2 25 56 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1471/28163/LFertichF[Ser -DoB]v1.pdf 8ef6cb97a789b4d133327468c0820168 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 Fertich, Frank F Fertich 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 2015-11-14 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 Fertich, F Description An account of the resource One item. Frank Fertich's log book. He flew operations as an air gunner with 428 Squadron. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Ernest Smith 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 Frank Fertich's Royal Canadian Air Force flying log book for aircrew other than pilot Description An account of the resource Frank Fertich’s Flying Log book as air gunner covering the period from 24 January 1944 to 17 April 1945. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as air gunner. He was stationed at RCAF Mont Joli (9 B&GS), RAF Wellesbourne Mountford (22 OTU), RAF Croft (1664 HCU) and RAF Middleton St George (428 Squadron). Aircraft flown in were Battle, Wellington, Halifax, Lancaster, Oxford and Anson.Targets were Essen, Cologne, Oberhausen, Ludwigshaven, Duisburg, Scholven, Wurzburg, Hannover, Hanau, Merseburg, Zeitz, Wiesbaden, Bonn, Goch, Pforzheim, Mainz, Dortmund, Zweibrucken, Hagen, Neuss, Chemnitz, Dessau, Hemmingstedt and Hildesheim. He flew 22 night and 8 daytime operations with 428 Squadron, a total of 30. The log book also contains a poem and hand drawn illustrations including a woman with a horse and a naked woman captioned '428 Ghost'. His pilot on operations was Flying officer Anderson. 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 Terry Hancock 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 photocopied booklet Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Log book and record book Artwork Text. Poetry Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LFertichF[Ser#DoB]v1 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 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944 1945 1944-10-25 1944-10-28 1944-10-30 1944-11-01 1944-12-15 1944-12-18 1944-12-29 1944-12-30 1944-12-31 1945-01-01 1945-01-02 1945-01-05 1945-01-06 1945-01-07 1945-01-14 1945-01-15 1945-01-16 1945-01-17 1945-01-28 1945-01-29 1945-02-01 1945-02-02 1945-02-03 1945-02-04 1945-02-07 1945-02-08 1945-02-23 1945-02-24 1945-02-27 1945-02-28 1945-03-02 1945-03-05 1945-03-06 1945-03-07 1945-03-08 1945-03-11 1945-03-12 1945-03-14 1945-03-15 1945-03-20 1945-03-21 1945-03-22 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Canada Great Britain Germany England--Yorkshire England--Durham (County) England--Warwickshire Germany--Neuss Germany--Bonn Germany--Chemnitz Germany--Cologne Germany--Dessau (Dessau) Germany--Dortmund Germany--Duisburg Germany--Essen Germany--Goch Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg) Germany--Hanau Germany--Hannover Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) Germany--Merseburg Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf) Germany--Pforzheim Germany--Zeitz Germany--Zweibrücken Germany--Hildesheim Germany--Wiesbaden Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Hemmingstedt Germany--Scholven Germany--Würzburg Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 1664 HCU 22 OTU 428 Squadron air gunner aircrew animal Anson Battle bombing Bombing and Gunnery School Halifax Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Operational Training Unit Oxford RAF Croft RAF Middleton St George training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/630/30882/MPotterPL1878961-150914-06.pdf 84b52218f1a5776654ee80a871e15669 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 Potter, Peter P Potter Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Potter, P Description An account of the resource 39 items. Collection concerns Peter Potter, (1925 - 2019, 1876961 Royal Air Force). He flew operations as a rear gunner with 626 Squadron. Collection contains an oral history interview, his logbook, memoirs and photographs The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Peter Potter and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-09-14 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. Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [inserted][underlined] Bire etc [/underlined] For Boxted 24-2 [/inserted] [inserted][missing letter][underlined] A [/underlined][/inserted] FLYING LOG BOOK The following are Photostats of pages from my flying log book. They are a record of the operations made by me over enemy-occupied territory in 1944. Although the completed missions were obviously very dangerous, those we were unable to complete (abortive) nevertheless remain the clearest in my memory. There were two. The first, on the 8th August, was an op to Aire, a short trip which meant we had a bomb load of 12,000 lbs. However, shortly after take off we were faced with a massive thunderstorm. We attempted to fly above it, but it built and rose as fast as we did. Eventually we entered the cloud, and almost immediately flew into the downdraft. We fell from our ceiling approximately 24,000ft like a stone. At approximately 12,000ft we began to pull out of the dive and the controls began to respond. Our impetus took us down to 4,000ft before we pulled out and climbed to 12,000ft. At this time we realised we were losing height again even with the [deleted] two [/deleted] engines at full power. We decided to return to base as it was obvious we could not complete the op. as we were above the North Sea it was decided to jettison the bombs. This proved to be impossible as we were unable to open the bomb bay doors. The maximum speed we could maintain was about 140 mph and we were gradually losing height. We found out later that both the outboard engines had torn away from their side mountings and they were pointing down about 15 degrees, pulling us down even though we were at full power. We reached Wickenby with a few hundred feet to spare and made a perfect landing. We had to. We could not have gained height again for another attempt. As we touched down on the runway the photo flash, equivalent to a 500lb bomb, fell out and came bouncing down the runway behind us, sparks flying everywhere. Luckily it didn’t explode. We were directed to the most remote area of the airfield and evacuated the aircraft in record time. During the descent in the cloud we were entertained by a most brilliant display of St. Elmo’s Fire. The whole aircraft was covered with balls of fire running about. We took photographs but none showed the fire. However, parts of the plane showed as clear as if the photographs had been taken in sunlight. [page break] [eighteen pages of log book] [page break] 27-2 The plane had been almost torn apart in the encounter. The rivets had been torn from the leading edge of the wings and tail-plane. The wings were twisted as was the body. The engineers from AVRO said they could not understand how the plane had remained airborne as long as it had. In their report after tests we received a letter from them stating that to sustain such damage the plane had to exceed 570 mph. if that was the case I believe we flew the fastest bomber in World War II. The tests on UMH2 were carried out under the supervision of Roy Chadwick and the letter to our Navigator was written in long hand, not typed and the original was kept by Jimmy. We all had copies unfortunately mine was lost when moving. The second abortive was on 5th October 1944, Saarbrucken, when we hit icy conditions so bad that we lost two engines and all suffered some degree of frostbite. We were routed over the edge of the mountains so were unable to lose height for some time. We were unable to climb and so aborted. We all suffered, also in later life. One engine re-started once we descended. My most memorable successful operation was when dropping mines in the Kiel Canal from 500ft. We flew straight along the canal dropping one mine at a time in what was one of the most heavily defended targets of the war. There was so much firing along the canal that we could see almost as clearly as in daylight. We all felt fear at times, but it affects people differently. For me it was a stimulant and when a civilian I was unable to settle until I became a fireman. I flew on two other ops to cover for bods who could not get back to the station in time and their crews asked me to help out to save the absentees getting into trouble. On one op the C.O. knew what was going on as that morning he called me to his office to offer me a commission (which I had to refuse owing to putting my age up to join the RAF). He recognised me at briefing and knew I was with the wrong crew. However he did nothing except to say that he needed to know if I did it again. After surviving a few trips we were given our own aircraft, UMF2, already a veteran of many ops. She proved to be a most dependable aircraft. Apart from the number of bombs painted on the side we also had the nude lady which I understand was repainted by the next crew after we completed our tour. The lady was no longer reclining but standing partly clothed. At a reunion a chap said it had been ordered to be removed, which it was, but repainted standing and captioned ‘Frigger of the fighting sixes’ instead of ‘Friga of -----. Whoever gave the order must have got the message as it survived. It was a special aircraft in that for some reason it had a much better performance than the vast majority of Lancs. She flew faster than others on [page break] 28-2 the same revs and boost and it didn’t make any difference when engines were changed. Fuel consumption was better, a lovely plane. We never found her ceiling and she performed well in all weather conditions. Only once when on an op to Saarbrucken on 5th October 1944 did we have real problems with icing and engine failure with loss of all heating. We all suffered from frostbite and had to abort. However, on 12th September 1944 target Frankfurt, when evading a fighter JU88 I smashed my lower jaw and was placed sick. The rest of the crew then had two abortives and became convinced I was their luck and pleaded with me to sign myself off which I did and flew with my jaw strapped up, hardly able to talk and still living on liquids. Wearing my oxygen mask I was in agony, but at least the pain kept me awake. Bone splinters from the jaw were still working their way out 40 years later. I was still unable to eat properly for many years and on occasions my jaw would lock solid for weeks at a time. Jaw and Larynx damage caused speech to be impaired and loss of voice if projected for more than a short period. Damage also caused a loss in inflexion ability. Once the bombs had gone we either flew high or very low on our way home, preferably very high and as on the outward journey, weaving about all the time to allow us the greatest chance of seeing anyone underneath us, a method that stood us in good stead twice. On a moonlit night we flew high, on dark nights low, avoiding lit up areas. We used cloud cover at times, but not if our shadow was thrown. UMF2 survived the war. I was told she completed over one hundred ops, but have not confirmed it. She was one of the only two aircraft to fly from beginning to and of Squadron Ops period and had been on C Flight 12 Squadron before C Flight became 626 Squadron. Like many other crews we all learnt as much as possible about each others jobs and agreed amongst ourselves who was the best substitute for who. It was decided that Stu Tween W/OP was best gunner, Jim Jackson, N, was best B/A, Johnny Payne B/A, best F/E. Johnny Moore, MU/G best W/OP. I was best Pilot and also Nav, but every one of us practised at all other positions. I was the only one to land the aircraft which I only did 3 times with a very nervous skipper hovering and the rest on tenterhooks too. What would have happened if I had needed to do it with a dodgy aircraft I have no idea. Landing occasions were on August 1st, V2 on return from Rufforth, August 21st F2 and 29th F2, September 9th Navigated whole trip, September 27th, Navigated whole trip. I had been taught to fly and navigate by a First World War[deleted]t[/deleted] pilot, my father also and tried to keep up-to-date as I grew older. 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/. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One photocopied 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 MPotterPL1878961-150914-06 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 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-05-03 1944-05-04 1944-08-04 1944-08-07 1944-08-08 1944-08-10 1944-08-14 1944-08-15 1944-08-18 1944-08-26 1944-08-27 1944-08-29 1944-08-30 1944-09-03 1944-09-05 1944-09-08 1944-09-10 1944-09-11 1944-09-12 1944-09-13 1944-09-26 1944-10-03 1944-10-05 1944-10-06 1944-10-07 1944-10-14 1944-10-15 1944-10-19 1944-10-20 1944-10-23 1944-10-24 1944-11-06 1944-11-11 1944-11-12 1944-11-16 1944-11-21 1944-11-22 1944-11-29 1944-12-06 1944-12-07 1944-12-12 1944-12-13 1944-12-15 1944-12-16 1944-12-17 1944-12-18 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Belgium France Germany Great Britain Netherlands Poland Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean--English Channel Belgium--Ghent England--Lincolnshire England--Staffordshire France--Caen Region France--Calais France--Falaise France--Le Havre France--Paris France--Pauillac (Gironde) Germany--Aschaffenburg Germany--Dortmund Germany--Duisburg Germany--Düren (Cologne) Germany--Emmerich Germany--Essen Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Kiel Germany--Kiel Canal Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein Germany--Merseburg Germany--Saarbrücken Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Ulm Netherlands--Eindhoven Netherlands--Uden Netherlands--Veere Poland--Szczecin Germany--Ruhr (Region) France--Fontenay France--Ferme du Forestal France--Fontenay-le-Marmion France--Pas-de-Calais 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 Steve Baldwin Mike Connock Description An account of the resource Flying log book excerpts from P L Potter’s log book, covering the period from 3 May 1944 to 17 December 1944. Detailing his flying training and operations flown. He was stationed at RAF Hixon and RAF Wickenby. Aircraft flown in were Wellington and Lancaster. He flew a total of 33 operations, one night operation with 30 Operational Training Unit and 17 daylight and 15 night operations with 626 Squadron. His pilot on operations was Flying Officer Ford. Targets were Paris, Pauillac, Fontenay-le-Marmion, Ferme de Forestal, Falaise, Volkel, Ghent, Kiel, Stettin, Eindhoven, le Havre, Frankfurt, Calais, Westkapelle, Saarbrucken, Emmerich, Duisburg, Stuttgart, Essen, Gelsenkirchen, Kiel Canal, Duren, Aschaffenburg, Dortmund, Merseburg, Ludwigshafen and Ulm. The log book also contains type written details of two aborted operations and their causes. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Title A name given to the resource Copy of Peter Potter's flying log book Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 30 OTU 626 Squadron air gunner Air Gunnery School aircrew anti-aircraft fire bombing bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944) bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944) Chadwick, Roy (1893-1947) fear Ju 88 Lancaster Me 109 Me 262 military ethos mine laying Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) nose art Operational Training Unit RAF Hixon RAF Pembrey RAF Wickenby tactical support for Normandy troops target indicator training V-1 V-weapon Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1970/33701/LWakefieldHE174040v1.2.pdf 6abf5d017113b82dd6d95a604f4f8667 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 Wakefield, Harold Ernest H E Wakefield 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 2017-10-16 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 Wakefield, HE Description An account of the resource 93 items. The collection concerns Harold Ernest Wakefield DFC (1923 - 1986, 1582185 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, training publications, decorations and badges, training notebooks, correspondence, newspaper cuttings, photographs and parachute D ring. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 51 and 617 Squadrons. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Jeremy Wakefield 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 Harrold Wakefield's navigator's, air bombers and air gunner's flying log 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 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 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LWakefieldHE174040v1 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 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-09-22 1943-09-23 1943-09-24 1943-09-27 1943-09-28 1943-09-29 1943-10-03 1943-10-04 1943-10-05 1943-10-08 1943-10-09 1943-11-03 1943-11-18 1943-11-19 1943-11-22 1943-11-23 1943-11-25 1943-11-26 1943-12-03 1943-12-04 1943-12-29 1943-12-30 1944-01-28 1944-01-29 1944-01-30 1944-01-31 1944-02-19 1944-02-20 1944-02-21 1944-02-25 1944-02-26 1944-03-01 1944-03-02 1944-03-06 1944-03-15 1944-03-16 1944-03-18 1944-03-19 1944-03-26 1944-03-27 1944-04-09 1944-05-10 1944-05-11 1944-05-12 1944-05-22 1944-05-23 1944-06-05 1944-06-06 1944-06-07 1944-06-08 1944-06-09 1944-06-12 1944-06-13 1944-06-15 1944-06-16 1944-12-08 1944-12-11 1944-12-15 1944-12-15 1944-12-21 1944-12-29 1944-12-30 1944-12-31 1945-01-01 1945-02-03 1945-02-06 1945-02-08 1945-02-14 1945-02-22 1945-02-24 1945-03-13 1945-03-14 1945-03-15 1945-03-19 1945-03-21 1945-03-22 1945-03-23 1945-03-27 1945-04-06 1945-04-07 1945-04-09 1945-04-19 1946 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Atlantic Ocean--English Channel Atlantic Ocean--North Sea France Germany Great Britain India Middle East Netherlands Norway England--Hampshire England--Lincolnshire England--Nottinghamshire England--Rutland England--Wiltshire England--Yorkshire France--Alençon France--Amiens France--Boulogne-sur-Mer France--Brittany France--Châteaudun France--Lille France--Normandy France--Orléans France--Pas-de-Calais France--Yvelines Germany--Augsburg Germany--Berlin Germany--Bielefeld Germany--Bochum Germany--Bremen Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Essen Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Hamburg Germany--Helgoland Germany--Kassel Germany--Leipzig Germany--Leverkusen Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein Germany--Mannheim Germany--Nienburg (Lower Saxony) Poland--Szczecin Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Urft Dam Netherlands--Hoek van Holland Netherlands--Ijmuiden Netherlands--Rotterdam Poland Germany--Herne (Arnsberg) Germany--Hannover Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden Germany--Ruhr (Region) France--Herquelingue France--Morsalines France--Ver-Sur-Mer France--Manche France--Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines France--Châteaudun France--Rennes Germany--Arnsberg France--Colline-Beaumont Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource David Leitch Description An account of the resource Harold Wakefield's RAF Navigator's, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book, from 16th August 1943 to 16th August 1946, recording training, operations, instructional duties and Transport Command duties to India and the Far East as a flight engineer. Based at RAF Marston Moor (1652 Conversion Unit), RAF Snaith (51 Squadron), RAF North Luffenham (Heavy Glider Conversion Unit), RAF Syerston (5 Lancaster Finishing School), RAF Woodhall Spa (617 Squadron), RAF Riccall (1332 Heavy Conversion Unit), RAF Holmsley South (246 Squadron) and RAF Lyneham (511 Squadron). Aircraft in which flown: Halifax, Oxford, Whitley, Lancaster, Horsa Glider, York. Records a total of 59 operations in two tours (23 day, 36 night) including 10 returned early or did not drop bombs. Targets in France, Germany, Netherlands and Norway are: Alençon, Amiens, Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Berlin, Bielefeld, Bochum, Bremen, Châteaudun, Colline-Beaumont, Dortmund-Ems Canal, Düsseldorf, Essen, Farge, Fouillard, Frankfurt-Main, Hamburg, Hannover, Helgoland, Herquelingue, Ijmuiden, Kassel, Leipzig, Leverkusen, Lille, Ludwigshafen, Mannheim, Mont Fleury, Morsalines, Nienburg, Orleans, Oslofjord (German cruisers “Emden” and “Koln”), Politz, Poortershaven, Rotterdam, Stuttgart, Trappes and Urft Dam. His pilots on operations were Squadron Leader Johnson and Squadron Leader Calder. Also includes notes of dates of promotion and award of DFC, lists of crews and a picture of a Halifax Mk III. Some detailed notes on ops with 617 Squadron. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 1652 HCU 51 Squadron 617 Squadron aircrew Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944) bombing bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945) bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944) Distinguished Flying Cross flight engineer Grand Slam Halifax Halifax Mk 3 Heavy Conversion Unit Horsa Ju 88 Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Me 262 mid-air collision Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Oxford promotion RAF Lyneham RAF Marston Moor RAF North Luffenham RAF Riccall RAF Snaith RAF Syerston RAF Woodhall Spa Tallboy training Whitley York https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2061/33996/LHarrisAE539154v1.pdf 8d0f32710ddb9167c04840aa17797b50 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 Harris, Alfred Ernest A E Harris Description An account of the resource 14 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Alfred Ernest Harris (b. 1915, 539154 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 61 and 622 Squadrons. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Daphne Ridout 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 2020-10-29 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 Harris, AE 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 Ernie Harris’ Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bomber’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book Description An account of the resource Navigator’s, air bomber's and air gunner’s flying log book for Sergeant Harris, flight engineer covering the period from 26 July 1943 to 4 March 1945. Detailing his final training, two-tour operations and instructor flights. He was stationed at RAF St Athan, RAF Swinderby, RAF Syerston, RAF Skellingthorpe, RAF Coningsby, RAF Stradishall, RAF Feltwell and RAF Mildenhall. Aircraft flown in were Lancaster and Stirling. With 61 Squadron he flew 1 minelaying and 25 bombing night operations. His target were Friesian Islands, Mannheim, Munich, Bochum, Hagen, Kassel, Hannover, Modane, Berlin (10 times), Leipzig, Stuttgart, Schweinfurt, Augsburg. His pilot for all but one operation was Flight Lieutenant Scott. The other pilot was Pilot Officer Wallis. With 622 Squadron he flew 23 operations (1 minelaying and 11 bombing day, 11 night bombing operations). Targets were Siegen, Trier, Bonn, Cologne, Koblenz, Heligoland Bight, Nuremberg, Munich, Wanne-Eickel, Duisburg, Krefeld, Wiesbaden, Dortmund, Hohenbudberg, Dresden, Gelsenkirchen. His pilot was Flight Lieutenant McCahill. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Bochum Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg) Germany--Kassel Germany--Hannover Germany--Berlin Germany--Leipzig Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Schweinfurt Germany--Augsburg Germany--Trier Germany--Bonn Germany--Koblenz Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Wanne-Eickel Germany--Duisburg Germany--Krefeld Germany--Dortmund Germany--Dresden Germany--Chemnitz Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Mannheim Germany--Munich Germany--Cologne Germany--Siegen Germany--Wiesbaden Atlantic Ocean Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight France France--Modane Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Nottinghamshire England--Norfolk England--Suffolk Atlantic Ocean--Helgoland Bight 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 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LHarrisAE539154v1 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. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending review Review Oct 2024 Requires A related resource that is required by the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence. Dates! Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943-09-02 1943-09-05 1943-09-06 1943-09-07 1943-09-29 1943-09-30 1943-10-01 1943-10-02 1943-10-03 1943-10-04 1943-10-08 1943-10-09 1943-10-18 1943-10-22 1943-10-23 1943-11-10 1943-11-11 1943-11-22 1943-11-23 1943-11-24 1943-11-26 1943-11-27 1943-12-16 1943-12-23 1943-12-24 1943-12-29 1944-01-01 1944-01-02 1944-01-20 1944-01-28 1944-01-29 1944-01-30 1944-02-15 1944-02-19 1944-02-20 1944-02-21 1944-02-24 1944-02-25 1944-02-26 1944-12-15 1944-12-16 1944-12-21 1944-12-23 1944-12-24 1944-12-28 1944-12-29 1944-12-30 1945-01-02 1945-01-07 1945-01-08 1945-01-16 1945-01-17 1945-01-22 1945-01-29 1945-02-02 1945-02-03 1945-02-07 1945-02-09 1945-02-13 1945-02-14 1945-02-15 1945-02-27 1945-02-28 1945-03-02 1945-03-04 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Nick Cornwell-Smith 1657 HCU 1660 HCU 61 Squadron 622 Squadron aircrew bombing bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945) bombing of Kassel (22/23 October 1943) flight engineer Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School mine laying RAF Coningsby RAF Feltwell RAF Mildenhall RAF Skellingthorpe RAF Stradishall RAF Swinderby RAF Syerston Stirling training https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1777/34402/LChristisonA2210273v1.pdf 13d2f90fbe3b86e9bdf395661d6e7d1c 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 Christison, Alexander A Christison 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 2021-01-10 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 Christison, A Description An account of the resource 16 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Alexander Christison (b. 1908, 2210273 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, service and release book and photographs. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 171 Squadron. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Alexander John Christison 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 Sandy Christison's Log Book Description An account of the resource Flying log book for navigator’s, air bombers, air gunner’s and flight engineers for Sandy Christison, flight engineer. Covers the period 6th May 1944 to 24th April 1945. Detailing his flying training and operations flown. He was stationed at RAF Riccall, RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor and RAF North Creake. Aircraft flown in were Halifax Mk 2 and Halifax Mk 3. He served with 76 Squadron and 171 Squadron, surviving a forced landing and a bale-out. He flew a total of 37 operations; 36 daylight and one at night. Many operations are simply marked 'ops' or 'special ops'. Targets that are identified are Falaise, Tirlemont, Brest, Sterkrade, Soesterberg, Le Havre, Gelsenkirchen and Calais. His pilot on operations was FLight Sergeant Allen. This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Belgium France Germany Great Britain Netherlands Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay Atlantic Ocean--English Channel England--Norfolk England--Yorkshire Belgium--Tienen France--Brest France--Calais France--Falaise France--Le Havre Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf) Netherlands--Soesterberg Germany--Ruhr (Region) Netherlands--Soesterberg France--Pas-de-Calais 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 printed book with handwritten annotations Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LChristisonA2210273v1 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 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944 1945 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-08-14 1944-08-15 1944-08-17 1944-08-18 1944-09-03 1944-09-10 1944-09-12 1944-09-25 1944-09-27 1944-11-20 1944-11-26 1944-12-15 1944-12-17 1944-12-18 1944-12-23 1944-12-24 1944-12-28 1945-01-13 1945-01-14 1945-01-22 1945-02-01 1945-02-03 1945-02-04 1945-02-07 1945-02-13 1945-02-28 1945-03-01 1945-03-05 1945-03-09 1945-03-15 1945-03-18 1945-03-27 1945-04-16 1945-04-18 1945-04-22 1945-04-24 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource David Leitch Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 1658 HCU 171 Squadron 76 Squadron aircrew bale out bombing bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944) C-47 flight engineer forced landing Halifax Halifax Mk 2 Halifax Mk 3 Heavy Conversion Unit Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor RAF North Creake RAF Riccall tactical support for Normandy troops training Window https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1894/34888/LColeFIG1817994v1.pdf 20353317a38cc90a7d012806922c7795 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 Cole, Ivor Frederick Ivor Geoffrey Cole F I G Cole 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 2017-07-09 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 Cole, FIG Description An account of the resource 42 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Frederick Ivor Geoffrey "Ivor" Cole (1817994 Royal Air Force) his log book, documents and photographs, and a photograph album of his post war service in Singapore. He flew operations as a wireless operator with 103 Squadron. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Frederick Cole 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 Ivor Cole's log book 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 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending review Review Oct 2024 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 LColeFIG1817994v1 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mike Connock Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1943 1944 1945 1946 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-10-14 1944-10-15 1944-10-19 1944-10-20 1944-10-23 1944-10-24 1944-10-25 1944-10-28 1944-10-30 1944-10-31 1944-11-04 1944-11-05 1944-11-06 1944-11-09 1944-11-11 1944-11-12 1944-11-22 1944-11-23 1944-11-27 1944-11-28 1944-11-29 1944-12-03 1944-12-04 1944-12-05 1944-12-06 1944-12-07 1944-12-15 1944-12-16 1944-12-17 1944-12-18 1944-12-22 1944-12-23 1945-01-05 1945-01-06 1945-01-07 1945-01-08 1945-01-14 1945-01-15 1945-01-16 1945-01-17 1945-01-28 1945-01-29 1945-02-01 1945-02-02 1945-02-03 1945-02-04 1945-02-05 1945-02-07 1945-02-08 1945-02-15 1945-02-16 1945-02-18 1945-02-19 1945-02-20 1945-02-21 1945-02-22 1945-02-23 1945-02-24 1945-02-25 1945-02-28 1945-03-01 1945-03-02 1945-06-19 1945-09-07 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway England--Yorkshire England--Lincolnshire England--Leicestershire Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Aschaffenburg Germany--Bochum Germany--Bochum Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund Germany--Duisburg Germany--Essen Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Hannover Germany--Karlsruhe Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia) Germany--Koblenz Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein Germany--Mannheim Germany--Merseburg Germany--Munich Germany--Pforzheim Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Ulm Germany--Urft Dam Germany--Wanne-Eickel Germany--Wiesbaden Description An account of the resource Navigator's, Air Bomber's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book for Ivor Cole, wireless operator. Covers the period from 3 September 1943 to 7 February 1946. Details his training, operations and flight to the Far East. Aircraft flown were Dominie, Proctor, Anson, Wellington, Halifax, Lancaster, B-24 and C-47. With 103 Squadron he flew 36 operations, 27 at night and 9 daylight. Targets were Duisburg, Stuttgart, Essen, Cologne, Bochum, Gelsenkirchen, Wanne-Eickel, Dortmund, Aschaffenburg, Freiburg, Urft Dam, Karlsruhe, Merseburg, Ludwigshaven, Ulm, Koblenz, Hannover, Munich, minelaying, Wiesbaden, Kleve, Pforzheim and Mannheim. He also flew two Cook's Tour flights. His pilots on operations were Flight Lieutenant Morgan and Pilot Officer Weight. 103 Squadron 1656 HCU 1667 HCU 28 OTU Advanced Flying Unit Air Gunnery School aircrew Anson B-24 C-47 Cook’s tour Dominie Halifax Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School mine laying Operational Training Unit Proctor RAF Castle Kennedy RAF Elsham Wolds RAF Hemswell RAF Lindholme RAF Sandtoft RAF Wymeswold training Wellington wireless operator https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1898/35375/LPenswickJ[Ser -DoB]v1.pdf a2b5f946091570f95e5cfc73e2e49f7f 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 Penswick, Jack J Penswick 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 2017-07-09 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 Penswick, J Description An account of the resource 19 items. The collection concerns Jack Penswick (1497486 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 61 and 617 Squadron. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by John Penswick 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 Jack Penswick’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LPenswickJ[Ser#-DoB]v1 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942 1943-06-11 1943-06-12 1943-06-13 1943-06-14 1943-06-15 1943-06-16 1943-06-17 1943-06-21 1943-06-22 1943-06-23 1943-06-24 1943-06-25 1943-06-26 1943-08-14 1943-08-15 1943-08-30 1943-08-31 1943-09-01 1943-09-03 1943-09-04 1943-09-05 1943-09-06 1943-09-07 1943-09-23 1943-09-24 1943-12-16 1943-12-17 1943-12-20 1943-12-21 1944-11-11 1944-12-08 1944-12-11 1944-12-15 1944-12-21 1944-12-22 1944-12-29 1944-12-30 1944-12-31 1945-01-01 1945-02-24 1945-03-13 1945-03-14 1945-03-19 1944-11-12 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Belgium France Germany Great Britain Italy Netherlands Norway Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean--North Sea Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden Belgium--Liège England--Leicestershire England--Lincolnshire England--Northumberland England--Nottinghamshire England--Oxfordshire France--Abbeville Region Germany--Arnsberg Germany--Berlin Germany--Bielefeld Germany--Bochum Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Euskirchen Region Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Hannover Germany--Krefeld Germany--Mannheim Germany--Mönchengladbach Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr Germany--Munich Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf) Germany--Schleswig-Holstein Germany--Wuppertal Italy--Milan Netherlands--IJmuiden Netherlands--Rotterdam Norway--Tromsø Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie) Poland Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Urft Dam France--Flixecourt 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 Mike Connock Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1942 1943 1944 1945 Description An account of the resource Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for J Penswick, air gunner, covering the period from 25 October 1942 to 19 May 1945. Detailing his flying training, operation flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at RAF Morpeth, RAF North Luffenham, RAF Swinderby, RAF Syerston, RAF Scampton, RAF Woodhall Spa and RAF Upper Heyford. Aircraft flown in were Botha, Wellington, Manchester, Lancaster, Oxford, and Martinet. He flew a total of 30 operations, 16 with 61 Squadron (surviving a bale out) and 14 with 617 Squadron. Targets were Düsseldorf, Bochum, Oberhausen, Cologne, Krefeld, Mulheim, Wuppertal, Gelsenkirchen, Milan, Mönchengladbach, Berlin, Mannheim, Munich, Hannover, Flixecourt, Liege, Tromso, Urft Dam, Ijmuiden, Politz, Rotterdam, Oslo Fjord, Dortmund-Ems Canal, the Tirpitz, Bielefeld and Arnsberg viaducts. His pilots on operations were Sergeant Pearce, Pilot Officer Willsher and Flight Lieutenant Gumbley. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 16 OTU 1660 HCU 29 OTU 61 Squadron 617 Squadron Advanced Flying Unit air gunner Air Gunnery School aircrew bale out Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944) bombing Botha Grand Slam Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Manchester Martinet Operation Catechism (12 November 1944) Operational Training Unit Oxford RAF Morpeth RAF North Luffenham RAF Scampton RAF Swinderby RAF Syerston RAF Upper Heyford RAF Woodhall Spa Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943) Tallboy Tirpitz training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1895/35680/LGillK1438901v1.pdf 1fcaf9a0c545538c4700852b3da1bf4c 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 Gill, Kenneth K Gill 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 2017-07-09 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 Gill, K Description An account of the resource One hundred and sixty-four items plus another one hundred and fifteen in two sub-ciollections. The collection concerns Flying Officer Kenneth Gill DFC (1922 - 1945, 1438901, 155097 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, photographs and family and other correspondence. He flew operations as a navigator with 9 Squadron before starting a second tour with 617 Squadron. He was killed 21 March 1945 having completed 45 operations. The collection also contains two albums.  <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2114">Kenneth Gill. Album One</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2117">Kenneth Gill. Album Two</a> Additional information on Kenneth Gill is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/108654/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Derek Gill 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 Kenneth Gill’s observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942 1943-02-25 1943-02-26 1943-04-18 1943-04-19 1943-05-04 1943-05-05 1943-05-11 1943-05-12 1943-05-23 1943-05-24 1943-05-25 1943-05-26 1943-05-27 1943-05-28 1943-05-29 1943-05-30 1943-06-11 1943-06-12 1943-06-13 1943-06-14 1943-06-15 1943-06-21 1943-06-22 1943-06-25 1943-06-26 1943-06-28 1943-06-29 1943-07-08 1943-07-09 1943-07-25 1943-07-26 1943-08-07 1943-08-08 1943-08-10 1943-08-11 1943-08-27 1943-08-28 1943-08-30 1943-08-31 1943-09-03 1943-09-04 1943-09-06 1943-09-07 1943-10-03 1943-10-04 1943-10-05 1943-10-20 1943-10-21 1943-11-03 1943-11-04 1943-11-18 1943-11-19 1944-10-29 1944-11-11 1944-12-11 1944-12-15 1944-12-21 1944-12-22 1944-12-29 1944-12-30 1944-12-31 1945-01-01 1945-02-03 1945-02-06 1945-02-14 1945-02-22 1945-02-24 1945-03-13 1945-03-14 1945-03-19 1945-03-21 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Canada France Germany Great Britain Italy Netherlands Poland Atlantic Ocean--North Sea England--Lincolnshire England--Nottinghamshire England--Rutland New Brunswick--Chatham France--Clermont-Ferrand Germany--Bremen Germany--Arnsberg Germany--Berlin Germany--Bielefeld Germany--Bochum Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal Germany--Duisburg Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Euskirchen Region Germany--Essen Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Kassel Germany--Krefeld Germany--Leipzig Germany--Munich Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf) Germany--Rheydt Germany--Wuppertal Italy--La Spezia Italy--Milan Netherlands--Hoek van Holland Netherlands--IJmuiden Netherlands--Rotterdam Norway--Horten Norway--Tromsø Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie) Germany--Bielefeld Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal Germany--Arnsberg Germany--Bremen New Brunswick Norway Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Urft Dam Germany--Ladbergen 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 Mike Connock Cara Walmsley Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LGillK1438901v1 Description An account of the resource Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for K Gill, navigator, covering the period from 17 May 1942 to 21 March 1945 when he was missing on operations. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at RCAF Chatham, RAF North Luffenham, RAF Swinderby, RAF Bardney, RAF Syerston and RAF Woodhall Spa. Aircraft flown in were Anson, Wellington, Halifax, Lancaster, Hudson, Tiger Moth and Stearman. He flew a total of 46 operations, one with 29 operational training unit, one with 1660 conversion unit, 26 with 9 squadron and 18 with 617 squadron. His pilots on operations were Flight Lieutenant Evans, Flight Lieutenant Derbyshire, and Flight Lieutenant Gumbley. Targets were Clermont Ferrand, Spezia, Dortmund, Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Essen, Wuppertal, Bochum, Oberhausen, Krefeld, Gelsenkirchen, Cologne, Milan, Nurnberg, Rheydt, Berlin, Munich, Kassel, Frankfurt, Leipzig, Tromso - Tirpitz, Urft Dam, IJmuiden, Politz, Rotterdam, Horten, Poortershaven, Bielefeld, Ladbergen, Arnsberg and Arbergen. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 1660 HCU 29 OTU 617 Squadron 9 Squadron Air Observers School aircrew Anson Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944) bombing Halifax Heavy Conversion Unit Hudson Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School mine laying missing in action navigator Operation Catechism (12 November 1944) Operational Training Unit RAF Bardney RAF North Luffenham RAF Swinderby RAF Syerston RAF Woodhall Spa Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943) Stearman Tallboy Tiger Moth Tirpitz training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/934/36496/LHastieR1821369v1.pdf f6d53a24c35a91b249cf97affa057b4e 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 Lovatt, Peter Dr Peter Lovatt P Lovatt Description An account of the resource 117 items. An oral history interview with Peter Lovatt (b.1924, 1821369 Royal Air Force), his log book, documents, and photographs. The collection also contains two photograph albums. He flew 42 operations as an air gunner on 223 Squadron flying B-24s. <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/1338">Album One</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2135">Album Two</a> The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Nina and Peter Lovatt 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 2017-09-27 2019-09-03 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. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Lovatt, P 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 Roy Hastie's pilot's flying log book 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 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LHastieR1821369v1 Description An account of the resource Pilot's flying log book for Roy Hastie. It covers his RAF service from 9 December 1940 to 31 March 1946 and then his RAF Auxilliary Service flying to 23 May 1952. Detailing his flying training and operations flown firstly with Coastal Command and then with Bomber Command. He was stationed at RAF Perth, RAF Thornaby, RAF Squires Gate, RAF Eastleigh, East Coast USA, Trinidad, RAF Catfoss, Nassau, Bahamas, RAF Oulton, RAF Feltwell, RAF Riccall, RAF Lulsgate Bottom and RAF Dishforth. Aircraft flown in were Tiger Moth, Oxford, Tutor, Hudson, Blenheim, Botha, Beaufighter, B-25, B-24, Proctor, Hurricane, Spitfire, Chipmunk and Anson. With Coastal Command he flew anti-shipping operations with 53 Squadron, including a ditching. He transferred to 223 Squadron in Bomber Command and flew 39 operations, mostly using Window in a counter-measures and spoof attacks role but including some bombing attacks. Targets include Hamburg, Bochum, Hanover, Ruhr region, Neuss, Duisburg, Essen, Karlsruhe, Ludwigshafen, Ulm, Cologne, Munich, Magdeburg, Stuttgart, Siegen, Dresden, Chemnitz, Dortmund-Ems Canal, Wesel, Kiel, and Augsberg. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-10-07 1944-10-09 1944-10-11 1944-10-19 1944-10-26 1944-11-01 1944-11-04 1944-11-18 1944-11-21 1944-11-28 1944-11-30 1944-12-02 1944-12-04 1944-12-12 1944-12-15 1944-12-17 1944-12-21 1944-12-24 1945-01-05 1945-01-07 1945-01-14 1945-01-16 1945-01-28 1945-02-01 1945-02-02 1945-02-13 1945-02-14 1945-02-20 1945-02-21 1945-02-23 1945-02-28 1945-03-03 1945-03-07 1945-03-13 1945-03-23 1945-04-02 1945-04-08 1945-04-13 1945-04-18 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 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 b/w photocopy Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Bahamas Great Britain Trinidad and Tobago United States Kenya Great Britain England--Yorkshire England--Norfolk Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany Germany--Augsburg Germany--Bochum Germany--Chemnitz Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal Germany--Dresden Germany--Duisburg Germany--Essen Germany--Hamburg Germany--Hannover Germany--Karlsruhe Germany--Kiel Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein Germany--Magdeburg Germany--Munich Germany--Siegen Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Ulm Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia) West Indies Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 223 Squadron aircrew Anson B-24 B-25 Beaufighter Blenheim bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945) Botha ditching Flying Training School Heavy Conversion Unit Hudson Hurricane Operational Training Unit Oxford pilot Proctor RAF Catfoss RAF Dishforth RAF Eastleigh RAF Feltwell RAF Oulton RAF Riccall RAF Thornaby Spitfire Tiger Moth training Window https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1209/42998/LWyldeHJ1565564v2.pdf 16051c7bbc912734cc0ef3524767d975 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 Wylde, Herbert James H J Wylde Description An account of the resource 49 items. An oral history interview with Flight Lieutenant Herbert James Wylde (1922 - 2021, Royal Air Force) his log books, maps, documents and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 90 Squadron. The collection was 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 2016-12-18 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 Wylde, HJ 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 J Wylde's flying log book for aircrew other than pilot. Two Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LWyldeHJ1565564v2 Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Log book and record book 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 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 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Description An account of the resource Flying log book for aircrew other than pilot for H J Wylde, bomb aimer, covering the period from 12 May 1943 to 12 July 1945. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at No. 5 Bombing and Gunnery School RCAF Dafoe, No. 1 Central Navigation School RCAF Rivers, No. 1 Bombing and Gunnery School RCAF Jarvis, No. 2 Advanced Flying School RAF Millom, No. 11 Operational Training Unit RAF Wescott and RAF Oakley, 1653 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF Chedburgh, 3 Lancaster Finishing School RAF Feltwell, 90 Squadron RAF Tuddenham and 26 Operational Training Unit RAF Wing and RAF Little Horwood. Aircraft flown in were Anson, Bolingbroke, Wellington, Stirling, and Lancaster. He flew a total of 38 operations with 90 Squadron, 27 daylight and 11 night operations. Targets were Walcheren, Saarbrucken, Dortmund, Wilhelmshaven, Cologne, Wesseling, Bottrop, Homburg, Solingen, Heinsberg, Oberhausen, Siegen, Sweden, Rheydt, Vohwinkel, Nurnberg, Ludwigshafen, Munich, Krefeld, Wanne Eickel, Dresden, Chemnitz and Wesel. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Canada Germany Great Britain Netherlands Sweden Atlantic Ocean--North Sea England--Buckinghamshire England--Cumbria England--Norfolk England--Suffolk Germany--Bottrop Germany--Chemnitz Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund Germany--Dresden Germany--Homberg (Kassel) Germany--Krefeld Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein Germany--Munich Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf) Germany--Rheydt Germany--Saarbrücken Germany--Solingen Germany--Siegen Germany--Wanne-Eickel Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia) Germany--Wesseling Germany--Wilhelmshaven Germany--Wuppertal Manitoba Netherlands--Walcheren Ontario--Jarvis Saskatchewan Saskatchewan--Dafoe Germany--Heinsberg (Heinsberg) Germany--Ruhr (Region) Manitoba--Rivers Ontario Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943 1944-10-04 1944-10-05 1944-10-06 1944-10-07 1944-10-15 1944-10-16 1944-10-28 1944-10-30 1944-10-31 1944-11-02 1944-11-04 1944-11-05 1944-11-08 1944-11-15 1944-11-16 1944-11-21 1944-11-27 1944-11-30 1944-12-02 1944-12-04 1944-12-15 1944-12-19 1944-12-20 1944-12-27 1944-12-28 1944-12-31 1945-01-01 1945-01-02 1945-01-03 1945-01-05 1945-01-07 1945-01-08 1945-01-11 1945-01-13 1945-01-14 1945-01-28 1945-01-29 1945-02-03 1945-02-04 1945-02-06 1945-02-13 1945-02-14 1945-02-15 1945-02-16 1945-02-18 1945-02-20 1945-02-21 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mike Connock Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 11 OTU 1653 HCU 26 OTU 90 Squadron Advanced Flying Unit aircrew Anson Bolingbroke bomb aimer Bombing and Gunnery School bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945) Cook’s tour Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Operational Training Unit RAF Chedburgh RAF Feltwell RAF Little Horwood RAF Millom RAF Oakley RAF Tuddenham RAF Westcott RAF Wing RCAF Rivers Stirling training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1666/43394/LBurnettW1825655v1.pdf 25a81e344290698e9665d21fa18f191c 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 Burnett, Bill Jock Burnett William Burnett W Burnett 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 2016-12-08 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 Burnett, W Description An account of the resource Five items. The collection concerns William "Bill"/"Jock" Burnett (1825655 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book and documents. He flew operations as a flight engineer with 617 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Natalie Burnett 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 Bill Burnett’s Flight Engineer’s Log Book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LBurnettW1825655v1 Description An account of the resource Bill Burnett’s Flying Log Book as Flight Engineer from 22 May 1944 to 20 April 1946. Initially with 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit before transferring to 5 Lancaster Finishing School and then 617 Squadron for operational duties in Europe. In January 1946 posted with 617 Squadron to RAF Digri, India with South East Asia Expeditionary Force. Served at RAF Swinderby, RAF Syerston, RAF Woodhall Spa, RAF Waddington. Aircraft flown were Stirling, Lancaster I, Lancaster III, Lancaster VII. Flew 25 day and 2 night operations with 617 Squadron to Brest, Westkapelle, Tromso (Tirpitz), Urft Dam, Ijmuiden, Politz, Rotterdam, Oslo Fjord, Bergen, Poortershaven, Bielefeld Viaduct, Nienburg Viaduct, Arnsberg Viaduct, Bremen, Farge, Hamburg, Swinemünde, Berchtesgaden. He also flew two Cook’s Tours and six Operation Dodge flights. His pilot on operations was Flight Lieutenant Goodman. Includes a hand written note Dam Buster mines dropped in North Sea 31 March 1945. Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Nottinghamshire Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden France France--Brest Netherlands Netherlands--Ijmuiden Netherlands--Rotterdam Netherlands--Westkapelle Norway Norway--Bergen Norway--Tromsø Germany Germany--Arnsberg Germany--Berchtesgaden Germany--Bielefeld Germany--Bremen Germany--Hamburg Germany--Nienburg (Lower Saxony) Germany--Urft Dam Poland Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie) Poland--Świnoujście Italy Italy--Bari Netherlands--Hoek van Holland 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 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force 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 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-08-27 1944-10-03 1944-10-29 1944-12-08 1944-12-11 1944-12-15 1944-12-21 1944-12-22 1944-12-29 1944-12-30 1944-12-31 1945-01-01 1945-01-14 1945-02-03 1945-02-06 1945-02-08 1945-02-14 1945-02-22 1945-03-09 1945-03-13 1945-03-14 1945-03-15 1945-03-19 1945-03-21 1945-03-23 1945-03-27 1945-04-06 1945-04-07 1945-04-08 1945-04-13 1945-04-25 1945-06-26 1945-07-05 1945-09-15 1945-09-18 1945-09-30 1945-10-03 1945-10-07 1945-10-09 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 1660 HCU 617 Squadron aircrew Cook’s tour flight engineer Grand Slam Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Lancaster Mk 1 Lancaster Mk 3 Operation Dodge (1945) RAF Swinderby RAF Syerston RAF Waddington RAF Woodhall Spa Stirling Tallboy Tirpitz training https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2951/55377/LRichardsWE424940v1.pdf 0698dfcd08352905c5ceb90ce09a3d6a 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 Richards, William Evans Description An account of the resource 23 items. The collection concerns William Evans Richards (b. 1922, 424940 Royal Australian Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 622 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Bruce Richards and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-04-25 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 Richards, WE 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 William Richards's Royal Australian Air Force flying log 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 Royal Australian Air Force 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 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LRichardsWE424940v1 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 Flying log book one for W E Richards, pilot, covering the period from 22 December 1942 to 21 May 1945. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at 2 Initial Training School RAAF Bradfield park, 7 Service Flying Training School RAAF Deniliquin, 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Banff and RAF Dallachy, 26 Operational Training Unit RAF Wing and RAF Little Harwood, 1657 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF Shepherds Grove, 3 Lancaster Finishing School RAF Feltwell, 622 Squadron RAF Mildenhall, 84 Operation Training Unit RAF Desford and 3 Flying Instructors School RAF Lulsgate Bottom. Aircraft flown in were Tiger Moth, Wirraway, Oxford, Wellington, Stirling and Lancaster. He flew a total of 30 operations with 622 squadron, 21 Daylight and 9 Night operations. Targets were Bremen, Kiel, Stettin, Le Havre, Kamen, Frankfurt, Calais, Neuss, Saarbrucken, Dortmund, Kleve, Duisburg, Bonn, Stuttgart, Essen, Cologne, Wesseling, Homberg, Solingen, Castrop-Rauxel, Gelsenkirchen, Fulda, Bottrop, Oberhausen, Kattegat and Trier. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942 1943 1944-08-18 1944-08-19 1944-08-26 1944-08-27 1944-08-29 1944-08-30 1944-09-05 1944-09-07 1944-09-11 1944-09-12 1944-09-13 1944-09-20 1944-09-23 1944-09-24 1944-10-05 1944-10-06 1944-10-07 1944-10-14 1944-10-18 1944-10-19 1944-10-20 1944-10-23 1944-10-24 1944-10-28 1944-10-30 1944-11-02 1944-11-03 1944-11-05 1944-11-11 1944-11-21 1944-11-23 1944-11-26 1944-11-27 1944-11-30 1944-12-04 1944-12-14 1944-12-15 1944-12-23 1945 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Australia France Germany Great Britain Poland Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean--English Channel Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (Baltic Sea) Germany--Ruhr (Region) England--Buckinghamshire England--Leicestershire England--Norfolk England--Somerset England--Suffolk France--Calais France--Le Havre Germany--Bonn Germany--Bottrop Germany--Bremen Germany--Castrop-Rauxel Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund Germany--Duisburg Germany--Essen Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Fulda Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Homberg (Kassel) Germany--Kamen Germany--Kiel Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia) Germany--Neuss Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf) Germany--Saarbrucken Germany--Solingen Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Trier Germany--Wesseling New South Wales--Deniliquin New South Wales--Lindfield Poland--Szczecin Scotland--Banffshire Scotland--Moray France--Pas-de-Calais New South Wales Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mike Connock Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 1657 HCU 26 OTU 54 OTU 622 Squadron 84 OTU Advanced Flying Unit aircrew bombing Flying Training School Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Lancaster Mk 1 Lancaster Mk 3 mine laying Operational Training Unit Oxford pilot RAAF Bradfield Park RAF Dallachy RAF Desborough RAF Feltwell RAF Little Horwood RAF Lulsgate Bottom RAF Methwold RAF Mildenhall RAF Shepherds Grove RAF Silverstone RAF Stradishall RAF Wing Stirling Tiger Moth training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/3340/59383/LSearleJ1803136v1.pdf 2fff738c240c8151d82b90e17215b63b 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 Searle, John Description An account of the resource Two items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant John Searle (1803136 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book and a photograph. He flew operations as a pilot with 166, 153 and 78 Squadrons. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Barbara Roebuck and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2021-11-14 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 Searle, J 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 John Searle’s Royal Air Force Pilots Flying Log Book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LSearleJ1803136v1 Description An account of the resource John Searle’s Pilots Flying Log Book from 18th May 1943 until 31st July 1945. Training as a pilot commenced at Nos. 16 and 28 Elementary Flying Training Schools, followed by Flying Training School Cranwell, 28 Operational Training Unit, an unnumbered Conversion Unit, and No. 1 Lancaster Finishing School. Posted for operations to 166 Squadron in September 1944. In October posted to 153 Squadron. Further posting to 78 Squadron in June 1945. Served at RAF Cranwell, RAF Lindholme, RAF Kirmington, RAF Scampton. Aircraft flown were Tiger Moth, Oxford, Anson, Wellington, Halifax, Lancaster, C-47 Dakota. With 166 Squadron Searle flew 1 night bombing operation to Saarbrucken with Flying Officer Bell as his pilot. He flew, as the pilot, with 153 Squadron 11 day and 19 night bombing operations, and 1 night minelaying operation. His target were Emmerich, Duisburg, Essen, Cologne, Dusseldorf, Bochum, Duren, Wanne-Eickel, Aschaffenburg, Freiburg, Ludwigshafen, Bonn, Munich, Zuffenhausen, Kleve, Kattegat, Mannheim, Chemnitz, Kassel, Dortmund, Gelsenkirchen, Misburg, Hildesheim, Potsdam, Helgoland, Berchtesgaden. He also flew 3 Cook’s Tours with 78 Squadron to Germany. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britain. Royal Air Force Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943 1944-10-05 1944-10-06 1944-10-07 1944-10-14 1944-10-25 1944-10-28 1944-10-31 1944-11-02 1944-11-04 1944-11-17 1944-11-18 1944-11-21 1944-11-27 1944-12-15 1944-12-22 1944-12-28 1945-01-07 1945-01-22 1945-01-28 1945-01-29 1945-02-01 1945-02-07 1945-02-08 1945-02-15 1945-03-01 1945-03-05 1945-03-06 1945-03-07 1945-03-08 1945-03-12 1945-03-13 1945-03-15 1945-03-16 1945-03-22 1945-04-14 1945-04-15 1945-04-18 1945-04-25 1945-06-15 1945-06-18 1945-06-22 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Yorkshire Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Aschaffenburg Germany--Berchtesgaden Germany--Bochum Germany--Bonn Germany--Chemnitz Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund Germany--Duisburg Germany--Düren (Cologne) Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Emmerich Germany--Essen Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Helgoland Germany--Hildesheim Germany--Kassel Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia) Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein Germany--Mannheim Germany--Hannover Germany--Munich Germany--Potsdam Germany--Saarbrücken Germany--Wanne-Eickel Germany--Stuttgart Atlantic Ocean--Kattegat (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 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 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. