1 25 14 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3065/57211/LLeBrocqP130141v1.pdf ae3d9a2a251601f4a1af635d9fe7255f 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 Le Brocq, Peter Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LeBrocq, P Description An account of the resource One item. The collection concerns Peter Le Brocq (b. 1924, 130141 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book. He flew operations as a pilot with 38 and 40 Squadrons in the North Africa and the Mediterranean. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Phillip Le Brocq and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-07-20 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 Peter Le Brocq’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LLeBrocqP130141v1 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 Peter Le Brocq’s Flying Log Book from 10th February 1941 until 21st July 1944. Trained at No. 19 Elementary Flying Training School, No. 2 Service Flying Training School, 15 Operational Training Unit. In September 1941 posted to 38 Squadron for operations and transferred to the Middle East. In June 1942 posted to 40 Squadron. Posted to 7 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit in December 1942 and then No. 1 Torpedo Training Unit in May 1943. October saw a posting to 132 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit before returning to the Torpedo Training Unit December. Operational posting to 144 Squadron (Coastal Command) in May 1944. On 21st July 1944 he was killed when his aircraft crashed just after take-off. Served at RAF Sealand, RAF Brize Norton, RAF Harwell, RAF Hampstead Norris, RAF Mount Farm, RAF Shallufa, RAF Kabrit, RAF Limavady, RAF East Fortune, RAF Turnbury, RAF Davidstow Moor, RAF Strubby. Aircraft flown were Tiger Moth, Oxford, Wellington I, Wellington, Hudson, ASV Wellington, Beaufort, Beaufighter. With 38 Squadron he flew a total of 10 operations (7 night bombing, 2 night minelaying, 1 day torpedo operation). His targets were Heraklion, Marble Arch, El Agheila, Derna, Wadi Natru, Benghazi, Mediterranean Sea. His pilots were Sergent Maundrell, Squadron Leader Rollinson and Flight Lieutenant Robinson. On posting to 40 Squadron was the pilot for 22 night bombing and 1 night minelaying operations. His targets included various battle areas in the Middle East, Benghazi, Gazala, Mersa Matruh, El Darba, LG118, LG104, Tobruk. Whilst in Malta he crashed on the runway (14th June 1942) With 144 Squadron he flew 8 anti-shipping operations and Rover sweeps (6 day and 2 night). His targets and patrol areas were Ushant, Cap de Hague, the Channel Islands, Lorient, Dutch Coast and Heligoland. On his final operation on 21st July 1944 his aircraft crashed on take off resulting in his death. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-12-27 1941-12-28 1941-12-31 1942-01-01 1942-01-08 1942-01-09 1942-02-27 1942-02-28 1942-03-02 1942-03-03 1942-03-13 1942-03-14 1942-04-09 1942-05-19 1942-05-20 1942-05-26 1942-05-27 1942-05-30 1942-06-05 1942-06-06 1942-06-14 1942-06-23 1942-06-24 1942-06-26 1942-06-27 1942-06-28 1942-06-29 1942-06-30 1942-07-01 1942-07-02 1942-07-03 1942-07-04 1942-07-05 1942-07-11 1942-07-12 1942-07-13 1942-07-14 1942-08-03 1942-08-04 1942-08-05 1942-08-06 1942-08-07 1942-08-08 1942-08-09 1942-08-10 1942-08-13 1942-08-14 1942-08-17 1942-08-18 1942-08-23 1942-08-24 1942-08-26 1942-08-27 1942-08-29 1942-08-30 1942-08-31 1942-09-01 1942-09-02 1942-09-03 1942-09-06 1942-09-07 1942-09-08 1942-09-09 1943 1944-06-06 1944-06-09 1944-06-12 1944-06-13 1944-06-14 1944-06-27 1944-07-08 1944-07-09 1944-07-21 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Atlantic Ocean--English Channel Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight North Africa Egypt Egypt--El Dabaa Egypt--Kibrit Egypt--Marsá Maṭrūḥ Egypt--Natrun Valley Egypt--Suez Great Britain England--Berkshire England--Lincolnshire England--Oxfordshire Northern Ireland--Limavady Scotland--East Lothian Scotland--South Ayrshire Wales--Flintshire Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Channel Islands France France--Cape La Hague France--Lorient France--Ouessant Island Greece Greece--Ērakleion Libya Libya--al-ʿUqayla Libya--Banghāzī Libya--Darnah Libya--Gazala Libya--Ra's Lanuf Libya--Tobruk Malta Mediterranean Sea England--Cornwall (County) 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 Air Force. Coastal Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Log book and record book Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Nick Cornwell-Smith Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 144 Squadron 15 OTU 38 Squadron 40 Squadron aircrew Beaufighter Flying Training School Hudson Initial Training Wing killed in action Operational Training Unit Oxford pilot RAF Brize Norton RAF Davidstow Moor RAF East Fortune RAF Hampstead Norris RAF Harwell RAF Kabrit RAF Limavady RAF Luqa RAF Mount Farm RAF Sealand RAF Shallufa RAF Strubby RAF Turnbury take-off crash Tiger Moth training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2925/55269/MPickfordJT743068-180622-060001.jpg c58bae91d6a6c67c8e80d5ff5cd74464 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2925/55269/MPickfordJT743068-180622-060002.jpg e7bad8ffcd1e185ecb58ced2a7d356bc 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 Pickford, J T Pickford, James Description An account of the resource 14 items. The collection concerns Flying Officer James T Pickford DFM ( 743068 then 175421 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve ) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, objects and photographs. He flew in operations in Fighter Command Blenheim aircraft as a gunner in 1940 (has Battle of Britain clasp) before transferring to Bomber Command where he flew 51 complete operations on two tours as an air gunner with 207 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Geoffrey Pickford and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-06-22 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. 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 Pickford, JT Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource List of operations Description An account of the resource List of 51 completed operations and 9 aborted on two tours. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource J Pickford Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-10-01 1941-10-13 1941-10-31 1941-11-17 1941-12-08 1942-01-31 1942-02-11 1942-02-10 1942-03-09 1942-04-24 1942-05-15 1942-05-21 1942-06-20 1942-06-25 1942-06-29 1942-07-03 1942-07-08 1942-07-11 1942-07-19 1942-07-29 1942-08-01 1942-08-12 1942-08-27 1942-08-28 1942-09-01 1942-09-02 1942-09-07 1942-09-08 1942-09-16 1942-09-19 1942-09-24 1944-02-15 1944-02-19 1944-03-01 1944-03-15 1944-03-18 1944-04-10 1944-04-20 1944-04-24 1944-05-01 1944-05-03 1944-05-08 1944-05-25 1944-05-27 1944-06-06 1944-06-07 1944-06-14 1944-06-21 1944-06-27 1944-07-07 1944-07-16 1941-01-01 1942-02-22 1942-02-24 1942-06-01 1942-06-02 1942-06-16 1942-07-24 1942-09-04 1942-09-23 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Atlantic Ocean--North Sea Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay Germany--Essen Germany--Krefeld Germany--Kiel Germany--Cologne Germany--Aachen France France--Rennes Germany--East Frisian Islands France--Lorient Germany--Rostock Denmark Denmark--Fanø (Kommune) Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony) Germany--Bremen Atlantic Ocean--Great Belt (Baltic Sea) Germany--Wilhelmshaven Poland Poland--Gdańsk Germany--Vegesack Germany--Saarbrücken Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Kassel Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Karlsruhe Germany--Duisburg Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Munich Germany--Berlin Germany--Leipzig Germany--Stuttgart France--Tours France--Paris France--Mailly-le-Camp Belgium Belgium--Antwerp France--Normandy France--Pas-de-Calais France--Creil Europe--Frisian Islands Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) Germany--Ruhr (Region) Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Personal research Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Handwritten document Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MPickfordJT743068-180622-06 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 Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944) bombing bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942) bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944) bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944) Lancaster Manchester Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) tactical support for Normandy troops https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2925/55267/LPickfordJT743068v1.pdf 7a97fe571dc765e5f64cecb0c1d93b09 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 Pickford, J T Pickford, James Description An account of the resource 14 items. The collection concerns Flying Officer James T Pickford DFM ( 743068 then 175421 Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve ) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, objects and photographs. He flew in operations in Fighter Command Blenheim aircraft as a gunner in 1940 (has Battle of Britain clasp) before transferring to Bomber Command where he flew 51 complete operations on two tours as an air gunner with 207 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Geoffrey Pickford and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2018-06-22 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. 