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  • Temporal Coverage is exactly "1945"

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Two images of a wooden dummy anti-aircraft gun.
On the reverse of the first is a message explaining that they were deceptions.

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Scroll with royal crest remembering Sergeant J. Davis and the sacrifices he made.

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MThickLWS145712-220308-01.pdf
A wartime log for British Prisoners belonging to Flying Officer Leslie Williams Thick who was in Stalag Luft 3, Żagań, Germany. It is a diary of thoughts, happenings and poetry during the last few months of the war from September 1944 to October…

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Includes badges of two special duties squadrons. The plaque would be in the allied special forces memorial grove at the national memorial arboretum. Programme of events.

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Top left - head and shoulder portrait of a woman in civilian dress. Captioned 'Cpl Mary Brown, RAF Shawbury in Shrewsbury taken Mar 1945'.
Top right 24 aircrew wearing battledress with brevet sitting and standing in three rows. Captioned 'Shawbury…

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Shows six flights in Lancaster (PD328 - Aries) while on detachment to test & development section, Empire air navigation school RSF Shawbury and the stations Met office and RAF.
Bottom left is b/w head and shoulders portrait of an RAF officer…

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Gives personal details, postings, musterings and promotions.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.

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Seven aircrew wearing tunics with brevet, three in front and four behind. Two versions of the same image. The first has signatures on reverse. The second is mounted on paper with caption 'Paul's regular crew 1944/45 (1 person missing). Paul on left…

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LEdmondsWGC19110923v2.pdf
Walter Edmonds’ second Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 1st February until 10th October 1945. Flew as a pilot with No. 1 Parachute Training School.

Served at RAF Ringway.

Aircraft flown were C-47 Dakota, Anson, Whitley, Wellington.

He flew no…

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LEdmondsWGC19110923v1.pdf
Walter Edmonds’ Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 30th May 1939 until 30th January 1945. During this time he trained as a pilot. Trained at No. 7 Elementary and Reserve Flying Training School, No. 13 Flying Training School. Posted to 76 Squadron in…

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Seven airmen wearing flying gear in front of Lancaster PB726. On the reverse '467 P Peter POP crew after trip Good work boys Waddington 1945'.

The crew were:
Flight Lieutenant R S Forge DFC
Sergeant W C Bradley
Pilot Officer R H Darwin
Pilot…

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List of Distinguished Flying Cross and Distinguished Flying Medal recipients including Flying Officer James D. Crawford.

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Report of award of Distinguished Flying Cross to 23 year old James D Crawford.

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MGreerRF131053-241030-01.pdf
List with photographs of all ex-pupils who gave their lives in the second world war. Robert Greer on page 9. Notes he joined RAF in October 1940 and was shot down over Austria 22/23 March 1945 while piloting a Liberator. A number of other RAF airmen…

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SBrownJ3-2205595v10001-0002.mp3
Jeff Brown took part in the Operation Manna flights and was honoured by the Dutch people many years afterwards. The low flying over the drop-zones left a lasting impression on Jeff. He also describes metal falling off his aircraft during an impromptu…

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SBrownJ3-2205595v10001-0001.mp3
Jeff Brown was working as an apprentice electrician before he volunteered for the RAF. He had always had a fascination for aircraft and wanted to fly. He trained as a wireless operator air gunner. He was then streamlined into straight air gunner…

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SDeansJAG-MowerEAv1.pdf
Brief notes kept by Mower. Included is Dixie Deans 'Ausweis' pass.

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SDeansJAG-MoggRv1.pdf
Ronald was as navigator in a Wellington shot down over Osnabruck 30 October 1940. He was interrogated and then detained in Dulag Luft, Stalag Luft I (Barth), Stalag Luft 3 (Sagan), Stalag Luft 6 (Heydekrug), Stalag XX-A (Thorun) and the…

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MDeansJAG[Ser#-DoB]-251114-15.pdf
Discusses Spitfires flying around the bridge Then talks about a visiting German officer and then advancing British forces, Swedish red cross food distribution to prisoners, recapturing escaped prisoners, jumpy mood of Germans, woken early to move to…

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MDeansJAG[Ser#-DoB]-251114-14.pdf
Geoffrey's story at the end of the Long March.

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Folder with drawings. Label text 'The drawings of 'Todd' W/O GCG Hawkins RAF, drawn whilst a prisoner of war in Germany during World War 2 1939-1945. Brought back from Germany by his friends to his wife Jessie, who handed them for safe keeping, to…

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MDeansJAG[Ser#-DoB]-251114-10.pdf
Dixie's story as a prisoner on the Long March.

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MDeansJAG[Ser#-DoB]-251114-06.pdf
Edwin was a prisoner of war at Fallingbostel from April 1944.

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Reginald Jordan trained as a pilot in Canada before being posted to RAF Hampstead Norris. In this interview he describes his first impression of the RAF selection procedure and his first flights with his squadrons. His first operation was leaflet…

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Part 1 – interview with Dixie Deans detailing his attempts to get to the British front line to inform them POWs were in the area where the RAF were bombing and to desist from the action.
Part 2 – a radio interview with John Bristow about how he…

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