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 153 Squadron 166 Squadron 1667 HCU 28 OTU 78 Squadron aircrew Anson bombing bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945) C-47 Cook’s tour Flying Training School Halifax Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School mine laying Operational Training Unit Oxford pilot RAF Cranwell RAF Kirmington RAF Lindholme RAF Scampton Tiger Moth training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1537/47719/LArrowsmithDR427789v1.pdf 489dcdcfe7879b5994821a099b0a4819 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 Arrowsmith, Douglas Ross D R Arrowsmith 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 2016-09-12 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 Arrowsmith, DR Description An account of the resource Three items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Douglas Ross Arrowsmith (-2024, 427789 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 460 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Douglas Arrowsmith 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 Douglas Ross Arrowsmith’s pilots flying log book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LArrowsmithDR427789v1 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Great Britian. Royal Air Force Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943 1944-10-19 1944-10-20 1944-10-30 1944-10-31 1944-11-01 1944-11-02 1944-11-03 1944-11-04 1944-11-05 1944-11-11 1944-11-12 1944-11-21 1944-11-22 1944-11-27 1944-11-28 1944-12-06 1944-12-07 1944-12-15 1944-12-16 1944-12-17 1944-12-18 1944-12-24 1944-12-25 1944-12-28 1944-12-29 1944-12-30 1945-01-02 1945-01-03 1945-01-07 1945-01-08 1945-02-01 1945-02-02 1945-02-03 1945-02-04 1945-02-07 1945-02-08 1945-02-13 1945-02-14 1945-02-15 1945-02-18 1945-02-19 1945-02-20 1945-02-21 1945-03-01 1945-03-02 1945-03-05 1945-03-06 1945-03-11 1945-03-12 1945-03-13 1945-03-14 1945-03-15 1945-03-16 1945-03-17 1945-03-22 1945-03-23 1945-03-25 1945-03-27 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Australia Germany Great Britain Russia (Federation) Germany--Hannover Germany--Ruhr (Region) Atlantic Ocean--North Sea Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden England--Lincolnshire England--Staffordshire England--Yorkshire England--Wiltshire Germany--Aschaffenburg Germany--Bochum Germany--Bottrop Germany--Braunschweig Germany--Chemnitz Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund Germany--Dresden Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Essen Germany--Freiburg im Breisgau Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Hannover Germany--Helgoland Germany--Herne (Arnsberg) Germany--Kleve (North Rhine-Westphalia) Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein Germany--Mannheim Germany--Merseburg Germany--Mönchengladbach Germany--Munich Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Paderborn Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Ulm Russia (Federation)--Rostovskai︠a︡ oblastʹ Scotland--Angus Scotland--Aberdeenshire South Australia--Adelaide Western Australia--Geraldton Germany--Langendreer Western Australia South Australia 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 Mike Connock Description An account of the resource Pilots flying log book for Douglas Ross Arrowsmith, covering the period from 15 January 1943 to 3 September 1945. Detailing his flying training, operations flown and instructor duties. He was stationed at 1 Elementary Flying Training School RAF RAAF Parafield, 4 Service Flying Training School RAAF Geraldton, 29 Elementary Flying Training School RAF Clyffe Pypard, 14 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit RAF Fraserburgh, 15 Beam Approach Training Flight RAF Edzell, 27 Operational Training Unit RAF Lichfield, 1656 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF Lindholme, 1 Lancaster Finishing School RAF Hemswell, 460 Squadron RAF Binbrook and RAF East Kirkby, 21 Operational Training Unit RAF Moreton-in-Marsh. Aircraft flown in were Tiger Moth, Anson, Oxford, Wellington, Halifax, and Lancaster. He flew a total of 35 operations with 460 squadron, 6 daylight and 29 night operations. Targets were Stuttgart, Cologne, Düsseldorf, Bochum, Dortmund, Aschaffenburg, Freiburg, Merseburg, Ludwigshafen, Ulm, Mönchengladbach, Gelsenkirchen, Nuremburg, Munich, Mannheim, Bottrop, Kleve, Dresden, Rostov Bay, Heligoland, Chemnitz, Essen, Herne, Misburg, Bruchstrasse, Oslo Fjord, Hannover and Paderborn. He flew one Cook's Tour fight and one Operation Dodge flight. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 1656 HCU 21 OTU 27 OTU 460 Squadron aircrew Anson bombing bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945) Cook’s tour Flying Training School Halifax Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Operation Dodge (1945) Operational Training Unit Oxford pilot RAF Binbrook RAF East Kirkby RAF Hemswell RAF Lindholme RAF Moreton in the Marsh Tiger Moth training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1656/30965/EBrooksGBrooksSW441215-0001.jpg 1f4cb4fc0098c1a02ebdecdde1f79557 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1656/30965/EBrooksGBrooksSW441215-0002.jpg ebffd988a62eae5096bd6a8b5c6f97f0 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1656/30965/EBrooksGBrooksSW441215-0003.jpg 132d03a0b3fd03b7632a2da1a9be85c9 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1656/30965/EBrooksGBrooksSW441215-0004.jpg e7aa010fc0dc3e6bfcf57183f633d56b 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 Brooks, Glenn Wesley G W Brooks 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 2020-08-13 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 Brooks, GW Description An account of the resource 56 items. The collection concerns Pilot Offier Glenn Wesley Brooks (1923 - 1944, 198013, 88793 Royal Air Force) and contains photographs, documents and correspondence. He flew operations as an air gunner with 426 Squadron and was killed 7 October 1944.  The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by P Van Nest and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Additional information on Glenn Wesley Brooks is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/203333/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document 15 Dec 1944: Dear Dad, from Gwen Probably you will be surprised to receive this letter from me. I only hope you will be able to read it as you always have trouble trying to decipher my writing. Perhaps mother can help you out if you do get stuck. I was talking to mother a few minutes ago on the telephone. She had just arrived in Bowmanville and wanted to know if Grant was coming out after her. It is a very rough windy night out so we decided she had better stay in town with Aunt Gladys. It would be a very bad trip for Grant to go after her. Grant called up Mrs. Bragg tonight and expects Ross will be coming over in the morning to pull the car either to Milton Wight’s or Connly’s so we can drive to school. Mother was telling me that you have had another operation. That is too bad. But you might as well get it all over with so you will feel better when you come home. Mother has probably told you that Douglas Burdett had his appendix out and Earl Osborne his tonsils out last week. So you are not the only person who is enjoying an enforced rest. Everything is going along very well here at home. But as Grant said we are beginning to realize how much dad really did around here. However we manage things fairly well. Grant with mother's able assistance gets the chores done okay but doesn't get as much time to study as he might like to. But we won't expect him to get any very high marks just as long as he gets through in all of them. It certainly was good news about two more of Glenn's crew being prisoners1. It certainly looks as though he will be walking in home one of these days soon. You had better hurry up and get well and be home to welcome him. But really dad, I believe we are going to get good news of Glenn very soon now! Well Daddy I think I shall soon close for tonight. We have had an awful lot of phone calls enquiring about you. Mrs. Harvey Crassman called long distance to-day to see how you were coming. Aunt Myrtle calls about every 5 minutes all day long - at least it sometimes seems like that. Did mother show you the proofs of my photo? Did you like them? As I told mother I didn't realize I looked quite like that but they say the camera doesn't lie. I'll have to put up with it, I guess. Good-bye for to-night Dad. Sorry Grant and I haven't been able to come up to visit you. Keep improving! Love Gwendolyn 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 Letter from Gwen Brooks to her father Description An account of the resource She expresses sympathy about his health and an operation he has recently had. The letter also contains some family news. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gwen Brooks Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-12-15 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Four handwritten sheets Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EBrooksGBrooksSW441215-0001, EBrooksGBrooksSW441215-0002, EBrooksGBrooksSW441215-0003, EBrooksGBrooksSW441215-0004 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Canada Ontario--Clarington--Bowmanville Ontario Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Robin Christian 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 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-12-15 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2778/49321/SMansellEJ132971v10069.jpg dd93c9b25c8bf1533e83599782bd1b47 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 Mansell, Edgar John Mansell, E J Description An account of the resource 113 items. The collection concerns (b. 1922, 132971 Royal Air Force) and contains documents, photographs and correspondence. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 75 Squadron and became a prisoner of war. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Richard Bois Mansell and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-05-20 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. 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 Mansell, E J Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [underlined] STALUG LUFT III. DEC 15TH. 1944 [underlined] My dear Mum and Dad, Well Christmas weather is coming Even if the spirit isn’t! We have now had two falls of snow and the temp. is pretty low, however we hope to decorate the mess something after the style of last year. Mail has not been coming through very well, and the latest from Home, is [underlined] Mother’s of Oct 17T/H, [underlined] maybe it will get better just before Christmas, - I got quite a lot last year at that time. As well as studying Spanish I am now taking Calculus classes three times a week, and as Joy will be able to tell you, it is certainly good exercise for the brain. Yesterday I received some cigarettes from June Hill, I don’t know when they were sent, but if you Hear from Lev, would you pass on my thanks. At the Theatre, the “First Mrs Fraser” is now running for six days, until Sunday, this is followed by the Christmas Show “Fanfare” which will most likely start on Xmas eve, and run until New Years Eve. I will write a letter on the 25T/H (twenty fifth) and tell you about the show. The Theatre is now fully booked up with shows until about May, but I don’t think we will be here long enough to see them all, infact [sic] all of us expect to be home by early in the New Year. I wonder if this will be the case? Little more to add, except that I am still pretty fit, but I don’t play games while we are on half Red + parcels. I hope you can send cigarettes again soon, - I am pretty short. Love to you all, John. 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 Letter from John Mansell to his parents Description An account of the resource John writes that they have has two falls of snow. He has been studying calculus. He has received cigarettes.The camp has put on two plays. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource John Mansell Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-12-15 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 Civilian Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One handwritten sheet Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SMansellEJ132971v10069 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 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-12-15 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Poland Poland--Żagań Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Liz McElwee entertainment prisoner of war Stalag Luft 3 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1895/35722/SGillK1438901v30057-0001.jpg 48914d30d7be239a6d61af2684561f47 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1895/35722/SGillK1438901v30057-0002.jpg af5482b0b471b90b66e02e9be3b812fa https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1895/35722/SGillK1438901v30057-0003.jpg 8d59142b966833297dc72aad53da25c2 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 Gill, Kenneth K Gill 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 2017-07-09 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 Gill, K Description An account of the resource One hundred and sixty-four items plus another one hundred and fifteen in two sub-ciollections. The collection concerns Flying Officer Kenneth Gill DFC (1922 - 1945, 1438901, 155097 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, documents, photographs and family and other correspondence. He flew operations as a navigator with 9 Squadron before starting a second tour with 617 Squadron. He was killed 21 March 1945 having completed 45 operations. The collection also contains two albums.  <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2114">Kenneth Gill. Album One</a> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/2117">Kenneth Gill. Album Two</a> Additional information on Kenneth Gill is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/108654/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Derek Gill and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document R.A.F. STATION WOODHALL SPA LINCOLNSHIRE DEC. 15th./44. Telephone Woodhall 2195 Darling Heart, Your letter was waiting for me sweetheart when I got back today, it’s good to see your familiar writing showing above the letter rack. Yes sweetheart we do daylight 'ops' now, in fact we do anything that comes along day or night. I've changed my mind about them now, you don't feel half so scared when you can see what's going on and we're always well protected one way and another. I quite enjoy the countryside it's quite different from ours over here. Glad you managed the cards darling [page break] 2/ they're very good arn't they? You certainly did well at the sale dear, they ought to hold more of them don't you think. Don't worry about my laundry darling I'll be able to manage alright if you leave it until washday. Have you any gen about the wedding? it sounds as if it may be at home with mum making the cake; I'm hoping to be there darling . I'm afraid Xmas this year will be rather dull dear unless I can manage to get home, but up to now there doesn't seem any chance, still we'll have to wait and see. [page break] 3/ Tonight we've been out celebrating, nothing much in particular but you'll have heard about it by now I expect. You can use as many coupons as you like darling, I don't think I shall be needing many before the next book is due. Glad you've managed to write to Canada dear, they'll be thrilled with the photographs I know. So Derek is a tinker eh! well I suppose all lads are but he'll calm down. The cheque will help to tide you over the holidays darling. That's all for now, keep well & smiling. Your Loving Hubby Ken [kisses] Derek [kisses] 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 Letter from Kenneth Gill to his wife Description An account of the resource Thanks her for recent letter. Writes that he was now doing daylight operations during which he felt safe as they were well protected. Catches up with family news and gossip. Hopes he might manage to get home. Mentions he was out celebrating but did not say reason. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource K Gill Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-12-15 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-12-15 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian 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. Correspondence Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Three page handwritten letter Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SGillK1438901v30057 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 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sue Smith bombing fear military service conditions RAF Woodhall Spa https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1241/16208/SCattyMA164193v10012-0001.jpg 355154f101806f6a2e1da73e70f3a71d https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1241/16208/SCattyMA164193v10012-0002.jpg d3c2a5243c24d295110de02a974704c2 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1241/16208/SCattyMA164193v10012-0003.jpg 17d6e70a55e7e8441f34427d507b8819 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 Catty, Martin Arthur. Navigation records and charts Description An account of the resource 35 Navigation records and charts to targets in Germany. 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 SCattyMA164193v1 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 Navigational Computation Description An account of the resource A navigational computation and a chart to a target in Germany. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Martin Catty Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-12-15 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two printed sheets with handwritten calculations and a printed chart with a plotted route Language A language of the resource eng Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SCattyMA164193v10012-0001, SCattyMA164193v10012-0002, SCattyMA164193v10012-0003 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. Germany 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. 1944-12-15 Type The nature or genre of the resource Map. Navigation chart and navigation log Map 514 Squadron aircrew bombing Lancaster navigator RAF Waterbeach https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1764/30677/SJenkinsonPR1826262v10014.jpg b5d5b87ccbbe83f3f483bae6b310b1cd https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1764/30677/SJenkinsonPR1826262v10025.jpg 60bacd0bbf2a5d0aead9705221f533b6 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 Jenkinson, Peter and Leslie. Peter Jenkinson Description An account of the resource Fifty-three items concerning Peter Jenkinson who served as a flight engineer on 166 and 153 Squadron Lancaster and was killed with his crew on 28 January 1945. Collection contains official and family correspondence, photographs, biographies, newspaper articles, official documents, roll of honour and records of operations. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-08-24 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 Jenkinson, LP-PR Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [underlined] CONFIDENTIAL. [/underlined] [underlined] RECOMMENDATIONS FOR HONOURS AND AWARDS. NON - IMMEDIATE. [/underlined] Christian Names : Peter Raeburn Surname : JENKINSON. Rank : Sergeant. Official No. : 1826262 Command or Group : No.1 Group. Unit : No.153 Squadron. Total hours flown on operations. 157 Number of sorties . 27 Total hours flown on operations since receipt of previous award. N/A. Number of sorties since receipt of previous award . N/A. Recognition for which recommended . D.F.M. Appointment held . Flight Engineer. [underlined] Particulars of Meritorious Service. [/underlined] Sergeant Jenkinson has now completed [deleted] 26 [/deleted] [inserted] 27 [/inserted] successful sorties on heavily defended targets in Germany and in Occupied Territory. He is a skilful Flight Engineer and throughout his tour has shown complete disregard of personal safety and his cheerful courage and fine offensive spirit have materially helped to maintain the high standard of morale existing in this Squadron. For his outstanding ability and strong sense of duty he is strongly recommended for the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal. [signature T W Rippingdale] Squadron Leader, Commanding, [underlined] No.153 Squadron, R.A.F. [/underlined] Date : 15th January, 1945. [underlined] REMARKS BY STATION COMMANDER. [/underlined] Under a calm and quiet manner Sergeant Jenkinson has a fine offensive spirit in action which inspires confidence in his crew and all those who fly with him. His unconquerable spirit of determination to achieve his objective has contributed ina [sic] large measure to the success of the sorties he has undertaken and fully merits the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal. [signature] Wing Commander, Commanding, [underlined] R.A.F. Base Station, Scampton. [/underlined] Date : 16th January, 1945. [underlined] REMARKS BY BASE COMMANDER. [/underlined] Sergeant Jenkinson is an outstanding Flight Engineer, whose skill, cheerful courage and sense of duty has been an example to his crew and to other Flight Engineers in his Squadron. I concur in strongly recommending that he well merits the award of the Distinguished Flying Medal. [page break] [underlined] REMARKS BY AIR OFFICER COMMANDING. [/underlined] Strongly recommended for the Non-Immediate Award of the Distinguished Flying Medal. [signature E A B Rice] Air Vice Marshall, Air Officer Commanding, [underlined] No.1 Group, R.A.F. [/underlined] Date : 27.1.45 [underlined] Brief Details of Sorties Carried Out. [/underlined] [underlined] Date. [/underlined] [underlined] Target. [/underlined] [underlined] Details. [/underlined] [list] 12th August 1944. BORDEAUX target bombed successfully. 14th August 1944. FONTAINE target bombed successfully. 15th August 1944. LECULOT target bombed successfully. 16th August 1944. STETTIN target bombed successfully. 29th August. STETTIN target bombed successfully. 31st August 1944. AGENVILLE target bombed successfully. 3rd September 1944. GELSE-RYEN target bombed successfully. 7th September 1944. LE HARVE target bombed successfully. 10th September 1944. LE HARVE target bombed successfully. 12th September 1944. FRANKFURT target bombed successfully. 16th September 1944. STEENWYK target bombed successfully. 23rd September 1944. NEUSS target bombed successfully. 11th October 1944. FORT FREDERIK HENDRIK target bombed successfully. 14th October 1944. DUISBURG target bombed successfully. 23rd October 1944. ESSEN target bombed successfully. 25th October 1944. ESSEN target bombed successfully. 30th October 1944. COLOGNE target bombed successfully. 31st October 1944. COLOGNE target bombed successfully. 2nd November 1944. DUSSELDORF target bombed successfully. 4th November 1944. BOCHUM target bombed successfully. 9th November 1944. WANNE EICKEL target bombed successfully. 6th December 1944. LEUNA target bombed successfully. 15th December 1944. LUDWIGSHAVEN target bombed successfully. 17th December 1944. ULM target bombed successfully. 22nd December 1944. COBLENZ target bombed successfully. 14th January 1945. LEUNA target bombed successfully. 22nd January 1945. DUISBERG target bombed successfully. Total Sorties [boxed] 27 [/boxed] 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 Recommendation for Honours and Awards (DFM) for Peter Jenkinson Description An account of the resource Gives particulars for meritorious service. Completed 27 successful sorties, skilful flight engineer, disregard for personal safety, cheerful courage and offensive spirit. Includes details of 27 operations carried out. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource OC 153 Squadron and OC RAF Scampton Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945-01-15 1945-01-27 1945-01-16 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two page typewritten document Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SJenkinsonPR1826262v10014, SJenkinsonPR1826262v10025 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. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay Atlantic Ocean--English Channel France France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) Belgium Belgium--Louvain Poland Poland--Szczecin Netherlands Netherlands--Breda France--Le Havre Germany--Frankfurt am Main Netherlands--Steenwijk Germany--Neuss Netherlands--Vlissingen Germany--Duisburg Germany--Essen Germany--Cologne Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Bochum Germany--Leuna Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein Germany--Ulm Germany--Koblenz Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1945-01-15 1945-01-16 1945-01-27 1944-08-12 1944-08-14 1944-08-15 1944-08-16 1944-08-29 1944-08-31 1944-09-03 1944-09-07 1944-09-10 1944-09-12 1944-09-16 1944-09-23 1944-10-11 1944-10-14 1944-10-23 1944-10-25 1944-10-30 1944-10-31 1944-11-02 1944-11-04 1944-11-09 1944-12-06 1944-12-15 1944-12-17 1944-12-22 1945-01-14 1945-01-22 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 Robin Christian Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive 153 Squadron aircrew bombing Distinguished Flying Medal flight engineer RAF Scampton https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1922/36188/EMcNabJChPostOff441215.jpg 281490fe3a6bf9dfe2de524df1d99d02 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 McCron, Samuel Lorne Wilfred S L W McCron 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 2017-08-17 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 McCron, SLW Description An account of the resource 39 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Samuel Lorne Wilfred McCron (R/191097 Royal Canadian Air Force) and contains documents and photographs. He was training as a wireless operator / air gunner and was killed 30 November 1944 when his Wellington crashed. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Ken Proteau and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Additional information on Samuel Lorne Wilfred McCron is available via the <a href="https://losses.internationalbcc.co.uk/loss/115416/">IBCC Losses Database.</a> Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document [crest] [inserted] R191097 [/inserted] OUR FILE - 60-2-56 REF. YOUR DATED ROYAL CANADIAN AIR FORCE 1944 DEC 16 AM 10:16 TORONTO, Ontario, 15th December, 1944 [inserted] D of P [/inserted] The Secretary, Dept. of National Defence for Air, Lisgar Building, OTTAWA, Ontario. [underlined] Attention: Chief Postals Officer [/underlined] [underlined] McCRON, Samuel Lorne Wilfred, Sgt., R.191097, Killed overseas Nov. 13 [/underlined] Next-of-kin: Mrs. S.L.W. McCron, 1339 Crawford Ave., Fort William, Ont. (Wife) 1. The wife of the above noted deceased airman has written to us making inquiry with regard to her correspondence to her husband. 2. The text of her letter follows and it would appear to be of such a nature that we trust some investigation will be made and a satisfactory reply forwarded to her. "I got your letter today and want to thank you. Do you think it's possible to find out how the death of my husband happened. I can't understand how it happened and I have had no word from Ottawa except the telegram. I would like to know just how my husband was killed, was it an accident? Then perhaps you can also tell me why my husband did not receive my mail or parcels for eight weeks. The other boys got theirs and my husband received letters from other friends but mine were well taken care of so that my husband never received them, why? I'll never know, could you perhaps tell me. I wrote to him [underlined] every [/underlined] day and yet he never received them. Do you suppose someone was destroying them? But for what reason? I'd be grateful if you could find out and let me know. Nothing matters now that my husband is gone but the least I could do for him is find out (if I can) what was holding up my letters to him. Hoping to hear from you soon and thank you. Yours truly, Mrs. Lorne McCron" [signature] (John McNab) G/C, C. Chap. (P), for A.O.C., No. 1 T.C. R.C.A.F. G. 32 2000M-3-44 (3888) H.Q. 885-G-32 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 Letter to the Chief Postals Officer Description An account of the resource The letter from RCAF Toronto refers to an enquiry from Sam McCron's widow. She had written to RCAF Toronto to find out the circumstances of her husband's death and what had happened to mail she had sent to her husband. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource RCAF Toronto Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-12-15 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Canada Ontario--Toronto Ontario--Ottawa Ontario Ontario--Thunder Bay Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Canadian Air Force Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One typewritten sheet Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EMcNabJChPostOff441215 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 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-12-15 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Sue Smith aircrew killed in action https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/911/27008/PKilleenKAL1710.jpg b880469f2865bff38894f13c99e7f536 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/911/27008/PKilleenKAL1711.jpg 446a1b2eeeda769177e0a6bb10570cf3 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 Killeen, Kenneth Kenneth Alfred Leonard Killeen K A L Killeen Description An account of the resource 20 items. An oral history interview with Flying Officer Kenneth Killeen (b. 1922, 184115, Royal Air Force), his log books, photographs and documents. He flew operations as a navigator with 115 Squadron. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Kenneth Killeen 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 2017-07-03 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. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Killeen, KAL 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 Kenneth Killeen, Paddy Aitken and two women from the French Forces of the Interior Description An account of the resource Pilot Paddy Aitken, Navigator Kenneth Killeen with Mlle. Marguerite and Mlle. Henriette. One woman is in Free French Army uniform, the other in civilian clothes. Behind is a radial engine and propeller of an Anson. On the reverse 'Killeen Paddy Aitken 2 FFI girls' and 'We flew these two girls from Buc 13-12-44 but due to fog ret. to Buc. On 15/12/44 flew them to Gatwick'. Stamped 'British Official Photograph'. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource The Associated Press Ltd Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-12-15 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One b/w photograph Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Photograph Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context PKilleenKAL1710, PKilleenKAL1711 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 Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Gatwick France--Buc (Yvelines) France England--Surrey 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. 