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 Pickford, JT 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 James Pickford RAF observer's and air gunner's flying log book Description An account of the resource J T Pickford’s Flying Log Book covering the period from 13 November 1939 to 08 May 1945, detailing his training and operations flown as Air Gunner. He was stationed at RAF Evanton (8 Air Observer’s School), RAF North Weald, Northolt, Manston, Gravesend & Middle Wallop (604 Squadron).He was shot down in May 1940 aircrfat crashed near The Hague, He escaped and evaded back to England. Later served at RAF Finningley (25 OTU), RAF Waddington, Bottesford, Syerston, Langar & Spilsby (207 Squadron), RAF Scampton (5 Group Training Flight) and RAF Dunholme Lodge & Fulbeck (1485 Bombing Gunnery Flt). Aircraft flown in were Harrow, Wallace, Battle, Blenheim IF, Wellington, Manchester, Lancaster, Lysander, Martinet, Oxford and B-24 Liberator. He flew from 24 December 1939 to 22 October 1940 as an Air Gunner on night fighter Blenheims. He then flew on one day and 59 night operations with 207 Squadron (total 60). Targets were Essen, Hüls, Kiel, mining not specified, Cologne, Aachen, Rennes (leaflets), Frisian Isles mining, Emden, Lorient, Rostock, mining Fanø Island, Bremen, mining Great Belt, Wilhelmshaven, Danzig, Vegesack, Hamburg, Saarbrucken, Dusseldorf, Mainz, Kassel, Nuremburg, Karlsruhe, Duisburg, Frankfurt, Munich, Wismar, mining Danzig, Tours, Berlin, Leipzig, Stuttgart, La Chapelle, Mailly-le-Camp, Antwerp, Saint-Valery-en-Caux, La Pernelle, Caen, Aunay-sur-Odon, Wesseling, Marquise-Mimoyecques, Saint-Leu-d'Esserent and Villeneuve-Saint-Georges. He also flew one prisoner of war repatriation sortie. His pilots on operations were Flying Officer Herring and Squadron Leader Pattinson. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941-10-11 1941-10-13 1941-10-21 1941-11-01 1941-11-17 1941-12-08 1942-01-31 1942-02-11 1942-02-16 1942-02-22 1942-02-24 1942-03-09 1942-04-24 1942-05-15 1942-05-31 1942-06-01 1942-06-02 1942-06-16 1942-06-20 1942-06-25 1942-06-29 1942-07-03 1942-07-08 1942-07-11 1942-07-19 1942-07-26 1942-07-30 1942-08-01 1942-08-12 1942-08-20 1942-08-25 1942-09-01 1942-09-02 1942-09-04 1942-09-07 1942-09-08 1942-09-18 1942-09-19 1942-09-23 1942-09-24 1942-02-15 1942-02-19 1942-03-01 1944-03-15 1944-03-18 1944-04-10 1944-04-20 1944-04-24 1944-05-01 1944-05-03 1944-05-08 1944-05-25 1944-05-27 1944-06-06 1944-06-07 1944-06-14 1944-06-21 1944-06-27 1944-07-07 1944-07-16 1940-05-10 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Belgium Denmark France Germany Great Britain Poland Atlantic Ocean--North Sea Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean--Great Belt (Baltic Sea) Atlantic Ocean--English Channel Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay Belgium--Antwerp Denmark--Fanø (Kommune) France--Aunay-sur-Odon France--Caen France--Paris France--La Pernelle France--Lorient France--Mailly-le-Camp France--Pas-de-Calais France--Rennes France--Creil France--Normandy France--Tours Germany--Aachen Germany--Berlin Germany--Bremen Germany--Cologne Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony) Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--East Frisian Islands Germany--Hamburg Germany--Krefeld Germany--Karlsruhe Germany--Kassel Germany--Kiel Germany--Leipzig Germany--Munich Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Rostock Germany--Saarbrücken Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Vegesack Germany--Wilhelmshaven Germany--Wismar Great Britain England--Leicestershire England--Lincolnshire England--Nottinghamshire Scotland--Highlands England--Essex England--Hillingdon England--Kent England--London England--Hampshire Wales--Carmarthenshire Poland--Gdańsk Netherlands Netherlands--Hague Germany--Essen Germany--Duisburg France--Saint-Valery-en-Caux Germany--Wesseling France--Marquise France--Mimoyecques France--Saint-Leu-d'Esserent Europe--Frisian Islands Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) 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 Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Log book and record book Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Terry Hancock Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LPickfordJT743068v1 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. 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 207 Squadron 25 OTU air gunner Air Gunnery School Air Observers School aircrew Anson B-24 Battle Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944) Blenheim bombing bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942) bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944) bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944) Harrow Lancaster Lysander Manchester Martinet mine laying Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operation Exodus (1945) Operational Training Unit Oxford RAF Bottesford RAF Dunholme Lodge RAF Evanton RAF Fulbeck RAF Kenley RAF Langar RAF Manston RAF Middle Wallop RAF North Weald RAF Northolt RAF Pembrey RAF Saltby RAF Scampton RAF Spilsby RAF Syerston RAF Waddington tactical support for Normandy troops Tiger Moth training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1753/47885/LWhalleyJ1113651v1.2.pdf 5e46f6ea82b52a54d426a7844936d18c 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 Whalley, Jack John Whalley J Whalley 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 2020-09-11 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Walley, J Description An account of the resource Four items. The collection concerns (Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, quote from Bob Hope and two photographs. He flew operations as an observer on Meteorological flights with 521 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Neil Sproates and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff. 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 Jack Whalley’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LWhalleyJ1113651v1 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. Description An account of the resource Jack Whalley’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 9th July 1941 until 10th October 1952. Initial training at No. 9 Air Observers School as an air observer, navigator, air gunner and bomb aimer. Further training as navigator at 6 Operational Training Unit. In March 1942 posted to 1401 Meteorological Flight for operations where he carried out weather observations over the North Sea. In August 1942, his section of 1401 Meteorological Flight became 521 Squadron. May 1943 saw 521 Squadron once again designated as 1401 Meteorological Flight, only to revert back to 521 Squadron in September. Posted to No. 3 School of General Reconnaissance from October 1943. In May 1944 he was posted to No. 47 Air Navigation School, Queenstown in South Africa undertaking staff navigator training which finished in September 1944. From October 1945 posted to Empire Air Navigation School for further staff navigator training. During 1951 and 1952 attended 18 Reserve Flying School for navigator training. Served at RAF Penrhos, RAF Thornaby, RAF Bircham Newton, RAF Docking, RAF Squires Gate, Queenstown, RAF Shawbury, RAF Fairoaks. Aircraft flown were Anson, Blenheim, Defiant, Botha, Hudson, Mosquito, Hampden, Wellington, Halifax, Tiger Moth. With 1401 Flight and 521 Squadron he flew 117 day long range meteorological reconnaissance operations over the North Sea mainly to Position 6 but also to Positions 3, 5 and 9 (the latter which included Lille, Prestskjaer and Egero). These were known as Rhombus duties. He also flew one photographic reconnaissance and meteorological photography (PAMPA) operation covering Romilly, Tours and Le Havre. His pilots for these operations were: Sergeants Pethick and Ayrton, Flight Sergeants Farrell and Workman, Warrant Officer Garthwaite, Pilot Officers Price, Mottram, Hatton and Spencer, Flying Officers Marshall, De Jace, Mascall and Bispham, Flight Lieutenant Williams and Squadron Leader Braithwaite. On the 18 Aug 1942 he was attacked by JU-88 which was observed to hit the sea. On three occasions his aircraft crashed on take-off. These were on 1 November 1942, 19 November in which he was slightly injured, and 30 January 1943. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lancashire England--Norfolk England--Shropshire England--Surrey England--Yorkshire Wales--Gwynedd Atlantic Ocean--North Sea France France--Le Havre France--Lille France--Romilly-sur-Seine France--Tours Norway South Africa South Africa--Queenstown 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 Air Force. Coastal Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Log book and record book Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Nick Cornwell-Smith Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941 1942-03-21 1942-03-23 1942-03-24 1942-03-25 1942-03-28 1942-03-31 1942-04-02 1942-04-03 1942-04-06 1942-04-08 1942-04-10 1942-04-12 1942-04-14 1942-04-16 1942-04-18 1942-04-19 1942-04-22 1942-04-25 1942-04-29 1942-05-03 1942-05-06 1942-05-09 1942-05-10 1942-05-13 1942-05-31 1942-06-03 1942-06-04 1942-06-08 1942-06-11 1942-06-13 1942-06-15 1942-06-16 1942-06-18 1942-06-20 1942-06-23 1942-06-25 1942-06-29 1942-07-05 1942-07-08 1942-07-11 1942-07-14 1942-07-16 1942-08-02 1942-08-04 1942-08-06 1942-08-09 1942-08-11 1942-08-13 1942-08-16 1942-08-19 1942-08-22 1942-08-26 1942-08-28 1942-09-01 1942-09-02 1942-09-06 1942-09-10 1942-09-12 1942-09-16 1942-09-17 1942-09-19 1942-09-21 1942-10-04 1942-10-06 1942-10-11 1942-10-14 1942-10-17 1942-10-20 1942-10-24 1942-10-28 1942-10-30 1942-11-01 1942-11-03 1942-11-08 1942-11-17 1942-11-19 1942-11-24 1942-11-29 1942-12-06 1942-12-08 1942-12-20 1942-12-21 1942-12-23 1942-12-25 1942-12-28 1943-01-01 1943-01-06 1943-01-11 1943-02-10 1943-02-16 1943-02-19 1943-02-22 1943-03-04 1943-03-06 1943-03-08 1943-03-11 1943-03-13 1943-03-15 1943-04-10 1943-05-06 1943-05-19 1943-05-21 1943-05-26 1943-05-28 1943-05-29 1943-05-30 1943-06-15 1943-06-18 1943-06-20 1943-07-07 1943-07-14 1943-07-17 1943-07-29 1943-08-21 1943-08-27 1944 1945 1951 1952 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 521 Squadron air gunner Air Observers School aircrew Anson Blenheim bomb aimer Botha crash Defiant Halifax Hampden Hudson Ju 88 Mosquito navigator observer Operational Training Unit RAF Bircham Newton RAF Docking RAF Fairoaks RAF Penrhos RAF Shawbury RAF Squires Gate RAF Thornaby reconnaissance photograph take-off crash Tiger Moth training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2652/47090/LButlerR102576v1.1.pdf e66bc156a9bbee74b4de2e3c26ec357f 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 Butler, Bob Robert Butler R Butler Description An account of the resource 76 items. The collection concerns Flying Officer Robert ‘Bob’ Butler RAFVR (1914 – 1942, 958421 and 102576) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, photographs and objects. He flew operations as an air gunner with 99 and 218 Squadrons before being presumed dead in the North Sea on 23/24 September 1942. