) P/O Benitz (e) Front Gunner (f) Ops. Naples Rly Station: 1 x 4000 lb. (h) 5.10
(a) 22. 11. 41. (b) 0220 (c) H (d) P/O Benitz (e) W/Op. (f) Ops. Convoy (D.N.C.O): to be carried out with ASV A/C : flares dropped and one ship seen : convoy scattered as result of earlier attack. (h) 5.00
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[underlined] NOV. 1941 CONT'D [/underlined]
(a) DATE A/I (b) A/B (c) A/C (d) CAPTAIN (e) DUTY (f) REMARKS (g) TIME DAY (h) TIME NIGHT
(a) 25. 11. 41. (b) 0005 (c) 'X' (d) P/O Benitz (e) Front Gunner (f) Ops. Benghasi [sic] dock area : heavy flak : caught 8 min. in s'lights : electrical storm both ways. (h) 5.25
[boxed] SUMMARY FOR NOVEMBER, 1941. DAY NIL. UNIT 104 SQDN. NIGHT 44.05 DATE 30. 11. 41. TOTAL 44.05 SIGNED F.W.G. Honey (Sgt) [/boxed]
[underlined] WDWKnight F/L FOR S/L [/underlined]
O.C.'B' FLT.
[page break]
[underlined] DECEMBER, 1941 [/underlined]
(a) DATE (b) A/B (c) A/C (d) CAPTAIN (e) DUTY (f) REMARKS (g) TIME DAY (h) TIME NIGHT
(a) 7. 12. 41 (b) 1840 (c) 'H' (d) P/O Benitz (e) W/Op. (f) Ops. Castel Benito A'drome : much light and some heavy flak : fired on from Tripoli. (h) 4.10
(a) 11. 12. 41. (b) 0130 (c) 'H' (d) P/O Benitz (e) Front Gunner (f) Ops. Benghasi [sic] harbour : some flak and s'lights (h) 5.30
(a) 14. 12. 41 (b) 1710 (c) 'H' (d) P/O Benitz (e) W/Op. (f) Ops. Benghasi [sic] harbour : 14 s'lights: little flak: 7/10 cloud : cockpit hit. (h) 6.00
(a) 18. 12. 41. (b) 2125 (c) 'E' (d) P/O Benitz (e) Front Gunner (f) Ops. Mine Laying in Tripoli harbour : 100' : much light flak : opened fire on ground defences : s'light put out by T.G., destroyer seen in bay := T.G. returned fire of intruder over base: 3 bullets in main spar (ours) : hydraulics u/s : orbited Gozo 3 hrs on account of raid : landed 1/2 width runway (bomb damage & burning a/c) (h) 6.10
(a) 23. 12. 41. (b) 1750 (c) T (d) P/O Benitz (e) W/Op. (f) Ops. Misurata : Aircrew billets : no opposition or s'lights : some a/c seen : direct hits on buildings. (h) 4.15
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[underlined] DEC. 1941 CONT'D [/underlined]
(a) 28. 12. 41. (b) 2305 (c) 'O' (d) P/O Benitz (e) W/Op. (f) Ops. Tripoli : 1 x 4000 lb. : hit on edge of mole : skeleton crew. (h) 3.45
[boxed] SUMMARY FOR DECEMBER. 1941 DAY NIL UNIT 104 SQDN. NIGHT 29.50 DATE 31. 12. 41. TOTAL 29.50 SIGNED F.W.G. Honey (Sgt) [/boxed]
[underlined] WDWKnight F/L FOR S/L [/underlined]
O.C.'B' FLT.
[boxed] FLYING TIMES DAY 1.05. MALTA ATTACHMENT NIGHT 104.25 [/boxed]
[underlined] Philip[indecipherable]Beare [/underlined] W/CMDR.
O.C. 104 SQDN.
