1 25 9 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/867/17951/EJacksonD[General]450529.jpg 30e08d5aa995ed4d5dd998d095cef109 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 Hedges, Betty Elizabeth C Hedges E C Hedges Description An account of the resource Ten items. An oral history interview with Betty Hedges (b. 1926), a song sheet, diary, letters concerning civil defence, photographs and newspaper cutting. She grew up in south London during the war and relates experiences of being bombed and working as a civil defence messenger. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Betty Hedges and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. 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 2017-04-27 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 Hedges, EC Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document C.D. MESSENGERS HEAD QUARTERS, FULL STREET, DERBY 29th May 1945. TO: All members of the Civil Defence Messenger Service. Dear Sir or Madam, Now that our Civil Defence duties are finished it is with satisfaction and gratification that I am able to say the Service has fulfilled all that was asked of it, indeed in many instances messenger s have undertaken work which has been outside their duty and have done it willingly and well. Please accept my sincere thanks for your loyal support to me in what has been a very pleasant duty, and I hope that friendships and contacts made may last a very long time. The Final Parade of all the Civil Defence Services will take place on Sunday 10th June next. Meet – Parkfield Cedars School, 2.30 p.m.; when I would like evry member of the Service to attend. Further particulars will be given to Group Leaders as soon as possible. Yours faithfully, E. JACKSON OFFICER I/C MESSENGERS. 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 all members of civil defence messenger service Description An account of the resource Written as civil defence duties finished. Thanks for loyal support. Notes final parade on 10 June 1945. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource B Jackson Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945-05-29 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One page typewritten document 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 EJacksonD[General]450529 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. Great Britain England--Derbyshire England--Derby Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1945-05-29 1945-06-10 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 David Bloomfield civil defence home front https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/302/20735/LLambAM1827673v1.1.pdf fd0e3f40525b41b96f173eeca3b2e4d2 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 Lamb, Alexander Alexander McPherson Lamb Alastair Lamb Alexander Lamb A M Lamb A Lamb Description An account of the resource 43 items. An oral history interview with Alexander McPherson Lamb (b. 1925, 1827673 Royal Air Force), his decorations, <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/1337">album</a> and photographs. He flew operations as an air gunner with 15 Squadron. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Alexander Lamb 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 2015-07-25 2017-08-16 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 Lamb 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 Alexander Lamb’s flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners, flight engineers 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 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One 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 LLambAM18276 Description An account of the resource Air gunners log book for Alexander Lamb covering the period from 21 June 1944 to 24 June 1947. Detailing his flying training and operations flown and it also contains photographs of aircraft and some RAF certificates. He was stationed at RAF Stormy Down (7 AGS), RAF Market Harborough (14 OTU), RAF Wigsley (1654 HCU), RAF Feltwell and RAF Mildenhall (15 Squadron). Aircraft flown in were, Anson, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster, Oxford, York, Lincoln, Dominie, Hadrian, Tiger Moth. He flew 5 operations (4 daylight and 1 night-time) with 15 squadron. Targets were Munster, Bocholt, Kiel, Heligoland, Bremen. He also participated in supply dropping in the Netherlands (Operation Manna), Operation Exodus returning POWs, Baedeker or “Cooks Tours” to see the devastation of German cities and Operation Post-Mortem, testing German radar devices. His pilots on operations were Flying Officer Barton, Flying Officer Darlow and Flying Officer Dunn. The log book also lists his post war RAF flights. Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Mike French 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 Great Britain Netherlands England--Leicester England--Norfolk England--Nottinghamshire England--Suffolk Germany--Bocholt Germany--Bremen Germany--Kiel Netherlands--Rotterdam Netherlands--Valkenburg (South Holland) Wales--Glamorgan Germany--Münster in Westfalen Germany--Helgoland Netherlands--Hague England--Leicestershire Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944 1945 1946 1947 1945-03-21 1945-03-22 1945-04-13 1945-04-14 1945-04-18 1945-04-22 1945-04-30 1945-05-02 1945-05-07 1945-05-24 1945-05-29 1945-06-04 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 14 OTU 15 Squadron 1654 HCU air gunner Air Gunnery School aircrew Anson bombing bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945) Cook’s tour Dominie Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lincoln Operation Exodus (1945) Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945) Operational Training Unit Oxford RAF Feltwell RAF Market Harborough RAF Mildenhall RAF Stormy Down RAF Wigsley Stirling Tiger Moth training Wellington York https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/995/25279/LMossH3041799v1.2.pdf a610b6faea5aec12ee53fb0ae13c4a6b 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 Moss, Henry H Moss Harry Moss Description An account of the resource Twenty items. Collection concerns Henry Moss (1925 - 2020, 3041799, Royal Air Force). He served as an air gunner with 138 Squadron at RAF Tuddenham. Collection consists of an oral history interview, his flying logbook, documents and photographs. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Henry Moss and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. 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 2018-10-30 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 Moss, H Requires A related resource that is required by the described resource to support its function, delivery, or coherence. Henry Moss, Flight Sergeant, served in the RAF between 22 October 1943 to 10 April 1946. He trained as an Air Gunner and was involved in bombing Kiel, Potsdam, Heligoland, and Bremen before taking part in Operations Exodus, Manna and Revue with 138 Squadron. Henry was demobilised in 1946. Henry left school in Bradford aged 17½ just before the outbreak of war with no qualifications . He worked in a variety of jobs including a garment fitter where he made waterproof clothing for dispatch riders. Henry passed his National Service medical board and joined the Air Transport Corps which led him to choose to join the Royal Air Force. Henry was ordered to go to Viceroy House in London to be fitted with his unforms and receive his inoculations before moving on with his next stage of his training. He was then posted to RAF Usworth in February 1944 for his primary training. This was made up of marching and learning to salute, and basic tests on arithmetic and writing to place recruits on their trade path. There were people from many different places around the globe. https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/28928 Henry learned how to strip down and re-assemble a Browning gun blindfolded but found this a pointless exercise as at altitude, it impossible to manipulate the small parts of the weapon with gloves on. After RAF Usworth, he was posted to RAF Pembrey to the Introductory Gunnery Course at 1 Air Gunnery School flying Ansons. He did not experience air sickness and enjoyed flying. While here Henry learned about ‘offsetting’ the release of the bombs and how to aim accurately. He was surprised to learn that from his own records that he had scored 98.5% in the exam. Over his time at RAF Pembrey, he fired a total of 300 rounds. Henry was finally selected as an air gunner/wireless operator. Henry’s next posting was to (26 OTU) RAF Wing on the Vickers Wellington, where he crewed up. His first pilot made a mistake during a landing and while the landing was safe, the pilot was sent home. His second pilot was Sergeant Crawford who he felt safe with for the rest of the war. From here Henry went to the 1669 Heavy Conversion Unit RAF Langer on Lancasters, and 138 Squadron RAF Tempsford. Henry flew to Kiel twice; both flights were at night and while he was involved in the sinking of the German ship Admiral Sheer, he did not see anything. Henry flew operations to Potsdam and a daytime operation to the Naval base on the island of Heligoland. He can remember being able to see the other aircraft and watching the torpedo boats below; he thought the operation was a bit of a ‘dead duck’. Henry’s final operation was to Bremen when they were hit by flak but ‘nothing vital was hit’. Henry referred to Operation Manna as ‘Spam Runs’ After the war ended Henry was involved, as a camera operator, in Operation Revue which was the creation of a digital map on mainland Britain as an aid to town and country. Henry was demobilised from Personnel Dispersal Centre 100 having achieved the rank of Flight Sergeant. In total he completed 436 hours 20 minutes flying. He went straight back to his previous job as a garment cutter in Bradford, but he did not stay in contact with any of ‘his’ crew. Claire Campbell 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 Henry Moss's flying log book for navigators, air bombers, air gunners and flight engineers Description An account of the resource Air gunner’s log book for H Moss covering the period from 10 July 1944 to 20 March 1946. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as air gunner. He was stationed at RAF Pembrey (1 AGS), RAF Wing (26 OTU), RAF Langar (1669 HCU), RAF Tuddenham (138 Squadron). Aircraft flown in were Anson, Wellington and Lancaster. He flew a total of 3 night and 2 day operations (total 5) with 138 Squadron, targets were Kiel, Potsdam, Heligoland and Bremen plus several Operation Manna and Operation Exodus and Cook's Tours flights.&nbsp;<span>His pilot on operations was</span> Pilot Officer Crawford. 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 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 LMossH3041799v1 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 Great Britain Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Atlantic Ocean--North Sea England--Nottinghamshire England--Suffolk Germany--Bremen Germany--Helgoland Germany--Kiel Germany--Potsdam Wales--Carmarthenshire Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944 1945 1946 1945-04-09 1945-04-10 1945-04-13 1945-04-14 1945-04-15 1945-04-18 1945-04-22 1945-05-03 1945-05-08 1945-05-29 1945-06-04 1945-06-05 1945-07-08 1945-07-24 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 138 Squadron 1669 HCU 26 OTU air gunner Air Gunnery School aircrew Anson bombing bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945) Cook’s tour Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Operation Exodus (1945) Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945) Operational Training Unit RAF Langar RAF Pembrey RAF Tuddenham RAF Wing training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1743/30227/MMillsGA1445361-201003-050001.2.jpg aa2bda3ac213fad2d0f91521c9adcf65 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1743/30227/MMillsGA1445361-201003-050002.2.jpg 9f4a0e15ded0a9081e90f51f57c7cf37 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 Mills, Gordon Albert Albert Gordon Mills G A Mills A G Mills 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 2020-10-28 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 Mills, GA Description An account of the resource 25 items. The collection concerns Flight Lieutenant Gordon Albert Mills (b. 1921, 1448361, 196610 Royal Air Force). He volunteered for aircrew as air gunner and completed operations on 149, 218 and 75 NZ Squadrons on Lancaster and Stirling in 1944/45 and stayed in the RAF after the war. The collection contains his log book, documents, photographs and decorations. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by L A Barker 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 Gordon Mills sortie record sheet number 2 Description An account of the resource Lists thirteen sorties 16-28 on Lancaster of 75 Squadron as air gunner. Records eight wartime operations and five after the end of hostilities. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource G A Mills Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Two sided printed document handwritten filled out Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text Text. Service material Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MMillsGA1445361-201003-05 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 New Zealand Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Germany--Essen Germany--Bochum Germany--Hamm (North Rhine-Westphalia) Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Germany--Kiel Germany--Regensburg Netherlands Netherlands--Hague France--Reims Belgium Belgium--Brussels France Germany--Ruhr (Region) Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1945-03-11 1945-03-18 1945-03-27 1945-04-09 1945-04-13 1945-04-20 1945-04-29 1945-05-01 1945-05-09 1945-05-12 1945-05-16 1945-05-28 1945-05-29 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. 