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Jan Johnstone, Richard Heslop and Liz Heslop. Catalogued by Jan Johnstone with additional contributions by Paul Baguley, Verandar Yuen, Tsz Yau, Shwetal Patil, and Ami Wagner. Additional information on Robert Butler is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/204033/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2023-07-12 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. 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 Butler, R Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Bob Butler's Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book Description An account of the resource Observer's and air gunner's flying log book for Pilot Officer Bob Butler covering 22 September 1940 to 23 September 1942 detailing training flights, air tests and operations. Served at RAF Jurby, RAF Bassingbourn, RAF Newmarket, RAF Waterbeach, RAF Castle Kennedy, RAF Tempsford and RAF Marham. Aircraft flown in were Battle, Blenheim, Wellington, Hampden, Stirling and Tiger Moth. His pilots on training and air test flights were Pilot Officer Edwards, Sergeant Hatton, Pilot Officer Stirk, Flight Lieutenant Mew, Flying Officer Glass, Sergeant Astbury, Flying Officer Brain, Sergeant Handley, Flying Officer Holford, Squadron Leader Du Boulay, Squadron Leader Rainsford, Pilot Officer Hankins, Flight Lieutenant Brough, Flying Officer Heathcote, Sergeant Williams, Sergeant Holloway, Sergeant Russell, Flight Lieutenant Jackson, Pilot Officer Dixon, Sergeant Holden, Pilot Officer Bevan, Sergeant Tuffley, Sergeant Chilvers, Pilot Officer Boxall, Flying Officer Blagden, Flying Officer Stanbury, Pilot Officer Swift, Sergeant Wyllie, Pilot Officer Coney, Squadron Leader Kain, Flying Officer Hankins, Flying Officer Matheson, Flight Lieutenant Kirk, Wing Commander Simmonds, Squadron Leader Harris, Pilot Officer Donne, Flight Lieutenant Livingstone and Squadron Leader Raymond. He carried out 50 operations (all night-time) with 99 and 218 squadrons as an air gunner on the following targets in France, Germany, Czechoslovakia: Boulogne, Brest, Paris (Gennevilliers works), Berlin, Bremen, Cologne, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Emden, Essen, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Kiel, Mannheim, Mainz, Munich, Münster, Saarbrucken and Plzen (Škoda Works). His pilots on operations were Sergeant Holloway, Sergeant Russell, Squadron Leader McFadden DFC, Sergeant Tuffley, Squadron Leader Oldroyd and Squadron Leader Raymond. Includes remarks on attacks by German fighters and operations abandoned due to engine problems, icing and poor weather conditions. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Log book and record book Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1940 1941 1941-02-26 1941-03-01 1941-03-02 1941-03-14 1941-03-15 1941-04-04 1941-04-05 1941-04-06 1941-04-07 1941-04-08 1941-04-09 1941-04-10 1941-04-15 1941-04-17 1941-04-20 1941-04-21 1941-04-24 1941-04-25 1941-04-29 1941-04-30 1941-05-02 1941-05-03 1941-06-11 1941-06-12 1941-06-22 1941-06-23 1941-07-08 1941-07-09 1941-07-17 1941-07-18 1941-07-24 1941-07-25 1942-04-10 1942-04-11 1942-04-12 1942-04-13 1942-04-14 1942-04-15 1942-04-17 1942-04-22 1942-04-25 1942-04-26 1942-04-29 1942-04-30 1942-05-04 1942-05-05 1942-05-17 1942-05-18 1942-05-29 1942-05-30 1942-05-31 1942-06-11 1942-06-12 1942-06-20 1942-06-21 1942-06-25 1952-06-26 1942-06-29 1942-06-30 1942-08-11 1942-08-12 1942-08-24 1942-08-25 1942-08-27 1942-08-28 1942-09-01 1942-09-02 1942-09-03 1942-09-08 1942-09-09 1942-09-19 1942-09-20 1942-09-23 1942-09-24 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LButlerR102576v1 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man England--Cambridgeshire England--Norfolk Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway Belgium Belgium--Ostend Czech Republic Czech Republic--Plzeň France France--Boulogne-sur-Mer France--Brest France--Dunkerque France--Paris Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Berlin Germany--Bremen Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony) Germany--Essen Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Hamburg Germany--Karlsruhe Germany--Kassel Germany--Kiel Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) Germany--Mannheim Germany--Munich Germany--Münster in Westfalen Germany--Saarbrücken Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea 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 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Terry Hancock Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 11 OTU 218 Squadron 99 Squadron air gunner Air Gunnery School Battle Blenheim bombing Hampden Ju 88 Me 110 missing in action RAF Bassingbourn RAF Castle Kennedy RAF Jurby RAF Manston RAF Marham RAF Newmarket RAF Tempsford RAF Waterbeach Stirling Tiger Moth training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1877/37560/LBennettHW561480v1.pdf a7714f75d3683d270584b511231d20df 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 Bennett, H W 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 2017-06-20 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 Bennett, HW Description An account of the resource 19 items. The collection concerns Squadron Leader H W Bennett (Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, photographs and letters. He flew operations with 88 squadron, as part of the Advanced Air Striking Force in France, and as a navigator with 97 Squadron. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Roy Bennett and catalogued by Barry Hunter. 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 H W Bennett’s RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book. One Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Log book and record book Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet 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. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource David Leitch Cara Walmsley Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LBennettHW561480v1 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1937 1938 1939-11-30 1940-01-09 1940-06-06 1940-06-08 1940-06-10 1940-06-11 1940-06-14 1941 1942-01-09 1942-01-10 1942-04-11 1942-04-27 1942-04-28 1942-04-29 1942-05-02 1942-05-03 1942-05-30 1942-05-31 1942-06-23 1942-06-24 1942-06-25 1942-06-26 1942-06-27 1942-06-28 1942-06-29 1942-06-30 1942-07-02 1942-07-03 1942-07-13 1942-07-14 1942-07-26 1942-07-27 1942-07-30 1942-07-31 1942-08-24 1942-08-25 1942-08-27 1942-08-28 1942-09-10 1942-09-11 1942-09-13 1942-09-14 1942-09-15 1942-09-16 1942-09-17 1942-09-18 1942-09-19 1942-10-01 1942-10-02 1942-10-06 1942-12-04 1942-09-05 1942-12-06 1942-12-07 1942-12-08 1942-12-09 1942-12-10 1942-12-17 1942-12-20 1942-12-31 1943-01-01 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. France Germany Great Britain Italy Norway Poland Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay Italy--Po River Valley England--Lincolnshire England--Norfolk England--Northumberland England--Shropshire England--Staffordshire England--Wiltshire France--Abbeville France--Aube France--Auberive France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France--Brest France--Condé-sur-Noireau France--Eure France--Evreux France--Gironde Estuary France--Loir-et-Cher France--Mourmelon-le-Grand France--Saint-Jean-de-Luz France--Vernon (Eure) Germany--Bremen Germany--Cologne Germany--Duisburg Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Essen Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Hamburg Germany--Kassel Germany--Mannheim Germany--Neustadt an der Weinstrasse Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf) Germany--Osnabrück Germany--Wilhelmshaven Germany--Wismar Italy--Turin Northern Ireland--Belfast Norway--Trondheim Poland--Gdynia Scotland--Ross and Cromarty Germany--Ruhr (Region) Poland--Gdańsk Europe--Garonne River Description An account of the resource H. W. Bennett’s RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book, from 23 April 1937 to 14 June 1943, detailing training, operations and instructional duties as an Air Observer, Air Gunner, Bomb Aimer and Navigator. Includes bombing and photographic reconnaissance operations with 88 Squadron as part of the RAF Advanced Air Striking Force (AASF) in France 1939-1940, and later Bomber Command operations with 97 Squadron. Based at RAF North Coates Fitties (No. 10 Air Observers Course), RAF Feltwell (214(B) Squadron), RAF Boscombe Down (88(B) Squadron), RAF Acklington (No. 7 Armament Training School), RAF Evanton (No.8 Armament Training School). With 88 Squadron, as part of the Advanced Air Striking Force in France, he was based at: Auberive, Mourmelon-le-Grand, Moisy, Les Grandes Chappelles and Houssay. Following evacuation from France, bases are: RAF Sydenham (Belfast) (88 Squadron), RAF Swanton Morley (88 Squadron), RAF Coningsby (97 Squadron), RAF Lichfield (27 OTU) and RAF Whitchurch Heath (also known as RAF Tilstock) (81 OTU). Aircraft flown: Hawker Hart, Westland Wallace, Saro Cloud, Short Scion, HP Harrow, Hawker Hind, Fairey Battle, Douglas Boston, Blenheim, Manchester, Lancaster, Wellington, Whitley, and Anson. Various 88 Squadron targets with the AASF are recorded, such as gun posts, bridges, road/rail junctions, enemy troop column, convoy and concentrations. Records a total of 30 completed night operations with 97 Squadron. His pilots on operations were Flying Officer Riddell, Flying Officer Maclachlan, Warrant Officer Rowlands, Squadron Leader Dugdale, Flying Officer Rodley, Flight Sergeant Croppi, Flight Sergeant Crouch, and Sergeant Stephens. Targets in France, Germany, Italy, Norway and Poland are: Bordeaux, Bremen, Brest, Cologne, minelaying Danzig Bay, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt, Gdynia, Gironde, Hamburg, Kassel, Mannheim, Neustadt, Osnabruck, Saint-Jean-de-Luz, Trondheim, Turin, Wilhelmshaven and Wismar. