1 25 2 https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1993/41338/LHowkinsF1576710v1.pdf 152cfcf74ea85cc9ba9c191962c4cb30 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 Howkins, Frank F Howkins 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 2017-11-30 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 Howkins, F Description An account of the resource Four items. The collection concerns Frank Howkins (1546410 Royal Air Force) and contains his log book, flying programme and photographs. He flew operations as a wireless operator with 467 and 617 Squadrons. The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Keith Howkins 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 Frank Howkins’ 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 F Howkins, wireless operator, covering the period from 29 April 1943 to 30 August 1953. Detailing his flying training, operations flown, and post was flying with number 5 Reserve Flying School. He was stationed at RAF Yatesbury, RAF Bobbington [aka RAF Halfpenny Green], RAF Lichfield, RAF Wigsley, RAF Syerston, RAF Waddington, RAF Woodhall Spa and RAF Castle Bromwich. Aircraft flown in were Dominie, Proctor, Anson, Wellington, Halifax and Lancaster. He flew a total of 48 operations. 36 with 467 Squadron, 5 daylight and 32 night operations, and 12 with 617 Squadron, 11 daylight and one night operation. Targets were Frankfurt, Toulouse, Tours, Juvisy, Leipzig, Lille, Bourg Leopold, Duisburg, Brunswick, Eindhoven, Nantes, Saumur, Ferme d'Urville, St Pierre du Mont, Argentan, Rennes, Orleans, Gelsenkirchen, Limoges, Prouville, Vitry, Beauvoir, <span>Saint-Leu-d'Esserent</span>, Villeneuve-Saint-Georges, Nevers, Thiverny, Stuttgart, Dortmund, Pas De Calais, Brest, L’Isle Adam, Darmstadt, Dortmund-Ems Canal, Westkapelle, Kembs Dam, Tromso, Urft Dam, Bielefeld Viaduct and Bremen. His pilots on operations were Wing Commander Tait and Flight Lieutenant Sayers. 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 Norway Atlantic Ocean--Bay of Biscay Atlantic Ocean--North Sea Belgium--Leopoldsburg England--Birmingham England--Lincolnshire England--Nottinghamshire England--Staffordshire England--Wiltshire France--Abbeville Region France--Argentan France--Beauvoir-sur-Mer France--Brest France--Kembs France--Lille France--Limoges France--L'Isle-Adam France--Nantes France--Nevers France--Orléans France--Paris France--Villeneuve-Saint-Georges France--Rennes France--Saint-Pierre-du-Mont (Landes) France--Saumur France--Toulouse France--Tours France--Valognes Region France--Vitry-sur-Seine Germany--Bielefeld Germany--Braunschweig Germany--Bremen Germany--Darmstadt Germany--Dortmund Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal Germany--Duisburg Germany--Frankfurt am Main Germany--Gelsenkirchen Germany--Leipzig Germany--Stuttgart Germany--Urft Dam Netherlands--Eindhoven Netherlands--Walcheren Norway--Tromsø Germany--Ruhr (Region) France--Ferme d'Urville France--Saint-Leu-d'Esserent France--Thiverny France--Juvisy-sur-Orge Netherlands--Westkapelle France--Valognes France--Prouville 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 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context LHowkinsF1576710v1 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1943 1944-04-03 1944-04-04 1944-04-05 1944-04-06 1944-04-10 1944-04-11 1944-04-18 1944-04-19 1944-04-26 1944-04-27 1944-04-28 1944-04-29 1944-05-10 1944-05-11 1944-05-12 1944-05-19 1944-05-20 1944-05-21 1944-05-22 1944-05-23 1944-05-24 1944-05-25 1944-05-27 1944-05-28 1944-05-31 1944-06-01 1944-06-03 1944-06-04 1944-06-05 1944-06-06 1944-06-07 1944-06-08 1944-06-09 1944-06-10 1944-06-11 1944-06-21 1944-06-22 1944-06-23 1944-06-24 1944-06-25 1944-06-27 1944-06-28 1944-06-29 1944-07-04 1944-07-05 1944-07-07 1944-07-08 1944-07-14 1944-07-15 1944-07-16 1944-07-19 1944-07-25 1944-07-26 1944-07-28 1944-07-29 1944-07-30 1944-07-31 1944-08-01 1944-08-14 1944-08-18 1944-08-25 1944-08-26 1944-09-23 1944-09-24 1944-10-03 1944-10-07 1944-10-29 1944-11-12 1944-12-08 1945-02-14 1945-02-22 1945-02-24 1945-03-13 1945-03-14 1945-03-21 1946 1951 1952 1953 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 Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 1654 HCU 27 OTU 467 Squadron 617 Squadron Advanced Flying Unit Air Gunnery School aircrew Anson bombing of the Creil/St Leu d’Esserent V-1 storage areas (4/5 July 1944) bombing of the Juvisy, Noisy-le-Sec and Le Bourget railways (18/19 April 1944) bombing of the Normandy coastal batteries (5/6 June 1944) Dominie Halifax Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Mosquito Normandy campaign (6 June – 21 August 1944) Operation Catechism (12 November 1944) Operational Training Unit Proctor RAF Castle Bromwich RAF Halfpenny Green RAF Lichfield RAF Syerston RAF Waddington RAF Wigsley RAF Woodhall Spa RAF Yatesbury Tallboy Tirpitz training Wellington wireless operator https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/files/original/1356/26211/LCoombesHS148799v1.pdf 72e4c1671a7a97717a0a88280e780e93 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 Coombes, Horace Horace S Coombes H S Coombes Description An account of the resource 88 items. An oral history interview with Group Captain Clive Coombes about his father Squadron Leader Horace 'Ken' Coombes (1921, 148799 Royal Air Force), his log books, correspondence and photographs. He flew operations as a pilot with 626 and 582 Squadrons.