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OElsonA751538-160401-01.pdf
A certificate of service in and release from the Royal Air Force for Albert Elson. It includes his aircrew category,, date of captivity, description and duration of service.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form.…

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BDanielsHDaniesHv1.pdf
The memoir contains a summary of Daniels' flying career. He completed initial training at Torquay and his flying training at Bulawayo in South Africa, sailing out on the Reina Del Pacifico and returning on the Empress of Canada. As a navigator he…

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Covers joining RAF and training initially as pilot in United Kingdom and the United States, then having failed due to poor eyesight re-mustered and trained as navigator in Canada. Flew anti-submarine patrols on Whitley then joined 102 Squadron. Lists…

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Includes personal details. Enlistment and release, promotions, mustering (as air gunner/wireless operator) and postings.

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Askes how are things at West Freugh and about how things were at his location. Note on reverse 'from Knobby Clarke my mate at Lindholme, killed 1944 near east'.

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Large group of non-commissioned officers at formal function. Decorations are hanging from the roof. Explanatory note: 'Mess, 1944'.

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Two pages from The Daily Sketch with photographs and text reporting on two Lancasters that have completed 236 operations, fighting in Albania and the progress of Allied forces in France.

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PDowkerHAC1803.jpg
Head and shoulders portrait of H A C Dowker in No 1 uniform with Flying Officer rank, aircrew brevet, medal ribbons and 'Australia' flash. He is holding a pipe. Separate caption - 'Howard Dowker, 430255 - 1944.

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EBaldwinER-GummersallTBaldwinER-GummersallTv1.pdf
Memoirs of Eric Baldwin and Tom Gummersall of 467 Squadron RAAF RAF Waddington. Eric Baldwin recounts several of his experiences as a mid upper gunner including flying in the wrong direction due to compass problems, parts falling off his aircraft on…

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LHeathRFJ1390925v1.pdf
South African Air Force Pilots flying log book one, for Raymond Frederick John Heath, covering the period from 26 May 1942 to 26 June 1944. Detailing his flying training. He was stationed at 7 Air School SAAF Kroonstad, 23 Air School SAAF Waterkloof,…

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LCromieJA410633v1 B.pdf
John Cromie’s Royal Australian Air Force Flying Log Book from 17th September 1942 until 23rd May 1956. During this time trained as a wireless operator and air gunner. Trained in Australia at No. 1 Wireless Air Gunner’s School, No. 3 Bombing and…

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A E Boyle and two other airmen. On reverse, handwritten note 'Dave, me and George, Cleethorpes 1944.

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PCrawfordJ02-2301.jpg
Jack Crawford volunteered for the RAF in Jamaica. He was posted to the UK in 1944 and began his precision instrument training before being finally posted to work on trainer aircraft. After the war he returned to Jamaica. He married and then returned…

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Squadron Leader Stan Mellor joined the RAF in 1943, initially training as a wireless operator and air gunner before qualifying as a signaller. His early service saw him instructing on Dakotas before deploying to Burma, where he flew operations to…

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A Halifax about to touchdown. In the foreground are two horses.

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Two observers at work. A woman is using the Post instrument to determine height of enemy aircraft.
On the reverse '17/H4 Hatfield Broad Oak 1944
17/H4 1943?
Church Tower
Hatfield Broad Oak
Return to Derek Wood'.

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MMarsdenJ1591984-250707-05.jpg
On 13th December 1945, Gustave Traineau, Chief Brigadier of Police in Sens, recounts how a young English soldier, badly injured in a German operation against the Maquis in spring 1944, was brought to the hospital in Sens. After poor treatment by the…

AWilliamsS250826.mp3
John Andrew Cromie volunteered for the RAF in Australia. He was posted to 460 Squadron. On his thirteenth operation he was shot down and became a prisoner of war. After the war he didn’t talk to his family about his experiences. Upon the death of…

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NCrawfordNH190516-01.jpg
Gives details of Sergeant Crawford's death and funeral, together with details of his family and noting his brother's death in the same year.

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EMaunsellJ[Recipient][Date]-01.pdf
A letter from John Maunsell detailing his service and experiences with Bomber Command, including the training, his crew and operational duties. He was shot down in June 1944, evaded capture and returned to Britain in September 1944.

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ORichardsWE424940-190425-02.pdf
Gives personal details and records cash payments, fines, forfeitures and other debits from October 1942 to June 1944. Includes medical information and next of kin.

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Included personal information, next of kin, description, postings, promotions, character and trade proficiency.

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LMaunsellJ138134v1.pdf
Observer's and Flying Log Book for Flying Officer John Maunsell (1333451, 138134) covering 14 October 1942 to 11 June 1945 detailing training flights, air tests and operations. Aircraft flown in were Anson, Dakota, Fortress, Lancaster, Liberator,…

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Rudolph describes his father’s (James) life, from his childhood years in Trinidad, through to volunteering for and serving in the RAF in the UK. After demobilisation, James returned briefly to Trinidad before returning to the UK where he worked for…

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