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[underlined] JANUARY. 1942 [/underlined] [underlined] 104 SQDN. KABRIT, EGYPT. [/underlined]
(a) DATE (b) A/B (c) A/C (d) CAPTAIN (e) DUTY (f) REMARKS (g) TIME DAY (h) TIME NIGHT
(a) 29. 1. 42 (b) 1000 (c) Q (d) P/O Benitz (e) W/Op (f) Local Flying (g) 2.00
(a) 31. 1. 42 (b) 1930 (c) J (d) F/Lt.Brown (e) W/Op. (f) Local Flying - C & B. (h) 1.00
(a) 31. 1. 42 (b) 2030 (c) J (d) P/O Cockroft (e) W/Op. (f) Local C & B. (h) 1.00
[boxed] SUMMARY FOR JANUARY, 1942 DAY 2.00 UNIT 104 SQDN. NIGHT 2.00 DATE 31. 1. 42. TOTAL 4.00 SIGNED F.W.G. Honey (Sgt.) [/boxed]
[underlined] WDWKnight F/L FOR S/L [/underlined]
O.C.'B' FLT.
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[underlined] FEBRUARY, 1942 [/underlined]
(a) DATE (b) A/B (c) A/C (d) CAPTAIN (e) DUTY (f) REMARKS (g) TIME DAY (h) TIME NIGHT
(a) 11. 2. 42. (b) 1100 (c) 'J' (d) Sgt Bennett (e) Passenger (f) Base - El Fayum (16 in a/c) (g) .45
(a) 11. 2. 42. (b) 1500 (c) 'B' (d) P/O Benitz (e) W/Op. (f) El Fayum - Base (g) .45
(a) 22. 2. 42. (b) 1445 (c) 'R' (d) P/O Benitz (e) W/Op. (f) Base - LG 09. (g) 1.50
(a) 22. 2. 42. (b) 2145 (c) 'R' (d) P/O Benitz (e) W/Op. (f) Ops. Convoy (D.N.C.O.) , more than 100 ships : cooperation by D/F with ASV A/C broke down (time mix up) : Torpedo Wellingtons taking part : Search abandoned - vis. bad and fuel short - 1 overload tank - Benghasi [sic] bombed - very little flak or lights - first squadron trip from M.E. (h) 7.25
(a) 23. 2. 42 (b) 0645 (c) R (d) P/O Benitz (e) W/Op (f) LG 09 - Base (g) 1.40
[boxed] SUMMARY FOR FEBRUARY, 1942. DAY 5.00 UNIT 104 SQDN. NIGHT 7.25 DATE 28. 2. 42. TOTAL 12.25 SIGNED F.W.G Honey (Sgt.) [/boxed]
[underlined] WDWKnight F/L FOR. S/LDR [/underlined]
O.C.'B' FLT.
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[underlined] MARCH, 1942 [/underlined]
(a) DATE (b) A/B (c) A/C (d) CAPTAIN (e) DUTY (f) REMARKS (g) TIME DAY (h) TIME NIGHT
(a) 1. 3. 42 (b) 1350 (c) 'R' (d) F/Lt Brown (e) W/Op. (f) Base - LG 09 (Ops. Cancelled) (g) 1.40
(a) 2. 3. 42 (b) 0801 (c) 'R' (d) F/Lt Brown (e) W/Op (f) LG 09 - LG 106 Recco - ALG's (g) .15
(a) 2. 3. 42 (b) 0852 (c) 'R' (d) F/Lt Brown (e) W/Op. (f) LG 106 - LG 09 Recco - ALG's (g) .17
(a) 2. 3. 42. (b) 0918 (c) 'R' (d) F/Lt Brown (e) W/Op. (f) LG 09 - Base (g) 1.45
(a) 5. 3. 42. (b) 1352 (c) 'R' (d) F/Lt Brown (e) W/Op. (f) Base - LG 09 (g) 2.10
(a) 6. 3. 42 (b) 0021 (c) 'R' (d) F/Lt Brown (e) W/Op (f) Ops. Bengasi [sic] : 7 x 500 lb : defences quite active - becoming more accurate. no ships seen - camera fitted but no photo taken - no fusing reel for flash bomb. (h) 7.19