75 Squadron air gunner aircrew Lancaster https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1996/31906/EHoganPJHoganDH450529-0001.1.jpg 420bddb3604dae44cac7128b6ecdcaa2 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1996/31906/EHoganPJHoganDH450529-0002.1.jpg 6800248d8fcdb01b2f7b436ab7648d42 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 Hogan, P J 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 2017-12-05 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 Hogan, PJ Description An account of the resource Ninety-six items and a sub-collection with twenty two items.. The collection concerns Flight Sergeant Pat Hogan (436464 Royal Australian Air Force) and contains letters home to his family, his flying log book, accounts of his aircraft being shot down and him baling out, official documents, certificates and photographs. He flew operations as a navigator with 466 Squadron. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Elizabeth Anne Lusby and catalogued by Nigel Huckins. Transcribed document A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Transcription Text transcribed from audio recording or document A436464 F/S HOGAN P. RAAF AUSPO LONDON 29/5/45 Dear Dad, I’m not certain whether it was just before or just after last week and that I wrote you. In any case we had a long weekend & Jock & I went into Bridlington on the Saturday as it is the closest holiday resort & the Monday & Tuesday were Bank Holidays. We weren’t very impressed, however, & came back on Sunday afternoon. The weather lately has been terrible, [inserted] cold strong [/inserted] [underlined] winds & cold [/underlined] all day long for weeks. I’ve had a beautiful cold for a while, & friends of Greg in Bradford have for some time been asking me to go over there. I arranged to go this weekend although I didn’t feel much like it. After sending a note off Tuesday to say I’d be there Friday night, we were mucking about on the bikes & I bit mother earth & am now adorned with a couple of the most ornamental decorations - a beautiful thick upper lip almost completely devoid of skin, as also is my chin. Went to Bradford & had a [page break] very nice time. Jack & [indecipherable name] Collett are charming people & were apparently very attached to young Greg. Do you think I took some ribbing in the mess today? I’m pretty well known as I’ve been on the squadron longer than the majority - indeed we’d have finished our tour had nothing happened. In any case with about 4 days growth standing up through it, it does look lovely. Meeting old acquaintances, [inserted] all the time now [/inserted] all the Englishmen are gone & Aussie crews are turning up from everywhere everyday. Just skeleton crews left of course, pilots, w/ops, F/Engs, & Navs. Oh to be a bombaimer & go home. Hope to stay with [indecipherable name] & Jack if we do go on [indecipherable word] [missing word] and out East for they are good scouts & have all the clues. We will have to get a new W/op, too, for Dickie was a “Pongo”. Whatever happens it will be some time before I get home. How is Kev’s camp going this time? No doubt Eileen & Doreen are also home? As I find it difficult to settle down long enough to write a letter every {missing words] I’ll never ever attempt to tackle accountancy whilst over here. Pleased to note Dan is O.K. In his last letter to me, he gave me his first hint that he [page break] [missing word] getting fed up with it & wants to get back. How did the [indecipherable word] enjoy their sorjourn? Ray Gearon [indecipherable word] something to “shoot a line” about now. Politics are the subject of the day over here now. If this deadbeat race don’t wake up to themselves this time & overthrow the Tory domination & oppression, they don’t really deserve to be [indecipherable word] pitied any longer. The papers are terribly hostile to Conservatism after their recent low schemes but the majority of the people are probably not interested enough in their own welfare to vote & [inserted] many [/inserted] others are being deprived of one through the rush election. Shaun Caddy (a N.Z. W/Op from this sqdn) who was in Mannie Dyer’s crew & has since been repatriated to this country is being married [missing words] Yank on Saturday & I’ve been invited along. I’ve met the girl a few times, too, & she is quite nice. I sent several more books a few weeks back & a certificate from G.Q. Parachute Co. & a large group photo last week. Let me know & if they turn up. Well, Dad, that seems to be the lot for the present. I hope you are all still keeping fit & well & not over taxing yourself at work. Love to all at home. Pat. [page break] [ink stamp] BY AIR MAIL [/ink stamp] AIR LETTER IF ANYTHING IS ENCLOSED THIS LETTER WILL BE SENT BY ORDINARY MAIL. {postmark] [postage stamp] Mr. D. H. Hogan 67 Chapel St. Bendigo Vic. Australia. Sender’s name and address:- A436464 F/S HOGAN P. RAAF AUSPO LONDON 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 Pat Hogan to his father Description An account of the resource Writes of going to Bridlington for a long weekend but not being impressed. Comments on recent weather. Continues with description of some of his activities. Notes he had been on the squadron longer than most and would have finished his tour had not things happened. Mentions plans for the future and asks after other family and friends. Comments on politics and other gossip. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource P J Hogan Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945-05-29 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Four sided handwritten airmail 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 EHoganPJHoganDH450529 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 Australian Air Force Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England--London England--Yorkshire England--Bridlington Australia Victoria--Bendigo Victoria Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1945-05-29 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 Robin Christian https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1937/38399/LJolliffeFSW197221v1.2.pdf 5ebbe4cf55d4bb3df97af95b62af5f33 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 Jolliffe, Frank Sidney Walter F S W Jolliffe 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 2017-09-18 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. 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 Jolliffe, FSW Description An account of the resource 129 items. The collection concerns Wing Commander Frank Sidney Walter Jolliffe (b. 1923, 1314311 Royal Air Force) and contains his log books, documents and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 149 Squadron. The collection has been donated to the IBCC Digital Archive by Margaret Lowe and catalogued by Trevor Hardcastle. 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 Jolliffe's flying log book. One Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942 1943 1944-09-20 1944-09-23 1944-09-24 1944-09-25 1944-09-26 1944-10-14 1944-10-21 1945-02-03 1945-02-04 1945-02-13 1945-02-14 1945-02-27 1945-02-28 1945-03-01 1945-03-04 1945-03-06 1945-03-07 1945-03-08 1945-03-09 1945-03-11 1945-03-12 1945-04-04 1945-04-05 1945-04-09 1945-04-10 1945-04-13 1945-04-14 1945-05-01 1945-05-04 1945-05-10 1945-05-11 1945-05-16 1945-05-29 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 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 Language A language of the resource eng Type The nature or genre of the resource Text. Log book and record book Text Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource One booklet Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LJolliffeFSW197221v1 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain Canada Germany France Manitoba--Brandon Region Ontario--Ashfield Region Scotland--Wigtownshire England--Leicestershire England--Rutland England--Norfolk England--Cambridgeshire England--Suffolk Northern Ireland--Down (County) England--Yorkshire England--Lincolnshire England--Hampshire Germany--Ruhr (Region) Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea France--Pas-de-Calais Germany--Celle Germany--Cologne Germany--Dessau (Dessau) Germany--Dortmund Germany--Dresden Germany--Duisburg Germany--Essen Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Kamen Germany--Kiel Germany--Merseburg Germany--Neuss Germany--Recklinghausen (Kreis) Germany--Salzbergen Germany--Wanne-Eickel Manitoba--Dauphin Area Netherlands--Hague Netherlands--Vlissingen Northern Ireland--Down (County) Scotland--Wigtownshire Netherlands France--Juvincourt-et-Damary Manitoba Manitoba--Rivers Germany--Datteln France--Cap Gris Nez Ontario Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Cara Walmsley Mike Connock 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 Description An account of the resource Flying log book for F S W Jolliffe, bombe aimer/navigator, covering the period from 11 December 1942 to 29 September 1952. Detailing his flying training, operations flown, instructor duties, Post war flying duties with 35 and 98 squadrons and RAE Farnborough. He was stationed at RCAF Rivers, RCAF Paulson, RCAF Port Albert, RAF West Fraugh, RAF Market Harborough, RAF Husbands Bosworth, RAF North Luffenham, RAF Feltwell, RAF Mepal, RAF Methwold, RAF Tuddenham, RAF Graveley, RAF Bishops Court, RAF Leeming, RAF Wahn, RAF Manby, RAF Celle and RAF Farnborough. Aircraft flown in were Anson, Bolingbroke, Hampden, Wellington, Martinet, Stirling, Lancaster, Oxford, Hornet, Warwick, Mosquito, Dakota, Viking, Dominie, Storch, Devon, Lincoln, Harvard, Meteor, Valetta, Firefly, Athena, Hastings, Prentice, Canberra, Beaufighter, Avenger, Sea Fury, Pioneer, Chipmunk, Blackburn GR17, Sea Venom, Sea Hornet, Brigand, Balliol, Barracuda, Varsity, Provost, Fortress and Packet. He flew a total of 20 operations, 6 with 75 squadron, 11 with 149 squadron and 3 with 138 squadron, 13 were daylight operations and 7 were night operations. He also flew 2 Manna operations and 4 Exodus operations. Targets were Pas de Calais, Neuss, Cap Gris Nez, Duisburg, Flushing, Dortmund, Dresden, Gelsenkirchen, Kamen, Wanne-Eickel, Salzbergen, Dessau, Essen, Datteln, Merseburg, Kiel, The Hague and Juvincourt. His pilots on operations were Flight Sergeant Mcritchie, Flying Officer Winter, Flying Officer Friedrich, Flight Sergeant Sturgess, Pilot Officer Kerville, Squadron Leader Stanton, Flying Officer Nicolay, Flight Lieutenant Davidson, and Flight Lieutenant Claring. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 138 Squadron 14 OTU 149 Squadron 1653 HCU 35 Squadron 75 Squadron Advanced Flying Unit Air Observers School aircrew Anson B-17 Beaufighter Bolingbroke bomb aimer bombing Bombing and Gunnery School bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945) C-47 Dominie Flying Training School Hampden Harvard Heavy Conversion Unit Initial Training Wing Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Lincoln Martinet Meteor Mosquito navigator Operation Exodus (1945) Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945) Operational Training Unit Oxford RAF Bishops Court RAF Chedburgh RAF Farnborough RAF Feltwell RAF Graveley RAF Husbands Bosworth RAF Leeming RAF Manby RAF Market Harborough RAF Mepal RAF Methwold RAF North Luffenham RAF Paignton RAF Tuddenham RAF West Freugh RCAF Dauphin RCAF Rivers Stirling training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2556/43913/LLongNJ1581956v1.2.pdf ab1594b89f075fd64a0498ce7baca2aa 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 Long, Norman J N J Long Description An account of the resource 12 items. The collection concerns Warrant Officer Norman J Long (1923 - 1994, 1581956 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, correspondence, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as a bomb aimer with 460 Squadron. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Kathryn Lawrence and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-05-16 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 Long, NJ 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 Norman Long's observer's and air gunner's flying log book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LLongNJ1581956v1 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 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 Description An account of the resource Norman Long's log book as bomb aimer from 26 September 1943 until 21 June 1945. Trained at 48 and 42 Air Schools, 3 AFU, 30 OTU, 1662 HCU, 1 LFS before operational posting to 460 Squadron (RAAF). Served at RAF Hixon, RAF Blyton, RAF Hemswell, RAF Binbrook. Aircraft flown were Anson, Oxford, Wellington, Halifax, Lancaster. Carried out 15 night and 4 day operations with 460 Squadron as bomb aimer to Essen, Nuremberg, Hannover, Hanau-Frankfurt, Merseburg, Dresden, Chemnitz, Dortmund, Duisburg, Pforzheim, Mannheim, Cologne, Misburg-Hannover, Langendreer-Bochum, Kiel, Heligoland. Also carried out two Operation Manna, three Operation Exodus and one Cook’s Tour flights. Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1944-12-12 1944-12-13 1945-01-02 1945-01-03 1945-01-05 1945-01-06 1945-01-07 1945-01-14 1945-01-15 1945-02-13 1945-02-14 1945-02-15 1945-02-20 1945-02-21 1945-02-22 1945-02-23 1945-02-24 1945-03-01 1945-03-02 1945-03-15 1945-03-16 1945-03-17 1945-03-18 1945-03-19 1945-03-21 1945-03-22 1945-03-24 1945-04-09 1945-04-10 1945-04-18 1945-04-28 1945-05-01 1945-05-03 1945-05-10 1945-05-11 1945-05-29 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Great Britain England England--Lincolnshire England--Staffordshire Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Bochum Germany--Chemnitz Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund Germany--Dresden Germany--Duisburg Germany--Essen Germany--Hanau Germany--Hannover Germany--Helgoland Germany--Kiel Germany--Mannheim Germany--Merseburg Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Pforzheim Netherlands Netherlands--Rotterdam Belgium Belgium--Brussels Germany--Langendreer 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 1662 HCU 30 OTU 460 Squadron aircrew Anson bomb aimer bombing of Dresden (13 - 15 February 1945) bombing of Helgoland (18 April 1945) Cook’s tour Halifax Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Operation Exodus (1945) Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945) Operational Training Unit Oxford RAF Binbrook RAF Blyton RAF Hemswell RAF Hixon training Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2624/46862/LPextonRD72150v1.pdf 70c0a93f22241e86b9587f8098b49f74 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 Pexton, Richard Dunning R D Pexton Description An account of the resource 32 items. The collection concerns Wing Commander Richard Dunning Pexton DFC AFC (Royal Air Force) and contains an