<br /><br /> <a href="https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/show/1644">His album</a> contains photographs of his service.<br /><br />The collection has been loaned to the IBCC Digital Archive for digitisation by Clive Coombes 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 2020-01-13 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 Coombes, HS 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 Horace Coombes' Royal Canadian Air Force pilot’s flying log book 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 LCoombesHS148799v1 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 Temporal Coverage Temporal characteristics of the resource. 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1944-11-18 1944-11-19 1944-11-27 1944-11-28 1944-11-29 1944-12-12 1944-12-13 1944-12-15 1944-12-16 1944-12-17 1944-12-18 1944-12-22 1944-12-23 1945-02-01 1945-02-02 1945-02-03 1945-02-04 1945-02-13 1945-02-14 1945-02-23 1945-02-27 1945-03-02 1945-03-13 1945-03-14 1945-03-15 1945-03-16 1945-03-18 1945-03-19 1945-03-27 1945-04-04 1945-04-05 1945-04-10 1945-04-11 1945-04-13 1945-04-14 1945-05-01 1945-05-07 1945-05-08 1945-05-09 1945-06-02 Spatial Coverage Spatial characteristics of the resource. Germany Great Britain United States Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea Alabama--Gunter Air Force Station England--Wiltshire England--Birmingham England--Cambridgeshire England--Cheshire England--Cumbria England--London England--Shropshire England--Wiltshire England--Yorkshire England--Lincolnshire Florida--Lakeland Florida--Okaloosa County Germany--Bottrop Germany--Cologne Germany--Dortmund Germany--Essen Germany--Hagen (Arnsberg) Germany--Hanau Germany--Herne (Arnsberg) Germany--Kiel Germany--Koblenz Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein Germany--Mainz (Rhineland-Palatinate) Germany--Paderborn Germany--Wanne-Eickel Germany--Ulm Scotland--Montrose Switzerland--Fribourg England--Gloucestershire Florida Alabama Switzerland Germany--Ruhr (Region) England--Warwickshire Germany--Plauen Germany--Ulm Germany--Böhlen Description An account of the resource Pilot’s flying log book for Horace Coombes covering the period from 1 November 1941 to 6 July 1951. Detailing his flying training and operations flown as pilot. He was stationed at USAAF A.C.T Det Lakeland Florida, USAAF A.C.T DET Gunter Field Alabama, USAAF A.C.T DET Elgin Field Florida, RAF Montrose (2 FIS), RAF Shawbury (11 PAFU), RAF Cark (1 SPTU), RAF Watchfield (1 BAS), RAF Northolt (140 Squadron), RAF Finningley (18 OTU), RAF Lindholme (1656 HCU), RAF Hemswell (1 LFS), RAF Wickenby (626 Squadron), RAF Warboys (PFNTU), RAF Little Staughton (582 Squadron), RAF Colerne (218 MU Test Flight), RAF Castle Bromwich (5 RFS), RAF Hooton Park (19 RFS), RAF South Cerney (CFS); Detailing his operations flown as Pilot from November 1944 to July 1945. Aircraft flown in were Stearman PT17, Vultee BT13, Harvard, Magister, Oxford, Anson, Mosquito III, Proctor, Wellington, Halifax II, Lancaster, Spitfire, Dakota, York, Lancastrian, Tiger Moth, Chipmunk and Prentice. He flew seven operations with 626 Squadron and 13 day and night operations with 582 Squadron plus two Operation Manna food drops on Holland, two Operation Exodus prisoner of war repatriations and one Operation Dodge flight. Targets were Wanne-Eickel, Fribourg, Dortmund, Essen, Ludwigshaven, Ulm, Coblenz, Bottrop, Bohlen, Mainz, Cologne, Herne, Hagen, Hanau, Paderborn, Lützkendorf, Plauen and Kiel. His pilot for his first 'second dickie' operation was Flying Officer Tierney. Contains stamp and note from Medical Officer RAF Rednal that Coombes has passed a test in a decompression chamber for high altitude flight. Conforms To An established standard to which the described resource conforms. Review Oct 2024 140 Squadron 1656 HCU 18 OTU 582 Squadron 626 Squadron Advanced Flying Unit aircrew Anson bombing C-47 Cook’s tour Flying Training School Halifax Halifax Mk 2 Harvard Heavy Conversion Unit Lancaster Lancaster Finishing School Lancastrian Magister medical officer Mosquito Operation Dodge (1945) Operation Exodus (1945) Operation Manna (29 Apr – 8 May 1945) Operational Training Unit Oxford Pathfinders pilot Proctor RAF Cark RAF Castle Bromwich RAF Colerne RAF Finningley RAF Hemswell RAF Lindholme RAF Little Staughton RAF Northolt RAF Shawbury RAF South Cerney RAF Warboys RAF Watchfield RAF Wickenby Spitfire Stearman Tiger Moth training Wellington York