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 214 Squadron 27 OTU 81 OTU 88 Squadron 97 Squadron air gunner Air Observers School aircrew Anson Battle Blenheim bomb aimer bombing bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942) Boston Lancaster Manchester mine laying navigator observer Operational Training Unit RAF Boscombe Down RAF Coningsby RAF Evanton RAF Feltwell RAF Lichfield RAF North Coates RAF Swanton Morley RAF Tilstock training Wellington Whitley https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1548/30378/LPrickettTO40427v2.2.pdf 54e5c903d13670263adf5bdef6986e6a 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 Prickett, Thomas Other T O Prickett Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-10-11 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Prickett, TO Description An account of the resource 13 items. The collection concerns Air Chief Marshal Sir Thomas Prickett KCB, DSO, DFC (1913 -2010, 40427 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, documents and photographs. He served in the RAF from 1937 to 1970 and flew operations as a pilot with 148 and 103 Squadrons. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Lady Prickett and catalogued by Barry Hunter. 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 Thomas Other Prickett’s pilots flying log book. Two Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mike Connock Callum Davies Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet 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 LPrickettTO40427v2 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. Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Cyprus Cyprus--Famagusta Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Wiltshire England--Yorkshire Wales--Flintshire United States Florida Florida--Clewiston Washington (D.C.) Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund Germany--Duisburg Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Essen Germany--Hamburg Germany--Krefeld Germany--Leverkusen Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Peenemünde Germany--Wuppertal Greece Greece--Crete Greece--Ērakleion Greece--Maleme Greece--Piraeus Greece--Tympaki Italy Italy--Sicily Italy--Comiso Italy--La Spezia Italy--Milan Italy--Turin Libya Libya--Ajdābiya Libya--Banghāzī Libya--Darnah Libya--Timimi Libya--Tobruk Malta Greece--Salamis Island Mediterranean Sea--Salamis Straits Zimbabwe Zimbabwe--Bulawayo Libya--al-ʿUqayla North Africa Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1940-05-28 1940-06-05 1940-06-15 1941-06-21 1941-10-25 1941-11-26 1941-12-07 1941-12-12 1941-12-18 1941-12-28 1941-12-30 1942-01-05 1942-01-16 1942-01-20 1942-01-30 1942-02-05 1942-02-08 1942-02-09 1942-02-12 1942-02-16 1942-03-05 1942-03-11 1942-03-13 1942-03-23 1942-03-24 1942-03-30 1942-04-01 1942-04-07 1942-04-22 1942-05-27 1942-05-29 1942-06-13 1942-06-25 1942-06-29 1942-07-04 1942-07-13 1943-04-13 1943-04-18 1943-04-26 1943-04-30 1943-05-04 1943-05-23 1943-05-25 1943-05-29 1943-06-21 1943-07-03 1943-07-08 1943-07-12 1943-07-24 1943-07-25 1943-07-27 1943-07-29 1943-08-10 1943-08-12 1943-08-15 1943-08-17 1943-08-22 1944 Description An account of the resource Pilots flying log book two for Thomas Other Prickett, covering the period from 2 May 1940 to 18 June 1944. Detailing his flying training, instructor duties, operations flown and staff duties with the RAF Delegation to the USA. He was stationed at RAF Sealand, RAF Kumalo, RAF Malta, Clewiston, RAF Lindholme, RAF Elsham Wolds, Washington, and RAF Hullavington. Aircraft flown in were Oxford, Master, Audax, Whitley, Gypsy Moth, Magister, Harvard, Taylorcraft, DH86a, Tiger Moth, Lodestar, Moth Major, Rapide, Empire flying boat, Wellington, Hurricane, Lysander, Gordon, DC-3, Clipper, Beechcraft, AT-6a, PT-17, B-17, C-40, Halifax, Martinet, Lancaster, Spitfire, Anson, AT-11, C-45, C-78, Catalina, B-26 and Mosquito. He flew a total of 52 operations, 32 with 148 Squadron and 20 with 103 Squadron. Targets were Benghazi, Derna, Maleme, Piraeus, Crete, El Agheila, Salamis, Agedabia, Heraklion, Comiso, Tympaki, Timimi, Tobruk, Spezia, Duisburg, Essen, Dortmund, Düsseldorf, Wuppertal, Krefeld, Cologne, Turin, Hamburg, Nuremburg, Milan, Peenemünde and Leverkusen. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 103 Squadron 148 Squadron 1656 HCU 5 BFTS aircrew Anson B-17 B-26 bombing bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943) bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943) British Flying Training School Program C-47 Catalina Distinguished Flying Cross Distinguished Service Order Dominie Flying Training School Halifax Harvard Heavy Conversion Unit Hurricane Lancaster Lysander Magister Martinet Mosquito Oxford pilot RAF Elsham Wolds RAF Hullavington RAF Kumalo RAF Lindholme RAF Netheravon RAF Sealand RAF Sywell Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943) Spitfire Stearman Tiger Moth training Wellington Whitley https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1391/24512/LDunmoreG635201v1.2.pdf 7c8da56611c596e153043f6ebb2f76fd 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 Dunmore, George G Dunmore 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 2017-05-26 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 Dunmore, G Description An account of the resource 17 Items concerning Flight Lieutenant George Dunmore DFM (5601) who flew 45 operations as a flight engineer on Lancaster with 83 Squadron at RAF Scampton and then as part of the Pathfinder Force at RAF Wyton. Commissioned in 1944 he continued to serve in the general duties branch as flight engineer and then equipment branch until 1967. The collection contains his logbook, an account of a maximum effort operation, official documents and letters, a history of an individual aircraft, pathfinder certificate, recommendation for DFM, career notes as well as photographs and memorabilia. A sub-collection of 58 photographs of aircraft under repair or being manufactured in factories. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Louise Dunmore 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/. Title A name given to the resource George Dunmore’s RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying log book 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 LDunmoreG635201v1 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 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource David Leitch Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Language A language of the resource eng Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Czech Republic France Germany Great Britain Italy Poland Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay England--Cambridgeshire England--Lincolnshire Italy--Po River Valley France--Gironde Estuary France--Pointe de la Coubre France--Saint-Nazaire Germany--Berlin Germany--Bremen Germany--Duisburg Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Essen Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Hamburg Germany--Heilbronn Germany--Karlsruhe Germany--Kassel Germany--Mannheim Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany--Munich Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Osnabrück Germany--Saarbrücken Germany--Vegesack Germany--Wilhelmshaven Germany--Wuppertal Italy--Genoa Italy--La Spezia Italy--Turin Poland--Gdańsk Czech Republic--Plzeň Germany--Ruhr (Region) Europe--Garonne River Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942 1943 1942-06-25 1942-06-26 1942-06-28 1942-06-29 1942-06-30 1942-07-02 1942-07-03 1942-07-08 1942-07-11 1942-07-14 1942-07-15 1942-07-19 1942-07-21 1942-07-22 1942-07-23 1942-07-26 1942-07-27 1942-08-09 1942-09-01 1942-09-02 1942-09-03 1942-09-06 1942-09-10 1942-09-11 1942-12-08 1942-12-09 1942-12-20 1942-12-21 1942-12-22 1943-02-28 1943-03-22 1943-03-23 1943-03-27 1943-03-28 1943-03-29 1943-03-30 1943-04-02 1943-04-03 1943-04-04 1943-04-11 1943-04-14 1943-04-15 1943-04-16 1943-04-17 1943-04-26 1943-05-25 1943-05-26 1943-05-29 1943-05-30 1943-06-11 1943-06-12 1943-06-22 1943-06-23 1943-07-12 1943-07-13 1943-07-24 1943-07-25 1943-07-27 1943-07-28 1943-08-02 1943-08-03 1943-08-07 1943-08-08 1943-08-27 1943-08-28 1943-08-31 1943-09-01 1943-09-05 1943-09-06 1943-09-07 1943-10-02 1943-10-03 1943-10-04 Description An account of the resource Flying Officer G. Dunmore’s RAF Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book, from 25th June 1942 to 3rd October 1943, recording operations as a flight engineer with 83 Squadron RAF, mainly as part of the Pathfinder Force. Aircraft in which flown: Lancaster I, Lancaster III. He was stationed at RAF Scampton and RAF Wyton and flew a total of 45 operations (44 night, 1 day) on the following targets in Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy and Poland: Berlin, Bremen, Danzig, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Frankfurt, Genoa, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Kassel, Mannheim, Mulheim, Munich, Nuremberg and Heilbronn, Osnabruck, Pilsen, Pointe de Coubre, River Gironde, Saarbrucken, Spezia, St Nazaire, Turin, Vegesack, Wilhelmshaven and Wuppertal. His pilots on operations were Flight Sergeant Calvert, Wing Commander Elliot, Flight Lieutenant Partridge, Squadron Leader Daniels, Wing Commander Shaw DFC, Squadron Leader Swift, Flying Officer Tilbury, Pilot Officer Davies and Flight Lieutenant Garvey DFC. Includes several crew listings and various comments on operations, including: 'DIVE IN EXCESS OF 450 M.P.H!!', 'SOUND RECORDING MADE ON BOMBING RUN - BROADCAST BY BBC' (3/4/43), and 'THE GREAT TORNADO' (Hamburg 2/8/43). This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 83 Squadron Air Gunnery School aircrew Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944) bombing bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943) flight engineer Lancaster Lancaster Mk 1 Lancaster Mk 3 Pathfinders RAF Scampton RAF Wyton Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943) training https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/455/24507/LLaneRJJ5795v10001.1.pdf c6aa909ea3a27fba7908ba1635d89d84 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 Cothliff, Ken Ken Cothliff K Cothliff Description An account of the resource 486 items in 12 sub-collections. The collection concerns Ken Cothliff's research on 6 Group Bomber Command and contains an interview with Adolf Galland, documents and photographs. Sub-collections include information on 427 Squadron, 429 Squadrons, Gerry Philbin, Jim Moffat, Reg Lane, Robert Mitchell, Steve Puskas and logs from RAF Tholthorpe. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Ken Cothliff 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 2015-10-20 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 Cothliff, 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 Reg Lane’s Royal Canadian Air Force pilot’s flying log book Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource David Leitch Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 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 An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LLaneRJJ5795v10001 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Royal Canadian Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Canada Czech Republic France Germany Great Britain Italy Norway Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay Italy--Po River Valley Alberta--Edmonton British Columbia--Vancouver England--Cambridgeshire England--Oxfordshire England--Yorkshire Manitoba--Dauphin Ontario--Ottawa Czech Republic--Plzeň France--Brest France--Caen France--Paris Germany--Berlin Germany--Bonn Germany--Bremen Germany--Bremen Germany--Cologne Germany--Duisburg Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony) Germany--Essen Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Hamburg Germany--Kiel Germany--Magdeburg Germany--Mannheim Germany--Munich Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Osnabrück Germany--Saarbrücken Germany--Schweinfurt Germany--Stuttgart Italy--Milan Italy--Turin Norway--Trondheim Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Rostock Ontario Alberta Germany--Ruhr (Region) Manitoba Germany--Warnemünde Germany--Vegesack British Columbia Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941 1942 1943 1944 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1956 1941-11-07 1941-11-08 1941-11-09 1941-11-10 1941-12-11 1941-12-12 1941-12-18 1941-12-30 1942-03-03 1942-03-04 1942-03-08 1942-03-09 1942-03-13 1942-03-14 1942-03-30 1942-03-31 1942-04-27 1942-04-28 1942-05-04 1942-05-05 1942-05-08 1942-05-09 1942-05-19 1942-05-20 1942-05-30 1942-05-31 1942-06-01 1942-06-02 1942-06-03 1942-06-16 1942-06-17 1942-06-19 1942-06-20 1942-06-21 1942-06-22 1942-06-23 1942-06-25 1942-06-26 1942-06-29 1942-06-30 1942-07-02 1942-07-03 1942-07-19 1942-07-20 1942-07-21 1942-07-22 1942-07-23 1942-07-24 1942-07-25 1942-07-26 1942-07-27 1942-07-30 1942-07-31 1942-08-01 1942-10-13 1942-10-14 1942-10-15 1942-10-16 1942-10-24 1942-10-25 1942-11-09 1942-11-10 1942-11-22 1942-11-23 1942-12-31 1943-01-01 1943-02-03 1943-02-04 1943-02-05 1943-02-14 1943-02-15 1943-02-25 1943-02-26 1943-02-27 1943-03-01 1943-03-02 1943-03-03 1943-03-04 1943-03-08 1943-03-09 1943-03-10 1943-03-11 1943-03-12 1943-03-27 1943-03-28 1943-03-29 1943-03-30 1943-04-04 1943-04-05 1943-04-14 1943-04-15 1943-04-16 1943-04-17 1943-11-17 1943-11-18 1943-12-16 1943-12-17 1943-12-20 1943-12-21 1944-01-21 1944-01-22 1944-02-15 1944-02-16 1944-02-24 1944-02-25 1944-03-24 1944-03-15 1944-04-18 1944-04-19 1944-04-20 1944-04-21 1944-04-26 1944-04-27 1944-07-18 Description An account of the resource R J Lane’s RCAF Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 10th February 1941 to 2nd September 1956, detailing his training, operations and post war duties as a pilot. No flying is recorded in 1945, 1946, 1947, 1953, 1954 or 1955. He was stationed at RCAF Station Sea Island (No. 8 Elementary Flying Training School), RCAF Station Dauphin (No. 10 Service Flying Training School), RAF Abingdon (No. 10 OTU), RAF Linton on Ouse (35 Squadron), RAF Driffield (1502 Beam Approach Training Flight), RAF Gransden Lodge (Path Finder Force Navigation Training Unit, 405 Squadron), RCAF Station Rockliffe (Air Force HQ) and RCAF Station Edmonton. Aircraft in which flown: Tiger Moth, Harvard, Whitley III, Whitley IV, Halifax I, Halifax II, Oxford, Lancaster I, Lancaster III, Lancaster VI, Mosquito IV, Liberator I. Expeditor, Beechcraft, B-29, Goose, North Star, Dakota III, Dakota IV and Mitchell. Records a total of 64 operations (63 night, one day). Targets in Czech Republic, France, Germany, Italy and Norway were: Berlin, Bonn, Bremen, Brest, Caen, Cologne, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Emden, Essen, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Kiel, Magdeburg, Mannheim, Milan, Munich, Nuremberg, Nurnberg, Osnabruck, Paris, Pilsen, Saarbrücken, Schweinfurt, Stuttgart, Trondheim, Turin, Vegesack and Warnemünde. His first or second pilots on operations were Sergeant Williams, Sergeant Hammond, Pilot Officer Field, Pilot Officer Dobson, Sergeant Murray and Sergeant John. Records four flights with Flight Lieutenant G. L. Cheshire in October 1941. Post war flights include “FIRST RCAF ROUND - THE - WORLD FLIGHT” January and February 1950. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 10 OTU 35 Squadron 405 Squadron aircrew B-24 B-25 B-29 Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944) bombing bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942) bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944) C-47 Cheshire, Geoffrey Leonard (1917-1992) Flying Training School Halifax Halifax Mk 1 Halifax Mk 2 Harvard Lancaster Lancaster Mk 1 Lancaster Mk 3 master bomber Mosquito Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operational Training Unit Oxford Pathfinders pilot RAF Abingdon RAF Driffield RAF Gransden Lodge RAF Linton on Ouse RCAF Dauphin tactical support for Normandy troops Tiger Moth training Whitley https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/520/24264/LLucasWE122826v1.2.pdf f8b8a2ebb89d539b28a771b379da14f0 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 Lucas, Bill William Ernest Lucas W E Lucas Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Lucas, WE Description An account of the resource 15 items. Two oral history interviews with Squadron Leader Bill Lucas DFC (1917 - 2018, 1255396 Royal Air Force), his log book, brief memoir and photographs. He served as a pilot with 9, 15, 139 and 162 Squadrons. After the war he ran in the 1948 Olympics. The collection was catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle. Requires A related resource that is required by the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence. William (Bill) Ernest Lucas was born in Tooting Bec, London on the 16th January 1917, 3 years deep into World War One. Luckily for Bill he was not of age to endure with the fighting in the trenches. However, when Europe was engulfed into another worldwide conflict in 1939, this set way for Bill to become involved with the RAF and IBCC. Growing up, Bill was an only child and left his school (Bec Grammar School) at the age of 15. He managed to get a job with a printers, which led to his second and only other job at an insurance company called the London and Lancashire. The company’s sports club enabled Bill to find his passion for athletics (especially running) and he was expected to participate in the 1940 Olympics until the war interfered. (https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/30884) A photo of Bill in his running gear is shown in https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/30865 where he is running down 55 Graham Road in Surrey. Bill instead competed in the 1948 Olympic Games as the games were also cancelled in 1944 due to World War Two. Luckily the games were hosted in London (https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/london-1948) and Bill had retired from IBCC meaning that he had time to participate. As seen in ‘Bill Lucas and the 1948 London Olympics’ (1948) https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/30866 Bill managed to come 6th in the Second Heat meaning he was one position off of being in the final on the 2nd August 1948! This collection also includes Bill in his older prime wearing his 1948 Olympic Games jacket and the official Olympic Games programme from 1948. When Hitler invaded Poland on September 1st 1939, Bill was 22 years old meaning that he was eligible to be part of Great Britain’s Army. Combining Bill’s hatred of the sea and his fathers recent experiences in the trenches, the RAF seemed to be the most compatible choice with Bill. (https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/520/30884/B[Author]LucasWEv10001.jpg) Bill was not involved in Britain’s mightiest air conflict against Hitler’s Luftwaffe however, instead watching ‘The Few’ defeat the Nazi aircrafts and succeed. Being considered to be Nazi Germany’s first ‘major military defeat’, this allowed for Britain to continue fighting in the war (https://www.raf.mod.uk/our-organisation/our-history/anniversaries/battle-of-britain/ and to an extent, allowed Bill to continue his path of becoming an Squadron Leader. It was November 1940 when Bill started his pilot training, but due to a bomber offensive