interview, his log book, correspondence, documents, and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 61 Squadron which he commanded. The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Anthony Pexton and catalogued by Barry Hunter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2019-01-24 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 Pexton, RD 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 Richard Pexton’s Royal Air Force Pilot’s Flying Log Book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LPextonRD72150v1 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 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Canada Alberta Alberta--Medicine Hat Great Britain England--Lincolnshire England--Nottinghamshire England--Oxfordshire England--Shropshire Scotland--Montrose Belgium Belgium--Kortrijk France France--Boulogne-sur-Mer France--Brest France--Caen France--Châtellerault France--Donges France--Givors France--Hesdin France--La Pallice France--Le Havre France--Paris France--Villeneuve-lès-Avignon Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Darmstadt Germany--Düren (Cologne) Germany--Hamburg Germany--Kaiserslautern Germany--Kiel Germany--Munich Germany--Nuremberg Germany--Rüsselsheim Germany--Urft Dam Germany--Wilhelmshaven Netherlands Netherlands--Tilburg Netherlands--Vlissingen Norway Norway--Moss France--Thiverny France--Châtellerault Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden France--Rollancourt France--Villeneuve-Saint-Georges Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ) Russia (Federation)--Kaliningrad (Kaliningradskai︠a︡ oblastʹ) 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 booklet Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943 1944-07-14 1944-07-15 1944-07-18 1944-07-19 1944-07-20 1944-07-21 1944-07-23 1944-07-24 1944-07-25 1944-07-30 1944-08-09 1944-08-10 1944-08-11 1944-08-12 1944-08-13 1944-08-15 1944-08-19 1944-08-25 1944-08-26 1944-08-27 1944-08-31 1944-09-05 1944-09-11 1944-09-17 1944-09-26 1944-09-27 1944-10-05 1944-10-07 1944-10-11 1944-10-19 1944-10-20 1944-11-11 1944-11-16 1944-12-10 1944-12-11 1944-12-28 1944-12-29 1945-01-07 1945-01-08 1945-05-29 1948 1949 1950 Contributor An entity responsible for making contributions to the resource Nick Cornwell-Smith Description An account of the resource Richard Pexton’s Pilot’s Flying Log Book from 3rd October 1943 until 31st March 1950. Posted to No. 34 Service Flying Training School to train as a flying instructor. Posted Beam Approach Training Flight December 1943. February 1944 saw posting to 16 Operational Training Unit and then 1661 Heavy Conversion Unit and No. 5 Lancaster Finishing School. Operational posting to 61 Squadron occurred in July 1944. Posted to No. 2 Flying Instructors’ School in March 1945 and No. 5 (Pilots) Advanced Flying Unit in April. Served at RCAF Medicine Hat, RAF Spittlegate (Grantham), RAF Upper Heyford, RAF Winthorpe, RAF Syerston, RAF Montrose, RAF Tern Hill. Aircraft flown were Harvard, Oxford, Wellington, Stirling, Lancaster, Anson, Walrus, Spitfire, Auster. Wing Commander Pexton flew 29 operations (14 day and 15 night) with 61 Squadron and a Cook’s Tour with No. 5 Advanced Flying Unit. Targets were Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Caen, Thiverny, Courtrai, Kiel, Donges, Paris, Châtellerault, Givors, Rüsselsheim, Gilze-Rijen, La Pallice, Darmstadt, Konigsberg, Rollancourt, Brest, Le Havre, Boulogne, Kaiserslautern, Wilhelmshaven, Flushing, Nuremberg, Harburg, Duren, Urft Dam, Oslo Fjord, Munich. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 16 OTU 1661 HCU 61 Squadron Advanced Flying Unit aircrew Anson bombing bombing of Luftwaffe night-fighter airfields (15 August 1944) Cook’s tour Flying Training School Harvard Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operational Training Unit Oxford pilot RAF Grantham RAF Montrose RAF Syerston RAF Ternhill RAF Upper Heyford RAF Winthorpe RCAF Medicine Hat Spitfire Stirling tactical support for Normandy troops training Walrus Wellington https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/2752/57843/SAudisRJ[Ser -DoB]v020006.pdf 3fa8212a5e40944825ac001e550d9998 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 Audis, Roger J 9 Squadron Association Description An account of the resource 41 items. The collection contains material collected by Roger Audis related to 9 Squadron RAF and airmen who served in the squadron. The collection includes four hand written operational record books, copies of log books, and interviews with Bomber Command veterans.<br /><br />It includes a <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.omeka.net/collections/show/4055">Scrapbook</a> belonging to Ken Rogers.