(a) 6. 3. 42. (b) 0916 (c) 'R' (d) F/Lt Brown (e) W/Op. (f) LG 09 - LG106. (g) .19
(a) 6. 3. 42 (b) 1043 (c) 'R' (d) F/Lt Brown (e) W/Op. (f) LG 106 - Base (g) 1.21
(a) 9. 3. 42 (b) 1630 (c) T (d) P/O Benitz (e) W/Op (f) Base - LG 106 (g) 1.45
(a) 9. 3. 42 (b) 2056 (c) T (d) P/O Benitz (e) W/Op (f) Ops. Convoy (D.N.C.O.) - north west of Bengasi [sic] - cooperation with ASV A/C. callsigns confusion - not picked up : bombs brought back. (One over-load) (h) 9.15
(a) 10. 3. 42 (b) 0721 (c) T (d) P/O Benitz (e) W/Op (f) LG 106 - Base (g) 1.35
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[underlined] MAR. 1942 CONT'D [/underlined]
(a) DATE (b) A/B (c) A/C (d) CAPTAIN (e) DUTY (f) REMARKS (g) TIME DAY (h) TIME NIGHT
(a) 29. 3. 42. (b) 1504 (c) Y (d) P/O Benitz (e) W/Op (f) Base - LG 106 (g) 1.35
(a) 30. 3. 42 (b) 2209 (c) Y (d) P/O Benitz (e) W/Op. (f) Ops. Bengasi [sic] : flak & s'lights accurate - unpleasantly so -: no fresh ships seen (Operation postponed one day) (h) 7.35
(a) 31. 3. 42. (b) 0703 (c) Y (d) P/O Benitz (e) W/Op (f) LG 106 - Base (g) 1.35
[boxed] SUMMARY FOR MARCH, 1942 DAY 14.17 UNIT 104 SQDN. NIGHT 24.09 DATE 31. 3. 42. TOTAL 38.26 SIGNED F.W.G Honey (Sgt.) [/boxed]
[underlined] WDWKnight F/L FOR S/Ldr [/underlined]
O.C.'B' FLT.
[underlined] [indecipherable] Young S/L for W/CMDR. [/underlined]
O.C. 104 SQDN.
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[underlined] APRIL, 1942 [/underlined]
(a) DATE (b) A/B (c) A/C (d) CAPTAIN (e) DUTY (f) REMARKS (g) TIME DAY (h) TIME NIGHT
(a) 11. 4. 42. (b) 1118 (c) 'R' (d) P/O Benitz D.F.C. (e) W/Op (f) Air Test (g) 0.30
(a) 11. 4. 42 (b) 1829 (c) 'R' (d) P/O Benitz D.F.C. (e) W/Op (f) Ops. Heraklion A'drome (Crete) : ground haze over target - 5 flare failures out of 6 - unable to identify runways : Secondary attacked (Kassel Pechadi A drome) - some small fires left : stick across intersection of runways: photo taken. accurate HF/DF fix from Kabrit, Qatafiya & Larnica [sic] (Cyprus) : Landed LG 106 (on instructions) (h) 7.25
(a) 12. 2. 42. (b) 0725 (c) 'R' (d) P/O Benitz D.F.C. (e) W/Op (f) LG 106 - Base (g) 1.35
[boxed] SUMMARY FOR APRIL, 1942. DAY 2.05 UNIT 104 SQDN. NIGHT 7.25 DATE 16. 4. 42. TOTAL 9.30 SIGNED F.W.G Honey (Sgt.) [/boxed]
[underlined] WDWKnight F/L FOR S/LDR [/underlined]
O.C.'B' FLT.
[boxed] TOTAL FLYING TIMES..... DAY 24.59 104 SQDN ATTACHMENT..... NIGHT 145.24[/boxed]
[underlined] [indecipherable] Young S/L for W/CMDR. [/underlined]
O.C. 104 SQDN.