1944-12-13 1944-12-15 aircrew Anson navigator pilot Resistance https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1866/33373/EMateHSmithAC441215-0001.jpg 478064db3f4264c099520cfcbee88bb1 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1866/33373/EMateHSmithAC441215-0002.jpg 37b17b001c052d4b9616b8808a3c2c18 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 Smith, A C 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 2017-06-07 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 Smith, AC Description An account of the resource 27 items. The collection concerns Sergeant Allan C Smith (1459147 Royal Air Force) and contains documents, correspondence and photographs. He flew operations as a navigator with 166 Squadron and became a prisoner of war. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by C Smith and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document 15/12/44 Dear Allan. Just a few lines in answer to your Card which we got this morning, I hope these few lines finds you in the best of health as it leaves us all here. We had a letter from Maurice this morning to say he cannot get home for Xmas, But will be home for the new year, he has lost the sight of his left eye also he has a bullet wound in his right arm and one in his left leg but he is in hospital in Scotland. We have also had one from Walter he is in Italy with the Parachute Troops I have had a letter from your Mother and Auntie Lydia this morning also one from your Kathleen I have sent Maurice your address and a P.O.W. Letter so I suppose you will be getting one from him before long. I hope you are getting along very well in Germany, and that you will soon be home again. Well Allan I shall have to close as I want to get post, but I will say thank you very much for your most Welcome Card, So here,s [sic] wishing you a [page break] Merry Christmas and May you Spend the next one at home Cherrio [sic] for the Present and write back from Jean, Pat and Uncle Herbert. [underlined] 62 [/underlined] 28th March 1945 FROM (SENDER’S FULL NAME & ADDRESS) MR. HERBERT MATE WINDSOR Farm. BLACKMORE 007. LINTHWAITE. HUDDERSFIELD. YORKSHIRE. ENGLAND. U.K. PRISONER OF WAR POST [ink stamp] [postage stamp and postmark] AIR MAIL Par Avion RANK & NAME: SGT. A. C. SMITH. PRISONER OF WAR NO.: 263625 CAMP NAME & NO.: STALAG IVB. COUNTRY: GERMANY [ink stamp] 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 Letter to Allan Smith from Uncle Herbert Description An account of the resource He tells Allan about family news and wishes him Merry Christmas. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Uncle Herbert Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-12-15 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One handwritten letter Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Correspondence Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context EMateHSmithAC441215-0001, EMateHSmithAC441215-0002 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 Civilian Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Huddersfield England--Yorkshire 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. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Pending text-based transcription. Under review Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Tricia Marshall Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-12-15 aircrew prisoner of war Stalag 4B https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1009/11234/MMadgettHR1330340-150323-040001.jpg 19e00ebc952c05bfc3fda62253574124 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1009/11234/MMadgettHR1330340-150323-040002.jpg 94599f1ab593c288f98a74d7b8323b87 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 Madgett, Hedley Robert H R Madgett Description An account of the resource 250 items. The collection concerns Pilot Officer Hedley Madgett DFM (1922 - 1943, 147519, 1330340 Royal Air Force), a pilot with 61 Squadron. He was killed 18 August 1943 on the last operation of his tour from RAF Syerston to Peenemünde. The collection consists of letters, postcards and telegrams to his parents while he was training in the United Kingdom and Canada. In addition the collection contains memorabilia, documents from the Air Training Corps, artwork, a railway map, diaries, medals as well as his logbook, photographs of people, places and aircraft. Also contains letters of condolence to parents and a sub collection containing a photograph album with 44 items of his time training in Canada'. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Joan Madgett and Carol Gibson, and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Additional information on Hedley Madgett is available via the <a href="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/114690/" title="https://internationalbcc.co.uk/losses/madgett-hr/ ">IBCC Losses Database</a>. 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 2015-03-17 2019-06-14 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 Madgett, H Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document Kentish Times 15th Dec.1944. [inserted Newspaper article] FOR GALLANTRY. Pilot Officer H. R. Madgett, D.F.M. At a recent Investiture held at Buckingham Palace by the King, Mr. and Mrs. Madgett, 127, Longlands road, Sidcup, were invited to attend to receive from His Majesty the Distinguished Flying Medal awarded to their son, the late Pilot Officer Hedley Robert Madgett, now presumed to have lost his life in the low level attack on Peenemunde August 17-18, 1943. [photo] The official citation in connection with the award stated that Pilot Officer Madgett had completed many successful sorties against strongly defended targets in Germany and Italy. On one occasion when detailed to attack Oberhausen, the bomb aimer, navigator, and flight-engineer lost consciousness owing to lack of oxygen, and Pilot Officer Madgett (then sergeant) completed the mission successfully. On another occasion his aircraft was damaged by anti-aircraft fire during an attack, but he continued, dropped the bombs, and secured a photograph of the target area. He displayed outstanding courage, cheerfulness and determination on all his sorties, in face of the heaviest fire. Born at Hither Green, Pilot Officer Madgett was educated at the Chislehurst-Sidcup County School. Before enlisting in 1940 he was employed as a clerk. He was 20 years of age. [/inserted Newspaper article] [page break] Hedleys Citation Kentish Times [underlined] December 1944 [/underlined] 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 Pilot Officer H R Madgett award of Distinguished Flying Medal Description An account of the resource 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 operation was completed despite crew incapacitation and carrying on with damaged aircraft. On the reverse 'Hedley citation, Kentish Times, December 1944' Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Kentish Times Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1944-12-15 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One newspaper cutting mounted on card Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MMadgettHR1330340-150323-04 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Civilian Royal Air Force Royal Air Force. Bomber Command Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--Kent Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Germany Germany--Peenemünde Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf) Germany--Ruhr (Region) Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-12-15 1943-08-17 1943-08-18 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Steve Baldwin 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. aircrew bombing bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943) Distinguished Flying Medal killed in action pilot https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1764/30650/SJenkinsonPR1826262v10011-0001.jpg eee6b20613d883b7472f1a5e712fd53f 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 Jenkinson, Peter and Leslie. Peter Jenkinson Description An account of the resource Fifty-three items concerning Peter Jenkinson who served as a flight engineer on 166 and 153 Squadron Lancaster and was killed with his crew on 28 January 1945. Collection contains official and family correspondence, photographs, biographies, newspaper articles, official documents, roll of honour and records of operations. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2016-08-24 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 Jenkinson, LP-PR Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document 1826262 Flight Sergeant Peter Racburn Jenkinson D.F.M. R.A.F VR [underlined] OPERATIONAL RECORD [/underlined] [underlined] As a Flight Engineer on Lancaster Bombers [/underlined] 5.8.44 Posted to 166 Squadron at RAF Kirmington, Lincolnshire T/O Landing A/C Target 12.8.44 1120 1825 ME812 Douai Marshalling Yards Bordeaux 14.8.44 1315 1715 ME812 Fontain Le Pen 15.8.44 0955 1340 ME812 Leculot Airfield,Belgium 16.8.44 2055 0515 NE170 Stettin(Combat with JU 88) 29.8.44 2100 0630 PD242 Stettin (combat with 2 FW 190s) 31.8.44 1325 1655 ND626 Agenville V2 site. flak damage 3.9.44 1550 1930 ME829 Gilze Rijen Airfield 8.9.44 0645 1040 NE170 Le Havre-no bombs dropped (MB)* 10.9.44 1645 2100 NE170 Le Havre 12.9.44 1755 0150 PB515 Frankfurt 16.9.44 2135 0135 PB515 Steenwuk-Havetle 23.9.44 1835 2355 PB515 Neuse Essen 25.9.44 0710 1155 PB515 Calais-no bombs dropped (weather MB) On 13th October 1944 twenty seven crews from 166 Sqdn at Kirmington were posted to RAF Scampton to form 153 Sqdn. 11.10.44 1440 1735 PB151 Port Frederik Hendair-no bombing 14.10.44 0625 1054 PB639 Duisburg 23.10.44 1620 2215 PB515 Essen 25.10.44 1250 1720 PB515 Essen, flak damage 30.10.44 1735 2335 PB515 Cologne 31.10.44 1755 2325 PB515 Cologne 2.11.44 1625 2120 PB515 Dusledorf [sic] -attacked by JU 88 4.11.44 1730 2245 PB515 Bochum - combat with 2 ME 262 jets 9.11.44 0820 1250 NG184 Wanne Eickle 6.12.44 1635 0015 PB515 Leuna 15.12.44 1440 2100 PB515 Ludwigshafen 17.12.44 1515 2245 PB515 Ulm 22.12.44 1520 2025 PB515 Coblenz 7.1.45 1815 2120 PB786 Munich-Abortive, Oxygen failure 14.1.45 1905 0310 PB786 Leuma [sic] 22.1.45 1655 2145 PB872 Duisburg -With F/O Gibbins 28.1.45 1925 ---- PB638 Stuttgart + failed to return crashed at Michelbach, Aglasterhausen SW of Heidelburg with loss of all lives. A memorial to the crew is erected at the crash site at the Gluck and Winkle. Built as a "Bridge of Friendship" in 1974. The crew are now buried in the War Graves Cemetery at Bad Tolz south of Munich. An original headstone remains in the churh [sic] cemetery at Michelbach. 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 Jenkinson operational record Description An account of the resource Lists 13 operations while a wireless operator on 166 Squadron at RAF Kirmington and 16 operations completed on 153 Squadron at RAF Scamption. He failed to return from his 17th operation from Scampton. Notes memorial to crew erected at the crash site - crew are buried Bad Tolz. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One page printed document Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Personal research Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SJenkinsonPR1826262v10011-0001 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. Great Britain England--Lincolnshire France France--Bordeaux (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) France--Falaise Region Belgium Belgium--Louvain Poland Poland--Szczecin Germany Germany--Bad Tölz France--Amiens Region Netherlands Netherlands--Breda France--Le Havre Atlantic Ocean--English Channel Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Essen France--Calais Netherlands--Vlissingen Germany--Duisburg Germany--Cologne Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Bochum Germany--Leuna Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein Germany--Ulm Germany--Koblenz Germany--Munich Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Heidelberg Region Germany--Aglasterhausen Germany--Ruhr (Region) France--Pas-de-Calais Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-08-12 1944-08-14 1944-08-15 1944-08-16 1944-08-29 1944-08-31 1944-09-03 1944-09-08 1944-09-10 1944-09-12 1944-09-16 1944-09 1944-09-23 1944-08-05 1944-09-25 1944-10-13 1944-10-11 1944-10-14 1944-10-23 1944-10-25 1944-10-30 1944-10-31 1944-11-02 1944-11-04 1944-11-09 1944-12-06 1944-12-15 1944-12-17 1944-12-22 1945-01-07 1945-01-14 1945-01-22 1945-01-28 1974 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 Peter Bradbury Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive 153 Squadron 166 Squadron aircrew bombing bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944) final resting place flight engineer Fw 190 Ju 88 Lancaster Me 262 memorial Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) RAF Kirmington RAF Scampton tactical support for Normandy troops V-2 V-weapon https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/630/30883/MPotterPL1878961-150914-07.pdf b7ecad1a7e971915ca2ab067eb620a9e 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 Potter, Peter P Potter Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available IBCC Digital Archive Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context Potter, P Description An account of the resource 39 items. Collection concerns Peter Potter, (1925 - 2019, 1876961 Royal Air Force). He flew operations as a rear gunner with 626 Squadron. Collection contains an oral history interview, his logbook, memoirs and photographs The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Peter Potter and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2015-09-14 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. Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document MAIN OPS - With crew only 3-5-44 Wellington. Wimpey M. Paris. T.O. 21.55 5 hrs. 40 mins. Cloudless, moonlit sky. Height 16,000. .Just before drop attacked by ME 109. Seen in plenty of time by M.U.G. John Moore and myself, Jimmy Jackson had also moved to the astro hatch and kept an eye on him whilst the MUG and myself took turns to search the rest of the sky, the other keeping watch on the 109. Bomb Aimer John Payne, having climbed into the front turret reported that he weas also watching. The 109 suddenly banked towards us and I told the skipper, Tom Ford 'Go', Tom already knew the 109 was Port, slightly below, so dived hard to port and as there was no bomber stream turned back and then after 5 seconds returned to track. There was no further sighting and we returned without incident. On reporting the attack at interrogation, the Waaf Intelligence Officer told us there were no enemy aircraft in that area and we must have been mistaken. We told her quite forcibly there was no doubt. Later when we were at Hemswell, we had a message to confirm there was a squadron of 109's close by. Neither aircraft fired their guns. To fire your guns was to give away your approx. position. Having planned evasion tactics for all the situations any of us could think of was much more effective and far less risky. We tried to make it too difficult for a fighter to line his guns on us and so struck lucky every time. Due to the reaction of the Intelligence Officer, we decided only to report anything if it was different to anything we were already aware of. 3-8-44 Passenger: Creil. Trossy St Maximum Rocket? Flak Moderate A/C C2 FT 4.15. 3/4 - 8-4 Pauillac Synthetic Oil Plant. 13.30. Flight time 7.55 Light flak. UM.A2 7-8 Fontenay De Marmion (Nr Caen) FT. 3.45 H2 8-8 Aire, (Abortive) Cunim FT 2.15. H2 H2 written off. Twisted and torn apart by Cunim Cloud, Fell from 24000 ft to 4000 ft. Pullout. Chadwicke & Dobson - AVRO. "Must have reached at least 570 mph to incur such extreme damage". H2 the fastest bomber in WWII to survive. Was cut apart to remove bombs. Tom Ford "Shaky Do". 