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Pilot Officer H R Madgett award of Distinguished Flying Medal
Newspaper account of parents' receipt of Hedley Madgett's Distinguished Flying Medal who was now presumed to have lost his life during low level attack on Peenemunde on 17/18 August 1943. Describes citation including attack on Oberhausen where…
Pilot Officer Ernest Henry Tansley 149542 VR biography
Covers background, marriage, civilian occupation and family. Followed by service history including basic and flying training in England and the United States and then advanced flying training and operational conversion back home. Posted to 57…
Peenemünde
A description of the briefing by 'Bomber Harris' and attack on Peenemünde on 17 August 1943.
Patrick Barry’s Royal Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Patrick Barry’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 23rd August 1942 until 17th August 1943. During this time trained as an air gunner. Training with No. 4 Air Gunners School, 19 Operational Training Unit and 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit.…
Page from pilot's flying log book
Front cover and one page showing two operations to Nürnberg and Peenemunde in Halifax as second pilot while at 1663 conversion unit August 10 and 17. Other sorties for month continued training..
Newspaper article on Peenemunde operation
"Nazi backroom boys killed, Pennemunde raid wiped out air experts HQ". Account of Peenmeunde operation and background to research carried out there. Surrounded by other articles and further articles on the reverse.
Maurice Cecil Stimpson’s pilot’s flying log book. Two
Pilot’s flying log book for Maurice Cecil Stimpson, covering the period from 1 August 1943 to 15 February 1944, when he failed to return from operations. Detailing his operation flown. He was stationed at RAF Warboys. Aircraft flown in were Oxford…
Map - the Peenemunde raid
Map showing routes from various points in England to Peenemunde as well as to Regensburg and Schweinfurt which go on to North Africa. Shows locations of German night fighter airfields. Mentions USAAF daylight operations and shows Mosquito diversion…
Lettter to Hedley Madgett's father from his son's effects officer
From officer detail to look after Hedley's property explaining the process and that a cheque book found has been forwarded to Air Ministry accounts, Worcester.
Letter to Mrs S Shaw from the Air Ministry Casualty Branch
Confirms information in telegram sent her that, in the view of information received from the Red Cross, that her husband had lost his life as a result of air operations on night 17/18 August 1943. He would still be recorded as missing believe killed…
Letter to Mrs S Shaw from the Air Ministry Casualty Branch
Informs her that her husband was missing as a result of air operations on night of 17/18 August 1943 when a Lancaster in which he was flying as an air gunner set out to bomb Peenemunde and was not heard from again.
Letter to Mrs Madgett
From Marjorie Eccles stateing that her brother Warrant Officer Lucien Eccles was killed on 15 July 1944 was a great friend of Hedley Madgett and had spoken of him often. She had learned from another friends relation that Hedley had been missing since…
Letter to Mrs E Shaw from RAF Dunholme Lodge
Writes that her husband was missing as a result of air operations on 17/18 August 1943. Noted that her husband had been on the squadron for 5 months and had flown 22 operations.
Letter to Mr Madgett from Margaret Clunas
Letter of condolence over Hedley going missing so soon after award of Distinguished Flying Medal.
Letter to his mother from Rosemary Stapp, a girl friend of Hedley's in the United States
Writes she is grieved shocked over Hedley going missing. Writes that initial contact through high school correspondence developed into something much more. Writes of Hedley's visit to her family and present of silver wings. Encourages them to not…
Letter to Hedley Madgett's parents from Rose Palk
Notifies them that 61 Squadron has now moved to RAF Coningsby. She writes that her son's post office savings book has been found. There was still no news of their son but she is still hopeful.
Letter to Hedley Madgett's parents from mother of his bomb aimer
Thanks them for letter and offering sympathy and hope for the future.
Letter to Hedley Madgett's parents from Miriam Norton
Writes that she has received official news of her sons death. He is buried along with Pilot Officer Bradley at Griefswald Weich, 16 mils west of Peenemunde. Asks if Madgetts are in touch with Bradley's family or if they have received any further…
Letter to Hedley Madgett's parents from Miriam Norton
Letter from relative of fellow crew member. Thanks them for kind letter and writes she has heard nothing since her boy was reported missing. Confirms she will write if she hears anything.
Letter to Hedley Madgett's parents from his brother Peter
Sorry to hear bad news about Hedley. Bad luck coming down on his last operation. Talks of joining the Royal Air Force. Catches up with news of leave and friends. Mentions that German radio had reported Lincoln was flattened but he had heard nothing.…
Letter to Hedley Madgett's parents from D Souter
Writes that a reply to her letter to Adastral House noted that a PO Lewis was in the crew and as a result she fears for safety of the rest of the crew and that they must have come down in the sea. Hopes that some of them might have been picked up.
Letter to Hedley Madgett's parents from D Souter
Thanks them for photograph. The only news she has is that her son was officially presumed killed and that the bodies of P.O Bradley and Norton had been found and were buried 16 miles from the place they bombed. She writes that she has still not…
Letter to Hedley Madgett's parents from D Souter
Writes asking if they have had any further information. Writes that a friend whose son was posted missing on the same operation had been notified as prisoner. Notes change of address as 'I was unfortunate to have a direct hit with a flying bomb on my…
Letter to Hedley Madgett's parents from D Souter
Reports she has had no further news. She is frustrated as many others have had news their relatives are safe. Continues with news of her family. Encloses part of letter from a girl friend of her son and that a gentleman had given her an address to…
Letter to Hedley Madgett's parents from D Souter
Thanks them for letter and explains how she found their name and wrote on the off chance. Commiserates over Hedley's 21st birthday. Thanks them for passing on her sons name to Red Cross. She lost her own husband recently and has little time to do…