[page break]
(a) DATE (b) A/B (c) A/C (d) CAPTAIN (e) DUTY (f) REMARKS (g) TIME DAY (h) TIME NIGHT
CAIRO - LAGOS BY
PAN - AMERICAN AIRWAYS
(a) 19. 5. 42. (b) 0915 (c) N 120103 (D. C. 3) (d) Capt Stoeger (e) Passenger (f) Almaza - Wadi Saidna (nr Khartoum) (land Wadi Haifa) (g) 6.30
(a) 20. 5. 42 (b) 0640 (c) N 120103 (D. C. 3) (d) Capt Stoeger (e) Passenger (f) Wadi Saidna - El Fasher (g) 3.40
(a) 20. 5. 42. (b) 1105 (c) N 120103 (D. C. 3) (d) Capt Stoeger (e) Passenger (f) El Fasher - Maiduguri (g) 3.30
(a) 20. 5. 42. (b) 1500 (c) N 120103 (D. C. 3) (d) Capt Stoeger (e) Passenger (f) Maiduguri - Kano (g) 2.30
(a) 21. 5. 42. (b) 0820 (c) N 120103 (D. C. 3) (d) Capt Stoeger (e) Passenger (f) Kano - Lagos (g) 3.00
[page break]
[underlined] OCTOBER, 1941. [/underlined]
(a) DATE (b) A/B (c) A/C (d) CAPTAIN (e) DUTY
[deleted] (a) 14. 10. 41 (b) 1510 (c) 'H' (d) Sgt Benitz (e) W/Op.
(a) 15. 10. 41 (b) 2115 (c) 'H' (d) Sgt Benitz (e) W/Op
(a) 19. 10. 41 (b) 2340 (c) 'H' (d) Sgt Benitz (e) Front Gunner
(a) 21. 10. 41 (b) 2115 (c) 'H' (d) Sgt Benitz (e) W/Op
(a) 21. 10. 41 (b) 2115 (c) 'H' (d) Sgt Benitz (e) W/Op. [/deleted]
(a) 25. 10. 41 (b) 0135 (c) 'H' (d) Sgt Benitz (e) Front Gunner
(a) 29. 10. 41 (b) 2040 (c) 'H' (d) Sgt Benitz (e) W/Op.
(a) 31. 10. 41 (b) 1940 (c) 'L' (d) Sgt Benitz (e) Front Gunner
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Dublin Core
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Title
A name given to the resource
Fred Honey's log book
Description
An account of the resource
A note book used by Fred as a log book.
His pilots on operations were Pilot Officer Benitz DFC and Flight Lieutenant Brown.
Identifier
An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context
MHoneyFWG915946-150421-01
Rights
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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
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IBCC Digital Archive
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1941
1942
1941-11-02
1941-11-03
1941-11-07
1941-11-08
1941-11-09
1941-11-10
1941-11-11
1941-11-12
1941-11-17
1941-11-18
1941-11-19
1941-11-20
1941-11-22
1941-11-25
1941-12-07
1941-12-11
1941-12-14
1941-12-18
1941-12-19
1941-12-23
1941-12-28
1941-12-29
1942-02-22
1942-02-23
1942-03-06
1942-03-09
1942-03-10
1942-03-30
1942-03-31
1942-04-11
1942-04-12
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
Italy
Libya
North Africa
Italy--Brindisi
Italy--Naples
Libya--Banghāzī
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
Text
Text. Log book and record book
Text. Diary
Format
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One booklet
Conforms To
An established standard to which the described resource conforms.
Pending text-based transcription. Under review
Contributor
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Babs Nichols
104 Squadron
aircrew
bombing
wireless operator / air gunner
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Dublin Core
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Title
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Honey, Fred
F W G Honey
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Date
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2015-04-27
Rights
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Identifier
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Honey, FWG
Description
An account of the resource
15 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Fred Honey (915946 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, documents, decorations and photographs. He flew operations as a wireless operator with 104 and 101 Squadrons.
The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Christopher Honey and catalogued by Barry Hunter.