being the only way to properly counter the Nazis, this was huge not just for Bill but Britain as a whole. There had never been a bomber offensive before in warfare. https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/520/30884/B[Author]LucasWEv10001.jpg As seen in Bill’s official Pilot’s Log Book: (https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/files/original/520/24264/LLucasWE122826v1.1.pdf) his training consisted of being part of 16 Elementary Flying School at RAF Derby from 1940 to 41 , 8 School of Flying Training at RAF Montrose in 1941 and 20 Operational Training Units at RAF Lossiemouth in 1941 . He flew three different types of aircraft during his training, Miles Magister, Miles Master and Wellington I’s. Bill’s training finally finished in August 1941 and he was posted to his first official squadron, IX Squadron at Honington. Here he flew the Wellington Bomber. Will Cragg Record of Service: 4 November 1940- 4 January 1941: 16 Elementary Flying Training School at RAF Derby flying Miles Magisters 9 January- 4 May 1941: 8 School of Flying Training at RAF Montrose flying Miles Masters 31 May 1941- 13 August 1941: 20 Operational Training Units at RAF Lossiemouth flying Wellington I’s 14 August 1941- 4 November 1941: 9 Squadron at RAF Honington flying Wellington III’s 4 November 1941- 30 December 1941: 26 Conversion Fleet at RAF Waterbeach flying Stirling’s 30 December 1941- 1 August 1942: 15 Squadron at RAF Wyton flying Whitley V’s 1 August 1942- 3 August 1942: 218 Conversion Fleet at RAF Marham flying Airspeed Oxfords 4 August 1942- 18 August 1942: 19 Operational Training Units at RAF Kinloss flying Whitley IV’s 19 August 1942- 13 August 1942: 3 Fighter Instructor Schools at RAF Hullavington flying Ansons 17 September 1942- 18 September 1942: 19 Operational Training Units at RAF Kinloss flying Halifax II’s 18 September 1942- 24 October 1944: 19 Operational Training Units at RAF Forres flying Mosquito III’s 30 October 1942- 19 December 1944: 1655 Mosquito Training Unit at RAF Warboys flying Mosquito IV’s 30 October 1944- 19 December 1944: 1655 Squadron at RAF Bourn flying Mosquito XX’s 7 June 1945- 28 June 1945: 162 Squadron at RAF Blackbushe flying Mosquito XXV’S 28 June 1945- 29 January 1946: 139 Squadron at RAF Upwood flying Lancaster III’s 29 January 1946: Station Head Quarters at RAF Upwood flying Mosquito XVI’s William Cragg William (Bill) Lucas was born on January 16th, 1917 in Tooting Bec, London. He was educated at Bec Grammar School, and left at the age of 15 to work at a printing company before moving to the insurers London and Lancashire to work as an assessor. While working there, he developed his talent for athletics with the Belgrave Harriers, with his best discipline being the 5000 metres. His goal was to compete at the 1940 Olympic games. However, in 1940, Bill was called up to help the war effort and mindful of his father’s advice to avoid the army and his own dislike of the sea, he chose to join the RAF. Initially he trained as a fighter pilot on Miles Magisters and Miles Masters, but by the time he had finished training, the Battle of Britain had been won and the need for bomber pilots was more urgent. So, he was reallocated to bombers and trained to fly the Wellington at RAF Lossiemouth. Bill Lucas · IBCC Digital Archive (lincoln.ac.uk) Following completion of pilot training in August 1941, he was posted to RAF Honington and joined 9 Squadron flying Wellingtons. He flew 14 operational sorties – notably Cologne and Hamburg – before converting to Stirlings at RAF Waterbeach. He then joined 15 (Bomber) Squadron at RAF Wyton, flying the Short Stirling and, by August 1942, Bill had completed a full tour of 30 operational sorties (over 40 operations in total). Bill experienced tense encounters with German defences, having to take evasive action and also getting caught in a cone of five or six searchlights. To get out of the searchlight glare he had to do things with the aircraft which it was never meant to do. Returning from one mission they flew too close to Kiel and the airframe amassed a lot of bullet holes and an alarming loss of fuel. Crossing the North Sea, the tank indicators showed practically nothing and they had to divert into Woodbridge in Suffolk. The groundcrew estimated there was less than twenty-five gallons of fuel left (probably less than 6 minutes of flying time). He was released from operational duties and was posted to RAF Lossiemouth as a flying instructor. Then in December 1944, he returned to operational flying and was posted to 162 Squadron, part of the Pathfinder force, to fly the Mosquito, an aircraft he described as “a bit quicker and more responsive; a nice aeroplane”. He completed a further 34 operational sorites with 162 Squadron, including missions over Kiel, Berlin, Hannover and Magdeburg. In recognition of his war services, Bill was awarded the DFC and was Mentioned in Despatches. Squadron Leader Bill Lucas was released from the Service in January 1946 and returned to the insurance job he had left to join the RAF. Eventually, he left the company to become an insurance broker. He also returned to athletics and the Belgrave Harriers; he ran in various internationals and competed for Great Britain in the 5000m at the 1948 London Olympics. Athletics remained with him for the rest of his life and he gave his spare time freely, working in prominent roles in the administration of athletics. He remained a Belgrave Harrier committee member well into his 90s. He became known as “the golden voice of British Athletics” for his many years as stadium announcer at the White City . In his later years, Bill remained prominent in RAF and Aircrew Associations. He, along with a small Band of Sussex veterans, was instrumental in helping to raise funds for the construction of the Bomber Command Memorial in London’s Green Park and the International Bomber Command Centre. Chris Cann 1940: Volunteered for the RAF 4 November 1940 – 4 January 1941: RAF Burnaston, No. 16 EFTS, flying Magister aircraft 9 January 1941 – 4 May 1941: RAF Montrose, No. 8 SFTS, flying Master aircraft 31 May 1941 – 13 August 1941: RAF Lossiemouth, No. 20 OTU, flying Wellington aircraft 14 August 1941 – 4 November 1941: RAF Honington, No. 9 Squadron, flying Wellington aircraft 1941: Commissioned into the officer ranks 4 November 1941 – 30 December 1941: RAF Waterbeach, No. 26 Conversion Flight, flying Stirling aircraft 30 December 1941 – 1 August 1942: RAF Wyton, No. 15 Squadron, flying Stirling aircraft 1 August 1942 – 3 August 1942: RAF Marham, 218 Conversion Flight 4 August 1942 – 18 August 1942: RAF Kinloss, No. 19 OTU, flying Whitley aircraft 19 August 1942 – 13 September 1942: RAF Hullavington, No. 3 FTS, flying Oxford aircraft 17 September 1942 – 18 September 1942: RAF Kinloss, No. 19 OTU, flying Whitley and Anson aircraft 18 September 1942 – 24 October 1944: RAF Foress, No. 19 OTU, flying Whitley and Anson aircraft 30 October 1944 – 19 December 1944: RAF Warboys, 1655 MTU, flying Mosquito and Oxford aircraft 19 December 1944 – 7 June 1945: RAF Bourn, 162 Squadron, flying Mosquito aircraft 7 June 1945 – 28 June 1945: RAF Blackbushe, 162 Squadron, flying Mosquito aircraft 28 June 1945 – 29 January 1946: RAF Upwood, 139 Squadron, flying Mosquito and Oxford aircraft 29 January 1946: Released from Service having attained the rank of Squadron Leader. Chris Cann Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource W E Lucas’ pilots flying log book Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mike Connock Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet 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 LLucasWE122826v1 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. Denmark France Germany Great Britain Italy Netherlands Poland Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay Atlantic Ocean--North Sea Denmark--Ribe England--Cambridgeshire England--Derbyshire England--Hampshire England--Suffolk England--Wiltshire France--Boulogne-sur-Mer France--Brest France--Lorient Germany--Berlin Germany--Bremen Germany--Cologne Germany--Dessau (Dessau) Germany--Emden (Lower Saxony) Germany--Erfurt Germany--Essen Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Hamburg Germany--Hanau Germany--Hannover Germany--Kiel Germany--Lübeck Germany--Magdeburg Germany--Mannheim Germany--Norderney Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Osnabrück Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Wilhelmshaven Italy--Genoa Italy--Turin Netherlands--Limburg Poland--Szczecin Scotland--Angus Scotland--Moray Germany--Rostock Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Warnemünde Denmark--Blåvandshuk Europe--Frisian Islands Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1940 1941-08-26 1941-08-27 1941-08-29 1941-08-30 1941-09-07 1941-09-08 1941-09-10 1941-09-11 1941-09-12 1941-09-13 1941-09-15 1941-09-16 1941-09-26 1941-09-28 1941-09-29 1941-09-30 1941-10-01 1941-10-20 1941-10-26 1942-03-25 1942-03-26 1942-03-28 1942-03-29 1942-04-28 1942-05-06 1942-05-07 1942-05-08 1942-05-09 1942-05-17 1942-05-18 1942-05-29 1942-05-30 1942-05-31 1942-06-01 1942-06-02 1942-06-03 1942-06-06 1942-06-07 1942-06-19 1942-06-20 1942-06-22 1942-06-23 1942-06-25 1942-06-26 1942-06-29 1942-06-30 1942-07-02 1942-07-03 1942-07-07 1942-07-08 1942-07-09 1944-12-21 1944-12-22 1944-12-23 1944-12-24 1944-12-28 1944-12-29 1945-01-01 1945-01-02 1945-01-03 1945-01-05 1945-01-06 1945-01-07 1945-01-08 1945-01-10 1945-01-11 1945-02-01 1945-02-02 1945-02-03 1945-02-04 1945-02-05 1945-02-06 1945-02-08 1945-02-09 1945-02-10 1945-02-11 1945-02-13 1945-02-14 1945-02-19 1945-02-20 1945-02-21 1945-02-22 1945-03-03 1945-03-04 1945-03-05 1945-03-06 1945-03-07 1945-03-08 1945-03-09 1945-03-10 1945-03-13 1945-03-14 1945-03-15 1945-03-16 1945-03-20 1945-03-21 1945-03-22 1945-03-23 1945-03-27 1945-03-28 1945-04-03 1945-04-04 1945-04-05 1945-04-09 1945-04-10 1945-04-11 1945-04-12 1945-04-20 1945-04-21 1945-04-23 1945-04-24 1945-04-25 1945-04-26 1945-06-04 1945-07-16 1945-09-17 1945-09-21 1946 Description An account of the resource Pilots flying log book for W E Lucas, covering the period from 7 November 1940 to 18 February 1946. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at RAF Derby, RAF Montrose, RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Honington, RAF Waterbeach, RAF Wyton, RAF Alconbury, RAF Kinloss, RAF Hullavington, RAF Forres, RAF Warboys, RAF Bourn, RAF Blackbushe (Hartford Bridge) and RAF Upwood. Aircraft flown in were Magister, Master, Wellington, Stirling, Whitley, Oxford, Anson, Halifax, Mosquito and Lancaster. He flew a total of 67 night operations. 10 with 9 Squadron, 23 with 15 Squadron and 34 with 162 Squadron. Targets were Cologne, Mannheim, Brest, Boulogne, Turin, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Genoa, Stettin, Lorient, Lubeck, Stuttgart, Warnemünde, Blåvand Point, Norderney, Essen, Emden, Bremen, Wilhelmshaven, Lemberg, Hanau, Nurnberg, Hannover, Berlin, Magdeburg, Erfurt, Kiel, Dessau and Osnabruck. His first or second pilots on operations were Sergeant Baker, Sergeant Bulford, Pilot Officer Saunders, Sergeant Cross, Sergeant Melville, Sergeant Bond, Sergeant Russell-Colins, Group Captain Kirkpatrick and Squadron Leader Walsh. He also lists his post war flying duties with 139 Squadron. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 139 Squadron 15 Squadron 162 Squadron 19 OTU 20 OTU 9 Squadron aircrew Anson bombing bombing of Cologne (30/31 May 1942) Cook’s tour Flying Training School H2S Halifax Lancaster Magister mine laying Mosquito Operational Training Unit Oxford pilot RAF Alconbury RAF Bourn RAF Forres RAF Hartford Bridge RAF Honington RAF Hullavington RAF Kinloss RAF Lossiemouth RAF Upwood RAF Warboys RAF Waterbeach RAF Wyton Stirling training Wellington Whitley https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/812/23622/LEllamsG49286v1.pdf 6c580873ebe67868223d361d654d8884 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 Ellams, George G Ellams Description An account of the resource 60 items. An oral history interview with George Ellams the son of Wing Commander George Ellams OBE (b. 1921), and documents and photographs concerning his fathers service. He flew operations as a wireless operator with 223 and 199 Squadrons. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Stephen Ellams and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-10-06 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 Ellams, G 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 George Ellams, Flying Log book Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource 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 An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LEllamsG49286v1 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 Air Force. Transport Command Description An account of the resource Flying log book for George Ellams covering the period from 10 January 1942 to 30 June 1967. Detailing his flying training and operations flown. Also contains photographs and various RAF documents relating to his service, ranks, proficiency and decorations. He was stationed at RAF Dalcross (2 AGS), RAF Invergordon (4 (C)OTU), RAF Bathurst (95 Squadron), RAF Alness (4 (C)OTU), RAF Nassau (111 OTU), RAF Oulton (223 Squadron), RAF North Creake (199 Squadron). Aircraft flown in were Defiant, Lerwick, London, Sunderland, Dakota, Liberator, Stirling, Lancastrian, York, Mitchell, Lancaster, Lincoln, Varsity, Valetta, Chipmunk, Vampire, Britannia, Sycamore, Comet, Hastings, Twin Pioneer, Whirlwind, Nord 250, Atlas, Boussier, Devon, Bassett. He flew a total of 10 night-time and 1 daylight operation (total 11) with 199 Squadron, targets were Stuttgart, Metz, Verviers, Leeuwarden, Eindhoven, Liege, Trier, Krefeld. His pilots on operations were Flying officer Thompson, Flight Lieutenant Lind and Flight Lieutenant Corcut. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mike French 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. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Great Britain Bahamas--Nassau Belgium--Verviers England--Norfolk France--Metz Gambia--Banjul Germany--Krefeld Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Trier Netherlands--Eindhoven Netherlands--Leeuwarden Belgium--Liège Scotland--Highlands Bahamas France Belgium Netherlands Germany--Ruhr (Region) West Indies Gambia Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942-05-06 1942-05-07 1942-05-09 1942-05-11 1942-05-12 1942-05-16 1942-05-20 1942-05-22 1942-05-27 1942-05-29 1942-05-30 1942-06-01 1942-06-25 1942-06-26 1942-06-29 1942-06-30 1942-07-01 1942-07-02 1942-07-10 1942-07-11 1942-07-13 1942-11-01 1942-11-09 1942-11-13 1942-11-16 1942-11-17 1942-12-20 1942-12-21 1942-12-23 1943-02-17 1943-02-18 1943-02-19 1943-02-20 1943-02-23 1943-02-27 1943-03-03 1943-03-04 1943-03-06 1943-03-07 1943-03-22 1943-03-24 1943-03-25 1943-03-26 1943-03-28 1943-03-29 1943-03-30 1943-03-31 1943-04-04 1943-04-05 1943-04-06 1943-04-13 1943-05-19 1943-05-20 1943-05-26 1943-06-05 1943-06-24 1943-07-10 1943-07-11 1943-07-12 1944-02-20 1944-10-07 1944-10-14 1945-01-28 1945-01-29 1945-02-01 1945-02-13 1945-02-14 1945-02-18 1945-02-21 1945-02-22 1945-02-23 1945-03-05 1945-03-07 1945-03-08 1945-03-09 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 100 Group 11 OTU 199 Squadron 223 Squadron 95 Squadron Air Gunnery School aircrew B-24 B-25 C-47 Defiant Lancaster Lancastrian Lincoln Operational Training Unit promotion RAF Alness RAF Dalcross RAF Manston RAF North Creake RAF Oulton Stirling Sunderland training wireless operator York https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/997/10409/SMaddockLyonR2205669v10003.2.jpg fc69c26f042708b6a75710450d04a13f 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 Maddock-Lyon, Roy. Scrap book 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 Maddock-Lyon, R Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-03-21 Description An account of the resource 20 pages. The scrap book contains items about Roy Maddock-Lyon's aircraft being shot down over Holbæk in Denmark 14 February 1945 and his subsequent evasion. It contains correspondence, photographs of the wreckage of his aircraft ZA-X, and what happened to his crew. This collection also contains items concerning John Grayshan and Albert Berry. Additional information on <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/211033/">John Grayshan</a> and <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/202051/">Albert Berry</a> is available via the IBCC Losses Database. 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 Grade Card and Approval to enlist in RAFVR Description An account of the resource Item 1 is a grade card issued to Roy Maddock-Lyon after his medical examination in Chester, 18 December 1942 Item 2 is a letter enlisting Roy Maddock-Lyon into the RAFVR, dated 29th June 1943. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942-12-18 1942-06-29 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One printed sheet and one typewritten letter on an album page Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Service material Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SMaddockLyonR2205669v10003 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 England--Chester Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942-12-18 1942-06-29 aircrew recruitment https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/81/7914/LGodfreyCR1281391v10001.pdf 2bb4feee369606f050f7e0e0563b6922 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 Godfrey, Charles Randall Subject The topic of the resource World War (1939-1945) Description An account of the resource 64 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Charles Randall Godfrey DFC (b. 1921, 146099, Royal Air Force) and consists of his logbook and operational notes, items of memorabilia, association memberships, personnel documentation, medals and photographs. He completed 37 operations with 37 Squadron in North Africa and the Mediterranean and 59 operations with 635 Squadron. He flew as a wireless operator in the crew of Squadron Leader Ian Willoughby Bazalgette VC. The collection has has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by David Charles Godfrey and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource This content is 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 Godfrey, CR Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-11-18 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 Charles Godfrey's observer's and air gunner's flying log book Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Log book and record 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 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LGodfreyCR1281391v10001 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Belgium Egypt France Libya Greece Germany Gibraltar Great Britain Netherlands Scotland Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Belgium--Haine-Saint-Pierre Egypt--Alexandria Egypt--Cairo Egypt--Ismailia (Province) Egypt--Marsá Maṭrūḥ Egypt--Tall al-Ḍabʻah England--Berkshire England--Cambridgeshire England--Cumbria England--Devon England--Gloucestershire England--Hampshire England--Kent England--Leicestershire England--Lincolnshire England--Norfolk England--Northumberland England--Oxfordshire England--Rutland England--Shropshire England--Suffolk England--Wiltshire England--Worcestershire England--Yorkshire France--Angers France--Caen France--Trossy St. Maximin France--Mantes-la-Jolie France--Nucourt France--Rennes Germany--Wiesbaden Germany--Berchtesgaden Germany--Bottrop Germany--Chemnitz Germany--Dorsten Germany--Dortmund Germany--Duisburg Germany--Düren (Cologne) Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Essen Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Hamburg Germany--Hannover Germany--Karlsruhe Germany--Kiel Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia) Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) Germany--Merseburg