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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1944-05"
Brief history of George Thomson's RAF career
Tags: 11 OTU; 15 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; Dulag Luft; evading; flight engineer; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; navigator; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Westcott; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; the long march; training; Wellington
90 Course, 3 Squad. 10 AGS. Barrow
Next of kin parcels for prisoners of war
Tags: prisoner of war; Red Cross
Letter to George Thomson from his parents
Tags: RAF Shepherds Grove
Flying Officer William Baron Kane DFC
Conversation with Cliff Hobbs
Flight Sergeant Raymond Keating
Tags: 156 Squadron; bombing; killed in action; Lancaster; Pathfinders; sport
Recommendation for a RAF College Course
Tags: 12 Squadron; 571 Squadron; 83 Squadron; aircrew; B-29; bale out; bombing; C-47; Distinguished Flying Cross; Distinguished Service Order; evading; Hampden; Lancaster; Lincoln; Manchester; Meteor; Mosquito; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; pilot; RAF Coningsby; RAF Swinderby; shot down; training
William Redding recommendation for award
Four Airmen
On the reverse 'Bill Reade, Bob Gunn, Josh Surey & Nick Carter B/A, R/G, Nav, W/Op
Wellington Crew or X R 838 May 1944 Stirling III…
Tags: air gunner; aircrew; bomb aimer; navigator; Stirling; Wellington; wireless operator
Excerpt of Bob Cooke's Log Book
Flight engineer's leaders course
Tags: aircrew; flight engineer; RAF St Athan; training
Ron Carter's List of Operations
Tags: 44 Squadron; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944); bombing of Toulouse (5/6 April 1944); Lancaster; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); shot down; tactical support for Normandy troops; V-1; V-weapon
Lettergram to Mrs C Clarke from Arthur Hope
Letter to Jose from Leslie Hay
Tags: 49 Squadron; 5 Group; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944); crash; final resting place; flight engineer; killed in action; Lancaster; memorial; mine laying; Mosquito; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Fiskerton; RAF Woodbridge; Stalag Luft 3; target indicator
Letter to Don Gray from Bill Grey
Lancasters issued to No. 166 squadron between September 1943 and April 1945
Tags: 100 Squadron; 101 Squadron; 103 Squadron; 12 Squadron; 153 Squadron; 1656 HCU; 166 Squadron; 1660 HCU; 1667 HCU; 300 Squadron; 460 Squadron; 49 Squadron; 550 Squadron; 57 Squadron; 576 Squadron; 97 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bomb struck; Bombing of Mailly-le-Camp (3/4 May 1944); bombing of Nuremberg (30 / 31 March 1944); Conspicuous Gallantry Medal; crash; final resting place; flight engineer; forced landing; Fw 190; Heavy Conversion Unit; Hurricane; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster; Lancaster Finishing School; Me 109; Me 110; mid-air collision; mine laying; navigator; Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944); Operation Dodge (1945); pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bradwell Bay; RAF Coningsby; RAF Hemswell; RAF Kirmington; RAF Leeming; RAF Lindholme; RAF Manston; RAF Syerston; RAF Woodbridge; shot down; tactical support for Normandy troops; take-off crash; training; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Upper Heyford; sport; training
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; mess; RAF Bishops Court; training
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; RAF Bishops Court; sport; training
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; mess; RAF Bishops Court; training
Letter from Jack Darby to Jean
Tags: aircrew; Nissen hut; RAF Bishops Court; training