Dublin Core
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Title
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F W Honey’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book. Two
Creator
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Great Britain. Royal Air Force
Publisher
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IBCC Digital Archive
Contributor
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Mike Connock
Rights
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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
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One booklet
Language
A language of the resource
eng
Type
The nature or genre of the resource
Text
Text. Log book and record book
Identifier
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LHoneyFWG915946v2
Coverage
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Royal Air Force
Royal Air Force. Bomber Command
Spatial Coverage
Spatial characteristics of the resource.
France
Germany
Great Britain
Greece
Italy
Libya
Malta
England--Buckinghamshire
England--Lincolnshire
England--Leicestershire
England--Rutland
France--Modane
Germany--Berlin
Germany--Braunschweig
Germany--Düsseldorf
Germany--Frankfurt am Main
Germany--Leipzig
Germany--Magdeburg
Germany--Schweinfurt
Germany--Stuttgart
Greece--Ērakleion
Italy--Brindisi
Italy--Messina
Italy--Naples
Libya--Miṣrātah
Libya--Tripoli
Libya--Banghāzī
Germany--Ruhr (Region)
North Africa
Egypt
Egypt--Kibrit
Italy--Sicily
Temporal Coverage
Temporal characteristics of the resource.
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
1941-10-15
1941-10-16
1941-10-19
1941-10-20
1941-10-21
1941-10-22
1941-10-25
1941-10-29
1941-10-30
1941-10-31
1941-11-01
1941-11-02
1941-11-03
1941-11-07
1941-11-08
1941-11-09
1941-11-10
1941-11-11
1941-11-12
1941-11-17
1941-11-18
1941-11-19
1941-11-20
1941-11-22
1941-11-25
1941-12-07
1941-12-11
1941-12-14
1941-12-18
1941-12-19
1941-12-28
1941-12-29
1942-02-22
1942-02-23
1942-03-06
1942-03-09
1942-03-10
1942-03-30
1942-03-31
1942-04-11
1942-04-12
1943-11-03
1943-11-10
1943-11-11
1943-11-18
1943-11-19
1943-11-22
1943-11-23
1943-12-02
1943-12-03
1943-12-16
1943-12-17
1943-12-20
1944-01-14
1944-01-20
1944-01-21
1944-01-22
1944-01-27
1944-01-28
1944-01-30
1944-01-31
1944-02-19
1944-02-20
1944-02-21
1944-02-24
1944-02-25
Description
An account of the resource
Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book one, for F W Honey, wireless operator, covering the period from 14 October 1941 to 26 June 1945. Detailing his operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at RAF Malta, RAF Kabrit, RAF Luffenham, RAF Woolfox, RAF Bitteswell, RAF Ludford Magna, RAF Westcott, RAF Oakley and RAF Silverstone. Aircraft flown in were Wellington, Anson, Lysander and Lancaster. He flew a total of 45 operations, 25 night operations with 104 squadron and 20 night operations with 101 squadron as special duties operator. Targets were Tripoli, Naples, Castel Benito, Brindisi, Messina, Benghazi, Misurata, Heraklion, Düsseldorf, Modane, Berlin, Leipzig, Frankfurt, Braunschweig, Magdeburg, Stuttgart and Schweinfurt. His pilots on operations were Pilot Officer Benitz DFC, Flight Lieutenant Brown, Pilot Officer Syme, Pilot Officer McConnell, Flight Lieutenant Collins, Flight Sergeant Bennett, Flight Lieutenant Robertson and Pilot Officer Adamson.
Conforms To
An established standard to which the described resource conforms.
Review Oct 2024
101 Squadron
104 Squadron
11 OTU
17 OTU
29 OTU
aircrew
Anson
Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944)
bombing
Lancaster
Lysander
Operational Training Unit
RAF Bitteswell
RAF Kabrit
RAF Ludford Magna
RAF North Luffenham
RAF Oakley
RAF Silverstone
RAF Westcott
RAF Woolfox Lodge
training
Wellington
wireless operator