Germany--Mönchengladbach Germany--Munich Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Osnabrück Germany--Osterfeld Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Troisdorf Germany--Wanne-Eickel Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia) Germany--Wesseling Greece--Ērakleion Greece--Piraeus Libya--Darnah Libya--Tobruk Netherlands--Hasselt Netherlands--Rotterdam Scotland--Moray Germany--Münster in Westfalen England--Cornwall (County) North Africa Libya--Banghāzī Germany--Ruhr (Region) Libya--Gazala Germany--Hemmingstedt France--Noordpeene Egypt--Ras el Shaqiq Egypt--Fukah Libya--Timimi Egypt--El Dabaa Egypt--Saniyat Turbiyah Netherlands--Hague Egypt--Quotaifiyah France--Senantes Germany--Nuremberg France--Revigny-sur-Ornain Germany--Worms France--Chapelle Notre Dame Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1942-03-23 1942-06-10 1942-06-11 1942-06-12 1942-06-13 1942-06-14 1942-06-15 1942-06-16 1942-06-17 1942-06-18 1942-06-19 1942-06-20 1942-06-22 1942-06-23 1942-06-24 1942-06-25 1942-06-26 1942-06-28 1942-06-29 1942-07-02 1942-07-03 1942-07-05 1942-07-08 1942-07-09 1942-07-10 1942-07-12 1942-07-13 1942-07-15 1942-07-16 1942-07-17 1942-07-19 1942-07-20 1942-07-25 1942-07-26 1942-07-28 1942-07-29 1942-07-31 1942-08-01 1942-08-06 1942-08-07 1942-08-08 1942-08-09 1942-08-14 1942-08-15 1942-08-16 1942-08-17 1942-08-18 1942-08-19 1942-08-21 1942-08-22 1942-08-23 1942-08-24 1942-08-25 1942-08-26 1942-08-27 1942-08-28 1942-08-29 1942-08-30 1942-08-31 1942-09-01 1942-09-03 1942-09-05 1942-09-06 1942-09-08 1942-09-09 1944-05-06 1944-05-08 1944-05-12 1944-05-13 1944-05-27 1944-05-28 1944-05-29 1944-06-05 1944-06-07 1944-06-08 1944-06-09 1944-06-12 1944-06-13 1944-06-15 1944-06-16 1944-06-23 1944-06-24 1944-07-07 1944-07-09 1944-07-10 1944-07-14 1944-07-15 1944-07-16 1944-07-18 1944-07-19 1944-07-20 1944-07-23 1944-07-24 1944-07-25 1944-07-26 1944-07-28 1944-07-29 1944-07-30 1944-08-01 1944-08-04 1944-11-17 1944-11-18 1944-12-04 1944-12-06 1944-12-07 1944-12-12 1944-12-15 1944-12-18 1944-12-24 1944-12-28 1944-12-29 1945-01-01 1945-01-02 1945-01-05 1945-01-07 1945-01-08 1945-01-23 1945-02-01 1945-02-02 1945-02-03 1945-02-04 1945-02-07 1945-02-08 1945-02-09 1945-02-14 1945-02-15 1945-02-18 1945-02-20 1945-02-21 1945-03-07 1945-03-08 1945-03-22 1945-03-24 1945-03-25 1945-03-31 1945-04-11 1945-04-13 1945-04-14 1945-04-25 1945-04-30 1945-05-05 1945-05-07 1945-05-15 1945-05-22 1945-06-08 1945-06-18 1945-08-03 1945-08-05 1944-06-06 1944-08-03 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 Observer's and air gunner's flying log book for Pilot Officer Godfrey from 3 of February 1941 to 25 of September 1945 detailing training schedule, instructional duties and operations flown. Aircraft flown were Dominie, Proctor, Wellington, Hampden, Anson, Defiant, Martinet, Stirling, Lancaster, C-47 and Oxford. He was stationed at RAF Manby, RAF Bassingbourn, RAF Harwell, RAF Lossiemouth, RAF Downham Market, RAF Hemswell, RAF Wittering, RAF Abingdon, RAF Upper- Heyford, RAF Upwood, RAF Gillingham, RAF Cranwell, RAF Melton Mowbray, RAF Church Fenton, RAF Market Drayton, RAF Waddington, RAF Upavon, RAF Sywell, RAF Carlisle, RAF Linton-On-Ouse, RAF Newbury, RAF Cottesmore, RAF Brize Norton, RAF Exeter, RAF Andover, RAF Hampstead Norris, RAF Hythe, RAF Gibraltar, RAF St Eval, RAF El Dabba, RAF Shaluffa, RAF Abu Sueir, RAF Almaza, RAF Blyton, RAF Ingham, RAF Marston Moor, RAF Leeming, RAF Acklington, RAF Middleton St. George, RAF Newmarket, RAF Moreton-in-Marsh, RAF Leconfield, RAF Skipton-on-Swale, RAF Wyton, RAF Warboys, RAF Westcott, RAF Gravely and RAF Worcester. He completed 37 operations with 37 Squadron in North Africa and the Mediterranean and 59 operations with 635 Squadron to targets in Belgium, France and Germany. Targets included: Heraklion, Piraeus, Derna, Tmimi, Benghazi Harbour, Gazala, Mersa Matruh, Ras El Shaqiq, El Dabaa, Tobruk, Fukah, Quotaifiyah, Düren, Munster, Mantes- Gassicourt rail yards, Haine-Saint-Pierre rail yards, Hasselt rail yards, Rennes, Angers rail yards, Caen, Revigny rail yards, Nucourt, Wesseling oil refineries, L’Hey, Kiel, Stuttgart, Hamburg, Notre Dame [Chapelle Notre Dame?], Trossy St. Maximin, Karlsruhe, Merseburg, Essen, Ludwigshafen, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Mönchengladbach, Troisdorf, Dortmund, Nuremberg, Hannover, Munich, Gelsenkirchen, Mainz, Wiesbaden, Osterfeld, Kleve, Wanne-Eickel, Chemnitz, Wesel, Worms, Hemmingstedt, Dorsten, Bottrop, Osnabruck, Berchtesgaden, Ypenburg and Rotterdam. Notable events are that Charles Godfrey undertook a search and rescue operation in a Defiant and during the operation to Trossy St. Maximin 4 August 1944 his aircraft, Lancaster ND811, was brought down by anti-aircraft fire. Whilst he survived and evaded, his pilot, Ian Willoughby Bazalgette was awarded the Posthumous Victoria Cross. Pilot Officer Godfrey also took part in Operation Manna, Operation Exodus and Operation Dodge. The hand written notes added to the end of the log book give a description to the crash at Senantes, and his attempts to evade capture: RAF Lossiemouth S/L Ian Willoughby Bazalgette 33 on first [?] [indecipherable] DFC Flight Commander Deputy – RAM Palmer Left there April 1944 – 37 on first tour [?] [indecipherable] F/O Geof [sic] Goddard Nav F/O Ivan Hibbert Bomb Aimer F/O Godfrey F/O Cameron DFM ex F/Sgt Middleton’s V.C. rear gunner Joined at PFF Navigation Training met [?] by Sgt George Turner then on Sqdn by F/LT Colonel Hewell [?] mid upper 6/5/44 First op as crew During May 5 and June 7 night ops In July Daylight and night ops 1 2 ND950 ‘M’ Mother 23 Kiel Last week in July 24 Stuttgart 25 Stuttgart [indecipherable] and motor bike [?] 28 Hamburg 4 August 1944 Should have gone on leave F/L Henson missing – Oxford to York One crew required Baz [?] volunteered – get one more in before leave Daylight to Trossy St Maximin Took T for Tommy instead of M Mother Crew conference at [?] dispersal – decided to go in at 6000 feet main force up at 12000 feet. [page break] F/LT Beveridge (DMB) shot down by flak going into target Nearing target heavy Ack-Ack shell penetrated starboard wing – Both engines spluttered to standstill Bomb aimer wounded [page break] Godfrey last to leave aircraft G. Goddard put foot [?] on him and out he went. Landed in tree I landed in cornfield – stripped [?] [indecipherable] and hid parachute under corn stacks [?] - lay under hedge – rather shocked Lancaster hit deck two fields ahead exploded on landing down Village of Senantes Maire of village helped us – in civvies within a few minutes of landing. Lay in potato bed all afternoon while Germans searched for survivors – waited till darkness into house for meal. Slept at gentlemans [sic] house – [indecipherable]. Moved by horse and Cart to farm near Chappelle [sic] aux Pots No English – lying sunbathing alongside Railway line – Thunderbolts beat up train SS troops moved back. Moved to Forest for 10 days – [indecipherable] to lay on food from 3 farms. Heavy rain Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sally Coulter Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 11 OTU 15 OTU 20 OTU 37 Squadron 635 Squadron air gunner Air Gunnery School aircrew Anson anti-aircraft fire bale out bombing bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944) bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944) C-47 Cook’s tour Defiant Dominie evading Hampden killed in action Lancaster Martinet missing in action Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operation Dodge (1945) Operation Exodus (1945) Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945) Operational Training Unit Oxford Pathfinders Proctor RAF Abingdon RAF Almaza RAF Andover RAF Bassingbourn RAF Blyton RAF Brize Norton RAF Carlisle RAF Church Fenton RAF Cottesmore RAF Cranwell RAF Downham Market RAF Graveley RAF Hampstead Norris RAF Harwell RAF Hemswell RAF Ingham RAF Leconfield RAF Leeming RAF Linton on Ouse RAF Lossiemouth RAF Manby RAF Marston Moor RAF Melton Mowbray RAF Middleton St George RAF Moreton in the Marsh RAF Newmarket RAF Skipton on Swale RAF St Eval RAF Sywell RAF Upavon RAF Upper Heyford RAF Upwood RAF Waddington RAF Warboys RAF Westcott RAF Wittering RAF Wyton Resistance shot down Stirling tactical support for Normandy troops training Victoria Cross Wellington wireless operator https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/178/5621/PBriggsR1610.1.jpg 4368b454d0d2243b4100ec7ae58ac2cd https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/178/5621/PBriggsR1611.1.jpg 558513e6fa04c40fbc8dded61c3483d9 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 Briggs, Roy R Briggs Description An account of the resource 24 items. One oral history interview with Roy Briggs (- 2025, 1893726 Royal Air Force), his logbook, service material, training material, official documents and 12 photographs. Roy Briggs trained as a wireless operator and flew four operations with 576 Squadron from RAF Fiskerton. He also took took part in Operation Manna and Operation Exodus as well as Cook’s tours over Germany. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Roy Briggs and catalogued by Barry Hunter. 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 2016-01-28 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Briggs, R 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. 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 One officer and 39 airmen Description An account of the resource The men are arranged in three rows. Roy Briggs is 2nd on the left in the second row. on the reverse 'Taken 29-6-42 at Halton', Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942-06-29 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 PBriggsR1610, PBriggsR1611 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 England--Buckinghamshire Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942-06-29 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. RAF Halton training