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- Temporal Coverage is exactly "1945-03-13"
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Momentos
Items associated with Tommy having been declared missing and evading. Includes an identity card, two letters and a telegram.
Identity card
Identification card in the name of Peter Hansen with a head and shoulder portrait of Tommy attached.
Best greetings
Woman in a checked dress sitting on a table. On reverse, 'my best greetings Anna Körvel 15/2/1947 now Mörk'.
Allied air crew
Programme of events to remember the crew of Lancaster ME449. Includes images of the crew: pilot, Squadron Leader Stan Slater; flight engineer, Sergeant Ken Foster; navigator, Flying Officer Stoney Mitchell; bomb aimer, Pilot Officer Merv Bertie;…
Tommy's service
Tommy's great grand daughter describes his period of service. Includes the incidence when pilot Stan Slater's Lancaster was set on fire and he tried to dive to put the fire out but was unsuccessful. Tommy bailed out by parachute and was taken in by…
Wings dinner
Left: Menu illustrated with silhouettes of three aircraft with a list of graduates and autographs.
Right: Christmas dinner menu with autographs.
Right: Christmas dinner menu with autographs.
Telegram to Mr A J Bromfield
Information through international Red Cross stated that his son Sergeant John Joseph Bromfield was a prisoner of war.
List of operations
Page is titled 'Operational details of raids carried out over Germany, Holland and France, details of our flight log book of bombing raids.' It is in the form of a table recording Date, Target, Country, Duration and Comments. The summary at the end…
Argenta and Padua
Two low quality target photographs of Argenta and Padua. The upper image (upside down) has no discernible detail and glare covers more than half. It is captioned:
104/71. 12/13 MARCH 45. F8"//8200 - 28 14.50 PADUA
W 4x1000. 8x500 MkIII 22. F/O WARD…
104/71. 12/13 MARCH 45. F8"//8200 - 28 14.50 PADUA
W 4x1000. 8x500 MkIII 22. F/O WARD…
List of operations carried out by Flying Officer E. Edward Amerasekera 640 Squadron
List of thirty-three operations with record of aircraft, take off and landing times and pilot.
Operations against Tirpitz, Ijmuiden and Bielefeld: Vielesible Viaduct
Description of three (one aborted due to weather) operations against Tirpitz, photograph of crew on return from sinking Tirpitz, poor photocopy of target photograph of attach on Tirpitz. Account of operation on E & R boat pens at Ijmuiden along with…
Kenneth Gill - service history
Joined 18 June 1941. Trained as navigator in Canada. After operational and conversions training in England during which he flew two operations. He was posted to 9 Squadron at RAF Bardney where he flew 25 operations which are listed. After a tour as a…
Record of Flying Officer Kenneth Gill D.F.C (155097) RAFVR joined 1941
Mentions training in Canada and qualified at navigator. List training on Wellington and one operational flight while at operational training unit at RAF North Luffenham December 1942 - March 1943. Continues to list training on Halifax and Lancaster…
Walter Goodwin officer's certificate of service
Details of service in the Royal Australian Air Force as officer from 13 March 1945 until 22 January 1946.
Roll of honour 153 Squadron
Lists twenty-one crews lost in action giving names of crew, aircraft number, target and cemetery or memorial, Dates between 14 October 1944 and 22 April 1945.
Twenty eighth operation Dortmund
A handwritten note giving brief details of the operation and a relevant newspaper cutting titled 'Dortmund shattered in 29 minutes'.
First Grand Slam drop
In the centre a Grand Slam bomb. Below a bend in the river Avon with woods to the top, open ground below and Criddlestyle on the right. Bomb was dropped on Ashley Walk Range.
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Safe and well telegram
Tommy writes to his wife that he is safe and well In Sweden.
Telegram from Tom
Tom writing to his mother that he was safe and in Grimsby for the week.
Home from Sweden
Reporting on Tommy's safe return from his 43rd and final operation in which his aircraft was shot down and his evasion with Squadron Leader Slater. Mentions the Swedish people's view of ongoing hostilities. The report also says that Tommy's brother,…
Evasion
Writing to Tommy's son Nigel, Stan references writings made by Borge Rassmussen about the evasion of five of crew members.
Letter from Stan and Anne
Writing to Phyllis about the incident in which his crew was shot down from which he escaped with Tommy and enclosing a photograph. Mentions his time at Waltham and losing contact with Tommy and meeting again after the war ended.
With sympathy
Tommy's wife is advised that her husband failed to return from an operation. It mentions Tommy's previous 18 operational flights with the squadron and describes him as being 'a skilful and efficient wireless operator' and that he was popular on the…
Letter from RAF Benevolent Fund
Following the report that Tommy was missing his wife is advised that she can continue to cash the orders in her allowance book.
Douglas Ross Arrowsmith’s pilots flying log book
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…