<br /><br />The collection was loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Richard James and catalogued by IBCC Digital Archive staff, Barry Hunter, and Nick Cornwell-Smith. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2023-04-27 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 Audis, RJ 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 E Renfrey’s South African Air Force Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context SAudisRJ[Ser#-DoB]v020006 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. Description An account of the resource E Renfrey’s Observer’s and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book from 20th June 1942 until 20th August 1945. During this time trained as an air gunner, navigator and bomb aimer. Trained at Nos. 43 and 45 Air Schools , 16 Operational Training Unit and 1660 Heavy Conversion Unit. Posted to 9 Squadron for operations in July 1943 as a bomb aimer. In January 1944 posted to Pathfinder Force (PFF) Navigation Training Unit (NTU) and then 83 Squadron as an observer. Posted back to operations with 156 (PFF) Squadron in November 1944 as a navigator. Served at SAAF Oudtshoorn, RAF Upper Heyford, RAF Swinderby, RAF Bardney, RAF Upwood, RAF Wyton, RAF Warboys. Aircraft flown were Tiger Moth, Oxford, Anson, Wellington, Manchester, Lancaster. Renfrey flew 1 night leaflet operation to Nantes with 16 OTU. With 1660 HCU hew flew 1 night bombing operation to Cologne. His main tour was with 9 Squadron where he flew 23 night bombing operations. His targets were Hamburg, Essen, Remscheid, Milan, Berlin, Mönchengladbach, Munich, Hanover, Mannheim, Bochum, Kassel, Leipzig, Modane and Frankfurt. On posting to 83 Squadron a further 9 night bombing operations were flown. Targets were Brunswick, Magdeburg, Berlin, Leipzig, Stuttgart, Schweinfurt and Augsburg. With his final squadron, 56 Squadron he flew 2 day and 7 night bombing operations, 1 Operation Manna (Rotterdam), 4 Cook's Tours and 2 Operation Dodge (Bari). Targets were Duisburg, Düsseldorf, Opladen, Osterfeld, Royan, Hamborn, Wesel, Herholz [Reisholz], Hamburg. A total of 50 operations (9 day, 41 night). His pilots were Flight Lieutenants Mitchell, Lewis, Rain, Squadron Leader Clayton, Flying Officers Player and Nicholls. The operation on 29th May 1945 is listed as Operation Ramrod. 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 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1942 1943-05-04 1943-05-05 1943-07-03 1943-07-04 1943-07-24 1943-07-25 1943-07-26 1943-07-27 1943-07-28 1943-07-30 1943-07-31 1943-08-12 1943-08-15 1943-08-16 1943-08-23 1943-08-24 1943-08-30 1943-08-31 1943-09-03 1943-09-04 1943-09-06 1943-09-07 1943-09-22 1943-09-23 1943-09-24 1943-09-27 1943-09-28 1943-09-29 1943-10-02 1943-10-03 1943-10-04 1943-10-18 1943-10-20 1943-10-21 1943-11-10 1943-11-11 1943-11-18 1943-11-19 1943-12-03 1943-12-04 1943-12-16 1943-12-17 1943-12-20 1944-01-14 1944-01-21 1944-01-22 1944-01-27 1944-01-28 1944-02-15 1944-02-16 1944-02-19 1944-02-20 1944-02-21 1944-02-24 1944-02-25 1944-02-26 1944-12-17 1944-12-24 1944-12-28 1944-12-31 1945-01-04 1945-01-22 1945-01-23 1945-02-17 1945-02-20 1945-02-21 1945-03-08 1945-03-09 1945-05-05 1945-05-29 1945-05-31 1945-06-02 1945-07-12 1945-08-17 1945-08-20 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. South Africa South Africa--Oudtshoorn Great Britain England--Cambridgeshire England--Huntingdonshire England--Lincolnshire England--Oxfordshire France France--Modane France--Nantes France--Royan Germany Germany--Ruhr (Region) Germany--Augsburg Germany--Berlin Germany--Bochum Germany--Braunschweig Germany--Cologne Germany--Duisburg Germany--Düsseldorf Germany--Essen Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Hamburg Germany--Hannover Germany--Kassel Germany--Leipzig Germany--Leverkusen Germany--Magdeburg Germany--Mannheim Germany--Rheydt Germany--Munich Germany--Osterfeld Germany--Remscheid Germany--Schweinfurt Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Wesel (North Rhine-Westphalia) Italy Italy--Bari Italy--Milan Netherlands Netherlands--Rotterdam Germany--Mönchengladbach 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 South African 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 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 156 Squadron 16 OTU 1660 HCU 83 Squadron 9 Squadron air gunner aircrew Anson Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944) bomb aimer bombing bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943) Cook’s tour Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Manchester master bomber navigator observer Operation Dodge (1945) Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945) Operational Training Unit Oxford Pathfinders RAF Bardney RAF Barford St John RAF Swinderby RAF Upper Heyford RAF Upwood RAF Warboys RAF Wyton SAAF Oudtshoorn Tiger Moth training Wellington