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Gen's Story
An autobiography of Eugeniusz Olenyn's life.
The first part of the memoir talks of the many trials Genek went through both in attempting to rejoin his Polish Air Force unit and, once the Germans overran the country, escape to England.
Ganek…

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Letter to John Leigh from Corporal EG Humphrey
The writer thanks John for helping him out of the aircraft and enabling him to make a safe landing.

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Letter to John Leigh from Flight Sergeant Evans
The letter thanks him for a safe parachute jump.
There is a second different copy with the same text.

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Letter from Flying Officer LB Stuart to Mr & Mrs Robinson
Letter from the navigator of the Halifax in which Fred Robinson, wireless operator, lost his life, to Fred's parents. In it Stuart relates some of the events of that night, describing being struck by flak, the immediate order to bale out and how he…

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A conversation with Jim Lord and John Elliot
Gives brief service background of both. John Elliot tells of crewing up at 83 OTU and comments on crew members and going on to 1667 HCU). John Lord comments the the HCU Halifax were not good aircraft and both then relate a very unfortunate experience…

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Two letters to Arthur Lee from Lieutenant Colonel Dryden and signed affidavit
The first letter asks Arthur to confirm a statement made by Robert Stauch.
The second letter thanks Arthur for replying and for his affidavit.
The affidavit is enclosed.

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The Battle of Berlin
Arthur John Pugh Lee's memoir of the Battle of Berlin, of being shot down and becoming a prisoner of war. He discusses his role in the de-Nazification trial of Robert Stauch, the Burgomaster of Katzenelnbogen.

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The Last Flight
The last flight of Lancaster LM381.

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Brunswick 14/15 January 1944
A summary of the raid on Brunswick, 14/15 January 1944. It includes the fate of the two survivors from the crew and the five who perished.

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Email from David Fell to Dave Farnham copied to Paul Handel
Subject is Ben Boothman. David is an archivist for the Elsham Wold association.

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Email from David Fell to Paul Handel
The email's subject is 'Ben Boothman', the flight engineer of Lancaster LM381. The message covers Ben's time in the air force but also covers his pilot, Alf Morren.
The document has handwritten annotations.
A second copy but with only pages 3 and 4…

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Ben Boothman's story
A discussion of the different operations they carried out.

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My Surmise from all accounts
A summary of the events when Lancaster LM381 was shot down.

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A story about Lieutenant Fries and Alfred Staffa, Luftwaffe
The two men were flying a Heinkel 219 [280?] and were shot down by a Mosquito over Kiel.

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Greetings from Werner
Werner was an eye witness to the crash of Brian Clarke's Lancaster.

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The last flight of Lancaster LM381
A description of the last flight of Brian Clarke's Lancaster. The text has been translated from German and has been stamped by the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters.

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Brian Clarke biography
Brian's story told by his brother, Geoffrey's grand daughter. Louise goes into detail about his last operation. There are photographs taken at school and Brian in the Home Guard. Also there is a copy of his school report.

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Sergeant Ben Boothman
Notes from a telephone conversation with Ben Boothman. He details the events of the night the Lancaster was shot down. The aircraft exploded as the two survivors were clipping on their parachutes.

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Letter to Brian Clarke's parents from Mr & Mrs Jackson
She apologises for the delay in replying. Her son was in hospital with Mrs Clarke's letter. The flight engineer, Benny Borthman had visited them.
Included is a poem 'To any mother'.

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The Last Flight
Dedicated to the crew of LM381. it includes details of Elsham Wolds and its squadrons then details events on the night Brian was killed. Included is a photograph of the graves of the five crew members who died that night.

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The Wellington bomber - Dad's life during the 2nd World War
Covers training as wireless operator then air gunner and posting to operations on 75 Squadron at RAF Feltwell with Wellingtons. Relates some early training and operational sorties. Tells of having to abandon aircraft over north Devon on tenth…

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Leslie Giddings memoir
Leslie gives account of his last operation to Leipzig on 19/20 February 1944. He commences with brief description of his join up and training. He mentions operations to Kassel and Berlin, completing 7 operations completed before Leipzig. He rists…

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Arthur Mace's sketchpad
A collection of sketches produced by Arthur. They include cartoons of a dog, pictures of women, houses, fireplaces, cars and aircraft, as well as consecutive drawings of Arthur being shot down and baling out, and diagrams of a torpedo, 60 inch…

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A month with the Russians
A newspaper article about John's return from captivity.

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This is ridiculous - we should bale out
Mentions that he was in air cadets and then covers training as a wireless operator and eventual posting to 550 Squadron. Recalls events of 12 July 1944 on an operation to Revigny in France when the crew were forced to abandon their aircraft over…

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