10-8 Ferme De Forestel. Flying bombsite. Direct hit. R2. 13,000 lbs H.E. Flak moderate. FT 3-45. 14-8 Ouilly (Nr Falaise Gap) Successful drop but info' from Army Intelligence wrong. Nr Canadian lines. FT 3-45 F2 Signals from ground avoided us bombing our own. Heavy flak. F2 15-8 Volkel (Holland). Enemy airfield. Spot on drops. 3. Moderate Flak. FT 3.30 F2 18-8 Ghent (Belgium). Oil yards (G) FT 3-45 F2 26-8 Kiel. Very heavy flak. LGH (Cookie) Fl', 5.25 G2. ? Ponderous aircraft (compared to F2) sluggish responses. Searchlights everywhere. 29-8 Stettin. Very accurate flak 5/10 cloud. Target identified through cloud but bombing results obscured. Sweden both ways. Fl' 9.15 F2. 3-9 Eindhoven (Holland). Airdrome, 4/10 c1oud. Fl' 4 hrs D2 Very little defence. (Awful aircraft compared to F2) 5-9 Le Harvre: Bombing G troops. 3-20 G2 Results satisfactory apparently but not much info' from Army. Something odd! 8-9 Le Harvre: No bombing. Cloud obscuring target. Danger of hitting own troops. 3-45. F2 thank goodness. What a difference, F2 trying to lift off half way down the runway. 10-9 Le Harvre again; this time a very successful Prang. 12000 lbs of bombs. Felt sorry for the poor devils down there. Like us they didn't start this, unlike us they don't have any comforts at all. It must be hell for all the soldiers down there. All brought on by a madman. 12-9 Frankfurt. Extremely intense and accurate flak. Searchlights everywhere, aircraft coned all aroundjus too but evaded quickly. Attacked by JU88. During pull out smashed my jaw and Slight hip wound. F2 superb. 7.35 hrs. A Off sick with jaw. Dentist removed teeth and splinters. Treatment Hip wound myself quite clean. 25-9 Crew unhappy. They have had two abortives. Tom asked if I could sign myself fit even with my jaw strapped up. The others said 'please Pete' and so I said yes. Spent ages getting oxygen mask on in the least painful fit. (It's new). The old mask and mike were destroyed at Frankfurt Op. Talking proved a real problem but went out to F2 and was understood on the intercom. They bought my beer. Only 2 pints as had to use a straw to drink Living on liquids. 26-9 Calais area. 13,OOO lbs. Excellent drop. A perfect Op. I can't help feeling sympathy for the enemy troops, and our own. Hitler and his top brass should be executed when this is over. All the death and chaos is their fault. 3.30 F2. 3- 10 Westkapelle. Breaching the sea wall. CO told us to leave bombing as long as possible and if no breach make a special attempt. This was because we were in the final wave. However, breach was made and so we bombed as normal. Good drop. F2 3.00 hrs 5- 10 Saarbrucken. Engine failure over base, no heating an frostbitten. Could not open doors to jettison so landed with 62,000 and only 3 engines. No problem with F2. zhrs 55 min. The two Johns and Stuart said it was because F2 doesn't like strangers in the crew. (We had a 2nd Dickie with us). I don't like the trend towards superstition. It could mean a lack of self-belief and slacking in efficiency. I pointed out that we had several times taken a passenger, including a WAAF, to Calais and they conceded the point but I still feel uneasy. 7-10 Emmerich. Really heavy accurate flak. Saw two Ju88's or perhaps one twice. Slowly angled away from them to safer spot outside stream. FT 4.20. F2 14-10 Duisberg. Flak like a carpet, so concentrated at bombing height! Searchlights coned several kites. Have seen lots of kites coned and shot down on Ops yet we've always evaded when caught. I believe it must have something to do with the immediate response of F2 to the controls, no pause, almost as if she can tell what is needed. Getting out of the beams quickly is essential otherwise too many beams converging make it almost impossible. FT 4.55- F2 14- 10 Duisberg again. Two in one day. We couldn't have silenced many flak batteries as the barrage seemed as intense as ever. Saw enemy aircraft below and to starboard. Told Tom to move slowly to port so as not to show our exhausts. 20 mins later saw J.U.88 to starboard about 30 degrees above, took turns watching him so we could keep lookout as much as possible. Started to edge away but he saw us and started his attack Evaded attack but did not lose him as he came from port under. However, we banked hard to port in a steep climb then dived and circled and lost him. Our evasion techniques were not standard procedure. Tom and I spent many hours discussing tactics, and a code, everyone as short as possible. Starboard became Right. Orders such as Right climb, Port circle. This order meant enemy aircraft on starboard, Side going in the same direction, Level with us, circle away in a slight climb to hide our exhaust from him. This manoeuvre would put us behind the enemy and as they mostly flew faster would put increasing distance between us. The enemy knew our standard tactics and compensated for them, so we tried to avoid the most vulnerable times as much as possible, but of course we still needed luck, and we had it in full measure. FT 5 hrs. F2. 19-10 Stuttgart. Heavy cloud, cumulus, making up to Cu Nim. Very cold and damp. Bombing was on Wanganui. Heavy flak over last 70 miles or so. Completely at odds with what we understood from the briefing. A very unpleasant Op, but then I can't remembered one I enjoyed. FT 6.25. 23-10 Essen. 13, 000lbs, an high explosive. Quite unusual. Normally incendiaries[sic] would be carried on this sort of Op. Airspeed indicator U/S whole trip except first 5 minutes. Arrived at target several minutes before the master bomber, had to wait some time for markers. Also had to wait for airfield runway lights on return. Landed on revs and hope. Luck again. Perfect landing. Heavy cloud to 25,000 ft. Chronic icing. Target Krupps. Would have thought it was flattened by now. Dodgy Op. FT 5.20 F2. Usual flak for return. 24 - 10 Essen again and Krupps. Must have missed it last night. Extra heavy flak accurate. On run home saw twin engine AIC below and across our track. Not identified. We watched carefully for rest of trip but no other incident. FT 5 hrs. F2 6-11 Gelsenkirchen. The usual heavy flak. Several times saw gunfire but did not see anyone shot down for a change. Good run up drop appeared to be right on markers. Good prang. No problems except the cold. FT 5 hrs F2. Saw two fighters going away from us though. 11-11 Kiel Canal. Dropping 6 x 1,800 lb mines into the canal, one at a time and at varying intervals from 500 ft to prevent mines breaking up upon entry of water. At 500 ft we were subjected to intense and horrendous flak from every calibre of weapon from both sides of the canal, and the ships in it. So much fire as to rival a brilliant sunny day. Route was Sweden - Stettin direction, drop to 500 ft sharp turn to starboard and line up to the canal. I understand it was very successful but I would not like to chance it again. Only luck and our speed got us through. We were hit but not seriously, By far the most hazardous Op so far. On the way back we wf!/it~ accompanied by an A/C on our Port side at about 400 yds. We could not identify it but thought it was a Mosquito. Nevertheless, we took turns watching it. When we were well into Swedish territory it left us. The rest of the way back, apart from the heating playing up was uneventful. 16-11 Duren. In support of the U/S Army. Flak damage to Port wing quite severe. The flak and searchlights together with the fires and flares gave an effect of a red sky in the morning and lit up the smoke from the flak bursts which were all at the level of the bombing height and lay like a carpet with ants moving across it. I was glad, and relieved, when the bomb run was over. During the bomb run we had another Lancaster directly above us, and looking up into an open bomb bay at a Cookie and 13 other bombs is not the most welcome of sights. We edged to one side of them just before they dropped their bombs which fell just to the port and just outside our wing. They had bombed too early, only seconds, but they would not have hit the target if the markers were right. FT 4-50 F2 21-11 Aschaffenburg. Flak damage repaired just in time for bombing up. We were able to take off on time. We dreaded taking off late as Jerry could concentrate everything on us and at a time they were most efficient. Trip quite usual for the area. The searchlights at Mannheim were up to their usual high standard. Flak as expected. Bombing very accurate. Johnny Payne is as good as you can get. Not always popular though., going round 3 times to get it right is not a pleasant positive but John is a perfectionist. We might think he does it too often but it's his right and of course to make sure satisfies us all. Apparently our photos make us the best on the Squadron. Commended by the C/O and Groupie. FT 6.50. F2 29-11 Dortmund: A quite normal trip. Usual flak, searchlights etc. Only one thing out of the expected, the flak was red. Jerry must be using a new explosive. FT 5.05. F2. 6-12 Merzeburg. (LEUNA). Oil and chemical plants, cookie and incenduaries. Johnny excelled himself, 4 times round. He got it right though. We kidded him the commendation had gone to his head. Trip not too bad but exceptionally cold. Even Stu noticed the difference. FT 8.00 F2. Tom very tired. Jimmy took over from me and I spelled Tom for an hour and a half. Flak moderate, not as many searchlights. Good trip. 8 hrs in extreme cold is very exhausting. 12-12 Essen. Krupps again. The locals must be experts at repairing their equipment. The place is flat. They must have everything underground. Flak and searchlights as intense as ever. Saw a twin engine A/C but was unable to identify. Bombed on Wanganui. FT 5-40 F2 15-12 LudWigshaven. Longish trip. The cold intense. The heating is not sufficient. Very glad to be near end of the tour. Moderate flak and not as many searchlights as usual. Spelled Tom 20 mins. FT 6.30 F2. 17-12 Ulm. Our last Ope Apart from being just moderate everything went like a pleasant dream. Just what we hoped for. Even the heating was just that little bit better. Tour completed. FT 7.05. F2 The next day took all available booze out to F2 and had a few drinks with our ground crew. Joined by C/O and a succession of servicing bods from the hangars etc. Gave ground crew 2000 Sweet Corporal and McDonald Export cigarettes between them and all the cash we had on us. (We could draw our pay daily if we wanted to). Said our goodbyes to everyone. Anointed F2 with the dregs of the drinks (Friga) and blessed her. We all kissed her to cheers from the gathering. Last of all we kissed the WAAF who painted 'Friga' for us. The other WAAF had been promoted. and posted. The above is the history of our tour together. I completed 3 other operations. One official and two standing in for bods unable to get back to the station in time for the operation. Also to Creil (3-8-44) Passenger. F /O[indecipherable]officially unofficial. C/O knew. A few days later we said goodbye to each other and those on leave. Goodbye Wickenby, for many years, but visited frequently since. 626 Sqdn. UM F2 was the Lancaster flown by T.H. Ford, J.C. Moore.T. .Iackson, R. Woods, Tween, J. Payne and myself on operations over enemy occupied territory and Germany during World War II. F2 was an excellent aircraft, one of only two on 626 squadron to survive the war with the squadron. She was faster, more manoeuvrable, higher ceiling and more economical than any other Lancaster in which the crew flew. The painting is of F2 at taking over, just after the Lady was painted and before the caption of 'Friga of the fighting sixes' was added. The crew following were told to remove the naked lady, which they did, but replaced her with a sparsely clad one, standing, and the caption 'Friga' replaced with 'Frigger', There were no further orders. The naked lady was painted for us by two lovely WAAF's who told us they took turns modelling and painting but refused our offers to hold the paints etc when they did the next nude! It is strange how humans can have a deep lasting affection for a machine. We all talked to F2 as to one another. She was as one of us. I believe that F2 completed over 100 operations The 2nd July 2010 was a very special occasion for World War II Veteran Airman, Peter L Potter, when a painting of his aircraft Lancaster VM F2 of 626 Sqdn. was hung by the artist Maurice Clark in Peter's home. The event was attended by a small group of friends who have helped Peter over the years and made for a very pleasant social occasion. During the evening Peter presented the Squadron Shield of 353 Sqdn. to Richard Turner the Chairman of the Boxted Airfield Historical Group for the Museum. Also presented was the personal Flying log book of Ray Pryer who flew with 353 Sqdn on many operations delivering arms ammunition and provisions by parachute to allied forces such as the 'Chindits', operating behind Japanese lines. This was a very hazardous occupation and Ray flew some 1500 hrs to do this. The presentation was on behalf of the Pryor family who were unable to attend due to sudden illness. The Museum would welcome any memorabilia or reminiscences of Boxted Airfield anyone can present to them. To: R Turner, 11 Dunthorne Road, Colchester, C04 OHZ. Tel: 01206 865275 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 Main Ops - with crew only - Peter Potter Description An account of the resource The document describes various operations undertaken during 1944. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Multipage printed document Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Memoir Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MPotterPL1878961-150914-07 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. France France--Paris France--Creil France--Caen France--Falaise Netherlands Netherlands--Uden Belgium Belgium--Ghent Germany Germany--Kiel Poland Poland--Szczecin Netherlands--Eindhoven France--le Havre Atlantic Ocean--English Channel Germany--Frankfurt am Main France--Calais Netherlands--Walcheren Germany--Saarbrücken Germany--Emmerich Germany--Duisburg Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Essen Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Kiel Canal Germany--Düren (Cologne) Germany--Aschaffenburg Germany--Dortmund Germany--Merseburg Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein Germany--Ulm France--Aire-sur-la-Lys Germany--Ruhr (Region) France--Ferme du Forestal France--Ouilly-du-Houley France--Pas-de-Calais Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-05-03 1944-08-03 1944-08-04 1944-08-07 1944-08-08 1944-08-10 1944-08-14 1944-08-15 1944-08-18 1944-08-26 1944-08-29 1944-09-03 1944-09-05 1944-09-08 1944-09-10 1944-09-12 1944-09-25 1944-09-29 1944-10-03 1944-10-05 1944-10-07 1944-10-14 1944-10-19 1944-10-23 1944-10-24 1944-11-06 1944-11-11 1944-11-16 1944-11-21 1944-11-29 1944-12-06 1944-12-12 1944-12-15 1944-12-17 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource David Bloomfield Maureen Clarke 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 12 Squadron 626 Squadron anti-aircraft fire bombing bombing of Trossy St Maximin (3 August 1944) ground crew ground personnel intelligence officer Ju 88 Lancaster master bomber Me 109 Mosquito Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) nose art P-51 Pathfinders searchlight Spitfire superstition target indicator V-1 V-weapon Wellington